GI Joe

[synthetik]

Hi

I want to develop a GI Joe style skirmish game, can anyone recommend a good mini range that could be used....


thanks

JAmes

[Commander Vyper]

Hi and welcome.
I've suggested to the mods that this should be moved to future wars as this area of the forum is for LAF miniatures.

When it's over there I'll post up some ideas.

Cheers.

[synthetik]

LAF?

Hi and welcome.
I've suggested to the mods that this should be moved to future wars as this area of the forum is for LAF miniatures.

When it's over there I'll post up some ideas.

Cheers.

[Commander Vyper]

Lead Adventure (Forum) Miniatures.... The Prof's own miniature company??? 

[synthetik]

Lead Adventure (Forum) Miniatures.... The Prof's own miniature company??? 

Im learning in leaps and bounds

[The_Beast]

Im learning in leaps and bounds

It's why 'schoolboy' is tacked under your id. 

Have you looked at various superhero ranges, even Heroclix? Some of the Cobra outfits, and even some exotic Joes, look superheroish. Hmm, I need schooling on phrase coining...

Doug

[consectari]

Assuming you want to do 80's era G.I. Joe, I'd suggest the plastic WWII Germans from Warlord games/Bolt Action for Cobra troops.  I've seen some amazing Red Shadows done from WWII Germans.  Red Shadows are Cobras European twin.

For Joe's, you'll just have to go through and pick out what works from various troop types.  You might start with The Assault Group.  They have a fairly wide range.  Check some of the Copplestone Future wars minis as well.  

Edit:
This is something I've always wanted to do as well.  If you find yourself with extras of certain troop types (TAG doesn't sell individual minis), I'd be interested in taking some off your hands.

Edit:
Found them! http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=10943.0

[aircav]

Reaper do a Not Snake Eyes under Cobra, Modern Ninja  

[Cosmotiger]

TAG has a pack in their Ultra Modern range called "Russian MVD with AKSU-74" that I think would work well as COBRA troops.



 

[Johnno]

Reaper do a Not Snake Eyes under Cobra, Modern Ninja  

I quite agree

TAG has a pack in their Ultra Modern range called "Russian MVD with AKSU-74" that I think would work well as COBRA troops.

Their heads yes, but not their bodies. IMHO they have too much kit.

[wellender]

I've been tinkering with this for a long time too.  I started using Pig Iron Heavy Infantry Closed head sprues with GW Imperial Guard as potential Vipers.



For Joes, I suggest looking at the Infinity Adriadna range.  Lots of guys there with potential.  Some of the other factions too, but mostly Ariadna.  They have a great stand in for Beach Head.

[anevilgiraffe]

Gogol Island has a not Red Laser in the offing... and he always be Red Laser dammit... Cobra Commander is a wuss with a ponytail... bloody GI Joe... ruining my childhood... mutter mutter...

ahem...

Action Force was a UK toy range that soon expanded by the use of sharing figure molds with the US GI Joe range (don't know if anything ever went the other way mind you)... backgrounds were completely different - as said above Red Shadows instead of Cobra... the Cobra Commander figure was used as Red Laser, Destro was Red Jackal, Tripwire was Blades, and so on... then as the world became one great big market, all the Action Force stuff went out the window and it all became GI Joe... and I died a little bit inside...

still could be worse, the German Action Force weren't allowed to kill people apparently...

anyway, Cobra Commander.... http://frothersunite.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=28716

[Thantsants]

This blog was pretty cool - you might have to trawl around a bit to see which figs he used for all the conversions though...

http://actionforcevsredshadows.blogspot.com/search/label/Battleforces

[anevilgiraffe]

Soapy's collection was great - was gobsmacked to hear he'd sold it... not that I could ever have afforded it.... sigh...


if you find a decent Destro ( ) do share though...

[Cosmotiger]

It would be cool if someone made a kind of modular line of GI Joes in 28mm.  Many of the original series of figures used similar body components with different heads to give them individual personalities.  The same thing could be done with a miniature line.  Head swaps (or separate heads), detail changes and different painting would give you most of the original team: Grunt, Zap, Flash, Rock-n-Roll, Clutch, Stalker (and others whose names I can't remember)...