Alternate Necromunda Gangs

[Kitsune]

Does anybody have links/suggestions for good necromunda gang GW alternate models?

Thanks

[Penchour]

Heresy has an excellent gang :

http://www.heresyminiatures.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=2_15&zenid=b02e75c8b6237b40c605e8d3b27c3d2d

[Onebigriver]

The Slicks by East Riding are really nice:

http://shop.eastridingminiatures.co.uk/slicks-89-c.asp

Kallistra have some chunky gangers:

http://www.kallistra.co.uk/

First stop should be to EM4:

http://www.em4miniatures.com/acatalog/Future_Skirmish.html

complimented nicely by Copplestone Castings:

http://www.copplestonecastings.co.uk/range.php?range=FW

[dijit]

EM4 http://www.em4miniatures.com/ (good for ratskins, savages, Goliath, etc)

Copplestone http://www.copplestonecastings.co.uk/ (by the same guy as most of EM4's stuff - Mark Copplestone)

Hasslefree http://www.hasslefreeminiatures.co.uk/ (by Kev White - noted for his female figures especially)

Mad Puppet http://www.madpuppetminiatures.com/main.php?zone=cat&cat=2 (expensive but lovely if slightly psychotic)

Kallistra http://www.kallistra.co.uk/Shop/Sci-Fi%20Shop.html

Foundry http://www.miniaturicum.de/index.php?infoBox=0&cPath=42_117 (expensive but very nice, can also be got from Wargames Foundry)

Scotia Grendel http://www.scotiagrendel.com/Products/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=59&zenid=2be4431cc7d217f458171df36187cbb9 Home of the old Void minis many made by Kev White (of Hasslefree) and Mark Copplestone, but also the Kyromek and Urban War minis. A HUGE collection to look through)

Reaper Minis http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/Chronoscope/latest huge collection mainly fantasy, but also so great one of sci fi minis

Black Hat Minis http://www.blackhat.co.uk/

Antenocitis Workshop http://www.antenocitisworkshop.com/ great models, and modeling kit, also has a lot of the infinity stuff http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity/en/

Then there's AT 43, now OOP, but can get cheap on Ebay, there's probably loads more, but there's some of the best.

Duncan

[Inso]

Grymn:

http://www.hasslefreeminiatures.co.uk/range.php?range_id=25

I am using them as an Enforcer gang but they could equally be used as Van-Saars or Orlocks.

[area23]

If you go for Copplestone figs, some of the older Warzone miniatures were by Copplestone too. They're bigger, but the same sculpting style and some have the same poses, so you could use them as Heavies. (esp. Capitol)
http://www.princeaugust.ie/target_games/index_capitol.html

Tiny but very nice are the Atomic Café figs from Brigade Games

Mongoose games has the Judge Dredd range. Since Necromunda is nothing other than a gothic mega city one and the Arbites are Judges, it's worth having a look.

[Luddite]

Pig Iron Ferals

http://www.pig-iron-productions.com/kolony-ferals-c-3.html?zenid=649aa12f283045fd26d33ab9eebdc145

[Hat Guy]

I kitbashed GW Plastic kits. The Heavy Weapons were a little tricky, but otherwise it's a great way to go. I ended up with plenty of options for all my gangs.

Chaos Marauders as Goliaths
Empire Flagellants as Cawdor
Dark Eldar Witches as Escher
Eldar Guardians as Van Saar
Imperial Militia (with Catachan legs) as Orlock

If you can pick up sprues second hand, it's a pretty cheap way to go too.

[Kitsune]

Thanks all, these are great. Keep 'em coming!

[Pil]

There's a somewhat active Necromunda community on the Eastern Fringe:
http://easternfringe.com/forum/index.php

In the Painting, Modelling and Scenery section there are lots of people that make their gangs from other GW plastic kits:
http://easternfringe.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=16&sid=42dad224e96b88745ba3bab2a08a412a

I think often used kits are Cadians and Catachans as Orlocks, Empire flagellants for Redemptionists and possibly Cawdor, and Eldar Guardians as Van Saar.

Basically a lot of uniformed troops can be used as Enforcers, Van Saar or Orlock, but it's the weirder gangs that are harder to do. I had a Goliath gang from normal Necromunda models and an Enforcer Precinct from plastic VOID Viridian Interdict Marines, please excuse the crappy pics:






Here's more shots of the Cyber Mastiff made from a Mech Warrior pre painted Fenrir Battle Armour and a Warhammer Saurus head:

[Kitsune]

Kitsune,

Are you looking for alternatives to the current range for the Houses in the rulebook or a new look entirely.

Got my trusty Delaque gang indoors, but interested in seeing what other gang options are about.

E

[Red Orc]

How far from the Necro background do you want to depart? A few of us were kicking around an idea for a VSF Necromunda, called <<Die Welt der Toten Dampf>> using the same gangs pretty much, but instead of trading houses in the Imperial World of Necromunda, they would be rival treasure-hunting gangs in fin du siècle Europe (and beyond), controlled by the Earl of Cawdor, Count Orlock, Duc D'Lac, Goliath Corporation, Margravine von Escher and Mijnheer van Saar.

It never developed much beyond that, but there are a few Old West style Necro versions around that could be a source of inspiration.

If you're sticking to a more spacey-future wars theme but departing from the background, maybe your Necro gang is a space-pirate crew, like the crew of the Betty in Aliens IV, or Serenity in Firefly. You can shoe-horn anything in there.