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 Silverthorne wrote:
A rogue trader model (the name of the first edition hasn't had a model in what, 20 years?)

A FAC/JTAC imperial navy aviator with radio operator. Waaay cooler than that 'officer of the fleet' model they have now.

It's really easy to convert up a ANGLICO/FAC/Whatever acronym you prefer though.

A Bolo. Generic 6mm Sci-Fi. If Eodus Wars Royal Empire of Man conscripts came out in Plastic I'd buy hordes. I'd also like a decent range of vehicles to go with it. Actually who am I kidding I'll buy them in metal eventually.
Have to admit the big thing on my list is a larger Stone Thrower. Like the Brettonian trebuchet but in Plastic. All joking aside for those looking for plastic Tallarns either Wargames Factory's Persians or the Perries Zouaves would be an option.

 Lotus wrote:
I want plastic independent and special characters. There's no reason to do finecast. The quality of the DV starter set shows they can do awesome miniatures in just plastic. The Librarian, Chaos Lord, and Chaplain are all awesome. The only thing holding the Captain back is the weird pose. Seriously, if they just stopped using finecast and made plastic ICs, I would be extremely happy.

It's a cost issue, not an issue with the medium. Molds for resin/metal models are much cheaper than the expensive metal molds for plastic.

+++ Genestealer Cultists and Chaos Cultists, with a multi-part figure for the squad leader with all the weapon options

With a sprue for the limo for the GC cultsis and a technical for the chaos cultists

++ Redone basic CSM with all the detail of the Dark Vengeance models

+++ FW Rhino / Land Raider doors in plastic.

+++ SM/CSM characters done in plastic.

--Chris

MECHANICUS chicks!

 Grot 6 wrote:

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
So its official we now live in te Golden Age of plastic minis.

Mantic and War games Factory are churning out cheap cheerful fsntasy and scifi figures. Defiant is doing some cool stuff and the Perry's historical figures are second to none.

And then there's all te cool stuff due on line through kick starter and other micro financing.

So... what projects would excite you?

Battletech model sets of the mechs.

Ill agree for the most part, but make them big, around the size of the clix Mechwarrior minis, but much better quality. Id love to see any/all Battletech, Robotech Invid, pretty much any cool mecha.

Id also love some good plastic super hero & villain minis...again, like the clix but better quality. Some great scifi tanks would be good, in 15mm scale. There are some great ones in resin, but the prices are very high.


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Mecha_buddha 476108 4770351 null\ wrote:

1/60 scale versions of all the 3025 mechs from battletech (still wish i got the armorcast atlas when it was being sold)

I had one, as well as the Madcat. After a few years of them gracing my shelf I sent them on to another owner, who I hope enjoys them as much as I did.


I almost forgot...gaming scale Star Trek The Next Generation, DS9, & Voyager TV series models. Not the crappy out of scale clix, but all the ships in scale. Start with the Enterprise C (Ambassador Class) and newer, right up to the last TNG movies. Would be great if they used the A Call To Arms Starfleet scale, 1:3788 IIRC.

 Mad4Minis wrote:


I almost forgot...gaming scale Star Trek The Next Generation, DS9, & Voyager TV series models. Not the crappy out of scale clix, but all the ships in scale. Start with the Enterprise C (Ambassador Class) and newer, right up to the last TNG movies. Would be great if they used the A Call To Arms Starfleet scale, 1:3788 IIRC.

That's one of those requests I see from time to time but can it really work?

Star Trek is a bit more reasonable that Star Wars with its Star Destroyers (mile long) and Death Stars but still a realistic scale means leaving out a lot of ships as too big or too small.

I mean assuming you want shuttles, runabouts, fighters etc on the low side, and a Borg Cube, DS9 or a starbase on the other, you either end up with the small ships being the size of grains of rice or the big ships being the size of shoeboxes. Even a 3" Galaxy class ship would mean a 1" Miranda and a 1/2" Defiant. Forget about shuttles etc.

Besides unless you play on a gym floor the maps will be out of scale.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

 Mad4Minis wrote:


I almost forgot...gaming scale Star Trek The Next Generation, DS9, & Voyager TV series models. Not the crappy out of scale clix, but all the ships in scale. Start with the Enterprise C (Ambassador Class) and newer, right up to the last TNG movies. Would be great if they used the A Call To Arms Starfleet scale, 1:3788 IIRC.

That's one of those requests I see from time to time but can it really work?

Star Trek is a bit more reasonable that Star Wars with its Star Destroyers (mile long) and Death Stars but still a realistic scale means leaving out a lot of ships as too big or too small.

I mean assuming you want shuttles, runabouts, fighters etc on the low side, and a Borg Cube, DS9 or a starbase on the other, you either end up with the small ships being the size of grains of rice or the big ships being the size of shoeboxes. Even a 3" Galaxy class ship would mean a 1" Miranda and a 1/2" Defiant. Forget about shuttles etc.

Besides unless you play on a gym floor the maps will be out of scale.

Nope, skip both the large and small end. I couldnt care less about shuttles or fighters, and stations would be terrain at best. Go from the Defiant & B'rel class Bird of Prey on the small end to the Neghvar & Romulan Valdore on the large end. Im thinking ships for the Federation, Klingons, Cardassians, Romulans, Dominion as the cores, with others such as Ferengi, Breen, and all the other minor races added in as well.

The D'Deridex Warbird could be made, but in pure size and firepower it would take a small battle group of Federation ships or a few Neghvars to tackle it, so it would be maybe a small run ship. Borg Cubes are even worse...in the earlier TNG years they were invincible, even in the later years they arent much better. Id maybe do the Borg Spheres and the alternate Borg that Q influenced, but thats about all for them.

