Frontier settings in space

[3 fingers]

Just wondered who's done what ,I seen warlord Paul's blog with Boone landing,
And another Wild West style 40k planet that I've forgotten the name of .
But  I thought a setting like this would be ideal for skirmishes,and lead to wide range of miniatures being used, sci fi gunslingers 
I always liked the Wild West exodus idea in space
But just don't like the miniatures they produced or warmachines cygnar either.

[Elbows]

Firefly.

I'd play a skirmish game based on it.

[tnjrp]

Not quite sure what's being asked about here.

I'm not aware of a consistent line of miniatures for scifi gunslingers. If the steampunky stuff (including Malifaux) isn't to your liking, there are some not-Firefly crew models around. Reaper probably has one or two that could work for space westerns. Dark Age too and some other post-apoc lines maybe. The Icarus Project just recently brought out a space marshal type and Counterblast probably has something like that too. Obviously you could also convert some real WW figs but that might be a bit too much of a bother.

As for rules, if you chop off all the magic type stuff I'm sure Wild West Exodus would work pretty well for space cowboys. Generally, small skirmish scifi or post-apoc rule sets should work I'd think.

For inspiration, if you are not allergic to anime you might try Trigun or perhaps IMCO superior Cowboy Bebop which I don't find quite so wild-westernly as their tagline "see you space cowboy!" might indicate.

[3 fingers]

Well I was asking if anyone had done similar or had seen similar in blogs or other forums etc.
I thought I seen one that had artizan design miniatures but can't find it now.

[Dewbakuk]

There are a fair few people out there doing Firefly style games. Not happened yet but at some point I'd expect Pinnacle to do the Reloaded version of the third Deadlands setting 'Lost Colony'. That was a western in space and they've done miniatures for the other two so I'd expect more of the same.

[YPU]

There are a fair few people out there doing Firefly style games. Not happened yet but at some point I'd expect Pinnacle to do the Reloaded version of the third Deadlands setting 'Lost Colony'. That was a western in space and they've done miniatures for the other two so I'd expect more of the same.

Oh hey I hadn't thought about that possibility yet. 

[Cubs]

Ever seen the Sean Connery film 'Outland'? (Not to be confused with the odd sci-fi/Viking film 'Outlander'.)

It's basically 'High Noon' but set in a futuristic (but not too futuristic) mining facility in space (on an asteroid I think). A little gem it is, with plenty of scope for gaming.

[Westfalia Chris]

Ever seen the Sean Connery film 'Outland'? (Not to be confused with the odd sci-fi/Viking film 'Outlander'.)

It's basically 'High Noon' but set in a futuristic (but not too futuristic) mining facility in space (on an asteroid I think). A little gem it is, with plenty of scope for gaming.

Set on the Jovian Moon Io (I read once they changed the original title "Io" to "Outland" since people kept reading it as "10"  ). Very good, that one, with swell model work by Martin Bower of "Alien" fame. Underrated, and shows up far too rarely on TV, and I agree it captures the "lone lawman" thing perfectly - it's a Space Western without the Western trappings (I loved Firefly, but the production design was always oscillating between underwhelmingly mundane and OTT).

[Predatorpt]

You should check Ironworker's blog:

http://ironworkersminiatures.blogspot.pt/

His setting history is here:

http://ironworkersminiatures.blogspot.pt/p/solarempires-nathan-miller-2013.html

Lots of scratchbuilt stuff; various manufacturers used together, lots of toys converted...

[Lysander]

Heresy and Hasslefree have a lot of miniatures that could work.

Reaper has some as well.  There actually are quite a number of figs that fit.

[3 fingers]

Many thanks for the suggestions 

[area23]

After all, Han Solo was nothing but a space cowboy.

Don't forget the Marshall Bravestar '80's cartoon!

[Oldben1]

I'm doing something similar, just a blending of Star Wars / Firefly and old west.  Mos Eisley seems like a good start to me!  Frontier town with villainy down every alley.

[NurgleHH]

You should check Ironworker's blog:

http://ironworkersminiatures.blogspot.pt/

His setting history is here:

http://ironworkersminiatures.blogspot.pt/p/solarempires-nathan-miller-2013.html

Lots of scratchbuilt stuff; various manufacturers used together, lots of toys converted...

Great Blog and fantastic tables

[The_Beast]

Battle Beyond the Stars was a space Magnificent Seven... meets John Boy. 

If I didn't love it so much, I would have called Outland a ripoff of High Noon. Big point, it's the feel of the western movie without constant 'oh look, he has a cowboy hat' 'Oh he's got a blaster that looks like a Colt revolver...'

I'm going to guess that's what Chris is talking about. On the other hand, Firefly was so good otherwise, I forgave it. 

Bravestar, I can't.

Doug