shadowrun and cyberpunk miniatures source

[sundayhero]

Last (I hope) question : how big are the grenadier official figures, compared to ral partha ? Similar ? Smaller ?


thanks

[eilif]

Last (I hope) question : how big are the grenadier official figures, compared to ral partha ? Similar ? Smaller ?


thanks

Which "official" figures. Aren't the official Shadowrun figures made by Ral Partha?

Also, of note, it looks like IWM is having a sale on Shadowrun right now.

[sundayhero]

Grenadier also made official shadowrun minis

[Grimmnar]

Grenadier also made official shadowrun minis

Well dont that beat all, Grenadier did make SR minis. :-)

Grimm

[sundayhero]

I just received my 3rd edition book ! I also made some sorting in my miniatures collection, I'll show you that later today. For what I see, I will need some thugs, male gangers, and also specific race characters (dwarfs, trolls, orcs, elves) since my collection is composed of humans only.


Now I'll make my minis shopping list ! I'll keep you informed.

[sundayhero]

Here's the pics  !  


The book is in really good shape, and in french. Even if I can read english, I prefer french for RPGs and novels, it's the best to taste the writing style of the authors. I'm not good enough in english for that.  





I made a first sorting in my shadowrun compatible minis. Mostly Urban war and necromunda. I kept only the minis wich were "generic" enough, or easily customizable.



I kept the other ones for other projects (cyberpunk?). for example, I have a complete squad of human shaped droids, but as far as I know ( I didn't finish to read the rulebook), there is no artificial creatures in Shadowrun, correct me if I'm wrong ?





I also found an old heroscape plastic generic dragon. It will be perfect once customized  for shadowrun dragons. I saw some graphic art representing this kind of dragon in shadowrun universe. Imagine for example a base with computers, instead of the classic pile of coins, treasures and rocks.






Last but not least, I ordered a lot of official minis, to fill the gaps where "generic" figs can't help : riggers (connected drones pilots), deckers (wired hackers, in 2060 setup at least), scifi dwarfs (of the correct size, 1.20m in shadowrun), scifi trolls (I will have 5 of them, even a female troll !!!), scifi orcs, etc...


I especially like the trolls, so "larger than life", so old school too !


In the mean time, waiting for the delivery, I'll finish my current projects (10mm dwarf army, and nordic fantasy adventurer), and if I have enough free time, start to work on the "generic" unofficial minis  :

I will modify the weapons for better universe accuracy, modify the faces to represent the diferent races (taller minis will be elves, bulky ones will become orcs, etc...).


I also bought a lot of MDF 3mm sheet, to base all the scenery. I also bought LEDs lighting, and clear acrylic sheet to simulate all the typical 80's vision of the future neon lights.

I'll create topics for all this stuff  !

[sundayhero]

Now I can tell you what is the best source for shadowrun minis : the official Ral Partha range 




I'll post soon pics (and comparison with other brands), and you'll see how nice are these figures 

[eilif]

Can't go wrong with those. I've got a few "original" Shadowrun figs. Both from the original Ral Parth in the USA and a couple from IWM and they are quite nice. A few are a bit smaller (25-27 to the eye) than contemporary figs but not all and the sculpts tend to be great. 

Looking forward to your review and painting.

[sundayhero]

I agree !

The minis I bought are definitly compatible with the minis I was planning to mix with. I'll post pics tonight.

[sundayhero]

Here's a few pics. i'll post more tommorow.


Size comparison (urban war in the middle) :



urbanwar, shadowrun, necromunda :






Some of the minis (3 of them I believe) are directly inspired by original artwork of the rulebook (3rd ed) :





The dwarfs. The best of the ral partha shadowrun range, in my opinion :




Two mercenaries/sams and a rigger.




An elven group. As you can see, sizes can differ even in the same blister. Like in real life. SOme of the characters doesn't show their elven ears, so you can use them as humans with no problem.




Group pic to show you all most common races of shadowrun universe. Trolls, orcs, elves, dwarfs :





Some bad guys (ghoul shaman -I guess-,  a cyberzombie -someone who went too far in cyberenhancement, I believe- and a vampire)





Basically, the size is very compatible with my 90's minis from other brands. The major diference is that all characters are not on steroids, like most common fantasy or scifi minis available. Some are bulky and muscled (close combat street samourais, trolls, orcs), but other ones are slim (riggers, deckers, ranged combat specialists).

In the whole set I bought (about 20minis), there is only 2 figures wich are a bit out of scale. A woman (too thin and small) and a dwarf (too big). But it's not big deal, since womans size vary a lot, and because the heads and hands are barely the same size.

The "good" dwarfs (according to the official background, dwarfs are about 120cm) are really nice, in the same style fantasy ral partha dwarfs are, and in good scale.

The trolls and orcs are big, just the way they have to be. Some of the elves I have are a bit small (in the official background, they are as big as the orcs), but they can be used as humans, and doing this, they are perfectly sized.


In one word, I'd say that even for people being a bit concerned (but not too much  ) about minis scale and size matching, they are pretty nice, and mix well with any "true" 28mm miniatures.


Tommorow I'll add new pics to show you the other minis I bought

[eilif]

Neat! I've not seen any of those before.  Would it be helpful to you if I put up scale pics of the few I've got?  I think I have 2 painted and two unpainted.

[sundayhero]

I don't plan to buy new figures soon, but some new references pics will be usefull later (and for other people), yes.

[Malebolgia]

Oooooooooooooooh crap, I didn't want to see that. Don't want to start up a new project...
But DAAAAAMN that looks hot.

[sundayhero]

I'll post new pics this afternoon, it will help you to not resist 

[eilif]

Here's some size comparison shots for the figs I've got. The IG trooper is exactly 28mm sole to eye, so as you can see, the humans are spot on for 28mm in terms of height, they're just very realistically proportioned as one would expect from Ral Partha.
Three painted ones. Nothing fancy. Mostly Block colors and dip.

I highly recommend the "Proxie Models" 25mm (or 30mm for bigger) bases for models with cast-on bases.  They are about 1.5mm thick which is about half as thick as a GW slotta and they have a slight indent in the top. This makes it really easy to blend the cast-on bases into the plastic base and it will put the sole of most figs at about the same height as figures based on regular slottas.


4 more mostly unpainted. I'll finish them someday. All of these have their soles at just about the same level.


I got some of these a very, very long time ago at my FLGS and the more recent ones from Little Wars Paint-and-Take's. If anyone can identify them for me, that would be great!
I'd kind of forgotten just how well done these figs were. Now that I'm looking at them again, I think it may be time to paint them up and maybe get some more!