"Let's Talk Robots" Topic

Science fiction miniatures seems almost devoid of non-Terminator combat robots.

Khurasan has some good killer robots and Rebel has some big bots/drones in their WildCATS and TomCATS minis.

Really what we could use is a good line of alien-looking mechanioids or some good ol' Star War like battle and assassin droids.

-Eli

Skele-bots?

Convert some Necrons:

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See, both those are in the "not-Terminator" category.

I'd like to see something else.

-Eli

GZG's spider droids fall into the group you're looking for, IMO. Those are the only ones that come to mind immediately, though.

I think some of the clicky Mechwarrior CMGs are pretty good.

Oh oh! Don't forget the not-Geth coming out from CMG (I think). The RAL?

WE WANT AMEE! WE WANT AMEE! WE WANT AMEE!

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And they should be 10-12mm tall when on all fours.

Dan

"Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind."

--Orange Catholic Bible

Yeah, GZG has a couple of things that would work. Check them out.

LOL. But that only applies to orange Catholics. :)

Dan

I have seen the GZG stuff. All good models, but I am hoping for something more humanoid.

-Eli

Eli,

Pull up some pics…I can read minds, but only on Tuesdays between 9:15am and 11:37am!

:)

Eli, there you go again, stirring up the pot.

My spoon gets itchy (wait for 28mm Man to make a dirty joke)…

Something like these maybe,

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Bubble…bubble..toil…and trouble…

-Eli

How about the good 'ol Lost in Space robot? One of my absolute favorites. Maybe the classic "Robbie The Robot" from early sci-fi films? If I'm off-base here with my 'bots, just slap me.

(Sorry, I've had me too much grog to remember how to do pics here…)

So you're talking slick, high-tech, futuristic? Those are nice. What about something "pulpy"? Like classic Flash Gordon stuff?

These are from Hydra Miniatures link They're 30mm.

What could be cool is a giant robot walker with a robot pilot…ahh the irony.

There is room in 15mm for pulpy to be sure. Heck, I'll be fair, there is room in 28mm.

-Eli

This is what I want . . . .

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They would need to be about 20mm tall (toe to top of head) to impress 15-17mm humans.

Dan

Almost devoid? You aren't looking very hard. Old Glory already has the Star Wars riff covered for 28mm:

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Paint them in grungy metallics with some details picked out like the ones I sold through ebay a few weeks back and they're perfect droids. You can assemble them with different heads and arms as well, making them almost infinite in terms of variety. You'll note there are a pair of bodies that make nice not-Robbies as well.

In 15mm, they've also got these guys:

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Those make pretty good SW style droids with the right colors as well. Some of the putatively organic infantrymen in that range could also be droids – the Universalists in particular are inhumanly skinny for armored troops. The Ferreen come with floating orbs that make good grav droids.

GZG's got tons of drones, wheeled, walking, tracked, and grav flying, including a spot-on astromech/R2 sculpt. Some of them (like those spider walkers previously mentioned) are easily converted – the whole top gun module is one piece, and replacing it with other things (parts from the GZG vehicle kits, torsos of humanoid bots) makes kitbashing new droids trivial.

Khurasan has multiple types in 15mm, although some of them are OOP at the moment, including the not-Tom Servo. It's all a matter of how you paint them if you're trying for Star Wars.

I am not trying for Star Wars. I am looking for a particular style of construction. Pretty much something other than the terminators and other kill bots that have been released over the years.

Old Glory's stuff is alright, but not what I am looking for and the GZG stuff is more hard scifi looking.

I think there are still some niches to be filled.

-Eli

Hydra's hoverbots offer a good place to start… you could mount a variety of weapons onto the arms:

Blight Wheel has this one. If they are going to continue with this theme, it might have some good offerings:

The Spider Drones are probably GZG's best offering. And even the Khurasan Mekanoids aren't trying to be Terminators. I think it's more a question of what specifically you'd like to see than a lack of current offerings.

Chris K.

To be honest I prefer my deathbots to be a little less humaniform.

I really like GZG's GunBots

The rest of the Remotes. Drones and Bots range link makes me happy.

