What show video game, book series or the like would you like to see made into licensed miniatures?

For me, I'd love to see some Fallout minis.

Legacy of Kain and Elric.

Mass Effect. Especially some Geth.

I would like to have a proper wargame set in the D&D Forgotten Realms world. Not that crappy skirmish game with the horrible pre-painted miniatures. The closest they ever came to a true D&D wargame was Battlesystem, which was pretty good, but one that was more along the lines of Warhammer in its level of detail would be awesome.

I used to play Star Wars Miniatures... it'd be cool if someone picked that game up and give it a resurgence.

DnD Miniatures was cool too.

I'd like to see minis for the Front Mission series.

I'ld like to see a 40k scale game in both the Star Wars. Halo and Mass Effect universes. I would also like to see Gothic scale games for those three as well as Star Trek.

I really miss not having some kind of apt way to simulate ship combat, I love tactical maneuver when it comes to 3D naval battles.

Miniature wise I really want Star Wars Clone Wars. I want to have a Clone Trooper army that inserts via LAATs and then proceeds to feth up everyones day.

Models from Bleach would be awesome.

Babylon 5 space game

Mattlov wrote:Mass Effect. Especially some Geth.

Ooooh, Geth would be awesome. Also some Krogan mercenaries. It'd make for a great skirmish game too.

Formosa wrote:Babylon 5 space game

Hasn't that been don,e both 28mm and spaceships?

I'd quite like to see some Blake's 7 figures, I only know of a few not-federation troopers.

1980 style Flash Gordon

A Brian Blessed led Hawkman army would be AWESOME

"GORDON'S ALIVE ?!?"

Howard A Treesong wrote:

Formosa wrote:Babylon 5 space game

Hasn't that been don,e both 28mm and spaceships?

Ships in two different scales, no ground game.

It needs someone to buy the rights.

I think I'd really like to see Battle of the Planets as a tabletop game.

Fallout

Howard A Treesong wrote:

Formosa wrote:Babylon 5 space game

Hasn't that been don,e both 28mm and spaceships?

I'd quite like to see some Blake's 7 figures, I only know of a few not-federation troopers.

It has been done:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon_5_Wars
http://www.agentsofgaming.com/b5w.htm

As for me, I would like to see a re-do of Star Wars Miniatures (my first miniature game was SWM, so I would like to see someone pick up the game), or miniatures for Command and Conquer 3.

X-com : the Miniatures game/ with a RPG tie in.

I love killing me some sectoids!

Stargate for sure.

Other than that.. mmmm...

Mighty boosh!

Or mabye The eldar scrolls minis.

Ether would be just fine for me.

Another few..
@George Spiggott
Elric would make a great minis game, the RPG was pretty wild.

A Conan wargame would be alot of fun, with picts, Cimmerians, and Vanir whacking each other

For my wife...Xena the wargame

and of course Ghost in the shell, or even Jin-Roh could have potential.

Chalk up one more for Fallout. I would love some Mad Max-style raiders and some NCR and Brotherhood folks to perforate them!

hmmm you could adapt gorkamorka/necromunda into some form of Fallout game, converting the minis would be alot of fun too...

For anybody who knows the series, you'd have to agree it'd make an amazing game:

The Vision of Escaflowne

Hordes of fantasy infantry supported by three-story tall steam and magic powered suits of knight armor? Hell yes!

A Mass effect skirmish game would interest me, just so I could use Zaeed on the tabletop. So +1 to that suggestion above.

Dynasty Warriors/Three Kingdoms era, a 28mm skirmish game set on this period of History would have me very busy for a long time to come.

World of Darkness, seperate lines but with rules that allowed them to be combined. Vampire the Masquerade, Werewolf the Apocalypse etc.
Although if I'm honest I'd be mostly playing BSD's v's the Garou pack I know Aurelia would have, with my side having the odd occasional Nexus Crawler appearance.

crackerbat wrote:Stargate for sure.

Other than that.. mmmm...

That would be great, something sort of like the Lord of the Rings skirmish game, but with guns. Jaffa! Kri!

Dune.

'Twould be awesome.

djphranq wrote:
I'd like to see minis for the Front Mission series.

There are TONS of Front Mission mecha out there. There are on Ebay reasonably frequently. The ones I go after are about 3-5 inches tall though, depending on the unit. I never win, though.

Soo'Vah'Cha wrote:hmmm you could adapt gorkamorka/necromunda into some form of Fallout game, converting the minis would be alot of fun too...

No deathclaws though.

A hardcore Link mini would be cool, pref jumping off a rock with the grappling hook firing.

Diablo 1 and 2.

I'd also be down for Starcraft minis. I know there's one intrepid converter here who has a Deathwing army of Terran Marines and Goliaths though!

Axe Cop.

Just... Just to see an Axe Cop game would make me scream in joy.

Etna's Vassal wrote:For anybody who knows the series, you'd have to agree it'd make an amazing game:

The Vision of Escaflowne

Hordes of fantasy infantry supported by three-story tall steam and magic powered suits of knight armor? Hell yes!

