chris_valera Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 More circus/clown types, zombie and normal. a sprue of clown heads for conversions. Circus/clown figures the strongman with barbell, the fire-breather, the bearded lady, the juggler, the sword swallower, the fat man, the mystic (zoltar with crystal ball, etc), the ticket-taker the fortune-teller, the ringmaster, etc Generic modern zombies baddies you can collect a ton of. Maybe in Bones line? Currently I'm stockpiling the old zombie from the ancient Heroquest board game, since they loook great en masse. On the same note, Zombie with a meat cleaver held over his head. For Chronoscope, more nerd/geek figures. How about a not-Samus Aran powersuit/zero suit from Metroid. A not-Shinji/Asuka/Rei-from-Evangelion in plugsuit would be cool. Seconding the request for ninjas in different poses. Fourthing the request for a 'not-Alien' xenomorph. Seconding the request for more anime based concepts. With actual spiky hair. Seconding the request for "A fat guy with a beard wearing a REAPER T-shirt, perhaps with interchangeable hands (dice, gun, cellphone, laptop, death ray...). I have known more gamers who were fat guys with beards..." Seconding the request for "A sprue of OPEN, EMPTY HANDS, both left and right. I do a LOT of modding, and for some reason, fists are a dime a dozen, but try finding open empty hands! Male AND female, please." Seconding the request for "more anime girls with large firearms." Seconding the request for "Don Quixote and Sancho Panza" Thirding the request for "Gill Man from Creature from the Black Lagoon" Thirding the request for a plague doctor Fourthing or fifthing the request for not-Firefly figures. Fourthing the request for Not-The Mythbusters guys. Seconding the request for Charlie Sheen model; "Zombie Charlie. Army Charlie in Platoon. Party Charlie. Stupid shirts from Two and a Half Men Charlie." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Peacock Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 the strongman with barbell I'd recommend 50273: Herq, Circus Strong Man (http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/strong%20man/sku-down/50273) the ringmaster I'd recommend 50277: Circus Ringmaster (http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/ringmaster/sku-down/50277) Thirding the request for a plague doctor I'd recommend 60058: Plague Doctor (http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/plague%20doctor/latest/60058) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Propaganda Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 I really enjoy the Chronoscope and Savage Worlds miniature lines. I have a few non- specific recommendations for figures to expand selection of western miniatures, rather than specific characters or people to create. All of my suggestions would apply to either male or female figures, if not both. Characters wearing ponchos, as Clint Eastwood’s Man With No Name character, or Richard Boone’s John Fain in Big Jake. Closed, concealing the character almost entirely, or, open to reveal a gun, about to be drawn. Characters wearing fringed leathers, as James Caan does in El Dorado, or like Jay Silverheels did as TV’s Tonto. Characters dressed as military veterans. Figures that incorporate cavalry jackets or trousers, caps, ammo pouches, or sabers. Julius Carry as Lord Bowler from the Adventures of Brisco County Jr. wears a mix of a buffalo soldier’s blue coat and pants, with moccasin boots and a strung bowler. Characters with distinctive hats. Bowlers, top hats, sombreros, slouch caps, strung hats worn around the neck. Anything to make characters distinct. Canes or parasols would also be a nice touch. Characters who wield knives in preference over guns. Lou Diamond Phillips’ character Chavez y Chavez from Young Guns, Danny Trejo’s Navajas character from Desperado, and James Caan’s character Mississippi Traherne from El Dorado are all excellent examples. Characters wielding derringers. Gambler’s, fine ladies, unscrupulous robber barons, what have you. Characters wielding or carrying cut down rifles. Steve McQueen’s Josh Randall from Wanted Dead or Alive carried the Mare’s Leg. Sheena Easton’s Crystal Hawks carried one in the Adventures of Briso County Jr. as did Gina Torres’ Zoe Washburne in Firefly, Woody Harrelson’s Tallahassee in Zombieland and Woody Strode’s cameo as Stony in Once Upon a Time in the West. Characters with scatterguns in back sheaths. Lord Bowler is a good example, as is Bruce Campbell’s Ash from Army of Darkness. Characters with scoped or enhanced rifles. Tom Selleck’s Mathew Quigley from Quigley Down Under, Geoffrey Rush’ Ron from the Warrior’s Way, and even Christopher Lloyd’s Doc Brown from Back to the Future III all carry distinctive modified rifles. Characters with distinctive pistols. The LeMat combination pistol, or modified pistols like the stocked pistol carried by Lee Van Cleef’s Col. Douglas Mortimer in For A Few Dollars More. A Gatling gun and crew. Possibly multiple crews. US Army, Mexican Army, non-military gunmen. A machine gun. Models like the Browning M1889, or M1917. While historically accurate weapons would be mounted and crewed by two men, a slung version, like the ones carried by the bandits in the Warrior’s Way would be even better. Characters carrying, throwing, or even wearing dynamite. “Civilized” Indians. Indians who wear hats and coats, like Bruce Cabot’s Sam Sharpnose in Big Jake or Chief Dan George’s Lone Watie in the Outlaw Josey Wales. Singing Cowboys. Guitars are optional, but if not a Roy Rogers or Gene Autry type, then perhaps some characters like Tom Berringer’s Rex O’Herlihan from Rustler’s Rhapsody. Ten Gallon hat, woolie chaps, fancy gloves, and stylized shirts. Or, maybe some over the top Mexicanos, styled after the Three Amigos. Smoking characters. I know it isn’t very PC, but it fits the genre. Pipes, cigars, cheroots, something. And finally some characters modeled after John Wayne. The distinctive John Wayne look from the sixties, from movies like Rio Bravo and Hondo. Big mashed up hat, vest and kerchief, double buttoned fireman’s style shirt, pistol worn way back on his hip, Winchester in hand or resting on his shoulder. Fat, eye patched John Wayne as Rooster Cogburn also leaps to mind. Sorry to go on so long, thanks for your attention, hope this inspires. -Dr. Propaganda 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coelacanth1938 Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 A not-Mrs. Hudson (not-Sherlock Holmes) Male and female Plague Doctors, some with guns, staves, and bows http://mynameisswann.deviantart.com/art/Cowboys-vs-Zombies-vs-Robots-vs-Plague-Doctors-269351343 http://mynameisswann.deviantart.com/#/d55t1gl http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&global=1&q=plague+doctor#/d2fdn00 Plague Doctor heads. