Author Topic: Armored Apes/Monkeys? (Read 3283 times)

Simlasa · « **on:** November 30, 2014, 08:40:07 PM »

I got a wild hair in my tangent this morning and thought it would be really cool to have some baboons or monkeys in armor with spears/swords/bows... a skirmish size force would do.
I seems an obvious trope, and there are loads of fantasy illustrations of chimps/baboons/monkeys in armor... but all I could find of miniatures were gorillas... gorillas in Roman armor... gorillas in scifi power armor... mechanical gorillas.. but nothing with monkeys.

Does anyone have a line on some smaller militarized apes?

Svennn · « **Reply #1 on:** November 30, 2014, 08:45:53 PM »

Runequest has baboons in armour with weapons. Citadel used to make some

http://www.solegends.com/citrq/citrqb2adventurers/index.htm

Mr.Marx · « **Reply #2 on:** November 30, 2014, 08:57:33 PM »

Pendraken do Samurai Apes in 10mm.

Vermis · « **Reply #3 on:** November 30, 2014, 09:26:53 PM »

What kind of armour?

Simlasa · « **Reply #4 on:** November 30, 2014, 10:58:51 PM »

Quote from: Vermis on November 30, 2014, 09:26:53 PM

What kind of armour?

Well, this is the image and blog article that's been rattling in my head: http://greenskeletongamingguild.blogspot.com/2010/04/simian-saturday-war-chimps.html

Not much armor... these just have helmets... and, importantly, they look like chimps... not some man/chimp like the Planet of the Apes movies.

Brummie Thug · « **Reply #5 on:** December 01, 2014, 09:15:38 AM »

I can think of only blood bowl apes then equipping them

http://www.impactminiatures.com/index.php?option=apes

beefcake · « **Reply #6 on:** December 01, 2014, 09:41:16 AM »

D&d chainmail had a war baboon. Think it had arm armour. Can't remember.

area23 · « **Reply #7 on:** December 01, 2014, 01:30:59 PM »

Lance & Laser Glorantha range has Baboons but no armour. they're now sold by Armourcast I think.

Donpimpom · « **Reply #8 on:** December 01, 2014, 02:35:56 PM »

Someone makes miniatures of gorillas dressed as Roman legionaires, they are awesome for lostworlds/pulp games, but I can't remember the company

edit: Black orc miniatures!!!
but looks like their site is under works and the online shop is not working
http://100k.blackorc.com/roster.php?id=3

maybe a clever Lafer can point you to some distributor or reseller

Hobbit · « **Reply #9 on:** December 01, 2014, 04:20:53 PM »

I was going to suggest looking at the Fanticide flying monkeys but at the moment I can't seem to find a link to the range...

Svennn · « **Reply #10 on:** December 01, 2014, 04:45:15 PM »

Eureka do flying monkeys too

Simlasa · « **Reply #11 on:** December 01, 2014, 06:00:16 PM »

I hadn't even thought of the flying monkeys... but they're pretty much just what I'm looking for... minus the wings.
Are the Eureka FMs the same as the Fantacide ones? They look pretty similar to me.

white knight · « **Reply #12 on:** December 01, 2014, 06:03:31 PM »

The Eureka ones (which I beleve are indeed the same), just have two small holes in the back for the wings which are very easy to fill.

von Lucky · « **Reply #13 on:** December 01, 2014, 09:00:09 PM »

They are one and the same. Eureka also does these:
http://eurekamin.com.au/product_info.php?cPath=87_126_131&products_id=1660

Along with some less useful boiler suit apes:
http://eurekamin.com.au/index.php?cPath=87_126_687

(Though the gorilla could be carrying a cannon, etc.)

Lowtardog · « **Reply #14 on:** December 01, 2014, 10:13:03 PM »

Perhaps you could whack crooked dice ape heads on orcs?

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