That would be so much win. So much fething win. Make it epic scaled with blocks of infantry being 10mm and then guymelifs that are 35mm tall and you're on your way to awesome.

Valve games would be cool. Some Tf2 figs and HL Combine would be on top of my list

Command and Conquer is also on my mind. Dem Overlord Tanks!

Chowderhead wrote:Axe Cop.

Just... Just to see an Axe Cop game would make me scream in joy.

Steve Jackson is putting out Axe Cop Munchkin this year.

Isn't Steve Jackson the guy behind GURPS?

Requia wrote:Isn't Steve Jackson the guy behind GURPS?

Yeah, and a LOT of other board and card games. The guy's a legend.

Axis and Allies. Although Flames of War is, essentially, the same thing, I would like a 40k/ hero scale game.


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Oh, the Call of Duty games would be fun, as would Half Life and, how could I forget, LOST PLANET!

General Seric wrote:

Howard A Treesong wrote:

Formosa wrote:Babylon 5 space game

Hasn't that been don,e both 28mm and spaceships?

I'd quite like to see some Blake's 7 figures, I only know of a few not-federation troopers.

It has been done:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon_5_Wars
http://www.agentsofgaming.com/b5w.htm

And harlequin produced a 28mm range which I occasionally see at wargames shows.

http://www.oocities.org/babylon_5_toys/harlequin/index.html

If anyone is interested the Blake's 7 not-federation troops are here for very reasonable amount.
http://www.cpmodelsminiatures.co.uk/CP%20MODELS%2028MM%20SCI-FI%20MINIATURES.htm

crackerbat wrote:Stargate for sure.

Other than that.. mmmm...

Also been done, officially and not.

Here are the licensed ones, the Stargate tab is on the left.
http://cold-war.co.uk/

I did see some unofficial ones once and preferred them to these because they were chunkier, but I think they had to stop making them.

I'd love to see some squa- oh, nevermind.

robocop!

Revive SST

Tenchu in a SpaceHulk style of game. traps and sneaking tests, rice balls and murder!

Anything with a Samurai feel.

winnertakesall wrote:Revive SST

Maybe revive the SST rules as generic Scifi. The minis did nothing for me.

Or redo the minis in the book style instead of the movie style.

Requia wrote:Or redo the minis in the book style instead of the movie style.

Uh, actually they did do a large amount of the minis in the style of neither of those influences.

They based most of the original line-up of models off the "Roughnecks: Starship Trooper Chronicles", the animated series done by Paul Verhoeven(which actually was pretty dang good, for what it was).

Then, they released two expansions which introduced the 'book' versions(the Power Armour list was pretty danged nice for that matter. If I remember right it was Cougar and Grizzly Power Armour) and the 'movie' versions.
It effectively gave the Mobile Infantry three separate iterations: the movie infantry were the 'Light Infantry', the animated series infantry were 'Medium Infantry' and the book iteration of Power Armour were the 'Heavy Infantry'.

It always saddened me that a large amount of the LI+HI never got released, or at least general release enough that I could have found them and got them in bulk

Hmm, the grizzly isn't bad , can't find pics of the cougar. I thought the marauder was the only power armor they put out.

The Marauder and Chickenhawk were the first two "Exo-Suits" they released, both themed off the Roughnecks.

They were less "Power Armour" and more "Support Weapons".

Ghost in the Shell
Flash Gordon
Dune
Robo Cop
Alien/Aliens....
Robotech & any other big mech anime

Dragon's Heaven.

With Elmedine in suit.

The ones I would really like to see are:

Fallout
Mass Effect
Dune

and of course some real Star Wars miniaures

Happygrunt wrote:Axis and Allies. Although Flames of War is, essentially, the same thing, I would like a 40k/ hero scale game.

Axis and Allies is a miniatures game too

Also do you mean 28mm WW2? Theres plenty of that!

Planet of the Apes would be a fun small scale game I think.
SPACE 1999 mini's would be great but as far as a game I don't really know what the goals could be (other than getting home of course).

Requia wrote:

Soo'Vah'Cha wrote:hmmm you could adapt gorkamorka/necromunda into some form of Fallout game, converting the minis would be alot of fun too...

No deathclaws though.

But they just wanna give you hugs! Hugs of doom but hugs nonetheless!
Fallout has plenty of factions with different fighting styles and leaders for a fun game. o god no... Must resist urge to... start NCR IG army...

As unrealistic as it is, i'd love to see a wargame based on the Breath of Fire series.

GEARS OF WAR!!!!

kenshin620 wrote:

Happygrunt wrote:Axis and Allies. Although Flames of War is, essentially, the same thing, I would like a 40k/ hero scale game.

Axis and Allies is a miniatures game too

Also do you mean 28mm WW2? Theres plenty of that!

I know, trust me, I have TONS of Axis and Allies minis.

I guess I meant 28mm WW2.

