Sir Reginald Beef Wellington O.B.E.
Sir Reginald Beef Wellington OBE lives on the outskirts of Standard Falls, mostly keeping to himself. He has a few friends in the area, the most notable being Doctor Leghorn. His eccentric and slightly peculiar nature keeps him at arms length from most of the the towns inhabitants.
“Top hole! And rather spiffing too actually”.
Reggie is the first post-apocalyptic figure that I have painted for quite a while, probably over a decade. As a child of the ’80s when post-apocalyptic movies were particularly in vogue I will always have a soft spot for the sub-genre.
Reggie is a classic sculpt by Mark Copplestone currently for sale from EM4 as “0041 Gentleman Scavenger. Stunbrella. Bowler hat. Morningsuit (tattered)”. There is something about the “stiff upper lip” gas mask and torn morning suit look that is very appealing.
Most versions of the figure that I have seen are painted to look like the figure is wearing a formal suit, usually black. Just for a little variety I decided to paint Reggie in a “boating” jacket, for that Oxbridge look. The figure always reminds me a little of Mr Bland (from Bland and Brass) in the Rogue Trooper comics from the 80’s.
Since I painted and photographed the figure I have tidied up the stripes on the back of Reggies left arm. A few of them were a bit off. I also put a teeny bit of lichen on the rear of the base, but thats really hardly worth mentioning.
I have a lot of post-apoc stuff in the pipeline, so more inhabitants of post-apocalyptic Standard Falls will be showing up here as time goes by.
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