Defiance Games USMC Marines!

[carlos marighela]

If anything 46 pages is a testament to the enduring popularity of margarine sculpting.

[Xeno_RG]

That's fair enough Dwarty but it just seems bonkers to buy minis that need so much work to make them worth painting. :shrug:

Mine only took . . . oh, a couple minutes each to be ready for painting, not counting trimming the grenade launcher off the SAW and fiddling around with reposing some arms.

[James Holloway]

That's fair enough Dwarty but it just seems bonkers to buy minis that need so much work to make them worth painting. :shrug:

A lot of people enjoy messing around with models like that. Like Scurv, I've been playing around with the Warzone plastics lately, and for some of them it certainly took that long to get them exactly the way I wanted them. Mind you, I wasn't doing 20 of them -- I would do something to streamline my process there ...

[tnjrp]

Of course, much of the 45 pages seems to be a few people working to convince others that there were really no minis coming and Defiance was a scam

I can't recall too many such posts as a matter of fact. But I'm sure you've read the entire thread more recently than I have.

Incidentally, the official availability info from DG is still "PRE-ORDER! Shipping in April!".

On the minis themselves, I rather agree with Scurv (as of Today at 01:48:50 AM). They are little short on the leg, a little soft on the detail but affordable so I do imagine some people will want to have lots. Not my cuppa tho.

[Etranger]

..... So if we are a baying mob armed with farm implements and incendries on sticks then Defiance is a bit like Victor Von Frankenstien throwing body parts off the parapet with instructions on how to build our own frankenstiens monsters.

He needs to throw a few more torsos to go with all the extra legs though!

[dwartist]

"When I saw the big blow ups of Dwartist's on Frothers I was turned off"
Sorry - that 'huge' photo (on my screen the minis is the same size as the head in the photo) was posted in error and should have been the link to the WIP on the blog. I imagine if you enlarge most minis x4 they won't look so great. These minis are from the test sprues and not the final product which I understand is much improved. I have no vested interest; I'm not getting paid for painting them; I'm not a pal of Tony Reidy (not a happy-chappy at the mo' with all that invective created by my 'HUGE' - his word - photo); I genuinely like the minis and believe they'll look good with a decent PJ even OOB.

[Verderer]

Dwartist, it has to be said that for a blind person you truly are master painter!

[dwartist]

Dwartist, it has to be said that for a blind person you truly are master painter!

haha

[robh]

i found some Minis  slightly uglier than the DG Marines:
Plastic Blood Berets from 1992 

Uglier .......yes. But still better detailed castings.

[James Holloway]

In their defense, they're playing pieces for a board game rather than miniatures per se.

[Hrothgar]

Bah, its too easy to hate on Warzone boardgame figures!! They are undeniably in the "beaten with an ugly stick" category (especially those blood berets). But that being said, there is something about their cartoonish goofiness that I am really fond of-much like many of the early Rogue Trader figures (although these WZ figures are probably uglier still). I still have several units-worth that I picked up cheap off the internets. With a proper paintjob they are not so bad, and I have no problem plopping them down on the game table, my opponent's gagging, eye-bleeding, and begging to make the ugly go away nonwithstanding.

The point is, if I can find beauty in those ugly mothers, I should be able to give these DG marines a go. The pics are growing on me, and I am intrigued by the uses for all those extra arms, legs, heads, and weapons. 

[CptJake]

The pics are growing on me.

Wash with bleach.   If that doesn't work hold a chunk of dry ice to the affected area.

 

[Dr.Falkenhayn]

Bah, its too easy to hate on Warzone boardgame figures!! They are undeniably in the "beaten with an ugly stick" category (especially those blood berets). But that being said, there is something about their cartoonish goofiness that I am really fond of-much like many of the early Rogue Trader figures (although these WZ figures are probably uglier still).

Bravo sir,you passed the Geek Test  i paid silly Money (nearly 200$ incl P+P ) for a mint Copy of the Siege of the Citadel Boardgame.Iam a huge Fan of all the Goofiness 

[James Holloway]

I would play the hell out of Siege of the Citadel, don't get me wrong. I loved that game back in the day.

[Dr.Falkenhayn]

so, looks like most of us arent that picky  when it comes to "cheap " Plastics