Patrick R | 30 Dec 2016 2:49 a.m. PST |
Last night I had the "Noodle dream" or better yet the "Miniature dream". I was looking at Napoleonic era figures (or thereabout) which had a large fan-shaped mitre plate, it was clearly a fictional nation with its own uniforms and equipment, so I thought how would others feel about a range of period accurate, but entirely fictional miniatures, say WWII troops with their own specific gear, helmet shape, tanks and other equipment. We're not talking about adding fantasy or weird science elements, just a complete range of fictional, period accurate miniatures. So if such a range or ranges existed in your period, would you consider them ? |
Recovered 1AO | 30 Dec 2016 4:18 a.m. PST |
Tricorne, yes. 1870 – 1901 Colonial, probably. Much prefer 1680 to 1840 actual historical Southwest USA/North America. In 15/18/6mm sized just to be consistent with current buying. Interesting concept but probably not a economically viable effort as much as a labor of love. |
Wargamer Dave | 30 Dec 2016 5:14 a.m. PST |
The alternate 1938 ECW does this type of thing quite well. Some alternate Ancients could be quite nice or more foreign troops in the ACW. |
Winston Smith | 30 Dec 2016 6:48 a.m. PST |
Not much interest from me. |
Grelber | 30 Dec 2016 7:34 a.m. PST |
Alternate history figures--say, WWII Confederates--might be financially viable, particularly if they were flexible enough to fit into other periods, like a new ACW in the late 1930s, or a Third Boer War (to use the Confederate example). I'd always be happy to have more figures to choose from for my Vikings or Gauls, but there are a lot of fantasy figures out there that can readily fit into these niches. I would consider Colonial era figures, I think, like Royal Polovitzian Lancers. Grelber |
rustymusket | 30 Dec 2016 7:48 a.m. PST |
It sounds good but then I tend to revert to historical and cannot bring myself to do it. |
wminsing | 30 Dec 2016 8:53 a.m. PST |
I really LIKE the concept a whole lot, and there's clearly a large interest in Imagi-nations out there in the community. So yes I would consider them and I think others would as well. Whether it would be enough to actually sustain such a range, I am not so sure. -Will |
COL Scott ret | 30 Dec 2016 12:19 p.m. PST |
As I grew up on C.S.Grant with his wonderful Imagi-nations, yes but…. size/scale will be the issue. When I started my buddy and I had only Airfix (still love them even with their flaws). We gamed using The Wargame, which encouraged Imagi-nations so we So my Highland Kingdom and its allies fought the dastardly Brisbanian Empire. mostly just paint but some knife work to modify the Airfix warriors into their new identity. As most anyone would guess I would prefer 1:72 plastics, others….well if you can name the size/scale there will be some who want it. I think it would be difficult to determine sales but then there are a lot of items I would never want that seem to do alright on kickstarter. |
willthepiper | 30 Dec 2016 12:24 p.m. PST |
I can think of a number of 'alternative historical' figures already on the market. For any pre-gunpowder era you can look at a variety of fantasy armies (or even up to and including early gunpowder eras such as the Renaissance, considering the Warhammer Empire). For more modern eras: Pulp Figures has Zeppelin Truppen link (as well as some more esoteric options like the hooded cultists) Hinterland Miniatures allows you to field entire armies of women in late-nineteenth century military uniforms hinterlandminiatures.weebly.com There are a few companies now producing Weird War II miniatures. Some are pure fantasy or science fiction (walkers, Tesla cannons, other advanced technologies, zombies, genetically modified soldiers) but there are a few more ideas that are simply projections of wartime development that could have come on line had the war continued. The Very British Civil War enthusiasts have shown how many currently available historical miniatures can be re-purposed as imaginary factions in their war. This can be done for other conflicts as well – I've dabbled with converting ACW zouaves into Papal Zouaves. But for me I'd only be interested if I wanted to create a specific imaginary history (one of Turtledove's alt-histories, or Space 1889 with a free Irish state, or some other alt-history). For now, real history has enough variety for me! |
Stepman3 | 30 Dec 2016 2:14 p.m. PST |
You could always do Perry British Intervention Force against ACW Union… |
Coyotepunc and Hatshepsuut | 30 Dec 2016 2:28 p.m. PST |
This is how we get miniatures of Amazons in greek or skythian gear. Thank you, Eureka and Shadowforge! |
Bunkermeister | 31 Dec 2016 1:03 a.m. PST |
Only if they were 1/72nd scale, prefer plastic buy metal might be okay. There are many armies for WWII that no one does. I would suggest US Army for 1939 as if they sent an expeditionary force to defend France again. It would have an interesting mix of WWI and WWII weapons. Doing an imaginary army is not that hard with headswaps. German helmets on British troops for example. Mike Bunkermeister Creek Bunker Talk blog |
Vidgrip | 31 Dec 2016 9:51 p.m. PST |
I can imagine a technologically advanced Mezzo-American nation sending a fleet to land an army of conquest on the coast of Spain in 1491. Equipped with pikes, muskets, and trained jaguars, they would be a formidable force to pit against any contemporary army of Western Europe. At the same time, Italy and Southern France might be invaded by the Ungawans. With spearmen, bronze field artillery, and zebra cavalry, the Ungawans would seek to carry white slaves back to their kingdom in West Africa. It's fun to imagine such things but I would not really buy those figures. Here is what I would buy: the armies of minor nations which did not (but could have) participated in actual historical conflicts. Start my making figures for every European nation in the era from 1850 to 1890, including Poland, Switzerland, and Belgium. I'd love to throw such nations into the wars of German and Italian unification. Maybe a whole World War Zero. But it doesn't require imaginary armies. |