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Propaganda Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Ooops, forgot one. Short people are a staple of westerns ( the hotel manager in For a Few Dollars More or Linda Hunt's Stella from Silverado). When the west goes from Wild to Weird dwarfs become commonplace (Billy Curtis as Mordecai in High Plains Drifter or Tony Cox as Eight Ball in the Warrior's Way). How about a few midgets for Chronoscope / Savage World? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angrydwarfguy Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 How about a soldier who travels back in time from a wartorn future to stop a time travling robot assasin? Maybe name him Kyle something. Oh and hes in love with the woman the robot is trying to kill even though he only knows her through an old picture. Sounds a bit crazy I know but its still a better love story than Twilight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Bedlam Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Steampunk battlesuit. Something Bioshockish, maybe. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captenglish Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Steampunk battlesuit. Something Bioshockish, maybe. That gets my vote! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Bedlam Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 That, and a sprue of belligerent pig mutant heads. Some with mohawks. I've been playing Duke Nukem 3D lately... and I wanna make some pig cops... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captenglish Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 That, and a sprue of belligerent pig mutant heads. Some with mohawks. I've been playing Duke Nukem 3D lately... and I wanna make some pig cops... "pig cops" isn't that redundant, or am I showing my age again? JK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Bedlam Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 That, and a sprue of belligerent pig mutant heads. Some with mohawks. I've been playing Duke Nukem 3D lately... and I wanna make some pig cops... "pig cops" isn't that redundant, or am I showing my age again? JK Oh, far from it! When I was a social worker, I knew lots of cops, and have learned the distinctions. There are three that I will discuss here: "Police officers" are people who are cops and enforce the law, work to enhance their communities, and generally help hold society together. They tend to work pretty hard, deal with dippy city bureaucracy and politics, have too much paperwork, and are not paid enough. Kind of like teachers, but they get cussed out more often, and occasionally shot at. [this second section redacted as perhaps being better suited to Beekeepers.] ...and then "Pig Cops" are mutated monsters in cop suits that try to shoot Duke Nukem. They resemble muscular humanoids with cartoon pig heads and mohawk haircuts. I've tried using toy barnyard pig heads, but it just ain't the same. Toy pig heads lack the mindless belligerence a Pig Cop should have. Where's Jason Wiebe when you need him? He sculpts him some mighty fine mindless belligerence. And that reminds me, I still need to get his "Jack and the Beanstalk" box set... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baphomet69 Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Kind of like teachers, but they get cussed out more often, and occasionally shot at. Just splitting hairs and playing devil's advocate (hey, it's what I do), but how is getting cussed at more often and occasionally getting shot at NOT like a teacher these days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baphomet69 Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 And as to the Pig-faces, though not chronoscope/futuristic, I can't believe Otherworld has expanded their line so much! I remember when they just had the idol (had to get it) and a couple giants... Gawds, if I ever hit the lottery... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Bedlam Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Kind of like teachers, but they get cussed out more often, and occasionally shot at. Just splitting hairs and playing devil's advocate (hey, it's what I do), but how is getting cussed at more often and occasionally getting shot at NOT like a teacher these days... Well, to be blunt about it, the cop has the option of deciding he's had enough and slapping the cuffs on you for disturbing the peace. That, and even as a teacher for many years, none of my students has ever actually tried to SHOOT me. Yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captenglish Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 That, and a sprue of belligerent pig mutant heads. Some with mohawks. I've been playing Duke Nukem 3D lately... and I wanna make some pig cops... "pig cops" isn't that redundant, or am I showing my age again? JK Oh, far from it! When I was a social worker, I knew lots of cops, and have learned the distinctions. There are three that I will discuss here: "Police officers" are people who are cops and enforce the law, work to enhance their communities, and generally help hold society together. They tend to work pretty hard, deal with dippy city bureaucracy and politics, have too much paperwork, and are not paid enough. Kind of like teachers, but they get cussed out more often, and occasionally shot at. [this second section redacted as perhaps being better suited to Beekeepers.] ...and then "Pig Cops" are mutated monsters in cop suits that try to shoot Duke Nukem. They resemble muscular humanoids with cartoon pig heads and mohawk haircuts. I've tried using toy barnyard pig heads, but it just ain't the same. Toy pig heads lack the mindless belligerence a Pig Cop should have. Where's Jason Wiebe when you need him? He sculpts him some mighty fine mindless belligerence. And that reminds me, I still need to get his "Jack and the Beanstalk" box set... I jest of course I come from a line of police officers (NYPD baby!!), oh and one of my uncles was a cop in NC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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