A good range of 28mm Doctor Who enemies. My top picks would be Daleks (various era models), Cybermen (ditto) and Sontarans.

Since Who's been dropped allready, and War of the Worlds is public Domain (here at least) I'll go for Tron

Kilkrazy wrote:A good range of 28mm Doctor Who enemies. My top picks would be Daleks (various era models), Cybermen (ditto) and Sontarans.

Harlequin did a pretty good range of them too, the quality was a bit off occasionally though. The Citadel ones were closer to a real 28mm so look quite small by comparison.

Yes, I had boxes of the Citadel Daleks and Cybermen but I can't find them. >:C

Apparently the "real" Daleks have grown a bit over the years to allow larger operators to sit inside them. The new Sony Daleks are definitely larger than previous models.

The kids magazine/comic Doctor Who Adventures did a handful of little plastic daleks in the current iDalek style, they pass very well for 28mm.

There's one painted here.
http://www.warlordgames.co.uk/?page_id=18/show-us-yours/dalek/

I hoped the magazine does these again because they seem a little expensive when they appear on eBay, clearly there are other games trying to pick them up.

I'd love some proper D&D minis once again. I miss Chainmail.

Reaper has pathfinder minis. Complete with duplicates of the book artwork. Or did you mean an army on army thing?

Metal gear series, that would make for a great skirmish game.

Some Shadow of The Colossus minis would be pretty awesome.

I'd love some miniatures and vehicles from the GI JOE: A Real American Hero cartoon/comic book/toy line.

25mm miniatures with appropriately sized vehicles would be awesome.

I want some Rhino sized H.I.S.S. tanks taking on Tauros sized A.W.E. Strikers with a Terror Drome terrain piece looming in the background of the game table. I'd have a raging nerdgasm if such a game/miniature range were produced.

Happygrunt wrote:

kenshin620 wrote:

Happygrunt wrote:Axis and Allies. Although Flames of War is, essentially, the same thing, I would like a 40k/ hero scale game.

Axis and Allies is a miniatures game too

Also do you mean 28mm WW2? Theres plenty of that!

I know, trust me, I have TONS of Axis and Allies minis.

I guess I meant 28mm WW2.

That is readily available from a variety of manufacturers.

I would love to see a Transformers Tabletop Wargame, Autobots Vs. Decepticons would ROCK!

Or a rendition of one of my favorite Sega Genesis games:

Herzog Zwei!

Oh god no. The transformers fanboys would *never* shut up about how crappy it is to have toys that don't transform and have to be painted.

No matter how cool the figs would be, they simply aren't worth that.

I want to make a wargame about heavy metal.

That's right. Heavy metal. I will not explain anymore so as to not give away my idea.

Pirates of the Caribbean.

I know there's lots of pirate minis out there, and rulesets...Black Scorpion's got their Cutlass! rules hitting this month (can't wait!)...but I'd really dig a game based on the movies. Heck, it's all factioned out...

1) Jack ('scuze me, Captain Jack) & his crew
2) Barbossa and his crew (cursed/undead)
3) British
4) Davy Jones and his crew
5) Blackbeard and his crew

I would eat that up with the proverbial spoon!

DeathReaper wrote:I would love to see a Transformers Tabletop Wargame, Autobots Vs. Decepticons would ROCK!

!

That would be awesome. Each one comes in a 2 pack with robot and vehicle modes. Make them scaled off a 2.5" tall average in robot mode. Would be perfect.


GI Joe would be cool too.


And on the subject of the twitchy fanboys...fark em. This is something for tabletop games, not the cartoon dorks. They can either buy it or go back to the basement and STFU.

Technically they did make a Transformers table top game

but it was cardboard

No need to hate on the fans though, its just how Hasbro handles their business

STALKER.

Surtur wrote:I'd love some proper D&D minis once again. I miss Chainmail.

Nothing like communist Dwarves to make a game interesting.

I loved their 'terrain' pieces. I still use them for easily transportable terrain. It's nice to be able to have a few forests, hills, and walls in my army case.

Jeff Cope wrote:Pirates of the Caribbean.

I know there's lots of pirate minis out there, and rulesets...Black Scorpion's got their Cutlass! rules hitting this month (can't wait!)...but I'd really dig a game based on the movies. Heck, it's all factioned out...

1) Jack ('scuze me, Captain Jack) & his crew
2) Barbossa and his crew (cursed/undead)
3) British
4) Davy Jones and his crew
5) Blackbeard and his crew

I would eat that up with the proverbial spoon!

I'd settle for just a really good Blackbeard model.

-ponders how to do the smoking hair effect-


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I changed my mind, I want to see a transformers mini line, I also want to be in the boardroom when GW finds out they have to compete with a company the size of Hasbro.

+1 for Mass Effect, Fallout

However, without a gaming system, I believe Suckerpunch! should get its own minis...

There's a pretty good size group of TF fans that already kitbash, make parts and repaint TFs, whom I'm sure would jump all over a minis game, self included. I'd even paint one for robot, one for alt mode.

