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Author Topic: Suggestions for Alien Tribal leaders  (Read 1873 times)

Offline pixelgeek

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Suggestions for Alien Tribal leaders
« on: February 17, 2021, 04:04:14 PM »
So with the upcoming release of IHMN 2 I am looking for a new warband to create. I thought it might be fun for my existing warbands to travel to Mars and I was going to use the North Star Alien Tribe miniatures.

https://www.northstarfigures.com/prod.php?prod=11180

Sadly the set only has grunts and no leaders or support models.

Does anyone know of a good set of supporting models to go with them? Things like a war leader, wizard/psychic or perhaps some ranged weapons?

Offline has.been

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Re: Suggestions for Alien Tribal leaders
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2021, 06:27:55 PM »
Have a look at Ironclad Miniatures Victorian Sci-Fi ranges.
You could:-
Use the Turbaned headed ones as a warrior class & the North Star ones as Helots.
Do some head swaps amongst the Ironclad & North Star figures & use them all together.
Mix in some of their Sand People as lepers.

Great thing with fiction, you can do what you want.

Offline Cacique Caribe

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Re: Suggestions for Alien Tribal leaders
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2021, 06:57:20 PM »
OMG!  Those look amazing.  They really do remind me of the aliens (Irdans) in Outpost Gamma’s artwork.



Excellent.  I only wish they were 15mm or 18mm tall.  :)

Dan
PS.  As to your problem, I would get a second set and start doing some conversions on them.  Add collars with tiny skulls or bones.  Add armbands, feathers or leather caps, or add a headdress like the Red Crown of Lower Egypt (left):
« Last Edit: February 18, 2021, 05:20:35 AM by Cacique Caribe »

Offline Sir_Theo

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Re: Suggestions for Alien Tribal leaders
« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2021, 07:33:57 PM »
Loathe as I am to recommend Games Workshop. How about a Kroot Shaper as a leader, maybe a Tau Ethereal as a mystic?

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Re: Suggestions for Alien Tribal leaders
« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2021, 07:37:55 PM »
cheers

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Offline jetengine

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Re: Suggestions for Alien Tribal leaders
« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2021, 08:21:00 PM »
Fantasy stuff can work quite well ? My tribes leader is some Undead/Evil Barbarian from Reaper.

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Re: Suggestions for Alien Tribal leaders
« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2021, 09:19:06 PM »
Something suitable here perhaps?

https://oshiromodels.wixsite.com/oshiromodelswebshop/rpm


I've gained with those figures and very nice they are too.

Offline Chairface

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Re: Suggestions for Alien Tribal leaders
« Reply #7 on: March 26, 2021, 05:51:25 PM »
Fantasy stuff can work quite well ? My tribes leader is some Undead/Evil Barbarian from Reaper.

That actually matches pretty well!

A cape or an animal skin, maybe a European Musket or rifle can draw attention to a leader. It doesn't need to be something major

Offline Chief Lackey Rich

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Re: Suggestions for Alien Tribal leaders
« Reply #8 on: March 29, 2021, 07:23:04 PM »
A cape or an animal skin, maybe a European Musket or rifle can draw attention to a leader. It doesn't need to be something major

Seconded.  I'd convert some of the existing figs with a weapon swap, maybe some added jewelry.  Perhaps a unique shield, or at least a unique pattern on one of the existing ones?

 

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