The hardest part would be getting a grip on ship capabilities, as there was much liberty taken by the various writers, and the specs for many classes varied in the alternate time line episodes as well.

a box of grots that has customization beyond "this time i put the hat on the one with the sword, next time on the one with arm choices"

that and/or updated buggies. i think they are now the oldest un-updated model in the ork range.

Or NON IMPERIAL terrain. with rules.

3 words: Ork Land Battleships


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also, deadpool from marvel comics in Space Marine form.

 Orkboy1 wrote:

also, deadpool from marvel comics in Space Marine form.

That's really, really specific, and I don't get why that should be a thing.

Mecha_buddha wrote:


1/60 scale versions of all the 3025 mechs from battletech (still wish i got the armorcast atlas when it was being sold)

There are quite a few plastic model kits and toys for 3025 Mechs that are in scale with the Armorcast Mechs. Here are the Robotech Defenders/ Macross/Dougram kits that fit with the Armorcast Mad Cat, Vulture and Atlas resin kits scale wise:

The following 1/48th scale kits were originally released by Takara and later released by
Revell as Robotech Defenders Kits. Three of the Robotech Defender versions of these kits are listed on the box front as 1/72 scale when they are actually 1.48th scale kits: Thoren, Zoltek and Condar

Interestingly enough, the kit engineering and mold designs for the Zoltek/
Shadowhawk are completely different, with the Revell kit being slightly
smaller, but not enough to worry about.

Robotech 1/48 Commando/ Takara Crab Gunner or Tequila Gunner
is just the right size for Goliath.

Robotech Thoren (actually 1/48) Zoltek/ Takara Dougram Jagd is perfect for Shadow Hawk.

Robotech 1/48 Gartan/ Takara Ironfoot is a good size for Thunderbolt.

Robotech Thoren (actually 1/48)
Takara Soltic/Roundfacer is perfect for Griffin

Robotech 1/48 Talos is too large for Wolverine, but the head could perhaps be
mounted on a Griffen body to make a Wolverine. The body size would work for making a Battlemaster.

Robotech Condar does not conform to any BattleTech Mechs and is smaller than the Griffen models.
Would work as a 40-45 ton Mech

Other Kits
Macross 1/72 Glaug Commander's Pod is a perfect size for Marauder
(The more common 1/100 scale kit is too small.)

Commander Type Tactical Pod Glaug 1/72: Arii (#AR309)

The ARII 1/72 Defender and Tomahawk (Warhammer, Rifleman) are a bit too
small to fit the the other Mechs, as is the 1/32 scale Crusher Joe Locust.

Takara Crusher Joe 1/48 scale Galleon kits a perfect for Galleons.


BattleTech/Macross/Robotech Defender cross reference chart:

BattleTech Macross Robotech Defender
Shadow Hawk Dougram Jagd Zoltek
Griffin Soltic Roundfacer Thoren
Wolverine Blockhead Talos
Thunderbolt Ironfoot Gartan
Battlemaster Bigfoot Ziyon (1/72 scale kit-too small)
Goliath Crab Gunner or Commando
Tequila Gunner
Marauder Glaug Commander's Pod

1/72 scale Valkyrie kits and toys
I have been looking more at the 1/72 Valkyries, both the plastic model kits and the vinyl toys. The vinyl toys are a bit smaller than the 1/72 scale plastic kits and are perfectly sized for Wasp and Stinger. The plastic kits also come in transformable versions for the building LAM variants.

Looking at the plastic Valkyrie kits next to the Takara and Revell Griffen
and Shadowhawk kits, I think adding some armor (and adding the center torso LRM 10) to the Valkyrie plasitic kit will give it enough mass to repesent a 30 ton BattleTech Valkyrie.

Add a bit more armor and the Super Valkrie jump jets and you have enough mass to represent a 45 ton Phoenix Hawk

I finally got a 1/72 scale Armored Valkyrie to look at and with modification (adding mass and correcting the weapons) it is massive enough to work for a Crusader.

Toys
In addition to the Valkyrie vinyl toys, there are the old TYCO BattleTech toys and
the more recent Joyride diecast toys.

TYCO BattleTech toys
Bushwacker
Size is good, but much work needed.

Hunchback IIC
Size is good, but needs much work.

Axeman
Size should be smaller. Chopping it up might work.

Thor
Have not seen one in person, although it appears to be very large.

Mauler
Have not seen one in person...

Joyride MWDA diecast toys
These toys are listed as 1/55th scale, theoretically making them larger than the Armorcast 1/60th scale mechs, however this is not the case.
Mad Cat
About 1" shorter than the Armorcast kit-too small for a standard Mad Cat, but will work fine as a 55 ton MWDA Mad Cat III.

Jupiter
Much too small to be a 100 ton mech, but will work as a custom 60 ton "Jupiter Junior".

Legionnaire
Is a little small for its listed 50 ton weight.

Forestry Mech
Pretty small, but but we really do not know what the industrial Mechs look like.
Could e a 15-20 version "light" of a Forestry Mech.


Many of these kits can be found on ebay (Ya gotta check every week at least). This is pretty much the only way you can get any of the unseen Mechs in this scale, so get them while (and where) you can.

Tim

I have a current hnakering for miltiary orks , not the clang it together style of orks you see nowadays , but Orks done in a fashion that has a highly organised military feel to them, but the bulk of Orks from GW (with decent tek not klunged botch ups)

 silence indigo wrote:
MECHANICUS chicks!