| Coelacanth | 26 Mar 2013 5:22 p.m. PST |
There's a new superhero movie coming in August: link It has me wanting to do some skirmish gaming, but where can I find good costumed heroes and villains? I am thinking about 28 mm (due to the availability of armed civilians, police, etc. in that scale). I hope that someone can help me, as I find that costumes add "tone" to what would otherwise be a mere vulgar brawl. Thank you, Ron |
| timlillig | 26 Mar 2013 5:57 p.m. PST |
I use mostly Heroclix figures cut off thier click bases and put onto other bases.
Other options would include:
Four Color figures sold by Old Glory.
Reaper's Chronoscope line
Crossover miniatures
There are some other ranges also, but that is what comes to mind. |
| Cadian 7th | 26 Mar 2013 6:02 p.m. PST |
The reaper chronoscope line has several modern types and heroes.
Heroclix offers on ebay deliver a lot for the buck too. Those are the two I'm most experinced with.
I'm doing Sgt Rock, the Unknown Soldier , and the Haunted Tank with Captain America and the Red Skull…and a clockwork nazi assassin! The heroclix do not scale well with Bolt Action, so the project is stalled till I find something better. |
Chef Lackey Rich  | 26 Mar 2013 6:29 p.m. PST |
Other options would include:
Four Color figures sold by Old Glory.
Reaper's Chronoscope line
Crossover miniaturesThere are some other ranges also, but that is what comes to mind. The links to all of those can be found in the Manufacturer Directory here, but Pulp City is absent, and also worth a look: pulp-city.com Between those four and perhaps some 'clix figs, you ought to be spoiled for choices. |
| optional field | 26 Mar 2013 7:07 p.m. PST |
I recommend Chronsocope and Four Color from experience. Another viable option is to get Heroclix figs, and either use them as is, or repaint them. Finally pulp city and crossover look good, but I haven't seen them in person to say. What rules do you have in mind? |
| Coelacanth | 26 Mar 2013 7:26 p.m. PST |
Thanks, everyone! That should get me started. Re: Optional Field – I am considering Mongoose's "Gangs of Mega – City One", as I already have the rulebook, but no figures. Also in the running is the "Carbon City" RPG available for download at this link: deadsimplerpg.wordpress.com One of my friends has another set of rules (the name of which escapes me), but it is geared towards "real" superheroes with powers. What I had in mind was more of a Pulp feel, with costumed idiots beating the starch out of one another in a morally ambiguous battle for supremacy in a decaying urban wasteland. Good times for all! Ron |
| GiantMonster | 26 Mar 2013 7:28 p.m. PST |
If you want to use figures from the movie, Wizkids is releasing a Kick A$$ 2 Heroclix set. link |
| tnjrp | 26 Mar 2013 11:17 p.m. PST |
Coelacanth 26 Mar 2013 7:26 p.m. PST:
What I had in mind was more of a Pulp feel, with costumed idiots beating the starch out of one another in a morally ambiguous battle for supremacy in a decaying urban wasteland I would think Knight Models' Batman Miniatures Games works for that as well. The rules and the skill/power list are free to download from their site (as well as stat sheets for Batverse characters to use as a basis) and there are rather few really "outre" abilities involved. Of course you could also use at least some of the minis but they are fairly expensive and rather large, more @ 32+mm than @ 28mm. If you want to run a really decaying ubran wasteland type of thing you could also look at postapocalyptic miniature lines for character minis. Dark Age and Eden come to mind as possible sources for various kinds of brawlers. They are unfortunately also on the big side of 28mm but should combine decently with BMG and some larger 'clix. |
| Manflesh | 27 Mar 2013 6:02 a.m. PST |
Hasslefree has a version of the main character from that film. Leigh |
| Fergal | 27 Mar 2013 1:35 p.m. PST |
Hi Ron, I can't PM you, but drop me an email at my site and I'll see if I can do anything for you. :) link Crossover PS Ninjas, cops, and armed thugs on the way soon!! First lot being sent to the mold makers tomorrow. |
| Norrins | 27 Mar 2013 2:57 p.m. PST |
What we need is a Hit Girl figure. |
| Fergal | 27 Mar 2013 3:27 p.m. PST |
They are out there link There is another, but I can't remember where from. |
| Delta314 | 28 Mar 2013 8:14 a.m. PST |
Try sgmm.biz They have a butt kicked set that looks pretty decent. It's in the 28mm pulp section. |
| mdauben | 04 Apr 2013 10:10 a.m. PST |
Finally pulp city and crossover look good, but I haven't seen them in person to say. I've got both. The Crossover figure are very nice, and the swapable heads makes customizing the figures easy. The Pulp City stuff is very well sculpted, athough IMO some of their figures can be a bit fiddly to assemble (most are multi-part castings). Also, many of them are very "non-generic" making them a bit less useful outside their official setting. |
