"Khurasan previews the Stikks" Topic

The Stikks are formally known to the Federation as the Entomals, but Federal soldiers thought they looked like stick insects, and the name stuck. Their heads may have some superficial resemblance to stick insects but they are fast moving and aggressive, fighting like ants more than stick insects.

The basic building block of the Stikks is the infantry pod -- three triads, each triad made up of one soldier with a fully automatic gauss cannon and two soldiers with the standard infantry gauss rifle. These will be sold in a pack of ten unique poses, as shown here.

Pod support is supplied by the double gauss cannon, and the light infantry mortar. The pack will have the two different weapons, and five weapons crew in three poses.

For heavy-duty infantry support the Stikks use the Crikket Infantry Cannon, a gyro-stabilised synth which walks on its own when nudged very slightly by its Stikk crew. It can fire either armour piercing or high explosive rounds.

It should not be surprising that the Stikks take to the skies as well -- here is their Odonate Gunship, the most maneuverable gunship in known space. It is heavily armed with twin gauss cannons as well as both antitank missiles and anti-personnel rockets. Though small it is well-protected and very hard to hit.

To read more about the Stikks, check out my blog:
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The Stikks were sculpted in 15mm scale by Mike Lovejoy, and were painted by Chris Yaro. Everything here is solid pewter, even the Odonate gunship! The gunship does not supply a flight stand. Although it should be noted that the craft has landing skids so can be placed on the table, as it so closely resembles a dragonfly we assume gamers will definitely want to depict it flying! Chris has used an acrylic flight rod and a plastic base.

Available very soon indeed, stay tuned!

Now THAT'S the kind of weaponry Aliens should have! None of it looks like it was made on Earth*.

Awesome. Stunning. Bravo sir.

Dan
* TMP link

Jesus, can we just give you our credit card details and you bill us for an order automatically whenever you do a new release?

Speechless…

I'm with Greywing!

Ha ha ha! McWong is right!

Oh Man every time i log in , I'm hit by some thing even better, these are perfect for my needs.
very cool

My wife is going to kill me. Those are too cool . . . . .

I will have so many types of Space Bugs that I will not need anything else . . . . .

Jeff

These remind me off an old 80's comic, kind of fun.

Those are brilliant! By far one of the best looking intelligent bug races we've seen. And… how big is that gunship?

-Chris K.

Chris, it is 2 3/4" long.

Ahhh rubs hand together the perfect mercs for my SPUG empire, i am really pleased your be added these to khurasan miniatures inventory but you just got to stop getting all these fantastic miniatures made its just not fare on us weak willed folk…..

Jon, these harken back to the Dreenoi from Starguard, plus all the other "ant men" aliens of my childhood comic book days!

Fire ants with laser guns? I LIKE IT!!

Leland R. Erickson

Leland, you just reminded me of something when you mentioned the Dreenoi -- the Stikks actually have six limbs. Their middle limb set is vestigial.

AweSOME!!!

More money coming your way as soon as they are released!

Brilliant work.

Oh wow…. I so was not expecting anything like that at all. Just…

Mind = Blown.

Good lord better and better

I like them, but I really love the gunship! It's just plain cool.

man I thought it was going to be the band :-(

they are great – I like the alien flyer – I am currently converting a couple of pound shop large platic toy wasps and bugs (about a foot long each) into flyers/dropships for my spugs.

I can see a force of these being added to my growing 15mm sci-fi collection :-)

Makes me want to reach for a can of Raid spray! Nice stuff. I really like the dragonfly with attitude!

Man, how do you keep coming up with such great stuff?

-Will

This is another cool release. These aliens tread a nice line between pulpy weirdness and just plain alien. They are humanoid enough to still be accessible to the human mind but are still more than just rubber suit aliens.

I am still trying to get my head around their tech, but I cannot say that is a negative comment. I'm just trying to figure out how it works and that is just my mind at work. It looks like each weapon is different incorporating both biological and mechanical parts in similar, but not identical configurations.

Do the Stikks make their weapons on an individual basis? Is the weapon at the core of what looks like some sort of goo a standard design that each customizses?

Inquiring xenophiles want to know!

-Eli

Just awesome. A fairly complete alien force at launch..sweet!

I love those. They are perfect!!! Now I really need to get some spending cash together.

Do the Stikks make their weapons on an individual basis? Is the weapon at the core of what looks like some sort of goo a standard design that each customizses?

As MST3k said so well….

If you're wondering how he eats and breathes
And other science facts,
Just repeat to yourself "It's just a show,
I should really just relax"

Actually Eli the two guns are dolly parts so unless Mike Lovejoy modified them, and I don't think he did, they should all be identical.