Haven't seen TF fan's claim gamers would pop a vain over articulation. I'm sure if you search, you'll find over reactors in every fandom.

AvatarForm wrote:+1 for Mass Effect, Fallout

However, without a gaming system, I believe Suckerpunch! should get its own minis...

Fallout actually has one, comes in a pdf on the Tactics CDs, dunno if its any good though.

gears of war... supposedly minis were supposed to come out following the success of the first game but that never happened (just the NECA figs). there are some decent reaper "inspired" versions but i'd like the real thing, lancers and all.

Bruce Campbell's -Army of Darkness might make for an interesting line of Minis/Game.

I'd also,despite the existance of various "zombie games",like to see a game/mini's based on Romero's "Dead" films..

I don't really see what you're getting there. Besides "Day of the Dead" or whatever on the box how do you tell the difference between a Romero zombie and some other generic zombie?

Requia wrote:I don't really see what you're getting there. Besides "Day of the Dead" or whatever on the box how do you tell the difference between a Romero zombie and some other generic zombie?

Well...there are some notable "Romero" Zombies (Bub comes to mind instantly,along with the Krishna zombie)...but by and large yeah...zombies are pretty much zombies...
There are some interesting Human characters in the films,and more so,I think the events depicted in the films could make interesting campain games.

Armored Core and Twisted Metal!! Nuff Said.

SebastionSynn wrote:Armored Core and Twisted Metal!! Nuff Said.

Armoured Core is kitbashed Mechas...

Twisted Metal is kitbashed cars and other vehicles... this is already available.

We are talking sculpts...

Robot Chicken would probably be fun.

Here in Dakka Rumours... Reaper IS doing not-SuckerPunch!

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/359539.page

Though I would still like to see the mecha that Amber operates and some of the steam/clockwork Nazi soldiers...

Wheel of time

I have to second Mass Effect (again) just because I realized how cool it would be to make a Legion conversion.

ZacktheChaosChild wrote:I want to make a wargame about heavy metal.

That's right. Heavy metal. I will not explain anymore so as to not give away my idea.

40K?


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AvatarForm wrote:

SebastionSynn wrote:Armored Core and Twisted Metal!! Nuff Said.

Armoured Core is kitbashed Mechas...

Twisted Metal is kitbashed cars and other vehicles... this is already available.

We are talking sculpts...

There's a big range of 1/72 scale Armoured Core kits available in Japan. It includes weapon and head option kits.

http://www.hlj.com/scripts/hljlist?Word=core&Dis=2&GenreCode=sci&searchpage=sci&DisplayMode=images&Sort=std&qid=460CJZQOWKI3&q=1&SeriesID2=105

I saw some great suggestions I agree with; G.I.Joe,Transformers, Metal Gear...
I will also throw my own top pick in though, WWE.
I would love a full expandable board game with 54mm scale wrestler figures on an arena board with all the over the top stunts that used to make it so fun. If heroclix can license DC and marvel them maybe some company could license WWE, TNA, and several independent wrestlers together.

Fallout, Half-Life, Saints Row 2 and Inquisitor.

Heres a salad of what I would like to see done in 28mm metal or resin minis for painting...
- Aliens vs predas
- District 9
- Streetfigher
- Naruto
- Metal slug
- Battle chasers
- Groo the wanderer
- Marvel
- Conan

NAVARRO wrote:Heres a salad of what I would like to see done in 28mm metal or resin minis for painting...
- Aliens vs predas
- Metal slug
- Marvel
- Conan

These have all been done, whether officially, or as "not-" versions...

Not the items neither the quality neither the range depth I want them...

Copplestone Castings do some nice not-predators.

I could go for some Bleach minis personally. Or a decent Firefly crew (I think Heresy's ones are awful).

Howard A Treesong wrote:Copplestone Castings do some nice not-predators.

They are true 28mm stuff and to be honest they are not that atractive... Neither are other not predas around...(only ever seen 1 good example all these years.)

The problem with all these "not x" minis is that they only scratch the surface of these IP's universes... I mean just because you make a mini of not conan for your range it doesnt cover its universe of creatures and IP etc...

Fallout/mad max

Kilkrazy wrote:

ZacktheChaosChild wrote:I want to make a wargame about heavy metal.

That's right. Heavy metal. I will not explain anymore so as to not give away my idea.

40K?

No. Heavy Metal.

As in the Mag?

Thinking about all the female cover stars as mini's are we.

28mm scale skirmish game for Star Wars and Dune would be awesome... Fallout would be good minis but I'm not sure on the depth of gameplay compared to the different types of factions in Star Wars and Dune. I'd buy all the Fallout minis though too...

I'd have to say the following:

Dune
Mass Effect
HALO (no clix rubbish)
Gears of War
Star Gate

Do some better figs for Call of Cthulhu.

