"Preview of Rebel Minis 15mm Earth Force Marines" Topic

Mike at Rebel Minis has kindly provided me with pictures of his forthcoming range of 15mm Earth Force Marines to share with everyone. You will find the first pics here on my Dropship Horizon blog link

The minis are due to be released shortly. For more details and further pics, keep an eye on Dropship Horizon.

Cheers
Mark
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Mike is putting out better and better minis. I am very pleased that he is only a short distance away and shiping is lightning fast. Looks like I will be spending a lot more money with Rebel this year! :)

Can't wait to see the rest of the line. Also still waiting on the new moderns.

It's nice to have two small miniature companies in the local area that are doing so well. Both Rebel and Splintered Light seem to be hitting them out of the park with their last few releases.

Jeff

I'm going to get those for FAD4 :) I hope they do heavy weapons, officers and all that.

Great looking figures, and they manage to be different from GZG figures, which isn't easy with all their variety. Are there plans to expand at least into heavy weapons, or specialists?

I've got my money already saved up and ready for when he says go!!!

How soon do you think, Mark?

CC

Those guys would be excellent stand-ins for the Wildcards :)

Mike's just emailed me to say " I am doing ("the grunts") pack for Cold Wars this next weekend. It will have 20 grunts and a Sgt.(helmetless) for $10.95."

Cheers
Mark

@CATenWolde- Yes, we have a heavy weapons pack w/an EF sniper team, an Auto cannon and a Rocket launcher. I hope to have those out soon.

@CC – If all goes well, I'll have some packs by Wed… then off to the show.

Thanks!
RebelMike
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I'd like to see a size comparison with the Rebel Minis (old and new and greens, scifi and modern), and GZG (both new (large) and old (small)).

Maybe throw in some Peter Pig and the new/old RAFM Striker minis, too.

If all goes well, I'll have some packs by Wed

DANG! More money to Rebelminis…

Excellent news.

They look superb!

I hope they will do some firing weapons from standing, kneeling, and prone positions (need a full squad of those).

Anti-tank, and anti-air rocket launchers would be nice, as well as skirmishing poses, e.g. running while crouched, as if under fire and trying to get small, so as not to be hit, firing from the hip, firing around corners, etc. Some longer-barreled squad support weapons, futuristic looking mortars, and other items would be useful too.

If a few more figures were without helmets (or with helmets on, but open visors), in seated poses, they could work for ship's crew figures, getting ready for battle, and ready to don helmets at a moments notice, in case of a hull breach. I imagine those would sell well with the Traveller, and other space RPG crowd, since no one makes anything like that in 15mm scale.

I need at least a full platoon of these, at 1:1 scale, and possibly a company, if they are compatible with the GZG minis.

I like the idea one poster had of making the guy without the helmet with a separate head.

I would like to see that done for him, and also for at least some of the figures with helmets as well, for increased variety, e.g. that way they can be posed looking forward, right, or left, and various points in between.

@Rebel Minis – that's great news on the support troops, and a must purchase for my upcoming summer "Stargrunting" (sounds vaguely naughty)

@Dropship Horizon – just wanted to say thanks for the 15mm scifi blog and the list of manufacturers. I got into 15mm back when the first few packs of GZG were coming out, and it's great to see so many lines now.

"@CC – If all goes well, I'll have some packs by Wed… then off to the show."

Mike,

I can't wait to get my hands on a couple packs of each!

CC

Gotta love this!

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Almost makes me wanna spray paint my table terra-cotta!

CC

these are very nice. Looking forward to it

Nice looking figures!

Thanks for yet another great blog entry!

I had to save this BLOG into my links. There is some good info for we of the 15mm Clan. Hail!

Thanks for the positive comments and support guys!

Once I physically have some of the miniatures, I'll post comparisons with the RAFM and GZG Vacc suited figures.

I actually like the guy without helmet!

Anyhoo – have updated my blog with photos of the infantry support weapons that accompany the range.

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Cheers
Mark

Goes without saying, I will buy ALL those packs in a heartbeat!!!

The guy without the helmet would have to be kept for those occasions where environmental conditions are suitable, such as when they board stations or other ships.

I really, really, really love that range. Can't wait to get my hands on a couple of packs of each, just as a start.

Fantastic previews, Mark! You have made me a definite 15mm convert.

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CC

DH looking forward to it.

Yes that little guy has a face, rather than a mud-pie.
The figures all look damn good IMHO.

Yipee!!!

They are no longer a preview. They are already available for orders!

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CC

Soon . . . mine will get painted up like these:

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Man, they rock!!!

CC

Now vehicles too!!!

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CC

Found a much clearer S:AAB clip of their first impressions of Mars:

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Looks great even on full screen mode.

CC

Or you can use them to trek across an unbreathable alien jungle setting . . .

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CC

This is another cool SAAB episode, where the guys wear their suits:

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Dan
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Just seems to be loads of horrible pop ups on that link??

This would make a cool dropship for them, don't you think?

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Dan

Yep, looks pretty neat to me.

For your inspiration . . .

Cool SAAB pic:

Dan

Bad necomancy! Bad! Stop!

CC, get thee back into thy coffin~

Just for grins since I'm starting my own Earth Force Marines, I'll revive this thread once more…..

Someone else will have to bring it back next year.

OK, now to decide on a color scheme. I've seen a few really good ones, but none that just reach out and grab me.

But the real reason to bring this back to life…..where is this picture from?

Crap, Skipper! When I saw this thread this evening, I first thought Rebel was bringing out some new EF Marine minis!

I believe the picture if from Space: Above and Beyond (TV series from mid 90s, IIRC).