Favourite science fiction Aliens.

[The_Beast]

Well, I'm embarrassed, though it's been a LONG time since I looked at Battlestations. 

Thanks for the reminder!

Doug

[Shaved Dwarf]

I like the Koralon from Urban War/Metropolis.

Example:

[beefcake]

Yep, those are good ones!

[Rhoderic]

I'm not personally done punishment-boycotting Khurasan just yet (though I probably will be at some point), but I'm interested in using the Soriog from their 15mm range as smaller-than-human aliens in 28mm. I don't own the figures and haven't seen a comparison shot of them with 28mm figures yet, but they're much larger than 15mm humans. Bottom row, second from left:




Other pictures of them:

[Hat Guy]

I was thinking something similar with Khurasan's spider aliens (Akhaneg?), using them with 28s as "short" aliens.

I'm curious though, why are you "punishment-boycotting" them currently?

[Rhoderic]

I was thinking something similar with Khurasan's spider aliens (Akhaneg?), using them with 28s as "short" aliens.

I'm curious though, why are you "punishment-boycotting" them currently?

I'll send you a PM so as not to risk derailing the thread with a slightly controversial issue. People have differing opinions about it. (To anyone who's wondering, it's not political or anything like that - just a case of arguably "unfair play" within the community and industry.)

[nullBolt]

Loving the idea of using 15mm Khurasan stuff as smaller aliens.

I'll send you a PM so as not to risk derailing the thread with a slightly controversial issue. People have differing opinions about it. (To anyone who's wondering, it's not political or anything like that - just a case of arguably "unfair play" within the community and industry.)

Feel free to PM me, too.

[Hat Guy]

Thanks for the information Rhoderic, I still plan to buy some Khurasan stuff when finances allow, but I feel it's prudent to be an informed consumer.

[Rhoderic]

Loving the idea of using 15mm Khurasan stuff as smaller aliens.

Personally I think that most 15mm sci-fi aliens, from Khurasan or elsewhere, don't work in 28mm - the proportions are off. For instance, one would expect a diminutive alien to have a relatively large head in proportion to its body. Likewise, one would expect it to be carrying a relatively large gun, since a proportionally miniaturised gun does not really seem like a prudent, effectual idea. The Soriog, however, are ogre-sized hulks in 15mm, with large heads and large guns. I imagine (though I can't be sure) that they'd make good "crouchy", slightly-shorter-than-human, reptilian-style xenos in 28mm.

If anyone has the Soriog and feels that I'm mistaken about their suitability for 28mm, I'd love to know.

[tnjrp]

The second from the right in the bottom row looks interesting as well, for use alongside of 28mm scale miniatures that is.

[Onebigriver]

I have a bunch of 3d Miniatures' Thrade knocking about for my alien invasion project:

http://www.3d-miniatures.com/sci-fi/

[The_Beast]

The Emissary looks a tad like the Ebonites from the original Outer Limits.

Personally I think that most 15mm sci-fi aliens, from Khurasan or elsewhere, don't work in 28mm - the proportions are off...

While, in the main, I agree, I tend to think that's species bias. Everybody in the image has two arms, two legs, and I certainly have difficulty imagining a tool-wielding, fighting species radically different.

We tend to think they should also be bulky in the torso, traditional dwarfs. I look at the fellow on the bottom, fourth from the left, and immediately think 'child-like.'

Science fiction loves groups of adorable 'munchkins' that turn out to have long, sharp teeth.

As for miniaturized guns, some guns ARE small, viz same fellow, so you'd be tending to assume the owners were spies or the like.

Otherwise, MIB lets me use one word: Cricket. 

Doug

[BlackWidowPilot]

Otherwise, MIB lets me use one word: Cricket. 

Doug

Actually, Doug, it's two words: Noisy Cricket. I personally have decided that if I ever do suit up for a convention, it'll be as a space rogue/smuggler type packing a whole bunch of hardware including a *pair* of these little gems as the first sidearms of choice:

[Greylegion]

Also remember that 3D Miniatures also do some different alien type heads too, if you're interested in just a head swap. I also have looked at, and believe that many of the races of Mantics Dreadball range can be converted to alien invasion troops too.