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Hey everyone! Was wondering if anyone had some leads on some models that could represent the average human civilians to be found on imperial worlds. Looking for kits with variety cause I'm thinking I'm going to be needing a lot.
“Victory is not an abstract concept, it is the equation that sits at the heart of strategy. Victory is the will to expend lives and munitions in attack, overmatching the defenders’reserves of manpower and ordnance. As long as my Iron Warriors are willing to pay any price in pursuit of victory, we shall never be defeated.” - The Primarch Perturabo, Master of the Iron Warriors
“Victory is not an abstract concept, it is the equation that sits at the heart of strategy. Victory is the will to expend lives and munitions in attack, overmatching the defenders’reserves of manpower and ordnance. As long as my Iron Warriors are willing to pay any price in pursuit of victory, we shall never be defeated.” - The Primarch Perturabo, Master of the Iron Warriors
I believe in one of the Necromunda Twitch feeds, someone mentioned Imperial civilians possibly getting models --- but if that's plastic or Forge World resin, I've no idea. It could also be years before that happens given the glacial pace GW decided to put Necromunda on (and basically kill it dead on release).
Elbows wrote: I believe in one of the Necromunda Twitch feeds, someone mentioned Imperial civilians possibly getting models --- but if that's plastic or Forge World resin, I've no idea. It could also be years before that happens given the glacial pace GW decided to put Necromunda on (and basically kill it dead on release).
Considering that the rules for the Necromunda gang support personnel will be in Gang War 2, I would imagine the models will be released early next year.
Hmmm what about human civilians in general? I guess they don't have to be sci-fi looking really? Could look like medieval townsfolk or something maybe?
“Victory is not an abstract concept, it is the equation that sits at the heart of strategy. Victory is the will to expend lives and munitions in attack, overmatching the defenders’reserves of manpower and ordnance. As long as my Iron Warriors are willing to pay any price in pursuit of victory, we shall never be defeated.” - The Primarch Perturabo, Master of the Iron Warriors
The answer is: What do they look like in Hunger Games? The various districts in Hunger Games cover all the stereotypes for futuristic society on the various planets in 40k. Mining, Agricultrual, Rich, etc.
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I think they look like they belong in an industrial or spaceport type setting. About two thirds of them appear to be armed in some way, so that might disqualify them, but aside from that you've got about 10-15 models right there that you could use and which wouldn't look out of place in a 40k setting.
It really depends on how you envision your civilians. Personally I think early 20th century or dieselpunk-themed civilians work really well in a 40k setting, but then I've always imagined 40k civilian life as more like Gilliam's Brazil and less like Blanche. I've been mostly into Imperial Guard since I got started in the '90s, and you might argue IG presents you with an army set firmly in the 1920-50 period (except in space and with rayguns). So I imagine this also reflects what civilian life might be like and I don't think it's far-fetched to imagine them stuck in 1940s fashion, complete with overcoats and fedoras. I find that's how civilians are sometimes described in Abnett's books as well.
Zingraff wrote: Statuesque has models such as these: I think they look like they belong in an industrial or spaceport type setting. About two thirds of them appear to be armed in some way, so that might disqualify them, but aside from that you've got about 10-15 models right there that you could use and which wouldn't look out of place in a 40k setting.
It would depend on the world and social class of the civilians, ofc, but even something as old as the fluff in the original Rogue Trader book stated that civilians were very likely to own some weapon if only to show their status. A poor man might only have a large knife, but it's his and he carries it as a badge - at least it shows he's not a slave. The rich might show off with fancy swords or laspistols, and the people on rougher frontier world would not leave home without at least a stub gun or autopistol.
Zingraff wrote: Statuesque has models such as these: I think they look like they belong in an industrial or spaceport type setting. About two thirds of them appear to be armed in some way, so that might disqualify them, but aside from that you've got about 10-15 models right there that you could use and which wouldn't look out of place in a 40k setting.
It would depend on the world and social class of the civilians, ofc, but even something as old as the fluff in the original Rogue Trader book stated that civilians were very likely to own some weapon if only to show their status. A poor man might only have a large knife, but it's his and he carries it as a badge - at least it shows he's not a slave. The rich might show off with fancy swords or laspistols, and the people on rougher frontier world would not leave home without at least a stub gun or autopistol.
I think it's worth pointing out that most of the armed Statuesque miniatures carry the type of pistols that would be termed "auto pistols" in 40k, and even then it should be fairly easy to swap them with raygun-type weapons, such as laspistols and plasmapistols, due to the pose of the miniature.
I think they look like they belong in an industrial or spaceport type setting. About two thirds of them appear to be armed in some way, so that might disqualify them, but aside from that you've got about 10-15 models right there that you could use and which wouldn't look out of place in a 40k setting.
It really depends on how you envision your civilians. Personally I think early 20th century or dieselpunk-themed civilians work really well in a 40k setting, but then I've always imagined 40k civilian life as more like Gilliam's Brazil and less like Blanche. I've been mostly into Imperial Guard since I got started in the '90s, and you might argue IG presents you with an army set firmly in the 1920-50 period (except in space and with rayguns). So I imagine this also reflects what civilian life might be like and I don't think it's far-fetched to imagine them stuck in 1940s fashion, complete with overcoats and fedoras. I find that's how civilians are sometimes described in Abnett's books as well.
Those guys in the orange look pretty slick; thanks!
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outside of 3d printing going to be hard to get a variety of them. maybe look at lord of the rings and age of sigmar and model some stuff without weapons. maybe look at other companies too like wyrd minatures and even just plain dnd or pen and paper miiniatures collections. I was part of a kickstarter once and got 100 3d printed various models for around $75 some would pass as civilians like doctor/professor models of kid models.
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