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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: TheMarquis on April 06, 2021, 07:32:10 PM
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Hello folks,
Am looking for stand-ins or something that can be converted into the Kotor style Sith troopers. I've had a look around but can't find anything at the moment. Would be grateful for any suggestions.
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The Concord from Beyond The Gates Of Antares could work, such as the Strike Squad (https://store.warlordgames.com/collections/concord/products/concord-strike-squad-plastic-box) plastics, they look to have the right kind of lightish armour and helmets with blank curved faceplates.
The official versions from Wizards (https://minisgallery.com/swm/swm_core/swm11.html) are of course long OOP and going for rather a lot on eBay when they do appear, and it looks like there were only four of them anyway.
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Thanks they do look good, although the guns are not really to my taste and sadly they're moulded to the hands.
The shoulder 'mantles' are a bit too chunky, but maybe they can be taken off with a sharp hobby knife.
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Might be worth looking at these guys:
https://www.maelstromsedge.com/medge/store.jsp?p=9
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Antares figures with arm/weapon swaps from Anvil Industry might be an option?
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If 3D printing is an option, studiodr has files for various characters including "Ancient Dark Troopers" with blasters (https://www.cgtrader.com/3d-print-models/miniatures/sci-fi/ancient-trooper-squad-with-carbines-and-repeater) and melee weapons (https://www.cgtrader.com/3d-print-models/miniatures/sci-fi/ancient-dark-combat-troopers).
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Thanks they do look good, although the guns are not really to my taste and sadly they're moulded to the hands.
The shoulder 'mantles' are a bit too chunky, but maybe they can be taken off with a sharp hobby knife.
The "mantle" can be trimmed narrower, and the top can also be filed down too. That said, I don't think you'd be gaining much from the work, and there is detail moulded on the top/back which would be nice to preserve I think.
The guns can have the front and top trimmed off, and a new gun spliced in quite easily.
Overall, I think the Antares C3 are probably a good shout (and very cost effective relative to other options too), needing only a little trimming/filing - the right paintjob will sell them as Sith Troopers quite well.
They're not quite "out of the box", true, but I don't think many options will be unfortunately.
For Republic forces (if you need any), the upcoming new Trooper plastic kits for for Stargrave look like a good starting point (link (https://www.northstarfigures.com/list.php?man=297&page=1)).
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We sell EC3D's Novus Landing which has the Alliance Patrol that may be a good shout:
https://iron-dragon.co.uk/product/alliance-patrol/
If you need more than three and don't want duplicates, we can mirror (flip them) so that they're facing in the opposite direction.
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Thanks, this is all really helpful.
These heads from Anvil might be ideal:
https://www.anvilindustry.co.uk/hi-tech-pilot-helmets
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Might be worth looking at these guys:
https://www.maelstromsedge.com/medge/store.jsp?p=9
Those were the figures that came to mind for me as well.