Any Tentacled HG Wells Style Martians For 15mm?

[Cacique Caribe]

QUESTIONS
Does anyone produce them, in the proportions and dimensions described by the author?  What miniatures are out there that would fit well as HG Wells WOTW Martians, in shape and size (when compared to a 15-18mm human), as he describes here?

"They were, I now saw, the most unearthly creatures it is possible to conceive. They were huge round bodies--or, rather, heads--about four feet in diameter, each body having in front of it a face. This face had no nostrils--indeed, the Martians do not seem to have had any sense of smell, but it had a pair of very large dark-coloured eyes, and just beneath this a kind of fleshy beak. In the back of this head or body--I scarcely know how to speak of it--was the single tight tympanic surface, since known to be anatomically an ear, though it must have been almost useless in our dense air.

In a group round the mouth were sixteen slender, almost whiplike tentacles, arranged in two bunches of eight each. These bunches have since been named rather aptly, by that distinguished anatomist, Professor Howes, the HANDS. Even as I saw these Martians for the first time they seemed to be endeavouring to raise themselves on these hands, but of course, with the increased weight of terrestrial conditions, this was impossible. There is reason to suppose that on Mars they may have progressed upon them with some facility.

The internal anatomy, I may remark here, as dissection has since shown, was almost equally simple. The greater part of the structure was the brain, sending enormous nerves to the eyes, ear, and tactile tentacles. Besides this were the bulky lungs, into which the mouth opened, and the heart and its vessels. The pulmonary distress caused by the denser atmosphere and greater gravitational attraction was only too evident in the convulsive movements of the outer skin."
https://wells.thefreelibrary.com/War-Of-The-Worlds/2-2

Les Edwards’ take:


QUESTION
Or must I resort to my Plan B?

https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=93569.0
http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=243246

Dan

[Storm Wolf]

Dan,

Ex. Black-hat minis do some, not sure who has them now??

I will think on it.

Good hunting

Glen

[Wildman II]

You could try going up a scale. Reviresco  makes Martian tripod pilots in 25mm
that wouldn't  look to bad with 15mm miniatures. Also if you can find them,
Paroom Station had Martians in 28mm that would probably work for 15mm.
I have both and was thinking of using them with 15mm miniatures. They
are not that big . I think they would make decent sized Martians in 15mm.
As the saying goes, your mileage may vary.

[Matakakea]

Martian Empires, ex Black Hat, now with Fighting 15s.

[Cacique Caribe]

Fighting15s.  So that’s where they went to!

https://fighting15s.com/product/emp804-cephalod-civilians/?v=7516fd43adaa

Thanks!

Dan

[Fighting15s]

I would have recommended me too. 

Pic of the various items in the Martian Empires range for scale (EMPV09 tripod, EMPV10 handling machine, EMP804 Cephalod civilian and EMP304 Imperial Martian Ghost Archer). Obviously I have now built one of the tripods since the topic of size last came up (it's fuzzy, because I can't get the depth of field on my phone).

The pic may or may not show, of course: I know some people have had issues in the past with a link to a pic on an external site. Failing that, I've also answered on TWW, which allows direct posting of pix.

I should also plug the Martian Empires Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/699293393894929

[Cacique Caribe]

Ian

I am getting a little wish list together, and I’m definitely putting those cephalopods on it!

Dan

[skirmisher]

Thanks for this info: I game War of the Worlds in 15mm but I did not imagine these were available so made my own from Blu Tack !