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vburke Ensign
Joined: 16 Jun 2009 Posts: 14
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Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 8:08 pm Post subject: Miniatures problem for Prime Directive!! |
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I know I have been on Mr Cole for getting miniatures out for PD but I have started using action figures to scale for combat instead of minis. There is a scale in a d20 rpg book based on a galaxy far far away for using minis. I decided to use that instead of waiting then painting my way to madness. and the ST paper miniature maker on the web to me is a pain in the ***!!! Yes a near 40 year old playing with action figures is a "charming" site! :oops: |
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vburke Ensign
Joined: 16 Jun 2009 Posts: 14
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Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 8:15 pm Post subject: |
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I meant there are rules in another book for using action figures not minis! |
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hedgehobbit Ensign
Joined: 26 May 2009 Posts: 19
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Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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Don't those use some really big squares? Like super big? |
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Wolverin61 Commander
Joined: 16 Nov 2008 Posts: 495 Location: Mississippi
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Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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We use 1/32 or 1/35 figures for RPGs, they're about 3" tall, and you can get a lot of military-type figures in that scale. _________________ "His pattern indicates two-dimensional thinking."
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Groknard Ensign
Joined: 12 Mar 2009 Posts: 11 Location: San Francisco, CA
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Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 3:37 am Post subject: |
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Try Googling a company called Mega Minis. They make an excellent and very affordable set of 25mm metal minis of a sci fi crew, furniture and fixtures and aliens. The crew in particular is nice in that they are generic enough to be easily painted and/or modified to look like SFU and most other popular televised space operas of the past few years. _________________ Robert - San Francisco, CA
Visit GROKNARD, A Retrospective of Star Trek RPGs |
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malleman Lieutenant Commander
Joined: 12 Jan 2008 Posts: 307 Location: Lafayette, LA
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Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 3:44 am Post subject: |
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Here are some pictures of some of the figures I made using 1/35 WWII U.S. Army men purchased at a hobby store for $5.
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg269/malisalleman/Star%20Trek/IMG_2109.jpg
I know the picture is not all that great, but you get the idea. All you need is some plastic glue and green stuff. I also used some dinosaur and zoo animal heads for the Gorn, Lyran, and Kizinti. |
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vburke Ensign
Joined: 16 Jun 2009 Posts: 14
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Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 4:34 am Post subject: |
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Grok rocks! Thanks I will be purchasing those on ebay and I will try Malleman's idea. Blurry picture but I totally get the point on being resourceful I will try if I have the time ( sorry no TARDIS present). |
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stevem Ensign
Joined: 20 Jun 2009 Posts: 5 Location: Oregon
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Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 3:10 am Post subject: |
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I'm going to try using some of these from Victory Force Games; For the Savage Worlds Prime Directive. Obviously they don't have the non-human races that we need though.
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CmdrKiley Lieutenant JG
Joined: 12 Jun 2007 Posts: 38 Location: SE Michigan, USA
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 12:04 am Post subject: |
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Here's some work on my Blog I've done with both the Mega Minis and Victory Force Miniatures.
I've also been doing some recent conversions using some Star Wars Miniatures and Heroclix recently.
More pics and tips on how I made the conversions here at my blog.
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djdood Commodore
Joined: 01 Feb 2007 Posts: 3413 Location: Seattle, WA
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 1:21 am Post subject: |
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Very cool conversions! _________________
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Darkwing Lieutenant Commander
Joined: 23 Oct 2010 Posts: 249 Location: ZZ 9 plural Z A
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 1:32 am Post subject: |
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Those really are excellent! _________________ Let's get DANGEROUS!
Tice Leonard, U.S.S. Lexington & IKV Annihilation |
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