Though some Zhodani style WarBots would be nice too

I don't get what you're after. If it's an anime look, browse Dream Pod 9's Heavy Gear stuff – the Utopian and Eden forces in particular have quite a few drones and some humanoid power armor (the Golem suits) that make fine 15mm combots. For 28mm, Tau pretty much goes without saying, and it'd be pretty easy to re-arm the plastic Myrmidons from Privateer Press with some guns (Eldar match their styling best) for more organically-curvy droids. For steampunk, the regular Privateer warjacks are good, as are quite a few of the constructs in the Malifaux range from Wyrd.

There are also tons of bots in the OG/Blue Moon Supersystem range, some of which can scale-jump to 15mm in a pinch. The OG website seems to hate providing links that work – look under henchmen, alien host, and the 2007 annual release categories.

That Zhodani bot would be easy to make out of a humanoid bot or power armor trooper with the legs sawed off. The Supersystem Killbots are the same style, but more retro/WWW2 styled.

Is this anywhere near the mark?

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Oh right, Infinity is chock full of them too, as 2bit elroy just pointed out. The Sytha from Void/Metropolis War are also full of good pickings, spread across several generations of sculpting. The current-gen androsyth models have a lot of the style of that Drone comic.

Well, my primary interest is in 15mm, but in general what I am looking for is for somebody to make other types of robots that are not adaptations from other companies lines and are an honest attempt at making something that fits a niche that has yet to be filled.

Miniatures companies have, for some time now, continued to reproduce new variants on old themes and left others relatively untouched.

BTW, 28mm has it pretty good. I included the 28mm Discussion Board on here because I like to draw from as many sources as possible, but 28mm does have a good number of honest Star Wars and other style, non-Terminator battle droids.

Victory Force – link
Antenociti's Workshop -link

-Eli

"My spoon gets itchy"

Euwwe :)

Now unlike weird aliens, non-Terminator-esque robots should be an easy sell. Just from Super Robot Wars alone…

If you can find some spares from some of the Risk boardgames, you might get some robots from there. The Clone Wars edition super battle droids aren't a bad match for a BSG centurion. And the transformers set has some – amazingly enough! – transformers which are about 15mm and which could perhaps be a bio-mech lifeform.

000 Triple Aught this one?

Black Cat bases has it link He is a neat model for 28mm, I want him in 15mm.

Cacique Caribe
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the 'older' version, but they look like the ones shown in Caprica!

Reviresco have a wide variety of mech/'bot models in theier Starguard range. Legs, tracks, floaters, arms, no arms….

Mr Norton has 14 or so new robots in the pipeline for 28mm and 15mm…

Most of those are bi-pedal but also some quadropeds and scorpions/spiders.

these are the renders for the first one:

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There are 4 new guardian robots coming, a Heavy-Guardian, and Assassin Driod (series of 4+), 3 walker styles (light, medium, heavy) with various weapons, then the "Humanoid" bots and half a dozen Scuttlers & Rollers.

Oh and a set of mini-bots like Huey,Luey and other weird little non-combat bits.

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These are not the droids you're looking for..

I've got Gypsy and Tom Servo somewhere.

Any of these from Comfy Chair?
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Rattrap does some cool basic robots.

Reaper has Toolbots:

and this guy:

and Horrorclix has this Carnage-bot:

Astrominis have some interesting classic cylon looking robots in 15mm :)

Astro Man's Cylon types could easily benefit from head swaps if you wanted somethign other than a cylon.

-Eli

Indeed. That or shave off the visor/mouth for that classic featureless look…touch it up with micro details for sensors…maybe an antenna on top of the head…etc.

:)

Robby…

Could not some 6mm 'mechas' be used as 15mm warbots?

Could not some 6mm 'mechas' be used as 15mm warbots?

Certainly. The Cav line would be more difficult due to the obvious canopies, but quite a lot of the Battletech line show no canopy at all. Without getting too huge, and also still somewhat convertable for posing, I could see a 15mm "heavy hunter-killer group" consisting of Battletech Panthers

And these fine fellows from RAFM:

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Oh irony thy poison strikes deep and cold…

I didn't want to be the first, but it is pretty funny.

Lost Pict,

Hmm. I think the RAFM pics are lost. :) All I see is a red X instead.

Dan

There unto is the irony :)

Lost Pic(t) & lost pics :)

Duh me. I must be getting too old to catch the obvious. :(

Dan