"looking for Kzin, and/or other 'Giant Cat people' in 28mm" Topic

The title pretty much says it all. I'm looking for 28mm Giant Cat people (aka Lyrans, Kzin, Kzinti, etc) for sci-fi skirmishes. I have to say I'm pretty amazed that I haven't found anything appropriate.
Maybe were-tigers as a substitute? Does anyone make any?
Any ideas?

Go to Gary Mitchells site and check out some of his aliens in the works!

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and scroll down towards the greens at the bottom!

Also Black Cat Bases has some humanoid cats, servants and others that can work as 'civvies' too!

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Slishfully,
Sgt DWW-btod

Doesn't Dark Sword make a set?

there are some nice sculpts at black orc games…(they are fantasy) but shouldn't be too difficult to give them some hasslefree weapons
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I guess u dont mean this
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Iron Wind Metals has a set called "The Seductress" that features two male Kzin, one in armor with a rifle, one in just the bottom half of his armor with a blade, and a female kizin in the aforementioned seductress pose. The figures may be available individually now.

I know it is real, I own it ;)

Been looking for 28mm Aslans myself, the Gary Mitchell's stuff look ok, but it's not available yet, and the pictures are kind of small and hard to see detail. Black Cat's minis look like they just cut and pasted cat heads on human bodies, and that's no go for me. I could do that myself if I wanted that look.

About a month ago, someone posted a picture of Greens for a army of Lion Troops in 28mm, that's what I'm waiting for, of course I lost the book mark, but I sure someone will have it, or better we get the manufacturer with production dates.

If you can wait, cat-like aliens will be available from Regiment Games in the next few months. See the announcement (from May 7, 2010):

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These are all fantasy, but you may be able to do conversions.

100 Kingdoms (Black Orc Games) has some lion warriors: link The picture is of an 'elite warrior), so that mini is taller than the rank and file lions.

The Lynx shaman from the same range is a short guy: link

Alkemy's khaliman faction are cat people link but the females are mostly what my friend Richard describes as "kitties with " :-)

Ditto the Basti faction in Wargods of Aegyptus, lovely though they are. Some of the males may be okay: link

Eureka's chaos Egyptians are cheetah-like and not big bosomed: link

Hope this is of some help.

Crocadile Games has lots of Cat people, most with a Egyptian look of course.

The P'ffat (or something like that), a cool name but hard for me to google.

Randall has the link

Iron Wind Metals has a set called "The Seductress" that features two male Kzin, one in armor with a rifle, one in just the bottom half of his armor with a blade, and a female kizin in the aforementioned seductress pose. The figures may be available individually now.

I've got that one somewhere myself. It's a diorama set of a scene in the Dean Ing Man-Kzin War novel "Cathouse" – does the TMP filter recognize the word ch'rowl, I wonder? :)

The WOTC Star Wars minis had a Togorian in one of the last few expansions. They're feline aliens who are 12-15 feet tall in scale.

Mega Minis have just made some in 28mm…

thanks for the help thus far. The upcoming Garry Mitchell release do look nice but they and the lion warriors from Black Orc Games are too Aslan-like for me. Kzin don't have manes after all.

I've seen the Kzin from Iron Wind (I thought they were from Dark Sword, but maybe I'm wrong, or maybe Dark Sword bought the old RP molds), but options are limited with only two poses (well, three, but one is female, and female Kzin aren't sentient so she's not much use…). I suppose I could cut them up for different poses, but at $8 USD a fig that's an expensive proposition.

The Mega Minis do look interesting, but IIRC Kzin in the Nivenverse don't wear clothing, although they do wear armor when appropriate, so I'm not sure they'd fit the bill. There are also Kzin in the Star Fleet Battles Universe and I'm not sure if they were clothing, so perhaps they might fit there. Still at $2.43 USD each I can afford to pick a few up just to see what they're like.

Have you considered converting inexpensive miniatures into your given vision?

Sure some plastic sprue can meet the body form and then it is a matter of the head/face.

If you do not have the skills then perhaps someone nearby does? I would recommend someone but your location is hidden…check your local game store or convention and find you a modeler/converter perhaps?

(clipped from wiki)

"Kzinti are often described as anthropomorphic tigers, but there are significant and visible differences. Kzinti are larger than humans, standing around 8 feet (2.4 m) tall and weighing around 500 pounds (230 kg). These tiger-sized bipeds have large membranous ears, a barrel-chested torso with a flexible spine, and large fangs and claws.

Unlike some popularly depicted anthropomorphic animals, Kzinti stand on two legs like humans do; they do not have digitigrade or "backward-bending" legs. Their hands end in three fingers and an opposable thumb, all with retractable claws.

They are covered with a thick coat of long fur that comes in various combinations of orange, yellow, and black. Full black coats are rare, however, and all who have them are taken by the black priests.[vague]

Their tails are naked and are similar in appearance to a rat's tail, and their noses are black. Kzinti ears have fur only on the outside of the ear and only about half-way up the ear itself, usually appear pink, and are shaped liked a segment of a Chinese parasol (or cocktail umbrella; they are also sometimes described as "bat-winged"); they can fold back flat against the head for protection during a fight."

So if I get this right, Kzin look like an 8' man-tiger with partially bald bat ears and a large rat-like tail?

Sounds like a character I rolled up using Gamma World mutation charts! I love it!

I was trying to work out the IP arrangements for another of Mr. Niven's creations and he stated that the look that most people recognize is not the written description per say, but the artist's vision from the book covers.

After looking at the various art pieces for the Kzinti wars books I have to agree…most are giant lion-tiger men…as in a big guy with tiger or lion head.

Curious. I like the bat eared, rat tailed, tiger man better :)