" I AM THE LAW"

Well not me personally, as I'm just a hobbyist like the rest of you, but Judge Dredd from the pages of 2000 AD.

In the 70's a new comic hit the market ~ 2000 AD.. and from issue 2 onward, Judge Dredd has graced it's pages in one form or another ever since. It was never my favourite strip, that honour is shared by Nemesis the Warlock, A.B.C. Warriors and Strontium Dog, but I have always enjoyed reading it.. with some villains more interesting than others.

"THE CRIME IS LIFE THE SENTENCE IS DEATH"

This brings me to my favourite set of Villains, the four dark judges. These models are produced by Foundry and are currently available from their web store.

The first to be introduced in the comics was Judge Death, who was trapped in the mind of Cassandra Anderson and encased in Boing. He was released and joined his dark brethren, Fear, Fire, and Mortis later on, and they have returned several times to plague,trouble, and the unhappy Cursed Earth.

 If your already dead your pretty hard to get rid of, right!?

I'm not planning to use these in gaming terms, but create a display base with examples of each judges victim littering the floor.

"SPECIALIST JUDGES"

Next up are three specialist judges also available from Foundry. You will see these models have been fitted to 25 mm round bases for gaming. On the left we have a Tech Judge: in the centre is a SJS judge ( Judge of the Judges ): and on the right we have a judge in riot gear.

"STREET JUDGES"

Next up, we have the muscle boys.

On the left we have Judge Heston, this is a model I built after seeing Da Gobbo ( Andy ) posted up a picture on his blog and saying "Wish they'd made a model of this."  I have given away a few copies of this model as gifts to friends, but can't put them into production because of it being a licensed product.

Next is a judge model by Mongoose productions when they had the licence, which later went to Warlord Games.

Then we have a female Psi Judge, by Foundry, and last but by no means least is good old Judge Giant, also by Foundry.

"WHAT'S NEXT"

I haven't decided what I'm going to do in gaming terms with these models yet, I'm thinking of waiting and seeing what Warlord games do with their Rebellion licence, and what they release.

I would like to do some gaming in Mega City 1, as well as gaming within the Cursed Earth, but with my big project on Imperial Assault at the moment: I shall be content to paint the odd model ~ as the muse descends, while I come up with a plan !

Until next time have fun ! 

Cheers Dave.