Any interest in alien civilians? Or futuristic humans civilians?

[Predatorpt]

So I was talking with my friends at our local gaming club and since Infinity is going strong around here, we were wondering why there isn't any companies who make

1)alien civilians (different races) unarmed. Maybe with some diplomats/workers/politics. The only guys I can remotely think of are from this line, from Zombiesmith:



http://www.zombiesmith.com/collections/types?q=Starport

Or maybe even some Tau:



Or various Star Wars plastic minis from their old game.

2) Futuristic civilians: we would like to see hostages/colonists/politicians, etc.

The only ones I can remember right now are: Antenociti's Workshop:



Urban Construct:



Heresy Miniatures:


So, what do you guys think? Is there any interest in more civilians? Would you use them in your games (Infinity or others, of course)

[Diakon]

These guys from East Riding Miniatures?

[Conquistador]

Sure  but in 15 mm size...         

No more 25+ mm for me.


Gracias,

Glenn

[tnjrp]

Is there any interest in more civilians? Would you use them in your games (Infinity or others, of course)

Sure on both counts. Tho I'm actually pretty sure there are a few more in existence (for example Corvus Belli make a few themselves) -- more so if you are prepared to take some modern and other borderline stuff on board -- but don't have the time to go look right now. But the more the merrier as they say.

[Elk101]

Definitely some more civilians. There are a few available from Denizen's sci-fi adventurers that can be used as civilians.

http://www.denizenminiatures.co.uk

I have them and they are smaller than my Hasslefree and Heresy civilians but they are not so dissimilar in proportion that they look odd together.

[dijit]

There are generally too few civilians, and too few games/scenarios/rules that make use of them.

[Michka]

I'd love to see more civilian miniatures. It's always amazed me that even the RPG figure lines rarely have unarmed figures. I love weapons as much as the next guy, but if you even tried to populate a board with civilians you've discovered how few unarmed, non-combative types exist.

[cheetor]

Im definitely in the market for sci-fi civilians.  People that look like the crowds in Bladerunner preferably: I dont want grimdark neo-serfs.

The problems as see them are that they have to be cheap enough to be able to assemble a crowd without breaking the bank (I reckon that thirty would be as much as I would ever need) and that the perceived wisdom is that they wouldnt sell.  And frankly, Id say that sci-fi civilians wouldnt sell in large numbers to anyone except a certain type of hardcore, so making money back on them would be very tough Id say.  I would love to be proven wrong.

But yes, I definitely have an interest.  The Zombiesmith aliens and the Antenociti guys are the closest in look to what I want, but they are not cheap.  The old Gangs of Mega-City 1 plastic gangers were also close to what I was looking for, but the sculpts were dodgy and the models are very tall, much taller than I would use (and I tend to be pretty forgiving about that sort of thing).

[Predatorpt]

Thanks for all the replies, glad to know that I'm not the only one who wants more civilian minis!

[Daeothar]

Absolutely!

I've toyed with the idea of getting some of those figures the railroad crowd uses to populate their platforms and streets. They're cheap as chips (even cheaper actually if you get them in bulk from China ) and, would you want it, can also be bought (very basically) prepainted. Go for 1/48 or S-scale, and they'd blend in rather well, even though they're not nearly as bulky as most gaming miniatures.

Clothing is pretty generic and bland, so might pass as 20th century or near future clothing without problem.

I came across them when looking for figures to use as zombie hordes. Put some gaming Zeds at the outside of the horde, and fill in the center with those cheapo railroad people. Just add some blood and gore and start purging undead...

[cheetor]

I've toyed with the idea of getting some of those figures the railroad crowd uses to populate their platforms and streets. They're cheap as chips (even cheaper actually if you get them in bulk from China ) and, would you want it, can also be bought (very basically) prepainted. Go for 1/48 or S-scale, and they'd blend in rather well, even though they're not nearly as bulky as most gaming miniatures.

Thats a great idea, depending on how slight the railroad guys are.  Could those figures accommodate a headswap or would they look absurd?

[Predatorpt]

Hmmm...I've thought about that option, but the figures always seem too thin and too tall - of course I can explain that by saying they are from a planet/colony with different gravity 

I'll check my links later today for some of those figures.

[Dr Mathias]

I've acquired several dozen Heroclix that I'm using for civvy crowds. Quite a few have a 'future' look and they can be painted to look less 20th century. I'm adding shopping bags, briefcases, purses, etc. from the Wargames Factory zombie vixens sprue.

I also have Antenociti, a couple Cobalt-1, and some Havoc Protocol civvies (not sure who owns the rights to those now that Effigy shut down).

Cobalt has some trader types and a Palansi-human hybrid that looks like a good 40K Navigator.
http://www.blackhat.co.uk/online_shop/index.php?cPath=121_182_189&osCsid=ff3d2c31dad0ae7393cee4fa9c9aa021

[consectari]

I'm using plastics for my civilians.  A bit more work, but quite cheap.

I've got several boxes of the old GOMC1 plastics
Wargames Factory Apoc Survivors male and female
Studio Minis plastic zombies
Various military sets (Void, Warzone, etc) can be used to make sci-fi pilots, diplomats, dignitaries, etc.
If you don't mind you civilians with a little bit of a Firefly look, the Victrix Old Guard Grenadiers are outstanding.

And 3D miniatures has a few alien heads if you want to do conversions.

[sundayhero]

Metal Magic had a scifi civilian range, in true 28mm. EM4 has a few of them