Hello everyone!
This might be on wrong forum thread, sorry for that.
Although I have a fever of nearly 39 degrees, I want to hit you for this news;
For wargamers and GBFans alike, the Crooked Dice are going to do few figures that might be nice on the side of 1:43 scale Ecto’s you have on the shelves…
I am too tired to update the pictures here, the fever is taking too much for me at the moment. Here is the link though;
At least one set is coming to Finland…
Cheers!
My buddy Doug went through a sort of pathological liar phase in high school… making up stuff just to see if people would believe it.
One of the ones he strung me along with was a claim he’d seen metal GB RPG minis in a catalogue. I could picture them in my mind, how awesome they would look.
And now it looks as if it might actually happen!
Alex
I got one!.. full set of Figures, that is.
They showed up in the mail today. Being the start of the run, the castings are very crisp and extremely clean, hardly any excess flash to file off. For being Unlicenced Paranormal Investigators, they look very good. The Packs resemble the Kenner/Cartoon version.
Here are some close-ups of the Figures…“Egon” ready with a Trap.
“Ray” sporting Goggles.
“Winston” walking up to join the group…notice they all have Flashlights and Radios on their Pack Straps like in the Video Game.
“Peter” waving to the Ghost to get it’s attention.
I opted to get the extra equipment…
…and “Slimer”…
…in all his glory.
Chibigear mentioned the 1:43 scale Ectos as a good fit. I happen to have the Hallmark Ecto Ornament which is roughly 1:43 scale and goes nicely with the Figure set.
I didnt want one of those Ecto ornaments, but then I got my own set of Crooked Dice Paranormal Exterminator figurines and I see what an excellent scale the Ecto is with these, and I really want one now, but they are $50-100 
awesome pics Capt, you captured every little detail with your camera! cant wait to see how you paint them!
Being that they are “Fauxbusters”, Joeghostbuster and I talked about a less expensive alternative for the Ecto-1. We found these on ebay…
…nothing at all like a MM, but it has a nice retro look, comes with Sirens and can be had for $14.00 or less. I took the Box Art and started to Ecto-fy it.
With some junk on the roof, it should make a passable substitute.
Being that the figures are in scale with most O Scale Model Railroad items, I looked for a Building with some GB Firehouse attributes. The most plentiful are the Plasticville line. I chose the Bank, it has a nice Block bottom and no street level Windows. Being a “fixer upper”, unlike the Ghostbusters, I bought it for only $12.00.
The Door area needs to be widened so it can be “driven” through and I might cover up the side rows of Windows on the front, still undecided.
The split second I ordered them, I hopped on Scribd and got the West End rpg and the 4 ed GURPS.
very nice! now Im wondering… if you bought 2 of those banks, could they be stacked on top of one another ?
Wow, a serious gamer! Nice, my interest is mostly with the Figures and display.
Did you hunt down a copy of “Ghostbusters International”?
It would take quite a bit of slice and dice. The columns and trim at the top makes it difficult.
yeah I saw that afterwards. how easily does this plastic cut ? it looks pretty thick on the sign part, so probably not feasible to slice it off. I could always use my firehouse box from my RGB cartoon set, or just design my own, like I did for the minimates.
It’s molded in “steps” so if you cut off that section you would have a gap to fill.
I did this today. It looks a little more Ghostbustery..
…and the “Ecto” fits thru the front without scraping.
The 'Bricks" are only taped in place to see how it looks. I plan to fill in the bottom row of window on the front.
awesome as usual
Haven’t posted in a while.
I got some different Figures from Hasslefree. I didn’t buy any of their Zombies but I got a few hero types to go with this other Vehicle I found.
http://www.hfminis.co.uk/shop?category=miniatures~studio-zombies-%2F-survivors
You should also see this guy on the linked page…there is another version of him named Oakley on the “Modern Adventurers” Page…different pose. The Chainsaw is a separate piece so I just sticky tacked it there to take the pic, it needs to be Superglued in place. I figure you can never have enough “Hero” types.
The real reason for this post? I also found this version of Velma, called “Louise”, on the Adventurers page. . Thought she would make a good Female Ghostbuster, say like Janine, even though she’s dressed a bit skimpy. 
Are they the same size? Here are two with Ray.
I also started painting things. I get to spend about 10 minutes or so at a time, so progress is a bit slow.
First up are the Busters! Still working on the faces.
Next is Slimer! I purchased a clear base for him so he now “flies” and his eyes will glow under blacklight.
Firehouse! Paint it black…and then paint it some more.
Since I can’t devote a lot of time, I paint one side at a time
Last but not least, Janine! Still working on her right hand so she can hold a Trap. I did most of the paint up on her…first to see how the uniform colors would look and second…because I find that girls are more fun to paint than boys, but that’s just me. You can’t tell from this pic, but her Goggles Lenses will glow…so will Ray’s.
Looking at these close-ups, I see she needs a bit of touch-up painting around her boots and on her legs. Oh well, something for later this week.
^ most epic picture ever
Cool stuff!
Twin Whistle Sign & Kit Co. is producing a pretty awesome looking train scale model of H&L 8.
Hey d_osborn,
It’s a little pricey for a fixer upper…but a nice find!
Scary update for Halloween.
Slimer on the Left has just a Base Coat of Snot Green. Slimer on the Right has two Coats of Thermal Green drybrushed on top. Shading looks nice like this…
…but hit it with some Black Light and Slimer on the Right starts to glow.
Kill the regular lights and he’s a standout.
I’ll finish up the Gums and Teeth so they glow as well.
I like the one on the right better, but they’re both flipping awesome
Clear base for Slimer can be purchased where? And did you glue him on or drill a hole in his tummy?
Alex