| Cacique Caribe | 30 Dec 2008 8:08 p.m. PST |
Since some don't have images of all their packs, if you recommend a manufacturer, could you also recommend a specific nationality/group in their range? Much appreciated. CC |
Toshach  | 30 Dec 2008 8:13 p.m. PST |
GZG has 'em. link FCT (Free Cal Tech) |
 Saber6   | 30 Dec 2008 8:46 p.m. PST |
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| John Leahy | 30 Dec 2008 9:31 p.m. PST |
i agree that the Free Cal-Tex look the part. I actually painted them up in the same uniform and they are nice. Thanks, John |
| Cacique Caribe | 30 Dec 2008 9:35 p.m. PST |
John, Any pics of the finished product? CC |
 javelin98 | 31 Dec 2008 12:26 p.m. PST |
Old Crow has some figs that would make good SST light troops: link |
| John Leahy | 31 Dec 2008 10:38 p.m. PST |
Hey Dan, let me see if I have any. if not I'll take some. Thanks, John |
| Cacique Caribe | 01 Jan 2009 10:40 a.m. PST |
This is interesting: link CC |
| John Leahy | 01 Jan 2009 3:27 p.m. PST |
that's pretty cool! You know what's scary? I have a load of those plastic ants. I have been buying them during Halloween in bags of 100. I already have the infantry painted up. i also have about 6-7 of the micro machine Tanker Bugs (the smaller ones that would be in scale with 15mm). There you go launching me on another project! ;-D Thanks, John |
| Cacique Caribe | 01 Jan 2009 11:04 p.m. PST |
"You know what's scary? I have a load of those plastic ants. I have been buying them during Halloween in bags of 100." John, was this you? link CC |
| llyrric | 02 Jan 2009 11:38 a.m. PST |
Here's a link to some FCT troops I painted up. link |
| John Leahy | 02 Jan 2009 12:26 p.m. PST |
Nope it wasn't me. here are some pics I took of a Slammer SST game using 15mm figs and plastic spiders in 1999. link This was waaaaaaay before the release by Mongoose. Even then I wanted to game it!
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Thanks, John |
| John Leahy | 02 Jan 2009 12:31 p.m. PST |
llyrric, I really like the job you did on them! Very nicely done. I like your site. The AoA part is also great. Thanks, John |
| Cacique Caribe | 03 Jan 2009 12:32 a.m. PST |
John, Are these the ants you got? link CC |
| Cyclops | 03 Jan 2009 1:02 a.m. PST |
How about Peter Pig IDF? I've got some pics here link
Give them a grey colour scheme and I think they'd be dead on. |
| Cacique Caribe | 03 Jan 2009 3:38 a.m. PST |
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| nvdoyle | 03 Jan 2009 6:37 a.m. PST |
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| Goon Fighter | 03 Jan 2009 7:02 a.m. PST |
The GZG Cal-Tech can of course be recycled as goram purplebellies, sorry, Feds from Firely/Serenity. Just thought I'd mention it. |
| Cyclops | 03 Jan 2009 8:00 a.m. PST |
Sorry, IDF= Israeli Defence Force, Range 17 (thanks nvdoyle). |
| Cacique Caribe | 03 Jan 2009 10:04 a.m. PST |
Goon, Hmmm. I don't remember what those Feds looked like. I can't seem to find any images of them either. CC |
| ZeroGee2 | 03 Jan 2009 1:53 p.m. PST |
"Hmmm. I don't remember what those Feds looked like. I can't seem to find any images of them either." You see them in "The Train Job", the episode that was hastily written as a new pilot when the studios decided that the original "Serenity" pilot didn't have enough action in it, or might make the viewers have to think, or something….
Whedon & co re-used the ST movie uniforms and helmets in this episode, though I think they carried British L85 rifles (but I'm going from memory here and that could be wrong).
The Alliance troops seen in the Battle of Serenity Valley sequence in the pre-credits of the "Serenity" episode seem to be completely different, in WW2 German helmets.
I don't recall offhand whether they feature in any other episodes, I think not. |
| Cacique Caribe | 03 Jan 2009 2:49 p.m. PST |
ZeroGee2, I see now! link I seem to recall that the space station troops in Alien Resurrection used very similar armor and helmets. CC |
| nvdoyle | 03 Jan 2009 3:10 p.m. PST |
They could also be used as ISA troops for a Bab5 game… |
| Cacique Caribe | 03 Jan 2009 5:31 p.m. PST |
Hmm, Firefly huh. Well . . . guess what? TMP link CC |
| Cacique Caribe | 03 Jan 2009 7:14 p.m. PST |
ZeroGee2, Here are those big WW2 helmets: link CC |
| John Leahy | 03 Jan 2009 11:06 p.m. PST |
No, Dan my ants are smaller. like the ones in the pic. Thanks, John |
| Cacique Caribe | 13 Feb 2009 9:17 p.m. PST |
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| John Leahy | 15 Feb 2009 10:09 p.m. PST |
Yeah, those are probably the same. They sell really cheaply at Halloween. Thanks, John |
| Cacique Caribe | 07 Mar 2009 10:32 p.m. PST |
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| Dropship Horizon | 08 Mar 2009 2:29 a.m. PST |
I'd use Jon's revamped NAC Marines or Free Cal-Tec. Alternatively Force XXI range of infantry. Cheers
Mark
dropshiphorizon.com |
| Cacique Caribe | 15 Mar 2009 6:43 p.m. PST |
Definitely! I'd go for the light infantry look. Either Jon's new NAC Marines (when they are ready for sale): TMP link Or Mike's Earth Force Marines: TMP link CC |
