Here are some of the lines that I was thinking of... these are metal though.
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David Johansen
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You could do some simple conversion work with 1/72 figures.
For powered armour use late medieval foot knights but clip their hands off and replace them with hands holding guns. Super glue is probably your best bet.
For lower tech troops just use modern soldiers.
Aliens are a bit trickier. Head swaps would be the main thing. There are sets of tiny animals you can find at the craft and dollar stores who's heads would probably look okay on 1/72 figures. You might be able to do digigrade legs by cutting the legs off a human and an animal and doing a replacement. Tails are easy, drill a little hole and glue in some wire, dip the wire in flock and paint it if you want a bushy tail.
1/72 is pretty good for vehicle kits but you can probably find a lot of small plastic objects that make good vehicles with a few bits glued on to them, so you can make one or two kits go a long way.
Spraying with Krylon for plastic is a must before painting.
A lot of this can be applied to 28mm as well. Mantic has some nice powered armour, infantry, and vehicles at very reasonable prices. Warlord's Beyond the Gates of Antares range is fantastic. Reaper's Chronoscope Bones range is also pretty reasonably priced. Don't use Krylon for plastic on Bones or any other vinyl figures as it melts them.
I am slowly working on sculpting a range of science fiction figures with separate hands / weapons and heads. I'd like to eventually have a pretty wide range of aliens with six to twelve variants to allow for heavy armour, military, and civilians / partisans.
For powered armour use late medieval foot knights but clip their hands off and replace them with hands holding guns. Super glue is probably your best bet.
For lower tech troops just use modern soldiers.
Aliens are a bit trickier. Head swaps would be the main thing. There are sets of tiny animals you can find at the craft and dollar stores who's heads would probably look okay on 1/72 figures. You might be able to do digigrade legs by cutting the legs off a human and an animal and doing a replacement. Tails are easy, drill a little hole and glue in some wire, dip the wire in flock and paint it if you want a bushy tail.
1/72 is pretty good for vehicle kits but you can probably find a lot of small plastic objects that make good vehicles with a few bits glued on to them, so you can make one or two kits go a long way.
Spraying with Krylon for plastic is a must before painting.
A lot of this can be applied to 28mm as well. Mantic has some nice powered armour, infantry, and vehicles at very reasonable prices. Warlord's Beyond the Gates of Antares range is fantastic. Reaper's Chronoscope Bones range is also pretty reasonably priced. Don't use Krylon for plastic on Bones or any other vinyl figures as it melts them.
I am slowly working on sculpting a range of science fiction figures with separate hands / weapons and heads. I'd like to eventually have a pretty wide range of aliens with six to twelve variants to allow for heavy armour, military, and civilians / partisans.
Timerover51
SOC-14 5K
I have been looking at some of the new Feathered Dinosaurs from Safari Limited, and those might make for some new creatures for the Bestiary, or even new Alien species.
Unfortunately, while Safari does have an astronaut set, they are all in space/vacuum suits. While fine for planetary exploration, they would not work for combat duty. I do remember quite a few years ago Toys R Us having space-suited combat troops, but that store is gone. I do not think that I have any.
Unfortunately, while Safari does have an astronaut set, they are all in space/vacuum suits. While fine for planetary exploration, they would not work for combat duty. I do remember quite a few years ago Toys R Us having space-suited combat troops, but that store is gone. I do not think that I have any.
I recommend heroforge I have quaility minis form them for 5e D&D
Just looking at the Dinosaurs Toob, they look like they will work with 15mm..
Timerover51
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They probably will, and if you want to really terrorize your players, you could go with the larger ones. The tubes will work will the plastic miniature from Eagle Games for D&D adventures. Then I found some larger creatures in bags at Hobby Lobby that will work for either giant animals or larger character figures.
I did find some Toobs of Cryptozoology Creatures at Michaels, and bought the lot. They do not show up in the online catalogue.
Given the average Tech Level of my new sector, a fair amount of what they have in Toobs will work okay. Then there are all of the X-category planets, along with the Red and Amber Zones.
I did find some Toobs of Cryptozoology Creatures at Michaels, and bought the lot. They do not show up in the online catalogue.
Given the average Tech Level of my new sector, a fair amount of what they have in Toobs will work okay. Then there are all of the X-category planets, along with the Red and Amber Zones.
Something I've run across in the toy aisle are Nano Metalfigs - 1.65 inch figures from various franchises - including Halo. Repainting these may work.
ShapeShifter
SOC-13
This double-headed old timey alien dude is pretty old school scifi, if you ask me. Now I've gotta stat him out for my campaign!
No one's mentioned using Green Army Men.
They's often 35 to 40mm talll
The old standbys, sure. But they make those really tiny ones, or at lest they used. The kind they advertised in comic books during the 70s and early 80s.
I've never seen any but the 1.5 to 2" tall ones.
madhopper50
SOC-8
I just bought a bunch of Star Wars 3.75" figures at the "Dollar" Store, couldn't resist the price. I've been thinking about 4" square grids to use them, this would mean an awful big playing table, but you could do it in sections. Any thoughts on this?
Timerover51
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You do what I did while running D&D with oversized figures. You plot the progress of the party on a smaller grid, and then when the fun starts, you go to the larger grid.
I have done the same thing when running miniature naval battles. You plot the course and moves on a smaller grid until contact is made, and then break out the large sea terrain cloth, put the ships out, and have at it.
madhopper50
SOC-8
Thanks, so far I've obtained 8 ":Rogue One' & "Episode 7" figures.
madhopper50
SOC-8
Just realized that I've got a set of D&D City Tiles. Most are 4"x4" and 8"x8", perfect for my 3.75" figures.
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