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Some say that he's made of bits of old sprue and Rogue Trader era RTB01 Space Marines
Some say that he's entirely fueled by plastic cement and those bits of models you dropped on the floor while glueing and are now covered in carpet lint
all we know is...
he's the 28mm Stig!
I already have my Top-Gear Wolves.
The three are on Thunder Wolves and The Stig-Iron-Priest on a Thunder Wolf.
Is one a ratling, one with floppy hair and a glass of wine and the last, perhaps the leader, just a giant scrotum in denim, entirely sculpted from greenstuff?
On the subject of the game itself, one idea I had for a demo game at wargames shows was a time travel crossover game. The playing area would be divided into multiple sections, with some sections being the same place, but in each others' past and future - actions in the past would affect the future location.
That's where the idea stalled (it was also hampered by a lack of miniatures for Marty and Doc Brown or Bill and Ted), but I still think there's the core of an idea there.
Alternatively, I thought we could run a "Chase"-style Doctor Who scenario. Not on our own table - this would move through the hall, taking place on the other game tables. There's plenty of scope to come up with a game idea that's not just "Daleks, Cybermen and UNIT shooting at each other".
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Aeneades wrote: Further article posted yesterday regarding the release format. The article also states it's going to be a new rule system but could be a misunderstanding.
The company will produce a starter game as well as a hardback book detailing instructions for how to defeat Doctor Who‘s foes.There will be a new game system devised to fit into the Doctor Who universe and to allow the existing characters to work to the best effect. John Stallard, managing director or Warlord Games, said that he expects Cybermen and Daleks to be the most popular figurines. “You can’t beat a Dalek,” he added.
Work started recently on the figurines and Mr Stallard said that he hopes the first games should be ready in a few months. They have reportedly started sculpting the first models, commencing with ‘the bad guys’ and once these have been approved by the BBC they can start on the figures of all 12 Doctors confirmed for the set.
Does this mean the War Doctor isn't included as an option? Since hearing about this he was the one model I wanted to get.
I think he will be included but just doesn't appear in the count as he isn't an officially numbered doctor (and some fans seem to get very agitated when he is given a number). I have a feeling he won't appear in the first wave of releases but will be released within the first year.
AndrewGPaul wrote: On the subject of the game itself, one idea I had for a demo game at wargames shows was a time travel crossover game. The playing area would be divided into multiple sections, with some sections being the same place, but in each others' past and future - actions in the past would affect the future location.
That's where the idea stalled (it was also hampered by a lack of miniatures for Marty and Doc Brown or Bill and Ted), but I still think there's the core of an idea there.
Alternatively, I thought we could run a "Chase"-style Doctor Who scenario. Not on our own table - this would move through the hall, taking place on the other game tables. There's plenty of scope to come up with a game idea that's not just "Daleks, Cybermen and UNIT shooting at each other".
Those are both really fun ideas. Obviously the second one requires the agreement of the show organisers and the other games where you want to be able to time travel.
Speaking of Doctor WHo popping up in unexpected places, I saw the Tardis on top of a storage company building near the Hoover Building on the Western Avenue in west London recently.
Some say that he's made of bits of old sprue and Rogue Trader era RTB01 Space Marines
Some say that he's entirely fueled by plastic cement and those bits of models you dropped on the floor while glueing and are now covered in carpet lint
all we know is...
he's the 28mm Stig!
I already have my Top-Gear Wolves.
The three are on Thunder Wolves and The Stig-Iron-Priest on a Thunder Wolf.
Is one a ratling, one with floppy hair and a glass of wine and the last, perhaps the leader, just a giant scrotum in denim, entirely sculpted from greenstuff?
No, but I have a Tall One with a Thunder Hammer {Won't be Quiet}, A Medium sized one with a Power Fist and Wolf Claw {It is all about Efficacy} and the Short one {I am still working on his signature Weapon though}
I can see this being expensive for me! I hope they don't try to interfere with companies making not-Dr Who figures, there's planety of room for everyone.
It's weird Martha and Wilfred look immediately recognisable maybe some sort of lightness thing since David Tennant quite a big actor now, they're not allowed to use his exact likeness? Or maybe it's Marvel related?
It's hard to judge from the small size of the photos -- though in fairness they are "lifesize" -- but his face looks a bit static. David Tennant was one of the more jumping about gurning type of doctors and often wore specs. This looks like a bloke feeling a bit glum.
There are several nice Not Doctor Who figures by Heresy Miniatures.
There is the whole legal concept of "right of publicity", but I know for a fact that action figures exist for the 10th Doctor so the BBC obviously gets permission in their employment contracts to make merchandise of their actors.
TheWaspinator wrote: There is the whole legal concept of "right of publicity", but I know for a fact that action figures exist for the 10th Doctor so the BBC obviously gets permission in their employment contracts to make merchandise of their actors.
There are some associated rights in various degree and it's a jungle with BBC having perhaps a claim to designing the clothing setup, etc. but Warlord are the official range anyway, I thought. But it's not easy to cram a lot of facial detail into a little blob the size of the head of a match.
I shall take comfort from the fact that worse things happen at sea.
I'm not a lawyer but yes, it is possible to have the rights to do a comic/toy etc but NOT the likeness of the actors.
IIRC that's why the characters in the Real Ghostbusters cartoon were so stylized, they had the right to do the Ghostbusters but not the likeness of Dan Akorid, Bill Murry etc.
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I'm actually thinking the bulk of the problem is the hair... The face isn't actually that far off (just a little wide), but the hair is just all wrong.
Painting on all three in that pic is fantastic, though.
I'm not a lawyer but yes, it is possible to have the rights to do a comic/toy etc but NOT the likeness of the actors.
IIRC that's why the characters in the Real Ghostbusters cartoon were so stylized, they had the right to do the Ghostbusters but not the likeness of Dan Akorid, Bill Murry etc.
IIRC the Prodos AVP kickstarter mess of a project had the same quirk. The backers funded a "Dutch" figure but it was the character with a big bionic arm from an old 1990's videogame and not the same named Arnold Schwarzeneggar character from the first movie.
The first two sets are up for pre-order from Warlord, £19.99 for 5 miniatures in pewter:
No images of the Twelfth Doctor Miniatures are up yet:
No specific release date, just that "it is due to be released in summer".
Also future plastics are confirmed:
"We are pleased to present the first releases available for pre-order. The models are high quality pewter castings, officially approved by the BBC. Our forthcoming range will also include plastic Daleks, Cybermen and Unit troopers, as well as many more pewter figures."
endtransmission wrote: Nice to see things start to appear... but what happened to David''s face?
Agreed! Not a very good likeness at all.
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TheWaspinator wrote: Huh. If you try to view from their US store, you get an error message saying that they only have a UK license. This game might be hard to get.
Yes. People have been asking questions about this for several days on the Warlord Games forum but so far no one from the company has bothered to reply. Very frustrating.
