Pistol Packin' Mama! Paint & Kit Review: Dead Man's Hand Gunfighters II [How I Paint Things]

Laura Bullion, Pearl Hart, 'Big Nose Kate' - the Old West had its share of female outlaws. Not just women who were skilled gunslingers for show, but those rare handful who put their talents to crime as well and come out the other end with success or infamy enough to be remembered into the 21st Century. It wasn't just outlaws who knew their way around a six-shooter, either. Many women that were homesteaders or ranchers had to handle 'scatterguns' and rifles as a matter of course - when your nearest neighbors were miles away you needed to be able to hold the fort if trouble arrived!
The upcoming release of the Gunfighters II box from Great Escape Games gives tabletop fans and miniature painters the option of including women in their western gaming, either as infamous outlaws or law-abiding citizens carrying a weapon to defend themselves. Thanks again go to Great Escape Games for sending along a couple of sprues ahead of the general release!
Be sure to check out www.greatescapegames.co.uk/ for the current range of gunfighters and western miniatures available for Dead Man's Hand, and keep an eye on their Facebook page for news on the upcoming release of the plastic female gunfighter box, arriving around April.
00:00 - Intro
00:57 - Looking at the Kit/Sprues
03:55 - Painting Time!
16:24 - The Finished Outlaw
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THE BASE: Armageddon Dust, Seraphim Sepia, Tyrant Skull drybrush. Tufts to taste, and base rim with XV-88.
PAINTS USED:
PRIMERS:
Zandri Dust (Citadel Primer Spray)
CITADEL:
Cadian Fleshtone (Layer)
Morghast Bone (Base)
Death Guard Green (Base)
XV-88 (Base)
Mournfang Brown (Base)
Mephiston Red (Base)
Rakarth Flesh (Base)
Leadbelcher (Base)
Retributor Armour (Base)
Marine Juice: Equal parts Nuln Oil, Reikland Fleshshade, Lahmian Medium.
Balor Brown (Layer)
Flayed One Flesh (Layer)
Nurgling Green (Layer)
Wild Rider Red (Layer)
Reikland Fleshshade (Shade)
VALLEJO:
Black Grey
Saddle Brown
Red Leather
VARNISHES:
Vallejo Matt Varnish Spray

[@rickyl3136]

I need a dedicated video on that chicken please. I hate to sound demanding or anything but please make that video.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Keep your eyes peeled over the next couple of days... ;D

[@timothyyoung2962]

Never played a western-style mini-game, but I would mode them into some nice wild west inspired adventurers for Stargrave. Nothing like some planetary homestead adventurers. Love how the mini turned out. Nice earthy colors. I also love how you research the colors for period clothing. Most people (me included) would honestly just paint them whatever we wanted and be done with it. But you actually try and theme the colors based on what was available for the time period.

[@badgergames1447]

Badger Johnson Apparently at 5, my dad wandered into a tent revival that was in town and as his nervous catholic mother and aunts tried to lure him out he exclaimed "I'M NOT LEAVING UNTIL THEY PLAY PISTOL PACKIN' MAMA!!!"

[@TheEccentricMan]

Nicely done Troy. Good choice of colours, some of my favorites in there.

[@Siygess]

Very cool, Ive been looking forward to these!

[@johnkelley9877]

This is a neat figure and the color scheme looks great! Thanks for sharing this.

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , Troy . 🐺

[@AF-kj2zl]

The chicken will go nicely with the chicken in the Wargames Atlantic halfling box. I'm hoping more companies will make chickens. Who needs warhounds when you can have a pack of raging war chickens!

[@durzod2052]

Perfect minions for a Fowl Necromancer!

[@lorddraconum]

Nicely painting wild west outlaw.

[@danelmore2783]

Another fantastic and insightful painting video. Thank you

[@alessiodecarolis]

Interesting box, I'm waiting for Stargrave's female ones, these minis are really good, converting figures is really easier now. P.s.I liked how the hat was lightly darker on the strap, as logically were!

