Post-Apocalyptic Gangs: Warriors, Scavengers and Slavers

I've got a handful of figures that we've used over the years for games in our post-apocalyptic games. I never really bothered to organize them into gangs, though. With a new campaign looming on the horizon, I've decided categorize these figures a little better so they'll be easier to integrate into the campaign.

Up first we have some general-purpose warriors.  These guys could be survivalists, wasteland settlers or maybe a ragtag militia defending a frontier town.

As with most of my collections, these figures are drawn from a whole bunch of different manufacturers. First pic, left to right: Reaper Chronoscope, HorrorClix, HeroClix, converted Games Workshop

Second pic, left to right: Copplestone, Acheson Creations, The Assault Group, Acheson Creations

Up next is an interesting pair of figures. The guy on the right is a Games Workshop Vostroyan officer (converted to hold a new gun). The other, bigger figure is from Legions of Steel. Together they are Zebulon and Lorgnar, a post-apoc mercenary captain and his armor-clad mutant bodyguard.

Up next we have my slavers. Yes, this despicable practice is still commonplace, both in the windswept wastelands and the rubble-strewn cities. The two figures on the left and right are from Dark Age, and the guy in the middle is a converted Dark Eldar mini. From left, they are Turok, Belial and Sylph.

Belial, the middle figure, brings a certain joie de vivre to the battlefield, as well as that most essential component of post-apoc settings: the bare-assed raider. Every post-apoc game needs a guy with his ass hanging out of his pants. It's like a rite of initiation or something.

This next gang was named, not by me, but by fellow club member Karl. When these figures hit the table as part of our "Atomic Highway" convention scenario earlier this year, Karl christened them the Butchers of Boozetown. The name seemed perfect to me, especially because the faction's leader (a big ol' 32mm Reaper Chronoscope mini) is outfitted as a butcher, with a blood-spattered apron, a cleaver and a gnarly meathook.

Not to gross you out or anything, but he is wearing someone's face as a mask. You can't see it, but there are little stitches down the back of his head where the grisly mask was held in place. The rest of the figures are various converted Necromunda minis. Somewhere I've written down names for most of the individual figures.

More to come, including my all-time favorite post-apoc minis: the Kolony Ferals from Pig Iron Productions!

-- Patrick, Chicago Skirmish Wargames club member