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Necromunda: House Goliath Gangers 03

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I continue my trip down memory lane with the second of my two reviews of my original House Goliath gang - the Badland Bastards. This time I'm showcasing the bulk of the gang - the rank and file gangers. All of these figures were produced by Citadel Miniatures for Games Workshop's Necromunda skirmish game and are a mix of metal and plastic figures. The original boxed game came with plastic figures for Houses Goliath and Orlock. As a consequence, these ended up being my two biggest gangs.
I start off with my six metal ganger figures, who are all superb sculpts. At the far left is Johnny Flambo who is armed with a Hand Flamer, a Shotgun and a Knife. Second from the left is Brak Skullsmasher (what a cool Goliath name!). He is armed with a Las Rifle, a Stub Pistol, Frag Grenades and a Knife. I like how he has his Knife strapped to the side of his Las Rifle. Sadly, he was not used in my gang. Next in line is Steeljaw, who is armed with a Las Rifle, an Autopistol, Frag and Krak Grenades and a Knife.
Moving on, is Konrad Kilgore, another ganger whom I didn't get round to including in my gang. He is armed with an Autogun, a Las Pistol and a Knife. Second from the right is Blitzen, who is armed with a Shotgun, Stub Pistol, Frag Grenades and a Knife. Last but by no means least, is "Mad Axe" MacRae, who, as his name implies, is armed with an Axe, as well as an Autogun, Frag and Krak Grenades and a Knife.
Not nearly as well sculpted as the metal gangers are my plastic gangers. These came with a choice of two bodies and a selection of right arms holding assorted weapons. I have ten of them and only three of them were used in my gang. At the far left is Flange, who was a member of my Badlands Bastards gang. He is armed with a Chainsaw, Autopistol and Knife. I replaced his sword with the Chainsword. Slicer is another ganger who was part of my gang and he is armed with a Power Sword, an Autopistol and a Knife.
The next three gangers were not used but I still named them. They are from left to right, Hagen, Spikey and Ghork. Hagen is armed with an Autopistol and a Knife, which I took from one of my plastic Orlock gangers. Spikey is armed with a Las Rifle and a Knife, whilst Ghork is armed with an Autogun and a Knife.
In the next batch of plastic gangers, I start at the far left with Arnie the Armoured Fist, a close combat specialist, armed with a Power Fist, Power Sword, Las Pistol and Knife. Obviously, he was used in my gang. His Power Sword and Power Fist replaced his original weapons.
The other four gangers were not used and they are from left to right, Ukak (armed with Shotgun, Stub Pistol and Power Sword), Ed Crusher (armed with Shotgun and Knife), Gund (armed with Las Pistol and Sword) and Bone Snapper (armed with Bolt Pistol, Frag Grenades and Knife).
These gave me a total of 27 House Goliath figures, my second largest gang after my Orlocks. I do like all of the metal figures that were produced for them but the plastic figures are disappointing. On some of them I have lengthened the size of their Mohican haircuts with Milliput. The new plastic Goliath gangers that came out last year are a vast improvement over these. If I were to field all of my Badland Bastards, they'd be a formidable force. In my original Necromunda campaign, this gang finished second out of twelve with a total of 3,900 points.

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