[@jediknutt620]

I have to agree with previous comments. I need to see the chicken video. 😀

[@stevepickering5978]

Oh the wild west what a good era for wargames, cowboys Indians and the ladies, cracking figure expertly painted and oh yes the little Chicken. but do I get these maybe not to much to paint keep up the excellent work.

[@AF-kj2zl]

I really like these wild west kits!

[@goattrain]

really fun video! I love how she came together :>

[@yendub]

Bought the kit, but not for Dead Man's Hand. Bought it for 7tv's Pulp game to make a Police Squad force.

[@jamesgreaney7615]

Excellent as ever - one of the weird quirks of being into historicals is that you can never have too many approaches to browns, leather, and greens! (I really need that chicken)

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

There's never too many variations on leather!

[@TheSuburbanScumbag]

I picked up death guard green but it was an air paint. Still went on a dream and it is a nice neutral green. Looking to pick up this set soon. Also hoping GEG go all the way and produce multi part civil war renegades, natives, Mexican banditos and soldiers along with civilian and scenery sets.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Apparently it's cavalry miniatures that're on the way soon, which is neat! I'm really excited to see companies tackling unusual and uncommon themes for plastic miniatures to bring more to the table.

[@TheSuburbanScumbag]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio nice! Looking forward to that! Totally agree with tackling unusual themes. IT's great to see miniature companies branching out and looking into lesser known areas. I believe Great Escape Games does a prohibition gangster range as well

[@furiousv775]

Just now catching up on "how to" painting tutorials.

[@johndally7994]

Your videos are very interesting and relaxing to watch. I hate to mention it, but her holster is on the wrong side.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

At least this once I can say it was intentional! 😅 The holster wouldn't sit quite right against the opposite hip, so I figured I'd toss it on the other side and she'd cross draw.

[@johndally7994]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Ah, I see it now. I was confused by the slope on the pistol belt, I guess. I'm getting into making holsters so I suppose I was paying too much attention to that aspect of the model. Beautiful painting, as always. Even though I haven't painted a miniature in decades I love to watch you work.

[@Sturmensky]

Good to see more of these! Really tempted to pick up a box or two. Out of curiosity, how does the scale align with other ranges - e.g., Mantis, etc. The urge to kitbash grows strong. I know some ranges - e.g., Northstar and Perry - can look a tad wonky together.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

These have come out of the Renedra plastic production lines, I'm pretty sure. They're similar in scale to Stargrave and Frostgrave plastics. The parts from this box aren't going to fit terribly well with many other lines, though; they're much more slight and thin than most guys, but you might get a couple of Perry bodies with floofy sleeves and pistols if you like.

[@Sturmensky]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio Awesome, thanks for the info! I'll definitely keep that in mind :) As always, great video by the way!

[@Gabbiano88]

Super cool

[@irishtom30]

This video has it all: Chickens

[@kevingallagher2366]

Great show what's your mix for alys brown liquid is it equal parts or is something different

[@Hedgehobbit]

The paintjob is great, but these types of miniatures always end up looking like they were assembled from parts. While I see the problems with monopose miniatures, they do end up looking better. I guess this is an advantage of 3D printing in that model makers can create multiple poses of the same character and you can just print the ones you like.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

It's one of the limitations of plastic kits, I guess. If I were more patient with filling gaps and such it'd probably not be so obvious, but I'll take the option while it's there.

[@Hedgehobbit]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio It has nothing to do with the gaps. It's how their arms and legs just stick out to the sides in the same way. I've got dozens of space marines and IG that look like that.

[@tethys17]

​@@Hedgehobbit3D printing is way more trouble than its worth in my opinion. They need alot of clean up and ive had one mini break and after trying three types of glue that did literally nothing I gave up trying to fix it. These, an GW minis look fine as modular minis and its also crucial for the tabletop

[@philhelm1318]

What colors did you use for your base?