NRW Brazilians in the Back of Beyond Campaign

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VLADIVOSTOK, 14th this month.

The arduous trek of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force through the Manchurian hinterland has taken a most curious turn. Having departed the port of Vladivostok with their commander-in-chief chauffeured in a Ford motor vehicle, the South American contingent struck northward, effecting a clever bypass of the Imperial Japanese outposts stationed near Rasdolnaya.

Reliable dispatches reaching this office indicate that the Brazilians successfully secured passage upon the Harbin-Suifenho railway, part of the great Chinese Eastern Railway, their iron horses steaming westward toward the heart of the continent. However, word has arrived that this progress was abruptly checked on the outskirts of Mulingchan. It is reported that the lead train was brought to a standstill by the interference of agents unknown, leaving the expedition’s present status a matter of grave conjecture. Whether this obstruction was the work of Bolshevik irregulars working on the orders of a reportedly disgruntled Vladivostok military commander or some other shadow force remains to be seen.

Cave Woman conversion update. What if Bettie Page was cast in a 1950s caveman movie...

Update photograph of the Reaper Miniatures Cave Woman miniature that I started back in 2023. Back then, the miniature was solely going to represent a fictional female prehistoric human, but last year I became aware of Bettie Page comic books, which lead to me discovering more about the real-life person and her work. Which saw this miniature having more work done to it, to represent a fictional Bettie Page in a 1950s cave woman movie, or some such nonsense, which could explain her presence in tabletop prehistory games.

Below are two photos from the 12 November 2023 blog post.

       

Stock miniature - Reaper Miniatures

Ideas for a 1950s comic book secret agent Bettie.

Taking an image of a Bad Squiddo Games WW2 Resistance sculpt from off the Internet, and using a basic computer paint program to make a crude artist's impression of what the miniature could look like with hair bangs, you get the above image. I used this same method when conceptualizing the cave woman miniature before I attempted to sculpt hair bangs onto it.