In fact, to tie the look together better, the heavy gauss cannons on the "MG" mount and on the Odonate gunship are the dolly part as well.

Whilst they were designed as advanced slug throwers (gauss guns), naturally they can be whatever you fancy.

Aaarrgh! I need to win the lottery to keep up with all the cool new aliens coming out…

I can't afford them all ..but I want/need them all.

Will there be a apc/tank for these bodacious bugs?

Yes, the Stikks have an extremely unique vehicle that serves as both a tank and APC-equivalent for them, called the Skuttker. I had timed it for release alongside the rest of the models but some production issues came up. It will be out though, I guess in the new year.

Yeah, these are a must have for me. You, sir, are a genius.

fantastic…. and chris yaro, wow
you really got your moneys worth, Jon
that paint will help sell buckets of lead

Jon,

It may just be the angles and how the rest of the figure covers parts of the guns, but on certain ones it looks like the barrel is more exposed from the "slime" than the others of the same kind or that the big ball at the back is biggers, etc.

Not a big deal, but was just curious ifi t figured int othe fluff you had developed.

-Eli

"As MST3k said so well…."

Screw MST3K's thoughts on just about everything. I actually enjoy when a creator of a fictional race comes up with a way for them to work, details on their society, biology, etc. Even if it sounds impossible, we can either accept it, knowing that a creature born on another planet could, and likely will completely defy all of our current knowledge on anatomy and physiology. Do I expect them to go to such lengths however? No! Not at all.

Anyone else think these could make decent proxies/stand-ins for Chigs from Space Above and Beyond?

Screw MST3K's thoughts on just about everything.

Ten hours in the Tough Love Seat for that comment, I'm afraid.

I agree Wolfprophet. As long as the PSB is cool, I don't mind it and in fact enjoy it. From a minis standpoint, I also like it when such fluff stuff is used for good and not to hinder, route, or mandate purchases or product development.

If by proxy you mean stand-in yes. they obviously bear no resemblence to the aliens from the show, but if you need a bug with a gun to fight, they seem to be your thing.

-Eli

These are great… i'm not usually someone who puts together alien forces (although I do like painting small numbers as characters), but these are calling to me!

great looking!

Jon,

one more thing, as one who lived in The Lone Star State and experienced the "welcome" of a particular species of Texas fauna known as the "Fire Ant," I am especially appreciative of the bright red color scheme you chose for the Stikks…

Leland R. Erickson

(1st thought: My entire lower leg has just been hit by a dozen burning cigarettes…

2nd thought: OW!! Goddammitt!! OW!!)

Actually Leland there was a lot of fretting about what colours to paint them before we settled on this. Chris was reluctant to paint them red because he had just painted a caldor army, whatever that is, presumably something red. . I proposed green with grey armour, but the result on the test figure was most disappointing. I suggested red might make the models "pop" more, so Chris tried it out and the results were good, and there you have it.

By red ants, do you mean FIRA? Nasty business they are.

Myrmica rubra !!

I love those fellows.. Especially command Ant !!
Man is he making hail Ant queen salute ? :>

"If by proxy you mean stand-in yes. they obviously bear no resemblence to the aliens from the show, but if you need a bug with a gun to fight, they seem to be your thing."

Stand-ins more or less. Proxy also works as a description though. ;) A proxy doesn't have to be a "Not-" model. But the idea of an intelligent bipedal race with loads of weapons that are themselves….alive, even if bio-mechanical instantly made me think of the chigs.

"Ten hours in the Tough Love Seat for that comment, I'm afraid."

I have to say, I just didn't like MST3K. Worse yet, I know people who've seen it and because they watched that, it gave them bad perceptions of good shows, making them more closed minded to the thought of watching them, which has made me like MST3K even less.

So in the first photo, are the automatic weapons the 2nd and 4th on the top row, and the 1st on the bottom row? I can't really spot much of a difference.

I'm looking forwards to seeing the AFV- I love the eyes of the gunship.

That's exactly right, Barks. It has an exhaust sink on the side, a hole. It also has larger moulding than the normal rifle.

Fact is, it's not really that easy to distinguish the SAW from the normal infantry rifles in today's armies. You can see the difference when they are in hand though.

Most interesting looking! Too fiddly for me to paint though!

Works of genius – non-human, with a very non-human technology that still looks workable and sensible in the light of physics. Well done that man!

Thanks and I'm sure Mike would appreciate that too.

Jon,

do Stikks ever take service with the Jasmine Throne's Legion Etranger?

Leland R. Erickson

Now THAT is a possibility. You won't see creatures from dimension X (as it is called) in service of any creature from our dimension.