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Author Topic: (Commercial) S.D.Z.A. - Super-Hero Dinosaur Zombie Apocalypse Miniatures  (Read 140887 times)

Offline The_Baron

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Re: (Commercial) S.D.Z.A. - Super-Hero Dinosaur Zombie Apocalypse Miniatures
« Reply #630 on: September 02, 2016, 03:41:06 AM »
What I coincidence, look what I made the other week!


That 'Strangers' pack is mighty tempting now  ;)


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Re: (Commercial) S.D.Z.A. - Super-Hero Dinosaur Zombie Apocalypse Miniatures
« Reply #631 on: September 02, 2016, 06:44:57 AM »
What I coincidence, look what I made the other week!


That 'Strangers' pack is mighty tempting now  ;)

Great, now come to club and play some games!  ;D

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Re: (Commercial) S.D.Z.A. - Super-Hero Dinosaur Zombie Apocalypse Miniatures
« Reply #632 on: September 02, 2016, 08:17:56 AM »
Smeg, just in for The Red Sector Cleanup Crew!

Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast!  ;)

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Re: (Commercial) S.D.Z.A. - Super-Hero Dinosaur Zombie Apocalypse Miniatures
« Reply #633 on: September 02, 2016, 09:32:11 AM »
I actually found an episode of Magnum PI to watch yesterday. It made me want the figures even more!

I know the competition deadline has passed but I had a few more ideas and explanations:

Sam Colt (Tom Magnum PI) - Magnum uses a Colt handgun so it's a simple swap of names for the lead character. Colt should have a Magnum handgun in any figure. A Hawaiian shirt would be a must, perhaps with a baseball cap.

Jamieson Partridge Andrews (Jonathan Quayle Higgins) - the name has to be a similar three parter. The Magnum inspiration is called Higgins and the guy who invented the Higgins boat was Andrew Higgins hence the Andrews surname. Partridge is a swap for Quayle,  another ground bird and a posh sounding middle name. Jamieson seemed like a suitable replacement for Jonathan in terms of sound and style. His two dogs were Zues and Apollo so Odin and Thor are swap outs for similarly well known pantheons. Armed with a riding crop or cane Andrews would be dressed in military style shorts and shirt.

Darwin 'DW' Waterstone (Theodore 'TC' Calvin) - calling him Hobbes was the first thought but it made a two letter name (like TC) difficult.  Changing it to Waterstone after the creator of Calvin and Hobbes gave a better option. The letter D offered DW as a decent sounding name and Darwin came from The Amazing World of Gumball who also pay tribute to the Waterstone name. DW would have a handgun and perhaps an improvised hand weapon such as a large spanner. DW would be wearing a t-shirt with wide braces and a baseball cap.

Wilbur 'Charlie' Taylor (Orville 'Rick' Wright) - Wilbur is a straight swap for Orville (the Wright Brothers) and the Taylor part is from Charlie Taylor the unsung assistant of the Wright Brothers,  which also provides the nickname Charlie. As a former weapons specialist Charlie would be armed with an 80s smg or modern equivalent if they were sculpted as contemporary pieces. Charlie would have an 80s style safari jacket with a wide collared shirt.

Too much thought?  lol

« Last Edit: September 02, 2016, 10:43:45 AM by Elk101 »

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Re: (Commercial) S.D.Z.A. - Super-Hero Dinosaur Zombie Apocalypse Miniatures
« Reply #634 on: September 02, 2016, 10:33:22 AM »
Pardon my ignorance, but what's the inspiration for 'The Strangers' and the 'Demon Gorgon'?

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Re: (Commercial) S.D.Z.A. - Super-Hero Dinosaur Zombie Apocalypse Miniatures
« Reply #635 on: September 02, 2016, 10:43:18 AM »
Pardon my ignorance, but what's the inspiration for 'The Strangers' and the 'Demon Gorgon'?

I think it's the Netflix show 'Stranger Things'.

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Re: (Commercial) S.D.Z.A. - Super-Hero Dinosaur Zombie Apocalypse Miniatures
« Reply #636 on: September 02, 2016, 08:41:54 PM »
I think it's the Netflix show 'Stranger Things'.

You are entirely correct Sir.


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Re: (Commercial) S.D.Z.A. - Super-Hero Dinosaur Zombie Apocalypse Miniatures
« Reply #637 on: September 02, 2016, 09:49:24 PM »
Did you get many entries for the competition?

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Re: (Commercial) S.D.Z.A. - Super-Hero Dinosaur Zombie Apocalypse Miniatures
« Reply #638 on: September 02, 2016, 09:53:51 PM »
Yea - a couple of Dozen LoL

I expected about half that!

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Re: (Commercial) S.D.Z.A. - Super-Hero Dinosaur Zombie Apocalypse Miniatures
« Reply #639 on: September 02, 2016, 09:56:32 PM »
That's really good. Great to see such interest in your figures. I'm sure I'm not alone in being interested in seeing the list of ideas.

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Re: (Commercial) S.D.Z.A. - Super-Hero Dinosaur Zombie Apocalypse Miniatures
« Reply #640 on: September 02, 2016, 11:46:11 PM »
We'll be discussing them over the next day - and announce the winner (and the honourable mentions) ASAP

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Re: (Commercial) S.D.Z.A. - Super-Hero Dinosaur Zombie Apocalypse Miniatures
« Reply #641 on: September 04, 2016, 09:52:51 AM »
The "Red Sector Crew" seem kinda popular, who knows what alt. sculpts we might release to go with them . . . . .

https://www.ecwid.com/store/nexus-miniatures/#!/The-Red-Sector-Cleanup-Crew/p/70918810/category=15426785


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Re: (Commercial) S.D.Z.A. - Super-Hero Dinosaur Zombie Apocalypse Miniatures
« Reply #642 on: September 04, 2016, 11:09:14 AM »
WOW! Things are going well! I wonder what might get unlocked Next!


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Re: (Commercial) S.D.Z.A. - Super-Hero Dinosaur Zombie Apocalypse Miniatures
« Reply #643 on: September 04, 2016, 11:09:53 AM »
I'm very tempted by the Red Sector crew and the Strangers, especially the Strangers.

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Re: (Commercial) S.D.Z.A. - Super-Hero Dinosaur Zombie Apocalypse Miniatures
« Reply #644 on: September 04, 2016, 11:11:47 AM »
You posted that last tease just as I posted; they are cool!

 

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