Yes, I kinow the range has been done, but with the "advancements" in plastics, I'm pretty sure that some pretty impressive minis could be produced. Imagine a Cthulhu model the size of an Eldar Avatar?


Priest

whalemusic360 wrote:T I'd even paint one for robot, one for alt mode.

Would be the only way to go, and package them together.

Also...MUST be cartoon version, at least the first series of minis. If those sold well enough then they could try the Bayformers.

Another must for me would be scale, or at least a reasonable attempt at it. Things like Megatron in gun mode might be hard to keep in scale. What I dont want to see is a Bumblebee as tall as Megatron and Prime in robot mode, or Prime as small as Bumblebee in vehicle mode.

Im far from a major fan, but if somethings to be done a reasonable attempt should be made.


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ZacktheChaosChild wrote:

Kilkrazy wrote:

ZacktheChaosChild wrote:I want to make a wargame about heavy metal.

That's right. Heavy metal. I will not explain anymore so as to not give away my idea.

40K?

No. Heavy Metal.

LOL not Eavy Metal like the GW paint studio...Heavy Metal like the 70s cartoon movie (Im assuming).

Priest wrote:Do some better figs for Call of Cthulhu.

Yes, I kinow the range has been done, but with the "advancements" in plastics, I'm pretty sure that some pretty impressive minis could be produced. Imagine a Cthulhu model the size of an Eldar Avatar?


Priest

You mean something like this?

Tron and Conan the Barbarian.

That's it.

Mez

Dunno if its been said or not, but I would love me some Killzone minis... Helghast ftw!

Of course, if they had their own game, i doubt i would play it, they would just be for my guardsmen (since theyre supposed to be a mix between 3d ACR, and Helghast)

Truthfully? Charlaine Harris' Southern Vampires (HBO's True Blood).

I know the idea is laughable, and the rules would be... unspeakable, but I just want a 28mm Sookie and Bubba.

I've never been a fan of the homebrew rulesets or the figures I've seen for Dr. Who. It's not at the top of my list, partially because I just don't think the universe screams "wargame."

A sci-fi show I would love to see as a skirmish-level game, though, that hasn't been mentioned yet is Farscape. Plenty of named heroes and villains, as well as multiple races with hordes of nameless grunts, so I could see it scaling up reasonably well (you could pad your kickass group of 5 characters with a squad or two of cheap goons, but must consider the benefit of force of numbers versus quality of troops when list-building).

Brutal Legend could potentially make a pretty badass tabletop game, as well. I mean, there was already more or less a real-time implementation of a wargame present in the form of Stage Battles. A few different armies/races to choose from, a general used both to attack, (de)buff, and issue orders, a set battlefield size with intervening terrain and objective points (fan geysers) to capture and hold, opposing bases (stages) from which to launch attacks and to serve as the ultimate objectives... Most of the conceptual work is done for you, really, and the art style would translate incredibly well, I think.

Sigh, Mandalorian minis that I can pose and equip how I want.....

I'd love to see some Hyborian era (Conan) minis - no existing figures capture the dynamism of the world of Conan. Theirs a certain aesthetic not captured by historical figures that leaves them very wanting.

Would love to make a proper Aquilonian army, and grind the picts into the ground forever!

A line of horror movie monsters in 28mm would be fun to paint. The Universal classics and some of the 80s slashers have already been done in 25mm unofficial versions but I think a dedicated quality line might sell well.

Armored Core miniature game.

I'd like to see a Planetside Range, and a Tom Clancy range.

I think to most folks, Planetside minis would look like generic sci-fi stuff, but it'd have a huge nostalgia factor for me. A well supported range could be successful though, as overhead would be fairly small. Most of the kits would be usable by all three factions, differentiated mostly by paint job. Also terrain is already done, as all of the buildings in the game shared many common aspects.

By a "Tom Clancy" range, I mean a near-future warfare setting with elements from Splinter Cell, H.A.W.X., Rainbow Six, Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter and End War. Obviously his name would be attached to the game to give it some main stream credibility.

I'd love a good GI joe miniatures game. Not the new GI joe, but more along the lines of the 25th anniversary American hero joes. A little more realistic, like the comic book, not the cartoon. There is alot of great fluff and cool vehicles. Some of it is a little out there, but if you stayed with the core stuff and built from there it would be cool.

how could I have forgotten, some FireFly minis would be cool

Lara wrote:Truthfully? Charlaine Harris' Southern Vampires (HBO's True Blood).

I know the idea is laughable, and the rules would be... unspeakable, but I just want a 28mm Sookie and Bubba.

That would be something. I'd buy in just for a Bubba figure. Weretigers are cool too!

Andrew1975 wrote:I'd love a good GI joe miniatures game. Not the new GI joe, but more along the lines of the 25th anniversary American hero joes. A little more realistic, like the comic book, not the cartoon. There is alot of great fluff and cool vehicles. Some of it is a little out there, but if you stayed with the core stuff and built from there it would be cool.

Yep, I want my own Iron Grenadiers to fight against GI JOE and Cobra!

