Warlord Doctor Who figures

[Steve F]

Just to note that John Lambshead has photos up on his blog of painted examples of some of the first of the upcoming Warlord Games Doctor Who figures: David Tennant's version of the Doctor, Martha, Wilf, a couple of Judoon and a Zygon.

http://johnstoysoldiers.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/the-first-new-doctor-who-miniatures.html

[Wachaza]

Very porky looking Tennant. I think I prefer the "not" options. Monsters look servicable.

[Diablo Jon]

Don't mind a bit of Doctor Who on the telly but it's never struck me as a particularly good subject for miniature gaming.

[Wachaza]

The actual involvement of the Doctor tends to spoil a game for me as he's simply too powerful and deus ex machina for a decent game.

Legions of plastic daleks and cybermen on the other hand are ideal.

[Diablo Jon]

The actual involvement of the Doctor tends to spoil a game for me as he's simply too powerful and deus ex machina for a decent game.

Legions of plastic daleks and cybermen on the other hand are ideal.

Yeah I mean the average Doctor Who episode consists of loads of talking, some running down dark corridors and a sonic screw driver. Actually fighting is few and far between and normally very one sided. Just doesn't seem overly good for miniature gaming unless you ditch the Doctor.

[The_Beast]

Of the figs, have to say I rather like the Judoon, less so the Zygon. Everything else, even less.

As for games, not sure how they do it, but it seems folks are always getting the good Doctor distracted, and the rest of the play goes on.

Doug

[Elk101]

The Judoon do look good and I quite like the zygon but the others,  while nicely sculpted, just don't appeal. The Martha pose is very well done though. Really liking the Judoon.

[Commander Roj]

Yeah I mean the average Doctor Who episode consists of loads of talking, some running down dark corridors and a sonic screw driver. Actually fighting is few and far between and normally very one sided. Just doesn't seem overly good for miniature gaming unless you ditch the Doctor.

Dr. Who gaming has quite a pedigree, and th Dr. Who miniatures game, from which 7TV sprang, is really very good, but I guess it isnt for everyone.

[The Gray Ghost]

I'm not a big fan of Dr Who skirmish games, I own a number of BTD figures but's that it.

[nozza_uk]

Yeah I mean the average Doctor Who episode consists of loads of talking, some running down dark corridors and a sonic screw driver. Actually fighting is few and far between and normally very one sided. Just doesn't seem overly good for miniature gaming unless you ditch the Doctor.

Which is something you can replicate quite nicely with Pulp Alley! 

[fastolfrus]

Tennant and Wilf both look like they've been inflated. Was Martha really that short?

The Judoon look a bit slim.

But the Zygon looks convincingly like a man in a rubber suit.

As for gaming....
There were some Dalek annuals in the 1960s that had lots of potential for skirmish games. Lots of Dalek stories (as you might guess) but not stories with the Dr. (he had his own annuals)

[No Such Agency]

Ah Wilfred.  Loved that guy, so utterly human.  He should have been a companion, except that DW is too hooked on cute chicks as companions.

[Commander Roj]

Of the figs, have to say I rather like the Judoon, less so the Zygon. Everything else, even less.

As for games, not sure how they do it, but it seems folks are always getting the good Doctor distracted, and the rest of the play goes on.

Doug

How opinions differ! I rather like the Zygon and while I have seen better Versions of the Dr., it seems ok to me. I have no idea who will is, and Martha seemed to me to be much more attractive than portrayed in that sculpt, but I think that she is actually of quite diminutive stature.

[Commander Roj]

Ah Wilfred.  Loved that guy, so utterly human.  He should have been a companion, except that DW is too hooked on cute chicks as companions.

I won't criticise it for that, and otherwise critical of post Tennant show I most certainly am.

[nic-e]

I think if they do a time war supplement, or boxes of daleks and timelord soldiers it could be awesome.
Otherwise i'm not sure how you could really do Dr who with the doctor without it being an RPG.