"Some things needed for 20mm scifi. Shapeways?" Topic
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| cloudcaptain | 12 Dec 2014 11:20 a.m. PST |
I figure I can use 15mm scifi weapons with 1/72 scale figs fairly well. I tried printing the guns from Rebel Mini's shop on Shapeways but they would not come out cleanly. Will keep looking in that regard. Some replacement heads would be stellar. Maybe a curved "mask" that is essentially a gasmask or high tech faceplate. You could glue these onto existing modern and ww2 figs to "uptech" them. Then again they might end up costing as much as a full head to print. It would take some experimenting I am sure. 20mm battle droids. Not super battle droids. Just something human sized in 1/72. Hand held weapons. Doesn't have to infringe on IPs…just something in that ballpark. Maybe some upteched backpacks? |
BlackWidowPilot  | 12 Dec 2014 7:28 p.m. PST |
Um. Starguard! figures are all 1/72 scale:
tin-soldier.com
So are the vehicles. So are the robots (and there are over a half dozen different types of robot soldier), so is the Ralnai Light Cruiser (!!!) multimedia starship kit….
Hope this helps you with your delinquency!
Leland R. Erickson
metal Express
metal-express.net |
| cloudcaptain | 12 Dec 2014 9:05 p.m. PST |
Thanks Leland :) I like a few sculpts but most seem more retro scifi than hard scifi. |
| BlackWidowPilot | 12 Dec 2014 11:11 p.m. PST |
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| erraticassassin | 13 Dec 2014 3:22 p.m. PST |
The Scene has some 15mm droids which might be chunky enough to work as 20mm: link Denizen have some 25mm weapons and backpacks which, likewise, might work in the smaller scale as they're more realistically proportioned than the usual half-tonne bolter nonsense: denizenminiatures.co.uk |
| cloudcaptain | 13 Dec 2014 6:20 p.m. PST |
The Tin Solider Phillips bots might work. @eraticassasin I think you are right about the heavy droids if memory serves. Thanks for the tip about the weapons too! |
| Gabriel Landowski | 05 Jan 2015 10:32 p.m. PST |
Cloud Captain – what Shapeways materials you use/order? I ask because I'm messing around with them now myself….. |
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