Imagine the forums as the game progressed and more of the sub-factions/units were introduced. People could mock any Battleforce 2000 players, and praise anyone insane and talented enough to pull off a proper Python Patrol color scheme. Then if someone tried to proxy some Cobra LA figures the rage levels would be akin to those who model female Space Marine armies.

Oh it would be glorious.

DarkTraveler777 wrote:

Lara wrote:Truthfully? Charlaine Harris' Southern Vampires (HBO's True Blood).

I know the idea is laughable, and the rules would be... unspeakable, but I just want a 28mm Sookie and Bubba.

That would be something. I'd buy in just for a Bubba figure. Weretigers are cool too!

Andrew1975 wrote:I'd love a good GI joe miniatures game. Not the new GI joe, but more along the lines of the 25th anniversary American hero joes. A little more realistic, like the comic book, not the cartoon. There is alot of great fluff and cool vehicles. Some of it is a little out there, but if you stayed with the core stuff and built from there it would be cool.

Yep, I want my own Iron Grenadiers to fight against GI JOE and Cobra!

Imagine the forums as the game progressed and more of the sub-factions/units were introduced. People could mock any Battleforce 2000 players, and praise anyone insane and talented enough to pull off a proper Python Patrol color scheme. Then if someone tried to proxy some Cobra LA figures the rage levels would be akin to those who model female Space Marine armies.

Oh it would be glorious.

Cobra fought cobra all the time, gi joe vs gi joe would be harder. You've got the dreadnoughts, october gaurd, iron grenadiers, cobrala, crimson guard. It would be sweet. Plus think of the cool 40k conversions you could build with the parts.

NAVARRO wrote:Not the items neither the quality neither the range depth I want them...

The point is that they have been done.

AvatarForm wrote:

NAVARRO wrote:Not the items neither the quality neither the range depth I want them...

The point is that they have been done.

errrr...Yes, because if a company makes say one non-Conan figure for its range then all conan universe IP is covered right?

djphranq wrote:I used to play Star Wars Miniatures... it'd be cool if someone picked that game up and give it a resurgence.

Indeed, I often thought some kind of LoTR system could have worked well for Star Wars (jedis/named character as 'heroes', rebels/empire as your basic troops), especially when the new movies were coming out. It could have been a spectacular money spinner, and I'm sure the models would have been beautiful.

But, the boat has left on that one now. I'm sure it would still do well, but it wouldn't create the mania that hit GW when LoTR went on sale.

I love some of the suggestions, but the problem is most of them are too 'skirmish' like. GW, in the process of sacking off it's specialist games range, isn't going to make anything that can be played with less than $400 of miniatures on the table.

NAVARRO wrote:

AvatarForm wrote:

NAVARRO wrote:Not the items neither the quality neither the range depth I want them...

The point is that they have been done.

errrr...Yes, because if a company makes say one non-Conan figure for its range then all conan universe IP is covered right?

Reaper covers the remainder of Conan... they have basically every PC mini you would require. If something does not EXACTLY fit your imagination, modify it... that is the fun part of hobby

War for Edath The art and lore is interesting although it seems to have slowed down. I do think they are trying to avoid making it a mini game and use cards instead. That said it could work similar to war machine where you can get minis and stuff - heck its working for mantic!

AvatarForm wrote:

NAVARRO wrote:

AvatarForm wrote:

NAVARRO wrote:Not the items neither the quality neither the range depth I want them...

The point is that they have been done.

errrr...Yes, because if a company makes say one non-Conan figure for its range then all conan universe IP is covered right?

Reaper covers the remainder of Conan... they have basically every PC mini you would require. If something does not EXACTLY fit your imagination, modify it... that is the fun part of hobby

No it doesnt sorry... and the point is not fitting MY imagination, its fitting EXACTLY the sugested IP's...
As for fun part of the hobby if i wanted I could sculpt whatever I wanted to but thats not what we are talking here.

Pacific wrote:. GW...isn't going to make anything that can be played with less than $400 of miniatures on the table.

One step closer to causing their own demise. Good luck getting people to go for a $400 minimum buy in.

Battle Beyond the Stars. Both the characters and the starfighters.

djphranq wrote:I used to play Star Wars Miniatures... it'd be cool if someone picked that game up and give it a resurgence.

DnD Miniatures was cool too.

I'd like to see minis for the Front Mission series.

You might like some of this... http://www.knightmodels.com/30mm_hansolo_visor.html

Requia wrote:Oh god no. The transformers fanboys would *never* shut up about how crappy it is to have toys that don't transform and have to be painted.

No matter how cool the figs would be, they simply aren't worth that.

Lolwut?

There are plenty of wargamers(including myself) in the ranks of TF Collectors.

As well, there are a ton of non-transforming TF toys(the Titanium 3" line comes to mind, as do the Mighty Muggs). And TONS of TF Fans customize and paint their figures to begin with.

