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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: Bullshott on November 08, 2010, 10:44:18 PM
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I'm thinking of putting together a small
distraction from painting my current projects game setup inspired by 'classic' comic book sci-fi like Flash Gordon and Dan Dare. I already have figures in mind for the human adventurers. What I need help with is options for the following:
1 - A 'classic' retro looking robot to accompany my band of plucky adventurers
2 - An evil alien humanoid leader (or leaders)
3 - Humanoid minions armed with guns
4 - Robot soldiers
5 - Ideas for making a landed /crashed retro-looking spaceship (NOT a saucer)
7 - Figures and monsters for use as objectives / distractions in scenarios. Any humans should be in space suits.
In order to reduce shiping costs, all figures should ideally be available from UK or European suppliers.
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Certainly Killer B and Wargames supply Dump
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1 - A 'classic' retro looking robot to accompany my band of plucky adventurers
Wargames supply Dump
(http://www.wargamessupplydump.co.uk/index.14.jpg)
(http://www.wargamessupplydump.co.uk/dick%20g2.jpg)
Hydra Miniatures
(http://shop.hydraminiatures.com/images/Galacteer%20Robot.jpg)
Killer B Games
(http://killerbgames.com/images/BOO%2012.jpg)
(http://killerbgames.com/images/VIR7.bmp)
2 - An evil alien humanoid leader (or leaders)
Wargames Supply Dump
(http://www.wargamessupplydump.co.uk/index.4.jpg)
Killer B do several that are suitable and a realy nice Ming was posted here a while back.
3 - Humanoid minions armed with guns
Pulp figures
(http://www.pulpfigures.com/catalog/pwm17.jpg)
All the manufacturers above also.
4 - Robot soldiers
Hydra
(http://shop.hydraminiatures.com/images/Robot%20Legionnaires-2.jpg)
(http://shop.hydraminiatures.com/images/Warbot%20Unit.jpg)
5 - Ideas for making a landed /crashed retro-looking spaceship (NOT a saucer)
http://www.matakishi.com/autonsrocketship.htm
(http://www.matakishi.com/Auton%20rocket%203%20600.jpg)
7 - Figures and monsters for use as objectives / distractions in scenarios. Any humans should be in space suits.
see the manufacturers listed above also Blue Moon (available from Miniaturicum over here)
(http://bluemoonmanufacturing.com/images/thumb400_Spacemen_Front.jpg)
In order to reduce shiping costs, all figures should ideally be available from UK or European suppliers.
http://www.wargamessupplydump.co.uk/dick%20garrison.htm
http://shop.hydraminiatures.com/
http://killerbgames.com/index.php?cPath=2
http://www.pulpfigures.com/main.php?custID=861632382111289259379
http://bluemoonmanufacturing.com/index.php?page=1&cat_id=24
http://www.miniaturicum.de/
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lol
Matakishi saves the day (again) and we all go home in time for tea! That's a lovely Not-Ming, and a great Flash Gordon-style rocket! I now have to do a Mongo game because ithey're so cool...
I'd also suggest 'look through Froggy the Great's back catalogue of projects', because he has a marvellous array of robots, ships, rocket-bikes and mad scientist stuff built from panel pins, a clothes peg and half a broken video recorder.
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You have got to have Hawkmen. It just wouldn't be Flash Gordon with out them (imho)!
This link has a few repeats of Paul's recommendations... but also a few new ones.
http://www.miniartofwar.net/smf/index.php?topic=1145.0 (http://www.miniartofwar.net/smf/index.php?topic=1145.0)
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5 - Ideas for making a landed /crashed retro-looking spaceship (NOT a saucer)
http://www.matakishi.com/autonsrocketship.htm
Whilst in Florida, I made a bee-line to Denny's for to ask for one of those kids' cups, they, sadly, had stopped doing them.
* Wife's eyes rolling in disbelief, at this point, however. *
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Also Black Cat bases do some nice robots.
http://blackcatbases.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=437_614&zenid=f084c23784549849d1f64dff7597741a
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Peppa Pig space rocket:
(http://i814.photobucket.com/albums/zz62/SteveFlanaganUK/2010%20-%2011%20-%20Nov/177f2b54d1984c94307b58b5e4f69aa6.jpg)
About £20 or so, I think, from toyshops.
