Remake of Ufo Defense (X-COM)

[Figouze]

XCOM !


The premise is a hostile extraterrestrial invasion; the player charged by a coalition of nations with their removal.





Alien Sectoid  :










I begin this remake of my favorite PC game.

[Cultist #3]

One of my all time favorite games, it is being re-made into a first person shooter.

Nice work on the Tengu Grays.

[stone-cold-lead]

Aliens are smashing. 

[dijit]

A brilliant game sadly missed. I thinka first person shooter would miss some of the charm. Looking forwards to seeing how your project comes along especially the lobstermen aliens.
Duncan

[Calimero]

I love your (light) Greys

[Figouze]

It is the time of Muton coming... Arrrrrhhhh   
(thank you Bob Murch !)


Mutons are the most physically-powerful sentient race in X-COM. They may be accompanied by Silacoid and Celatid terror units.









 

[Gun bunny]

i am also an excom fan and would like nothing better than to see models of them out, that being said my own efforts are on the saucers first and then the aliens, right now i am comparing a solid foam build and a hollow build that can be boarded and taken by force(my personal favorite), the solid model would need a separate map to use for boarding actions. as both are doable i am undecided. the greys are nice but have you tried the brigade games greys they have a much better sinister slouch to them more menacing to my eye.thanks for listening. gun bunny.

[cheetor]

This project looks cool so far, nice work.

I never played X-Com, but I did play Laser Squad.  There was some connection IIRC.

What rules will you use?

[Cherno]

Seeing all these fan projects pop up really makes me wonder why no sculptor has yet designed any "official" X-Com miniatures (keeping the names generic enough to avoid trademark issues, of course!). Coupled with a nice ruleset which allows for campaign play, researching between missions and psi-attacks this has got to be a winner. Two-Hour Wargame's Chain Reaction/5150 rules could form a good basis for something like that.

I, for one, would love to see a complete set of miniatures of all the memorable characters and vehicles from the first game.

http://www.spriters-resource.com/pc_computer/ufoenemyunknown/sheet/29364

[Figouze]

I will use two rules : space hulk and Song of Blades and Heroes one rules : easy to understand and to play (for my children).



I am looking for proxies for Xcom : Ufo Defense (ideas or to deal if you have those) :

- snakeman :


- Cyberdisc :


- Cryssalid :


- reaper :





For Terror from the deep, some proxies too :



- aquatoid :



- Tentaculat :


- Hallucinoid :


- Triscene :


- Xarquid :


- Triscene :


- Biodrone :

[Cherno]

I can remember some blogger having started a similar project. He had proxies for snakemen and cyberdiscs. I can't remember who it was, though. Try google  

Edit: Correction: Looks like I had LuckyJoe in mind, although he does it in 15mm. Still great pics on his blog, though. But you probably already know about his blog

[Golgotha]

Love to take a BB gun to those almond eyed little freaks.
For something a little extra terrestrial and with explicit lyrics see:

[majorsmith]

I did these cyber discs using tau parts
http://mmg.photobucket.com/linkcodes/?mediaUrl=http%3A%2F%2Femobmg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv430%2Fmajorsmith%2Fsci%2520fi%2FDSC03480.jpg%3Ft%3D1283629972&pbauth=1_uLEBonVPfaLdh1h3YMYz2YUAhSUcV5RjUMn%2F4gJ%2BNXpOBYFDlNs1ma1EdMD2L7CsHFwd3wf1KCNn%2BK3JX9JVXiEptnluKGqBstyYHjHjvkqXkhZ7rZpYoK%2FJQVFl8JNVNb6G05t%2F9Uc2bXPFl%2F8e6TUqbqxjmi290PGYd9i7WkI%3D

[Krysset80]

Loved UFO and X-com.. the 3-4 followups wassent so good.

[Mako]

Thinking about gaming UFO, the TV series, using CR3-5150, or their New Beginnings rules.

Some proxies are available for 15mm, e.g. GZG's Vacc Suit troops - light and heavy, and Rebel Minis Black Widow Mercs (the girls without the coats), as well as their Infiltrators (they have helmets on, but that makes sense for better protection), but I'd prefer to see some better matches too.

The Konami UFO and Mobiles work in this scale.

The larger die-cast UFO and Mobiles can be used too, if you have them, or the budget for that.  Close proxies for the troops are harder to find in this scale though.