supervike's Monster Hunter International project (update 05-22-17)

[supervike]

Thanks Hubba!

Here's my first three painted miniatures of the New Year!




From left to right, as it pertains to my MHI project.

The Hasslefree mutant is going to serve as a Nemesis soldier, a demon possessed super soldier.

The Hasslefree gal is my version of Heather Kerkonan, love interest of Earl Harbinger, conscripted into an uber secret Government project called Special Task Force Unicorn.

The Fenris Games mini is serving as a character known as Rick Armstrong, CEO of a rival Hunting Company, called Paranormal Tactical Consulting.

And here is Heather and her Alternate Ego


And I did get Fear and Faith as a Christmas gift, so maybe I can shoehorn some of these characters into a skirmish game at last!

As always, you can see more information about these characters on my Blog, or even check out my Facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/supervike/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel

[Argonor]

Looking sharp!

[palaeomerus]

I bought the Sons of Ragnarok box set from the Others 7 Sins board game line to be some older/lower end/old school Monster Hunter type mercs. Basically they are 7 grizzled bikers with what I take to be modernized .308 russian SBR's but I guess could be auto-shotguns if you ignore the big 28mm heroic gun and take their size more literally than intended. They look pretty nice. One (Thor) has an LMG, one has a pistol and a hoodie to make him the sneaky point man/scout. One has a grackle or a crow on his shoulder (Ravens cost a lot man and they're big, yo.) and a ZZ Top beard.

https://cdna.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/001/759/268/large/michael-jenkins-gang-keyshot-render-33.jpg

They look like this but a smaller, a bit mushier, and in blue "zombicide" plastic. Hoodie man is missing. Not bad for $25.

[supervike]

Oh heck yeah!  Those guys would fit the bill for some 'not-so-nice' hunters.

Thanks very much, they are going on 'the list'.

[supervike]

Grant Jefferson...

A recurring character in the series, Grant Jefferson is a uber rich playboy type.  Great close up fighter, talented with a sniper rifle, and is filled with charm and charisma.  He starts the series out as Julie Shacklefords boyfriend, and slight nemesis to Owen Pitt.

Eventually Jefferson leaves the contractor world of Monster Hunting, and joins the Government version of it.

This represents him as a Monster Control Bureau Agent



And a couple of Brothers (seen here with a random Zombie) from Team Haven.  Monster Hunters from the Rocky Mountain Region.

I used some Spectre miniatures for the Brothers, and a Frothers Unite leg chomping zombie.




This is my 6, 7, 8, and 9th minis painted so far in 2017.

[horridperson]

The latest additions look good all around but the agent painted up stellar!  Great looking model and you did a wonderful job with his face.

The Sons of Ragnorak palaeomerus mentioned are decent looking but he wasn't kidding the detail is softer than the renders.  The fellow with the chain running off his nose looks like he blew it in the wind with tragic results .  The other models aren't as bad but if they were planning to cast them at the quality level the chose they might have been better with more flat surfaces and leaving well enough alone.

[Papa Spanky]

What a great thread! MHI is one of my all time favorites and you have done this up well. I test played a MHI type game using Fear and Faith combined with the Flying Lead rules. It gave FaF the "firefight bite" it needed.
 Ive been on the hunt for a suitable Luska, have you found anything that fits the bill?

[palaeomerus]

This might make an okay "smallish' one at 60 feet or so.

https://www.reapermini.com/graphics/gallery/4/IG_4626_2.jpg

https://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/kraken/latest/77291#detail/77291_w_1

[Papa Spanky]

The back half would work, But the top half would have to be replaced with a suitable shark top half.

[Hobby Services]

The back half would work, But the top half would have to be replaced with a suitable shark top half.

Probably too small to work with the kraken (not sure how big that one is) but there's this economical Bones beauty:

https://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/shark/latest/77278



The arms are separate IIRC (painted one stock a few months ago) for ease of conversion.  Maybe combine with the tentacle bits off a "educational toy" octopus?  I've seen some of those that would be about the right size for Sharky there.

Had to look up "luska" BTW.  Didn't know they had a name beyond the obvious sharktopus.

[Papa Spanky]

Had to look up "luska" BTW.  Didn't know they had a name beyond the obvious sharktopus.

Me neither till I read the books. See, they are educational 
I forgot about that shark guy, yes he might work a toy octopus indeed.

[supervike]

Hiya!  Thanks for the kind words.

As for the Luska, I had my eye on this one, also from Reaper:

[boywundyrx]

I mentioned this on one of your blog posts, but this is great to see.  I have a 15mm MHI project in the works, buying figures is as far as it's gotten though, but I have just about everything I need.  I haven't tried to do the #1 bad guys from each book as I've sort of assumed my games are after or parallel to the books, but I do have all the generic creatures, from gargoyles to a zombie bear!

Chris

[supervike]

I'd really like to see that Chris!  Get busy!! 

[boywundyrx]

I think I mentioned on your blog that I was going to use Fear and Faith too, but I didn't mention that if you haven't looked at it, the Kooky Teenager Monster Hunters supplement actually provides some useful additional rules and traits (as does the Ghost Rangers Ghostbusters-esque supplement).  I was put off KTMH at first my by its obvious Buffy inspiration (I wasn't a fan of the show), but the traits are really great for characters and light comedy, things which also shine through in MHI a fair bit, like Pitt and his smart mouth (for which you can use the Smart Mouth trait from KTMH!).

Chris