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For a rocketship working base, you could also try crafts stores such as Hobbycraft - sometimes, they have lentil-shaped wooden vases, which only require topping off (with a plastic hemisphere, or a tip shaped otherwise) and adding fins and rivets.
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The 2010 Salute Robot was nice. The girl not so..
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This has inspired me to start my pulp sci fi stuff. I've shelved my Malayan project until next year and brought this one forward, it's going to be my BLAM 11 game but I may as well get started now, the figures have been waiting quite a while. :)
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This has inspired me to start my pulp sci fi stuff. I've shelved my Malayan project until next year and brought this one forward, it's going to be my BLAM 11 game but I may as well get started now, the figures have been waiting quite a while.
Ooooh: new shinies...................
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This has inspired me to start my pulp sci fi stuff. I've shelved my Malayan project until next year and brought this one forward, it's going to be my BLAM 11 game but I may as well get started now, the figures have been waiting quite a while. :)
Bet you wish now you hadn't sold me the Drantakhs last year, eh? ;) lol
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The 2010 Salute Robot was nice. The girl not so..
true. I would consider selling mine. PM if you are interested.
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Bet you wish now you hadn't sold me the Drantakhs last year, eh? ;) lol
Nope, I wouldn't use the they're not in the right spirit. I may rebuy my Retrovians though, I haven't decided yet. I have a box full of stuff waiting to go so once that's done I'll look around for more :)
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Check Black Cat Bases for robots:
http://blackcatbases.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=437_614&zenid=a0b6493b75642d813cc18607dddf2172 (http://blackcatbases.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=437_614&zenid=a0b6493b75642d813cc18607dddf2172)
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I remember thinking that the new Grindhouse Games 'bots would make excellent pulp robots:
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=23411.msg285984#msg285984
I also like the Hydra Miniatures Galacteers as pulp spacemen (in addition to their excellent robots):
(http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u219/Heldrak/LPLIV/LPLIV9/IMG_0005.jpg)
It's not hard to imagine the Galacteers with big clear globey space helmets on, since they're all wearing pressure suits...
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WSD has Hawkmen. A pricey alternative to the Denny's cup rocketship is found at Monsters in Motion http://www.monstersinmotion.com/cart/index.php by entering the search term Flash Gordon.
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If you want Flash Gordon-style Hawkmen, the various Heroclix incarnations of Hawkman (and Hawkgirl) make an excellent low-cost alternative.
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Eureka space apes- via fighting 15
http://www.fighting15sshop.co.uk/100bsa19-apes-in-space-1977-p.asp
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Dave, have a look at Superfigs too. They are stocked by Old Glory in the US but Old Glory UK will ship them in for you saving on the shipping costs. It's worth a rummage as there's tons of stuff. It's 33mm but that doesn't matter if you're buying bots.
http://www.oldgloryminiatures.com/categories.asp?cat=47
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Gosh - I go away for work for a couple of days and suddenly there are loads of replies to my post :)
Lots of useful stuff for me to peruse when I get the chance.
@ Matakishi - thanks for all those links. Its the Blue Moon spacemen that have inspired me to look at doing this project
@ TC - good idea about getting OG UK to import stuff fron their US counterparts - I might also do that for another project I have in mind.
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The Heroclix Kree make good minions. Just repaint a little.
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Another source for retro spaceships - there is a plastic spaceship full of jelly beans in some shops for Christmas (Dora the Explorer ?). Iceland (Frozen Food shop) had some last month (that I don't officially know about, but being a jelly bean fan and a pulp rocket fan it'll be the interesting shaped parcel under the Christmas tree for me. Consequently cannot comment in detail or post a picture until the end of December)
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You might like these retro looking space monsters from Bronze Age miniatures. http://www.bronzeagemin.com/miniatures_html/25MM/SCI-FI/sci-fi28mm.htm
(http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu125/kidterminal/LAF%20hosted%20images/leach-man-1-p.jpg)
or
(http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu125/kidterminal/LAF%20hosted%20images/mutant-ape-3a-p.jpg)
(http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu125/kidterminal/LAF%20hosted%20images/mutant-ape-3b-p.jpg)
Rob