Lead Adventure Forum

Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: Connectamabob on 25 March 2014, 02:15:42 PM

Title: Recommendations for 28mm not-XCOM MEC suits?
Post by: Connectamabob on 25 March 2014, 02:15:42 PM
I just finished my first playthrough of "Enemy Within", and now I'm jonesin' for a couple MECs to add to my general arsenal. Anyone know of any good models that could be pressed into such service? Doesn't have to be exact, just as long as it has approximately the right style. Only thing I can think of off the top of my head is Antenociti's Komodo powered armor (http://www.antenocitisworkshop.com/komodo-heavy-infantry.html), but it's all curves where the MECs are more planar/blocky, so it doesn't have the same vibe.

For reference: http://xcom.wikia.com/wiki/MEC


Title: Re: Recommendations for 28mm not-XCOM MEC suits?
Post by: Daeothar on 25 March 2014, 02:18:49 PM
A worthy cause for sure!   8)

You could try and source some AT-43 UNA powered suits. They're comparable to Komodo's size- and bulkwise, but they're all angles and flat surfaces...

++EDIT++ Thought I'd add a linky for good measure: clickidylink (http://www.ludibay.net/images/una%20shock%20tacarms.jpg)
Title: Re: Recommendations for 28mm not-XCOM MEC suits?
Post by: commissarmoody on 25 March 2014, 05:28:52 PM
Check out pig iron miniatures, they have some cyborgs that might also work.
Title: Re: Recommendations for 28mm not-XCOM MEC suits?
Post by: blacksmith on 25 March 2014, 05:52:45 PM
This was discussed before on another thread and somebody mentioned pig iron:
(http://www.pig-iron-productions.com/bmz_cache/b/b37dcc031a0d60edcbcaf6b3faefe3bb.image.733x550.jpg)
Heads come separate.
Title: Re: Recommendations for 28mm not-XCOM MEC suits?
Post by: Westfalia Chris on 25 March 2014, 07:32:57 PM
Are these suits supposed to be human-sized? If so, you might consider Critical Mass Games, in particular the Protolene faction - those have some rather nice designs that would work quite well, although they might be a bit too small for larger 28mm figures, since the CMG line is 15mm. The suits are somewhere between 40 and 50mm tall, IIRC.

http://www.criticalmassgames.com/default.asp?category=protolenes
Title: Re: Recommendations for 28mm not-XCOM MEC suits?
Post by: Dentatus on 25 March 2014, 10:37:19 PM
Looked into this earlier. The MEC suits are substantially larger than a regular soldier. There are plenty of excellent power armor suits available like Zandris IV, old SST Grizzlies and Cougars, and such but nothing quite matches the size, leg config, and weapons. Let me know if you come up with something.