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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: Sgt_T on September 23, 2021, 06:13:28 AM

Title: Would these heads fit on Mantic GCPS or Antares freeborn?
Post by: Sgt_T on September 23, 2021, 06:13:28 AM

Does anyone have experience with these?
https://www.shapeways.com/product/WQNT8EU87/ia-alien-heads-set-i?optionId=161674213&li=shops

Would they fit Antares freeborn or Mantic GCPS (the first kickstarter ones, not the newer ones)?

Is smooth fine detail OK or should I really go for smoothest fine detail?

T.

Title: Re: Would these heads fit on Mantic GCPS or Antares freeborn?
Post by: Sgt_T on January 08, 2022, 03:32:44 PM

Nobody could answer this I suppose, but I went and ordered the heads (smooth detail) anyway and they turned out fine:

Bothan head tacked to Antares Freeborn body & Rhodian head tacked to Mantic GCPS (early version)
:
(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyqrbbrMS74O8nMfMVKWvnhLk5ixWTFyYw8ZnxacqW3NAATwg8Q5w4o7QPtaC_0tByvXulKGLV2BOrHcJlDQ4e2ZfdeqRZsRqX85lDa7A6uFFfG12P4p4yeIfLJfY_E_jila5Ucs99pEFVXNVsGbI8Iy-mqH-aNaz6NTRbeumtltAWcTsv1HB0B8wiPQ=w400-h286)

(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAspIPNlrShfY6yPVXJc6Hc59XR1EAyJuDvU_V358VchPCRVlHlTOmYyPkzi5aU36MkACwTeG5spED2FnOPiaA8qY_R8Xb0-FM_zwYOE40l8fNOO1VjZC-l_qQfBW51SCuDtJ-27nqjO0PSZZADiAUpBHNs1figuzz1aO0LEJAbcB0p9VHVF2sGD28EA=w400-h138)

The Quarren body is an OOP Mongoose plastic ganger with OOP plastic Skinny arms, also from Mongoose.

Comparison pics with an Imperial Assault Rebel and Legion Luke (mounted on a thin base):

(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkHd7MMt2KAC2JVkCtfDdZBbRJ1jOp7TMB8uu_lq1DLNB8lmcEZEnZi92MlAqRGqZEu8LRxeJCVZ4j06Ci2i4bzjFWGJnWsG8H9InKPlRIVo8g7rYC7OpdfnddIk3LdVrXW_1f51r1v3BnCxxF7hlehawoVTRGPN0dikKu496mNxOBVG0RyYv73VytYw=w400-h201)

(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZ6f6QNx4AIO_Xoazrva4Eg3nplqwVMVjHzIFJoUImg98G3luUM4Q_mY-6YkISMYYst3u65obX49lKwGNTnqLmNOhFp5v7JBkSvyxB_5B_vVm97Z-lpZmlJmJccg9lELNTpJY9Ay1-gDZmZXT33Ho3MoCH7vGceQo1y4D8zrRKljUzSrzlRmgx_vmIdg=w400-h263)

T.

Title: Re: Would these heads fit on Mantic GCPS or Antares freeborn?
Post by: Grumpy Gnome on January 08, 2022, 03:38:50 PM

Very interesting! Thanks for sharing those photos. Getting scale right in kitbash conversions is such a challenge.

Title: Re: Would these heads fit on Mantic GCPS or Antares freeborn?
Post by: zemjw on January 08, 2022, 04:43:03 PM

I thought I'd only seen that set in Legion scale. Nice to see it in a more useful size, and good to know that it scales with old Mantic GCPS. I have a load of them that I hate, so these may make me look at them again