Far Corfe: "The Junkfood Dogs" - or a Bevvy of Beautiful Bikers

Copplestone's original Bikers

Whenever you're getting into collecting and painting minis with a near future, post apocalyptic or survival horror theme, there are some classics of those genres that you can't avoid wanting to get your hands on sooner or later. Alongside punks, mutants and the crazed followers of Elder Gods, the biker gang is one of those staples that always look good shooting it out with cops, zombies and crazies of every possible description.

I came across Mark Copplestone's bikers in a number of places, picking up most of the original sculpts that he produced for the Grenadier Future Warriors range from the websites that still stock them, and then another couple from the newer stuff that he has sale at Copplestone Castings. I loved the beards, shades and beer bellies that made up their look, and so they came to form the core of the gang I came to call "The Junkfood Dogs", on account of the fact that, while they look pretty fierce, they're obviously fond of a burger or three.

Some more exotic members of the gang...

Once I'd managed to collect all of the Copplestone bikers, I started to think about adding some more options that would allow the gang to work in a more sci-fi oriented setting too. I had a Hero Forge miniature that looked like his tommy gun and biker jacket would be a fit, and I converted a couple of first edition Orlock gangers to serve as his more futuristic crew. A Heroclix mini became Tyrone, the gang's muscle and a Chaos Cultist leader became a wiry elder figure, perhaps the overall leader of the entire gang.

The core of the sci-fi bikers

I'd also had some Catachans sitting around, doing nothing but gathering dust for a couple of years, and I figured that their bandanas and badass haircuts could be a good fit for this part of the gang too. So after a few beards here and a couple of head swaps there, I had another six bikers to add to the swelling ranks of the Junkfood Dogs.

I was very pleased with the way these guys turned out and equally happy to have them removed from the leadpile that they'd been stuck in for so long. They seem to work pretty well with the more modern bikers, but also could be used in their own right as a far more futuristic type of biker gang that's more used to living a nomadic lifestyle in a post apocalyptic wasteland than on the backroads and highways of the real world.

The assembled might of the Junkfood Dogs takes on an entire town infested with the undead

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