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 insaniak wrote:

 Ancestral Hamster wrote:
Surfboys are used in just one scenario in Last Prospector. It does not strike me as a good investment of time and money to buy single-use figures. {Or single-use terrain even more so.}

I mean, they're only 'single use' if you only intend to play that scenario one single time. And choose to never use them for anything else outside of that scenario.

That's the thing, I don't need surfboys or other flying vehicles. Buying them and painting them would be a waste for me. Now if they could do double duty elsewhere, then it would not be an issue for me. In theory, I could use Tomb Blades and afterwards they'd go into my Necron Army, but I haven't played 40k for at least six years. I'll probably just take Eilif's advice and use Hot Wheels.

Moving forward, I'm trying to assemble a collection of "NPC" minis that can work both in Frostgrave and Stargrave, since Joe Mc requires a cast of dozens. So Reaper Hellhounds for Chronohounds (FG) and Warp Hounds (SG). Need more Giant Rats, and they will be rats in FG, and whatever the equivalent critter is in SG.

 insaniak wrote:

 Ancestral Hamster wrote:
Surfboys are used in just one scenario in Last Prospector. It does not strike me as a good investment of time and money to buy single-use figures. {Or single-use terrain even more so.}

I mean, they're only 'single use' if you only intend to play that scenario one single time. And choose to never use them for anything else outside of that scenario.

I do understand that at first glance this might not seem like a great investment. I respect your self controled approach to a hobby that encourages hoarding.

However, if -like me- you've been into miniatures agnostic gaming (Which Stargrave nearly is) for a long time then your line of thinking is more likely to be that a gang of hover boarders is a cool idea that could find use in allot of scenarios, in various Sci-fi games.

Most of us who play these sorts of games have figures that have been played with several different rulesets over a period of years and also figures that have been painted and seen the table only once, or perhaps not at all. The figures were purchased for a given purpose and then they went into the collection to be reused someday when the need arises.

All this to say, I think if you love the figs and have the cash, buy them and paint them up even if the current use is limited. If you're not wild about then, then Hot Wheels bikes would be a fine stand in.

I see a lot of dirt cheap options for hover boards.

Starting with making hover boards out of plastic card and adding bits and widgets.

After that I'd dip into my box of dirt cheap plastic space ships and planes and seeing if there isn't one that can pass for a flying board. A flying saucer or similar shape might work.

Tank hatches with bits might also work

Simply glueing 2 GW style bases together (underside to underside) gives a decent looking flying disc you can jazz up from your bits box thanks to the angles on the edge if you want to go that way

Thanks for the suggestions. I do have spare bases, and in addition to my minis bitz box, there's a plastic model kit bitz box from four decades ago that probably has some appropriate bits. [Stopped non-wargame plastic modeling after I started wargaming at 13.]

In a"D'oh" moment, I've remembered I have unassembled Maelstrom's Edge Epirian Drones. As long as no crew needs Drones, the Drones can be Surfboys. Heck, even if a crew needs a drone, they can proxy their drone for 1 game.

Incidentally, I have no problems with proxies, and my fantasy minis have served in many different games be they mini games like WHFB or AD&D. Prior to Eilif's Hot Wheels suggestion, I was just going to cut out 2" x 1" cardboard rectangles and putty SG figures on each for a driver. I may still get the Hot Wheels for scatter.

Kid_Kyoto wrote:I see a lot of dirt cheap options for hover boards.

Starting with making hover boards out of plastic card and adding bits and widgets.

After that I'd dip into my box of dirt cheap plastic space ships and planes and seeing if there isn't one that can pass for a flying board. A flying saucer or similar shape might work.

Tank hatches with bits might also work

OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:Simply glueing 2 GW style bases together (underside to underside) gives a decent looking flying disc you can jazz up from your bits box thanks to the angles on the edge if you want to go that way

Pulp Alley has some flying vehicles along the lines of pulp-era jet gliders which have a 25mm round dorsal recess incorporated into the design, so they'll fit any miniatures based as such. Combine that and the ideas above, and you could probably end up with some nice hover boards or hover discs useful for a wide variety of games and situations.

I mean, if the live-action Masters of the Universe can pull off* handle-less hover discs, so can we!

*certain liberal interpretations of "pull off" may apply

The Ignis Quadrant stuff is quite fun as well

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4255129

I'm pretty sure you can use sky surfers in the Judge Dredd game as well.

Rogue captain

Robotic Expert Captain.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Next would be female mercs right?

More wimmin folk is always nice but not really ground breaking.

Still hoping for industrial robots, techno barbarians or space pirates (with cyber eye patches and laser blunderbuses and servo peg legs and robo parrots!).

Seem to recall a post when they announced the Female crew saying Female mercenaries and Scavengers were next. The mercenaries should be cool but I have to admit I'm personally more interested in what they do for Scavengers.

Steve

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Lurking amongst the Musket & Tomahawk collection today was a resin copy of the new Stargrave Mining Robot, accompanied by short bearded Miners.
The mining robot will be released as a metal model soon.

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Seriously, that mining robot is going to be one heavy chunk of metal. Hence, expensive.

(Funagain bundle sold out, but they have a weekend sale: https://funagain.com/collections/flash-sale?mc_cid=103b28aa79&mc_eid=b023c279f6 )

Female Mercenaries

The alien heads look good. The proportions make them look really cartoony, and the human heads don’t help.

Are these renders or an actual pic of the plastics? Also, I see a flame thrower, so that need is met (EDIT: Never mind. Just saw the ammo belt going into the weapon. The muzzle looks more like a flamethrower spout though.)

@Hamster-That might be ribbing on a fuel hose rather than an ammo belt. They really look like flame throwers to me.

Now in Super Marionation

 KidCthulhu wrote:
@Hamster-That might be ribbing on a fuel hose rather than an ammo belt. They really look like flame throwers to me.

Hmm ... you may be right. Just have to wait until I get them in hand.

 privateer4hire wrote:
Now in Super Marionation

Stargrave XL5!

They are totally flamethrowers. They have fuel canisters underneath.

I have the same problem with the female mercs as I do their male counterparts - not different enough from the crew set's minis.

They really could have differentiated the crew, mercs, and trooper's uniforms better.

Troopers are pretty different I feel.
I have done a soldier crew all from that box and they look pretty good.

My alien heads based crew, that’s 5 merc models and 5 crew models for the bodies.
They blend seamlessly as just different clothed versions of the same guys.
So for me that is good. But yeah quite similar.

Mining Robot

It's true though, if you look at the different Frostgrave plastic sets there's a much more distinct theme to each one. It's not easy to tell at first glance what stargrave set each body/legs piece comes from. It's too late now but personally I'd have made the troopers' armour a little bit more stylised and less generic, or else dropped them entirely and done a "crew" box much as it is now and a more ragged looking space pirate/scavenger box instead of troopers.

Legs are a bit hmmm...but otherwise not bad.

Oh and I'd forgotten about the mercs! That's how samey these kits are. I really like the style but yeah, there's a lack of imagination going on.