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Miniatures Adventure => The Conflicts that came in from the Cold => Topic started by: Christian on February 22, 2009, 10:28:27 AM
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Okay, I'd forgotten how good this show was and was wondering if there were many miniatures of 28mm modern agents in undercover clothes and such. I have been on a bit of a search and found some interesting insurgents, but nothing to really represent the staff from CTU.
Anyone got any suggestions? Anyone played a similar setting?
I would probably use Chain Reaction 2.0 for lack of any other rules, so some suggestion for that would be great too!
Thanks guys!
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West Wind do a pack that could be suitable.
http://www.westwindproductions.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=106_107&products_id=950
Other than that, for more casually dressed detectives, try some of the Modern Adventurers from Hasslefree:
http://hasslefreeminiatures.co.uk/range.php?range_id=33
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On the rules count, Chain Reaction 3.0 is coming out soon and will be a free game. Should be perfect for a modern shootout. :)
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24 (beep beep beep beep)
No need for cursing to get our attention, young man!
May I suggest the Wargames Foundry "Street Violence" range? There´s a number of agents in civvies (okay, mainly suits) which might be suitable.
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Hasslefree and maybe some of the kiss kiss bang bang from artizan and copplestone and some of the geezers from killerbees may be ok and the modern hostages etc from assault group.
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Sorry I'll keep my torrents of abuse to my self then lol
Some of those ranges are quite cool. I noticed that Hasslefree have put out a range based on Hot Fuzz too! Another favorite of mine.
Didn't know CR3 was coming out... can't wait!
Thanks for the help so far! When I find the perfect Jack Bauer I'll put him up :D
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Thanks for the help so far! When I find the perfect Jack Bauer I'll put him up :D
Give him another haircut, and Ken from Hasslefree should fit the bill (especially the small arms version):
(http://hasslefreeminiatures.co.uk/catalog/hfh023%20ken.jpg)
Besides, cool idea! :D
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Copplestone guys in suits from their future wars range also the EM4 earlier grenadier versions are good too
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I've had a look at Ken... he sure does look the part:
(http://image.examiner.com/images/blog/wysiwyg/image/jackbauer.jpg)
Had a look at the Copplestone figs too! I'm trying to grab a few of the Future Wars figs actually :)
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Artizan got a good selection in their Kiss Kiss bang bang range, but I think Hasselfree looks the closest and maybe a head swop may work.
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just had a look at Hasslefree, and their figures are 40mm, so they are much larger than the Copperfield/Artizan stuff, no chance of swopping heads or any other bits!
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just had a look at Hasslefree, and their figures are 40mm, so they are much larger than the Copperfield/Artizan stuff, no chance of swopping heads or any other bits!
Sorry (or happy) to correct you, but the Hasslefree stuff is mainly 28mm (if a bit on the smaller side).
Only a few models like the Greek goddess are 40mm and bigger in scale. Ken for example is definately 28mm.
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I am happy to be corrected!
Thought there were only 2 scales in the Hasslefree range 40mm & 54mm. Pleased to know that, lots of eye candy in the bigger scale :o :o :o
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I bought the Shaun (of the Dead) model and was a bit dissapointed in how small he actually was! I wonder what Ken is like? Anyone got pics of this mini painted?
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Hasslefree minis are quite fine, not chunky.
Here is my painted Ken:
(http://revford.co.uk/images/modern-detectives-roy.jpg)
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Hey he looks pretty good! I will have to grab one.
The game has actually extended to cover ALIAS as well now, thanks to my girlfriend... she's going to be my main gaming buddy on this project anyway :P
Like every great gaming exploit, it is going to start at the docks.
Stay tuned.
Should be interesting as I don't have any miniatures to play with yet! lol
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Alias and 24, you are ambitious, but I like the combination.
For a way to fill out your miniatures collection try Heroclix figures. You can find a variety of modernish/,militaryish figs amongst the superheros. Clix figs are also very easy to do minor conversions. For someone like Sydney, who wears a different outfit every turn, clix figs can provide a way to make several versions of the same character.
Just a thought.
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That's a good idea. I have many of them in two big boxes, but I was never quite sure of how they fit with 28mm figures. Of course GW are slightly on the chunky side for comparisons, so I might have to go back and have another look.
I've started a small-ish Jungle board about 50 x 60 (cm!) with a dock at one end and some room for a compound/hideout and lots of jungle tree bases in the middle!
Should be good.
I've settled for a selection of Foundry figs which I hope to put up in the near future!
Ooh and I also found some amazing $2 plastic army men sets with a truck that's perfect for 28mm... and some other nifty vehicles.
This is starting to look like it's going somewhere :D
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These don't look half bad! Anyone have any?
http://armorcast.com/store/images/NarcoticsOfficers.jpg
They definitely look like they're worth picking up for a game like this, and I don't think anyone makes anything similar...
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If you can hold your breath a little longer, there's an even better suited version of Kev to be released from Hasslefree:
(http://www.hasslefreeminiatures.co.uk/catalog/hfpr001-zhkev.jpg)
(the centre version) :-*
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These don't look half bad! Anyone have any?
http://armorcast.com/store/images/NarcoticsOfficers.jpg
They definitely look like they're worth picking up for a game like this, and I don't think anyone makes anything similar...
They are the old tactical Miniatures 'swat lite' figures... (& very nice too!) I don't know who bought the rights to their stuff now that they are no longer trading... I know hasslefree had some of the hostages...
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Yeah that middle version of Kev had me quite interested... I hope I don't pass out though ;) Can't wait to see how he turns out.
In the mean time I've got a few Copplestone KGB Agents from KKBB to represent various "casual" CTU agents and others.
There seems to be a bit of a drought on SWAT figures. While I like the idea of modular SWAT figures the Eureka ones don't really do anything for me (unlike most of their other stuff which I think is great).
This is a really fun genre to get into though, never thought I would... there are many movies out there for inspiration. Hopefully the CR 3.0 rules are as explosive as they are hyped up to be!
(http://zippyfish.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/die-hard-4.jpg)
lol