Or, the strong independent women of the Pulps. In fact, only one of them is the stereotypical dame. And she has a gun, so don’t call her a dame to her face. Or do. She’s a toy. Don’t get so worried about their feelings, they don’t have any.
We start with the Jungle Paragon. Who needs Tarzan when you have her. Maybe a bit of a Sheena character, maybe a reference to some other story I don’t get. I did learn this week that I don’t get most of the references being made in the 7TV Apocalypse figures. More on that later.
Back to Tarzana or whatever her name is. I’m going to lump this in with the gender swap figures from the earlier post. Gender swap isn’t right. Biological sex swap sounds dirty, though. Let’s say, characters-who-were-classically-men-who-can-easily-be-replaced-by-women-because-its-a-game-and-that-is-awesome. CWWCMWCEBRBWBIAGATIA.
As usual, my photo’s don’t do this justice. Not only the figure, but my paint job. Quite proud of this one. A much more dynamic pose than many other similar female figures. Look towards the Belits or Red Sonyas on the market in similar scale to see what I mean. This Jungle Paragon is in motion, has a fierce look on her face, and is still modestly dressed. Modestly dress for the jungle, that is.
Here we have the dame. Take your choice of Pulp detective cover art, she is likely on 25% of it. And why not? Is she a villain? Is she a hero? Does it matter?
Again, my photos need to improve. This figure is wells sculpted and perfect for the character she portrays. Not sure where that gun was hidden, but that’s a question for another time.
I was really tempted to paint this one and the detective Pulp figures as more realist looking versions of characters from Who Framed Roger Rabbit. This figures could easily be done as Jessica Rabbit and still be playable in serious games.
And lastly we have the Renegade Royal. Doesn’t matter that I don’t get the reference, I never do.
I really like this figure. There were some casting issues that I couldn’t fully fix; there was a lot of flash connected to the front of the face, which makes no sense given the other mold lines. You can kind of see it on the RHS of the face but I did what I could.
Again, we have a good pose for the character. Dynamic without being goofy or impossible to paint. What I really like are the proportions.
This will be a bit odd, but stick with me on this.
A lot of female miniatures are sculpted so thin as to be unbelievable. For some miniatures that may be OK. But there are a variety of types out there to choose from. This figure is not stick thin or poorly proportioned. She looks more believable in form. This stands out to me, for some reason.
Not ranting, not preaching. Like the earlier post, others like what they like and play how they play. But I appreciate the female figures in the Pulp range for having a variety of shape. And they are true to the Pulp theme.
A bit scattered there. May have to clean up that thought and do a post just on that.
Now, to address that reference above about references. Based on some FB posts this week, I’m getting the real sense that I don’t know a lot of the media that some of the 7TV figures are based on. No clue about that crossing guard guy from many posts back until I was told. No clue about Triffids until this week. Many other things I am likely missing.
Not sure if this is a “side of the pond” issue or what. There is an entire media catalogue that I have never had access to. Since 7TV is produced in the land of the BBC, there are a lot of shows and movies that look great for the game that we in the States would never know about.
All that to say, I need to start looking into some of this. The Bond stuff, I get. The Mad Max stuff, I know but don’t fully appreciate. But some of these others, I have nothing.
Guess I have to start a watch list and work my way through. Darn, more movies to watch.
the immortal frequentist 
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