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Grodokar12 Sep 2011 10:14 p.m. PST

Rebel Minis has two walkers:

rebelminis.com/alandve.html

Old school, faithful to the novel, but huge:

tin-soldier.com/tripod.htm

This guy did his own:

link

What other suggestions are there?

Grodokar12 Sep 2011 10:22 p.m. PST

Pegasus Hobbies will release next month a huge kit, a 15-inch tall tripod based on Steven Spielberg's 2005 version of WOTW:

link

Grodokar12 Sep 2011 10:24 p.m. PST

Another more Gaslight-ish apt H.G. Wells model:

link

Grodokar12 Sep 2011 10:26 p.m. PST

Two other tripods, one 4cm tall, the other 8cm tall

link
link

Grodokar12 Sep 2011 10:28 p.m. PST

Looks wonderful, but it's huge for 15mm, mayhap it's useful for 28mm!

Grodokar12 Sep 2011 10:57 p.m. PST

Another retro-looking one, 13 inches tall:

link

Etranger12 Sep 2011 10:57 p.m. PST

Black Hat Miniatures for 15mm link

Eureka for (much)larger. link

Hurlbat Games13 Sep 2011 1:30 a.m. PST

Pendraken do two sizes of tripod in 10mm

pendraken.co.uk/Sci-Fi-c22

AVAMANGO13 Sep 2011 2:05 a.m. PST

The tripod's from Pendraken look cheap and cheerful….

Grodokar13 Sep 2011 3:28 a.m. PST

Anyone got pics for the Pendraken ones?

I find the tripod's design from the 2005 WOTW fantastic, they look terrifying. That movie could've been a lot better, the first 40 minutes were suberb, after that the narrative lost it way.

Skrapwelder13 Sep 2011 4:03 a.m. PST

I made my own, based on the French edition. The body is cast resin and the legs are brass rod and styrene tubing. Still need to paint it.

picture

FABET0113 Sep 2011 4:09 a.m. PST

Paroom Station carried by Brigade Games:

link

Grodokar13 Sep 2011 4:27 a.m. PST

Skrapwelder, really nice job!

Grodokar13 Sep 2011 4:28 a.m. PST

Thanks for the link FABET01, those are amazing!

vtsaogames13 Sep 2011 4:30 a.m. PST

Thanks for the list of tripods. I'll have to bookmark this thread.

Frontier models look great but they are pricey, too much so for a historical gamer considering a walk on the HG Wells side.

Grodokar13 Sep 2011 4:34 a.m. PST

I think these may be the best, aesthetically and money-wise, for 20th century based games (non-Victorian/Edwardian).

Personal logo BrigadeGames Sponsoring Member of TMP13 Sep 2011 5:41 a.m. PST

Thanks all – those pictured above are the Parroom Station ones

link

(Parroom has an extensive Martian, Critters/beasts, VSF, Historical range)

Grodokar13 Sep 2011 5:52 a.m. PST

Hail BrigadeGames, can you tell me how tall are those tripods?

Thanks in advance!

TheBeast Supporting Member of TMP13 Sep 2011 6:21 a.m. PST

Has anyone tried using large spider kits or toys? With a bit of care, I'd imagine you could drop five legs and doll one up as a proper walker.

I've a preference to taking the BK WWW Tarantula and running it with just four legs.

Doug

Personal logo BrigadeGames Sponsoring Member of TMP13 Sep 2011 7:54 a.m. PST

about 3.5" by my memory. Not at the office at the moment but I can check when I get home tonight.

15th Hussar13 Sep 2011 8:38 a.m. PST

"Who makes Martian Tripods?"

I THINK the Martians do….

IUsedToBeSomeone13 Sep 2011 10:47 a.m. PST

This is a picture of our tripod (24cm high) with some 28mm Spugs.

link

Mike

Grodokar13 Sep 2011 12:21 p.m. PST

For comparison, the big martian walker from Rebel Minis is ~10cm tall and the small one, ~6.3 cm

Leon Pendraken Sponsoring Member of TMP13 Sep 2011 2:16 p.m. PST

There's pic of our Large Tripod on the Forum here: link, which is around 80mm high.
(Scroll down for other angles… ;) )

Grodokar13 Sep 2011 2:56 p.m. PST

Thank you very much, Pendraken!

surdu200513 Sep 2011 3:43 p.m. PST

I have three of the Riviresco ones (tin soldier, first post), and I think they look great with 28mm figures.

capncarp13 Sep 2011 4:14 p.m. PST

Andrew Preziosi, 13 Sep 2011 9:38 a.m. PST:

< "Who makes Martian Tripods?"

I THINK the Martians do….>

Nah, they outsourced them to the Selenites, who built them in a non-union shop for substandard wages.

Watchtower7813 Sep 2011 7:19 p.m. PST

Great thread! Thanks for the one based on the 2005 movie. I have almost all of these except the one carried by Eureka and the homemade ones.

The one that littleleadmenofvalor did is available from Eureka.

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