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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: NewEvolutionGames on 11 August 2010, 03:54:41 AM
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Posted a concept image of a Halfling Sniper on New Evolution Games CyberSlums Blog (http://newevolutiongamescyberslums.blogspot.com)
Feedback is always welcome. Hope you all enjoy.
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and you've never seen Rogue Trader? ;D
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Can honestly say I haven't, fell into 40k near the end of 2nd Edition. Maybe I need to check with my artist though since you keep bringing it up. I do hope you mean it in a good way and hopefully it will bring some luck to my ventures.
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I think AEG is saying the concept art looks a lot like the Rogue Trader era artwork for Ratling Snipers and Ogryn heavy troopers, which are basically halfling snipers and ogres with big guns.
To be hoest Im seeing a lot of diffences between these concepts and the GW ones, your Ogres dont look like idiots or comic relief, and the sniper looks like a young halfling rather than a fat hobbit with a gun.
Now, you just need some elves preferably in a civilain role :)
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I'm glad you can see the difference. The Ogre is a big brute but not comic relief, should work well as a crossover mini, but have a style of its own. In addition to the Halflings Sniper, the Halfling faction would include Operatives, Halflings in street clothes, trenchcoats, and the like who attempt to blend into the Slums and gather intel.
The plan for Elves is for them to fall into a Yakuza/Ganster role. Business suits, Katanas, Pistols and SMGs. The Yakuza Enforcer will be a big honking Sumo sized elf. The artist is working on some concepts for the Dwarf SWAT team right now, but as soon as he has those finished up, I'll see where he can go with the elves. If things take off, there will also be an Elvish Biker gang and Elves in various Slummer roles.
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Dont forget the elf and human hookers with a drow pimp, and while your at it, I want a dwarf having a good ole drink like my avatar ;D
Sounds really good, be nice to have some Shadowrun style miniatures, cause save for a few many of those old mini's are poor sculpts. I take it your aiming for 28mm, and not this god awful 32mm thats begun to take hold?
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The goal is for the line to crossover well with other Futuristic lines, working as Alternative miniatures to those lines or working well with those lines. With some of the current prices of popular lines, we aim to keep costs low and make our line much more affordable.
We were aiming for about 40mm for the Ogre Enforcer, but you bring up a good point. That would make the Ogre about 15 feet tall according to my calculations. My fluff has them between 8-12... It will be mounted on a 40mm round base.
So I guess the question is now, would those interested in an alternative Ogre for use with another rules system be offended if the Ogre was slightly smaller than the current product manufactured?
I will keep the Elf and Human hookers in mind as well as the drow pimp. If you can get 100 or so friends to also want to pre-order a drunken dwarf like your avatar, I'd be happy to look into that production for you. ;)
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I personally couldnt care less of the size as long as they are taller than an average human and are cheaper than £13.50 per mini :o
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Current pricing for the Ogre Enforcer model is $9 USD. I'd have to look into International shipping a little more closely to give you an estimate of how much shipping would cost, but it should still be well below the £13.50 per mini charged by others.
Did a little research, if you order 1/2 pound of minis, shipping would still work about to be about $8 USD. $17 USD converts to £10.85, so even if I decided to rob people for shipping and handling, you'd still get away with almost £3.
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Guess I should clarify that I have no intention of robbing folks for shipping...
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Just to show you my interpretation of the Elvish Yakuzas.
The Yakuza Boss
(http://i611.photobucket.com/albums/tt196/Comsquare/DSC00487.jpg)
The Enforcer
(http://i611.photobucket.com/albums/tt196/Comsquare/DSC00494.jpg)
And some Grunts
(http://i611.photobucket.com/albums/tt196/Comsquare/DSC00489.jpg)
(http://i611.photobucket.com/albums/tt196/Comsquare/DSC00491.jpg)
(http://i611.photobucket.com/albums/tt196/Comsquare/DSC00493.jpg)
Conversions are based on Dixon Yaks with different bits.
Except for the Enforcer, which is based on an Urban War Triad Sumo.
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Now those are cool.
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Those are very cool. But that's the fattest elf ever! lol. Great conversions especially the top one.
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Is this like Shadowrun?
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Elves is for them to fall into a Yakuza/Ganster role. Business suits, Katanas, Pistols and SMGs
Sounds like Shadowrun.
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Yes, the concept is very similar. The world is of our own design, Orcs are the greenskin variety, Dragons are extinct(or are they?). There is a previous post containing a brief write-up of the history of the World.
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I truly do like the halfling sniper!
Gracias,
Glenn
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Just posted a concept piece of a Dwarf SWAT team member to the blog and didn't think I should clog up the boards with another post so soon. Enjoy.
New Evolution Games CyberSlums Blog (http://www.newevolutiongamescyberslums.blogspot.com/)
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I like em' always nice to have crossover alternative models (though I could not give a rats @ss about elves), keep up the good work!
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Personally I'd prefer some sort of fluff were all elves aren't necessarily yakuza, all drawves weren't swat, etc. But that you had a good mixture of races in each faction.
Duncan
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Good point!
Gracias,
Glenn
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dijit/Conquistador: Absolutely! The images represented here, The Dwarf SWAT Team, Halfling Inflitrators, and Elvish Yakuza, are some of the premade Slummer Factions that represent groups in the CyberSlums World. There will be a creation system for a Slummer Crew as well, a rag-tag group of Warriors, Wizards, Computer hackers, and Gangers hired by rival Corporations. The current plan is to have Archetypes that are purchased, you then choose the race of that model which will modify the base stat line, then purchase their equipment. Feasibly you could have a Slummer Crew consisting of an Ogre Enforcer, an Elf Ganger on a bike, an Orc CyberKnight, and a Halfling Sniper for support. Throw in L33t, a computer hacker who can control security systems and sentry guns across the Slums, and you have a well-rounded Slummer Crew.
The Factions however would allow someone to pick up a few models and have a force that is on par with any of the other Factions or a basic starting Slummer Crew.
There will be a Campaign system as well to allow for advancement of models and acquisition of territory.
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Is there background information for this setting?
Gracias,
Glenn
Edit: "...There is a previous post containing a brief write-up of the history of the World..."
Could you please provide link to post?
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Sorry, laziness on my part, here is the link.
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=21084.0
I'm busily writing fluff and background and will post more as I can.