I point you to the Kitbashes, customs, and artwork section of Seibertron.com for you to do your homework before you spew more uneducated statements about us:

http://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/the-art-of-transtopia-f173.php

And the Bayformer Robot Replicas.

DarkTraveler777 wrote:

Lara wrote:Truthfully? Charlaine Harris' Southern Vampires (HBO's True Blood).

I know the idea is laughable, and the rules would be... unspeakable, but I just want a 28mm Sookie and Bubba.

That would be something. I'd buy in just for a Bubba figure. Weretigers are cool too!

Bill must use Grima Wormtongue's special rules though. Down with Beel. Sookie's best special rule is "Summon Claudine"; upgrade is "Summon Niall". Eric can just roll for "Viking Power" ....I'm getting way too into this now.

Anyway, other IP. Shannara? Has this ever been done? I know it might arguably be "too generic" fantasy, and you could proxy just about everything in the original trilogy with existing miniatures/rules, but I'd like to see the characters and setting done properly. (Tiny Brin Ohmsford, do want) The last chunk of Elfstones of Shannara is a flat out pitched battle. "Defence of Arbolon" would be a cracking scenario: defending player gets other races as allies, and the main objective is to hold the Demons back enough turns for Amberle to reach the Ellcrys. Give the Demon side the Tyranids' old Without Number rule. Wishsong of Shannara could be a cracking Inquisitor-type game too.

Sand Man minis would be cool

Coyotebreaks wrote:Sand Man minis would be cool

Like Niel Gaiman's Sandman? They have statues, but how the hell would you play Sandman?

Fallout would be pretty sweet. Also, I wouldnt mind seeing a Magic the Gathering wargame. Start from the older cards though and work foward. I would love to paint a Guardian Beast, Chaos Orb, or Nightmare!

Necroagogo wrote:Battle Beyond the Stars. Both the characters and the starfighters.

Please tell me you mean Space, Above and Beyond. John-Boy in space really wasn't a fun movie. C'mon a space ship with tits, honestly?

Amtrack Wars.

And yes I would fork out for a Federation Wagon Train!

Cheers

Andrew

Andrew1975 wrote:

Coyotebreaks wrote:Sand Man minis would be cool

Like Niel Gaiman's Sandman? They have statues, but how the hell would you play Sandman?

I would so do that IP if I didn't have to talk to DC's super lawyers to do it..

Starcraft.

Oh wait...

Cyporiean wrote:

Andrew1975 wrote:

Coyotebreaks wrote:Sand Man minis would be cool

Like Niel Gaiman's Sandman? They have statues, but how the hell would you play Sandman?

I would so do that IP if I didn't have to talk to DC's super lawyers to do it..

It might work as an RPG, but how would you make that work as a miniatures game? I've never seen any of the endless use armies. They are metaphysical embodiments, what use do they have for armies? You can't really have Dream fight Death it wouldn't make sense. The endless are so powerful that direct confrontation is meaningless.

I would LOVE to see miniatures for the Noise in The World Ends With You It would be tough to pull off, but imagine painting and assembling these bad boys


Tell me with a straight face that wouldn't be awesome so I can call you a liar

Andrew1975 wrote:

Coyotebreaks wrote:Sand Man minis would be cool

Like Niel Gaiman's Sandman? They have statues, but how the hell would you play Sandman?

Yes Neil Gaimans Sandman. Not sure how a game would work either. There could be a war between good and evil though. lots of gods and things in those books. Still they would be good to paint though.

Goddard wrote:Starcraft.

Oh wait...

Starcraft's designs are significantly different from 40k's. I would honestly buy a Terran army, no questions asked.

Papaskittels wrote:GEARS OF WAR!!!!

this.

Mad4Minis wrote:

whalemusic360 wrote:T I'd even paint one for robot, one for alt mode.

Would be the only way to go, and package them together.

Also...MUST be cartoon version, at least the first series of minis. If those sold well enough then they could try the Bayformers.

Another must for me would be scale, or at least a reasonable attempt at it. Things like Megatron in gun mode might be hard to keep in scale. What I dont want to see is a Bumblebee as tall as Megatron and Prime in robot mode, or Prime as small as Bumblebee in vehicle mode.

Im far from a major fan, but if somethings to be done a reasonable attempt should be made.


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ZacktheChaosChild wrote:

Kilkrazy wrote:

ZacktheChaosChild wrote:I want to make a wargame about heavy metal.

That's right. Heavy metal. I will not explain anymore so as to not give away my idea.

40K?

No. Heavy Metal.

LOL not Eavy Metal like the GW paint studio...Heavy Metal like the 70s cartoon movie (Im assuming).

No, I'm talking about the genre of music that is a subgenre of rock that came around in the late 70s that typically features heavily distorted guitars and fast tempos.

I'd LOOOOOVE to see a spaceship combat game using the STAR BLAZERS ip.

We're off to outer space.
We're leaving Mother Earth.
To save the human race.
Our Star Blazers.



