The Admins Ranges included a set of figures coded SH, Super Heroes. Trouble is, they were dubious at the very least - basically think Teen Titans... So not a Range I ever released. However, going over the Admins Ranges it was obvious the figures themselves were a lot more flexible. Ideal, in fact, for other Pulp uses. So...
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Not all done so far but certainly made a good start. I've made a deliberate attempt to delink these from the SH Range - codes are now AR (Admins Retro) and don't correspond in any way with the numbering of the 'original' Range. Painted in a very toy soldier block painting scheme that just looks 'right'.
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AR01 Ship's Captain. This one just screamed it's id out! I've gone for a very Retro Pulp Spacemen scheme - red, black and brass.
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AR02 Number One. Same pose as the Captain so seemed right.
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AR03 Young Hero. Another one that seemed obvious. The annoying teenage genius that often saved the day. It was the cloak that did it - of course he would wear a cloak!
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AR04 Bridge crew 1. Has to be bridge crew...
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AR05 Ship's Engineer. Red belt seemed a better fit than black. I did put shading on the pockets,etc, of this figure, it just doesn't show up in the photo.
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Alternate colour scheme - painted this before I'd thought of using the figure as a spaceship crew member, but then again it's as useful as a civilian anyway!
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AR06 Generic crew 1
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AR07 Crew member in T Shirt
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AR08 Cyborg crew member.
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AR09 Ship Psych Operative - again, seemed the obvious thing to do!
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AR10 Security officer. Originally a very unconvincing SAS soldier.
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Still not sure of the colour scheme to use on this figure - could well be trying a few more. There are a couple more figures to add for the security element.
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AR11 Independent Trader. Took me a while to think of a use for this figure!
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AR12 Reporter. In the original Range this figure wasn't listed but I found it as SH24 Reporter. It's the only figure with it's 'original' designation.
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AR13 Intrepid Reporter. Has to be intrepid - think Lois Lane or Dale Arden. About as iconic a stereotype in pulp fiction as you can get. Which should probably make AR12 a Meek Reporter but...
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AR14 Youth in casual pose. This figure has already appeared in the Christmas/Toyland adventure. Probably has a part time (or full time) job as a photographer - Jimmy Olsen or Peter Parker. The original figure was described as Dick Greyson!
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AR15 Youth giving directions. Another figure from the Christmas adventure.
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AR16 Police Sergeant. Again, there are a couple more police figures to add. I've painted the uniform dark Prussian Blue - not quite right, Dark Sea Blue might be more accurate, but it looks good.
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This doesn't cover the entire Range - still a few more to find and/or paint. For some reason I forgot to add the pillar box and there's a mercenary figure I'm struggling with re paint scheme. Overall, though, a very useful range of figures so far.
