Alternate uses for 1st Corp SST

[Bravo Six]

Climbing thru my unpainted lead pile this morning I found a bunch of 1st Corps' excellent not-SST troopers and recon grunts. I love Robbie Baker's sculpting and these are just fantastic minis and dying to be painted. Trouble is, they're 25mm and smaller than most sci-fi lines out there. Aside from the bugs that 1st Corp makes, can anyone suggest adversaries closer to this size? I plan to use them for my own background and not for the Starship Trooper universe.

I was also looking at the 28mm Polecat from Khurasan and I was thinking due to the size of the door hatch in comparison to the figures shown on the site, this may make a good vehicle for these chaps.

Any other ideas? Seems a shame not to put paint to these beauties.

-Todd

[dijit]

The big two I can think of are
http://www.denizenminiatures.co.uk
http://shop.groundzerogames.net/index.php?_a=viewCat&catId=7

Lots of good stuff there.

[Predatorpt]

Like dijit said, the Ventauran Space Troopers from Deninzen are a great choice as an enemy for your SST. They are roughly the same size but more proportioned than the 1st Corps guys (who are a bit big-headed, IMHO). I'm trying to sell my SSTs but I'll keep the Ventaurans (I'll use them as small aliens, hehe)

Can't talk about the GZG guys because I only have their 15mm range :\

[Jonas]

You could always pit them against any alien faction, who can tell how aliens size up against humans.

[Bravo Six]

All good suggestions guys, thanks. I forgot all about the Denizen minis. Those are pretty great.

Maybe going with bugs as well is a good choice after all.  I just saw the Defiance ones and they look pretty cool. Of course, the odd pack of Mongoose SST bugs show up on eBay regularly.

Thanks lads!

-Todd

[dijit]

I have the NAC, Mercenaries and PAU from GZG, and the later two are especially nice minis. I have to confess to a soft spot for 25mmminis, but not really done much with them.

[Michka]

The West End Games Star Wars minis, and the Leading Edge Aliens are 25mm. Both will cost you a pretty penny in this day and age, but if your lead mountain is old enough you might find a few hiding in there.

[Dezmond]

Get a bunch of 25mm cowboys and US civil war Confederates and do the Unification War from Firefly?

[Bravo Six]

...but if your lead mountain is old enough you might find a few hiding in there

Last time I took a dozer to the lead mountain Michka I found a bunch. Probably the first miniature figures I ever bought. Sold them off though, and got a pretty penny for them. 

-Todd

[Jonas]

Maybe the Space Lords range would work.

They are smaller than todays standard but also maybe more realistic proportioned though.

Sold by Em4 now.

[6milPhil]

GZG had bugs in their range and I approached them but they very decently said how the moulds weren't too hot and they could cast them but they'd need quite a bit of work. However Eureka's mould of the same figures are fine and they carry them and they're smaller than the Mongoose SST bugs.



There's a comparison pic with a figure on the Eureka site, but it's not hotlinkable.
http://eurekamin.com.au/product_info.php?products_id=3115