"Ever Thought Of Gaming OUTLAND In 15mm???" Topic

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MARSHAL TYPES:

If the hats on these figures were turned more into baseball caps, do you think they might work?
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GZG's Security staff would work too:
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SPACESUIT TYPES:

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So . . . What do you guys think? And what other figures do you recommend?

Dan

Outland would be a great setting in all aspects.

Miniatures gaming.

Building the facility…get a crew together…should take at least 6 months of off time to put it together…but what a project.

Put a couple "westerns" together with the same setting and make it work…sounds like a blast.

I thought of the comic strip with Opus first.

I always thought that GZG's Colonial Security staff were made with OUTLAND in mind. The baseball caps like helmets and the shotguns really fit.

28mmMan,

Check out these models:

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Dan

I like the idea. There are those that call Outland "High Noon In Space" for a good reason. There are lots of different ideas that could be used with this as well. This would be neat to have different groups competing for different objectives, all unknown to each other.

"High Noon In Space"

LOL. I guess one could use a lot of themes from Old West and Samurai films, and turn them into SF scenarios.

Dan

Yes.

Mark

What would be the point of playing it in 15mm? just get some space hulk board sections and three 28 millies, two guys with shotguns and Zardoz….

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scroll down to 0018….i defy you to find a better fig for Sean…..got the model and it rocks…..:-)

The GZG heavy vac suits are also bang on, but they're 15mm…

chrono…you are right, that is a great match.

Who carries EM4 miniatures stateside?

My old gaming group actually played out the movie using the Traveller RPG rules about a year after the movie was released. We used 15mm Traveller figures for it, mostly "Citizens of the Imperium" if I recall correctly.

The GZG security troops would be perfect, as would the unarmed civilians for uses as bystanders and unhelpful "townsfolk."

I always wanted to do a Traveller:2300 campaign based around Texas Ranger, but never got around to it. "One riot, one Ranger."

Ambush Alley Games,

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Was it mostly RPG, miniature, or a hybrid in feel?

Dan

It's been a loooong time ago, so details are fuzzy. It was definitely more RPG than miniature, but we did use miniatures to determine things like movement, range, and LOS. We used the old Snap Shot rules, if I recall correctly – but I may be remembering incorrectly on that.

This was before any of us became actual "miniatures gamers" (and honestly of the whole group of eight of us, I think I'm the only one who eventually completely gave up RPGs in favor of miniature wargaming), so while most of the figures were painted, they weren't painted in any way I'd show off today. "Terrain" consisted entirely of very well drawn diagrams on a one inch square grid – an Armory dry-erase gaming matt, maybe? It would have been that or a clear piece of plastic that we had the grid printed on at the local plastic shop.

This would have been roughly '82, so most of the niceties I take for granted now (abundance of figures, availability of terrain, skill in building my own terrain) were completely lacking.

If I recall correctly, we played out the plot of the movie in one four or five our stretch on a Sunday afternoon. We took a break for pizza, cleared off the table, and played another three or four hours of Gloranthan Runequest. Those were the days!

My old gaming group actually played out the movie using the Traveller RPG rules about a year after the movie was released.

LOL… my gaming group at the time did too. We used the standard Taveller minis and the Snapshot rules. I seem to recall it didn't go so well for the good guys in our version.

I would love to do it again in 28mm.

I think chronoglide has it spot on for the Marshall.

Moonfleet miniatures has some nice space suits taht are pretty close.

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Nothing new under the sun, huh, Cap? ;)

Hey, if its good its worth repeating. ; )

Hey, but what about those of us who want to do it in 15mm???

Dan
PS. At least it gives more terrain potential per square foot of real space.

… shrug… ; )

I actually painted up my Gzg figs like the Outland Marshall's. They just reminded me of them.

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John

15mm no. 28mm yes.

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Dan

Cool mining station:

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Dan

Neat model of their shuttle:

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Dan
PS. Check out the Outland comic done by Steranko:
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If anyone is interested, Outland is playing tonight on Encore Action. Other showtimes:

starz.com/titles/Outland

I'm going to record it and watch it tomorrow.

Dan