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Davies' Marvel Appendix (Super Mission Force)
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Davies:
So...it has been many years collecting Heroclix. The game changes from a clunky superhero game to a headache, money eating hobby, but the miniatures, until the recent and unfortunate change in size, are cool. I'm sure many of you here experienced the same astonishment I felt twenty years ago, when I discovered the game in my comic store. A superhero game! With collectable miniatures! Here, is Spider-man! Captain America! Kang! The Wasp! So many characters I personally love since I was a kid. But, as my collection started growing, I was aware of a problem.
See, I love Marvel comics, but I always feel fascination for underdog characters. I frequently choose to watch a film for its supporting cast, instead of the main actors. Same logic I applied to comics. Yes, I know the big stars and they are awesome. Peter David's Hulk, Moench's Moon Knight, all the good years of Spider-man or the Avengers, all gold readings to me. But my favourite group has always been the Thunderbolts. C- rate characters who could be as interesting and compelling as the big players.
And, as a collector, I slowly understand that some of these characters will never see the light in miniature. Set after set, we have a plethora of A-characters remaded over and over again, so I started to create some of my favourite secundary characters. Many of them were made years ago, so my sculpt skill were poor, but my lovely wife convinced me to post them here. Oh, and she made me a dice bag:
Davies:
First of the bunch: Aqueduct, the favourite of my wife (I really don't know why), so I made this many years ago for her.
Aqueduct is a water controller, Ghost Rider and New Warriors enemy. He was called the Water Wizard, but now his rookie identity is adopted by a new hero (so new he only has appeared in three comics to the date)
All the minis are in translucent bases because from Heroclix we went to Heroscape, and from here to Scott Pyle's Super Mission Force, which is a blast and I highly recommend.
Aqueduct (Blaster)
Force Blast (major), Flight(only 10'' per turn)
Water Wizard
Force Blast (minor), Force Field (minor, only protect characters within 5'')
There are some "house rules", as you can see, but we play in family, far from competitive, and our main goal is to reflect the characters' powers. Sometimes one of our C-listers is weak, so we count him as a Street Level character instead of an Standard type.
Bob Hume:
Those are pretty cool. Did you sculpt those completely or are part of them cuttings from off of Heroclix figures?
Davies:
Hi, Bob, thank you! All my superhero customs are, well, just customs with Heroclix figures. After so many years, I don't remember the original pieces of many of them. I think Aqueduct is based on Aquaman, with the glasses and ponytail sculpted in green stuff. Water Wizard is perhaps a Daredevil with a Robin head.
Water Wizard has a friend, Queen Cat, formerly a lame Spider-man villainess, Menace, and now a sort of B-grade Black Cat. (She is in a fact a repainted Black Cat)
Queen Cat (Street level)
M 8''
BD 5
PD 5
Minor powers: Melee specialist, Super agility
Backgrounds: Criminal, High society
But, speaking of lame villains, don't forget 8-Ball, a loser who has lived more time that the common sense dictates. In a world of supers, his main weapon is a billiard cue.
8-Ball
M 6''
BD 5
PD 5
Minor powers: Force blast(minor), Grenades (sometimes, he throws explosive pool balls)
Backgrounds: Criminal, Science.
Bob Hume:
OK, 8 Ball is great. :) Now I'm gonna have to make one of him.
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