And just for sheer badassery, I leave you with this link:

SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO



King Ghidorah

Bleach would make an interesting minature game. There are several factions: Soul Reapers, Hollows, Bounts, Vizards, Espada/Arancars.

Definite possibilities.

EVE Online mini game, base it off of the faction wars, could also add pirate factions, ships with personalization options (diff weapons modules what have you)

valiantjared wrote:EVE Online mini game

One thing is for sure; it couldn't possibly be as suck as that craptastic MMO.



King Ghidorah

Ghidorah wrote:I'd LOOOOOVE to see a spaceship combat game using the STAR BLAZERS ip.

We're off to outer space.
We're leaving Mother Earth.
To save the human race.
Our Star Blazers.



And just for sheer badassery, I leave you with this link:

SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO



King Ghidorah

Would be cool because they did have ground forces, the problem is that you really couldn't use the Yamato as it suffers from Voltron syndrome* so what is the point then.

*Voltron syndrome is when the protagonists fight for a whole episode only to claim victory the same way the always do "Form blazing sword" begging the question why didn't they just form the blazing sword 10 minutes ago, I sat and watched this and now my breakfast cereal is soggy. In star blazers all they ever needed to do was shoot the wave motion gun.

Ghidorah wrote:I'd LOOOOOVE to see a spaceship combat game using the STAR BLAZERS ip.

We're off to outer space.
We're leaving Mother Earth.
To save the human race.
Our Star Blazers.



And just for sheer badassery, I leave you with this link:

SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO



King Ghidorah

I had come across some Star Blazers miniatures before, licensed too. I'll try to find the link again.

Ghidorah wrote:

valiantjared wrote:EVE Online mini game

One thing is for sure; it couldn't possibly be as suck as that craptastic MMO.



King Ghidorah

Ill admit the game isnt the most accessible but I love it, more of an acquired taste

I would also like to see a mini's wargame based on:

Dynasty Warriors (Lu Bu has come to destroy us all!)

Contra from NES

Ikari Warriors NES

Or my most favorite game ever

Gauntlet!

Small skirmish- Naruto or gears of war

Large scale- Dragonlance Universe


Oh who am I kidding, everyone my age all knows that they want a mini's version of NES classic BASE WARS


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kenshin620 wrote:Valve games would be cool. Some Tf2 figs and HL Combine would be on top of my list

Command and Conquer is also on my mind. Dem Overlord Tanks!

Check out the game F.R.A.G.

I kid you not this is one of the most fun boardgames you will ever play

Armored Core and Twisted metal has been shot down, by just one person, but i guess one is enough. SO, how about Jade Cocoon?

SebastionSynn wrote:Armored Core and Twisted metal has been shot down, by just one person, but i guess one is enough. SO, how about Jade Cocoon?

+1 for Jade cocoon here

http://www.starblazersonline.com/

Star Blazers miniatures, no idea on the quality or anything. Website hasn't been updated in a year, but I had contacted them a few months ago and got a reply pretty quickly. (Was asking about Captain Harlock miniatures)

Cyporiean wrote:http://www.starblazersonline.com/

Star Blazers miniatures, no idea on the quality or anything. Website hasn't been updated in a year, but I had contacted them a few months ago and got a reply pretty quickly. (Was asking about Captain Harlock miniatures)

You know what that actually looks pretty cool, after reading the battle reports and seeing the minis, I'm all for it. I take back my earlier criticisms.

NAVARRO wrote:

AvatarForm wrote:

NAVARRO wrote:

AvatarForm wrote:

NAVARRO wrote:Not the items neither the quality neither the range depth I want them...

The point is that they have been done.

errrr...Yes, because if a company makes say one non-Conan figure for its range then all conan universe IP is covered right?

Reaper covers the remainder of Conan... they have basically every PC mini you would require. If something does not EXACTLY fit your imagination, modify it... that is the fun part of hobby

No it doesnt sorry... and the point is not fitting MY imagination, its fitting EXACTLY the sugested IP's...
As for fun part of the hobby if i wanted I could sculpt whatever I wanted to but thats not what we are talking here.

if this is the case, it appears you are only left with 1 option...

Write a letter to the companies you feel would best suit your needs and request that they begin production.

AndrewC wrote:

Necroagogo wrote:Battle Beyond the Stars. Both the characters and the starfighters.

Please tell me you mean Space, Above and Beyond. John-Boy in space really wasn't a fun movie. C'mon a space ship with tits, honestly?

But ... but ... it's got Gelt! And the Space Cowboy! And Valkyrie (mmm ... Valkyrie).

There'd have to be a special edition mini of John Saxon trying to strangle himself with a grafted arm

Space: Above and Beyond would be great too, I suppose. Always loved the look of the hardware.

But it's also got John-Boy Walton in it. And thats the image I can't get out of my head. Even now just thinking about it, I've got the theme music for the Waltons running through my head.

Cheers

Andrew

Goodnight Necroagogo goodnight John Boy, goodnight grandma