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Time for another entry in my Year of Pop Culture. The Outlaw Josey Wales<\/em> is, of course, one of Clint Eastwood’s classic Westerns; one I have seen many times and one I return to often. It’s the story of a Confederate farmer whose family is murdered by Union troops, so he joins a militia to kill Northerners. Eventually, the militia is convinced to surrender. Josey refuses, of course, and his fellow militia men are all massacred after laying down their arms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Josey becomes an outlaw; the target of bounty hunters and the duplicitous Union regiment known as the “Redlegs” that was responsible for the massacre of his men. He finds a woman, settles down on a ranch…but only for a little while. Eventually, the Redlegs arrive and lay siege to the ranch in a bloody climactic battle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Outlaw Josey Wales<\/em> has some of the best lines in bad-ass movie history, from “You gonna pull those pistols, or just whistle Dixie?”, to the iconic “Dyin’ ain’t much of a livin’, boy.” It’s one of my favorite Westerns of all time, and if for some reason you haven’t seen it, you should.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Reaper does this “Jeb Lawson” miniature in their Chronoscope line, and it’s a pretty good likeness, almost as if they did that on purpose. It’s sculpted by James van Shaik.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here’s my paint job. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And that’s one more for the Pop Culture theme of 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I guess that’s a good thing, because I haven’t done shit on my Deep Space Nine model for the Season of Scenery yet… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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