Mars, Martians and all that...

[Danrit]

Hullo!
I'm fairly new to the forum, I joined because I was looking for something to respark my interest in gaming. I've found it, it's VSF. Nobody told me about this. I've read League of Extraordinary Gentlemen but no-one said I could play it! Ace! I'm excited, I want to buy and paint again!

I'd like to do a Mars skirmish to begin with. I've seen Martians by Ironclad, love them. Tin man has some top stuff and I really like the Tharks from Bronze Age. Am I missing anything? Are there other designers and ranges I need to know about please?

Has anyone in Britain or Europe ordered from Tin man or Bronze age? The Tin man site looks a bit bare to me, don't wanna lose the few pennies I have to spend on lead per month.

In short I'm enthused, feed me info and eye candy! Thanks.

[Onebigriver]

This may be useful:

http://marbles.frothersunite.com/vsf_other.html

There's 3 other VSF showcases there too.

[Skrapwelder]

I did some converting for my Martians. I used Foundry Aztecs for my Red Martians and made my Tharks out of Games Workshop Kroot.

http://rotanddrivel.com/Mars.htm

[Tom Reed]

You might want to give the Parroom Station stuff a look. They also do a nice set of rules called Valour, Flesh, and Steel.

[flooglestreet]

This might help. http://www.forum.oldspaceways.com//index.php?/topic/33-figure-comparison/

Rattrap has a game Fantastic Worlds, which uses very few minis and has VSF planetary romance in mind. http://rattrapproductions.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=3&zenid=pui1u42g0g729gtdta26t57v14

[Alfrik]

15mm or 25mm figures interest you the most?

[Danrit]

I'm thinking 25mm. Thanks for the links everyone, I'll look into it all.

[Snate56]

I did some converting for my Martians. I used Foundry Aztecs for my Red Martians and made my Tharks out of Games Workshop Kroot.

http://rotanddrivel.com/Mars.htm

Skrapwelder, those KrooTharks are simply brilliant!


SteveN

[The_Beast]

Skrapwelder, those KrooTharks are simply brilliant!


SteveN

What he said! If found in a discount bin, it would be almost legendary 'do with what you have', but so good, I'm considering cracking a box without such a find. Store partner's discount helps... 

Aztecs do yeoman service, as well.

As long as the topic is all things Martian, I have to aside that the flying craft are quite impressive. The airboat is lovely, of course, but I've never seen a better use of a Stinger! I shall have to plan another expedition to the pile in the garage, for I fear that, assuming my memory is correct and I own one, it shall not be so simple as to pop down to the basement. Now, if it turns out to be in the storage shed... *horrors*

I don't believe I've seen either in the Aeroneffs, etc. sticky; please consider adding them there!

Doug

[Gluteus Maximus]

If you do a search of the LAF (using the search box at the top left of the page under your user info) for "martians" you should hit on a load of old threads with pics and other info on the subject. There has been quite a bit discussed before, including manufacturers, conversions etc, so hopefully you will find what you're after 

[Chairface]

Just a heads up, but the Tinman range is on sale at the moment, 30-50% off.

http://tinminis.com/

[Michi]

Has anyone in Britain or Europe ordered from Tin man or Bronze age? The Tin man site looks a bit bare to me, don't wanna lose the few pennies I have to spend on lead per month.

In short I'm enthused, feed me info and eye candy! Thanks.

I didn´t order myself, but got help from a pal over the pond. The figures are really good scuplted an cast and paint up nicely. They go well in size with all 28mm brands of renown.

It´s a miniature from Tinman I got from an American in exchange for some painting. His haircolour is artistic license by me. I already have so many dark haired figures and my wife likes the Irish/Shottish orangeheads.

He didn´t come alone:

[warrenpeace]

The Bronze Age figures are great, from my point of view.  Don't know how much of a hassle or expense it is to ship to England, but the Bronze Age owner-sculptor is a great guy.  I've been very happy with the service whenever I ordered from him.  There is a Bronze Age Minis yahoo group with more pictures in the gallery and regular communication from the owner-sculptor re upcoming products.

Looks like that Tinman could use some brown static grass for pubic hair.

[Snate56]

 


Oh man, I wish you'd a warned me!!!


I note that the princess on the right is sold out...

SteveN

[Chairface]

I note that the princess on the right is sold out...

Yeah, both clothed and unclothed. It's hardly worth making an order now....