Ideas wanted

[Ironcladman]

Hello,  
 I have just joined the forum and would like to ask for some help.
 I am in the process of making some new figures to go with my steam tank range and was wondering if anybody out there has some suggestions for figures, vehicles, etc. At the moment I have started on some Naval Brigade, British infantry in home service dress and some characters. Following that will be some dastardly Prussians.

[JollyBob]

Personally, I'd love to see some British cavalry in Home Service Dress. Dragoon Guards in particular. There seems to be a real gap in the market for them.  

Artillery would be cool too.  

[Bullshott]

Artillery in home service uniforms, preferably both full dress (home service helmet and tunic) and fatigue dress (shirtsleeves and cap - need to research which cap type).
These should preferably include standing figures with open hands and a seated figure, that could be used as both 'historical' gunners and as crew for VSF artillery and vehicles.

[Aaron]

How about steam tank crew and mechanics? I suppose home service RE would cover it, but you could also go a bit more exotic.

[Malamute]

Hello,  
 I have just joined the forum and would like to ask for some help.
 I am in the process of making some new figures to go with my steam tank range and was wondering if anybody out there has some suggestions for figures, vehicles, etc. At the moment I have started on some Naval Brigade, British infantry in home service dress and some characters. Following that will be some dastardly Prussians.

Hi John, welcome on board
You have already had my list of new stuff to do, but I am sure I will think of some more in due course

[nickinsomerset]

Perhaps some crew, head and shoulder jobs of all nations. With some vehicles a plug in commander and flag means that one week a tank sqn is French, swop flags and commander and hey presto, Prussian!

Some home service Jockanese both Highlanders and light infantry or Lowland would be good, dont think anyone does them, whereas normal home service infantry are done by a few, lovely book Blandofrd Infantry uniforms has some useful pictures,

Tally Ho!

[zebcook]

Some armored tractors to be used for various purposes -- everything from Boer armored wagons to support for that experimental electro-ray. Some appropriately VSF-ish Royal Engineers kitted out with the latest untested gear. A 1 or2 man flying device. Clockwork soldiers in the best pseudo-Napoleonic styling.

Some of those steam-powered infernal machines of the Turk or the Mughals would be nice for those adventures far afield.

Zeb Cook

[Big Guy]

I'll second what Bullshott said- troops with open hands and sitting figures are very useful to a VSF gamer (some female ones would be nice to)

[Bullshott]

Some of those steam-powered infernal machines of the Turk or the Mughals would be nice for those adventures far afield.

Excellent idea. Something that would go well with the nice Turkish infantry from Warrior Miniatures' England Invaded range would be VERY nice.

Maybe steam-powered automatons (I currently use a couple of converted Mage Knight golems). Also a larger-than life (maybe the size of a 54mm scale model) steam-powered elephant styled on an armoured war elephant, with the crew in an ornamental armoured howdah (especially since one of Jules Verne's novels featured a steam elephant).

[Rhoderic]

I'd have to chime in on the Turkish take on VSF. Steam elephants and stuff like that would be cool.

[Malamute]

Steam powered automaton Elephant! What an insane, crazy  and incredibly cool idea. What a brilliant idea for a model. Lets hope mr Ironcladman goes ahead and sculpts us one. :wink:  I will most certainly buy at least one

[Skrapwelder]

That elephant idea is something I've wanted to try ever since I saw this:

[Ironcladman]

I say chaps, awfully damn decent of you to take the time to jot your ideas down.
 Loved the suggestions and some of them are now being made! Hopefully in the next 6 weeks I should have about 20+ figures to start the range off with.
 If I get a chance I will post some pics on the forum of the greens.

[Malamute]

I say chaps, awfully damn decent of you to take the time to jot your ideas down.
 Loved the suggestions and some of them are now being made! Hopefully in the next 6 weeks I should have about 20+ figures to start the range off with.
 If I get a chance I will post some pics on the forum of the greens.

Looking forward to buying them already  ::  Good luck with the figures I am sure you will sell loads

[fastolfrus]

I'd second the call for multi-nationality hatch crewmen, rather than just a half figure, maybe it may be easier to make it as a plug in hatch assembly with figure attached, that could give a bit more variety (perhaps one head & shoulders only, another upper torso, another upper torso using telescope etc). Not just British, French, Prussian, but perhaps Russian, Piedmontese, Japanese. Preferably at least one naval variant too.

Vehicle accessories / stowage ?
Carrier pigeons, signal flags, heliograph, aldis lamps, rockets (either signal or calliope style)

Artillery crews, not forgetting horse artillery, possibly naval gun crews ?
Engineers, possibly with equipment. Steam powered wire guided weaponry (like a WWII German Goliath with extra pipework) ?