"Do Your Martian Tribes Look Like Indians Or Fremen?" Topic

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Cacique Caribe	02 Sep 2017 1:53 p.m. PST
Or do they look like Minoans, Vulcans or Sahara's Tuareg? Or like Fantasy Elves? Or something else? This question goes also for figures of humanoid tribes on any other arid planet you game. Just curious. Dan TMP link TMP link TMP link
SpuriousMilius	02 Sep 2017 2:28 p.m. PST
My Martians are for John Carter games & are mostly Bronze Age figures with Parroom Station minis as Therns & so are closest to "Minoan" style (with Amerind complexions) if I properly interpret your use of these pictures.
Bashytubits	02 Sep 2017 2:41 p.m. PST
Maybe like this?
79thPA	02 Sep 2017 6:36 p.m. PST
If I ever get around to it, mine will probably look like Aztecs or Incans.
Tony S	03 Sep 2017 9:09 a.m. PST
Friend of mine just used GW's Kroot, painted red or green.
TheBeast	03 Sep 2017 10:39 a.m. PST
Kroot ARE a time-honored ersatz-Cytherean Parrotmen. However, plenty of folk have used them on Mars, even to the point of bashing four arms on some. Unfortunately, GW paint jobs do make one doubt one's outcome… Doug
robert piepenbrink	03 Sep 2017 2:12 p.m. PST
MY Martians dress like proper panthans. The cadre are Heritage "John Carter of Mars" figures,supplemented with Space 1889, Paroom Station, Cold Earth and whatever else I could find prepared to ride across a dead sea bottom to raid a caravan, sack a city or rescue a princess. Some day to see Jekkara Old Town. Or across the desert to Sinharat.
gisbygeo	03 Sep 2017 10:30 p.m. PST
My SPACE 1889 Martians look like SPACE 1889 Martians, my Barsoomians look like Barsoomians. In fact, my SPACE 1889 Martians look a lot like ex-Grenadier Elves, for some reason…..
mrinku	04 Sep 2017 12:41 p.m. PST
I've been supplementing my Space:1889 Martians with converted plastic Perry fuzzy-wuzzies. A project sadly dormant. Shave down the side of their hairdos and you get quite a good Martian quiff. Exotic daggers courtesy of GW Dark Elves, muskets courtesy of Wargames Factory Zulus.
Cacique Caribe	04 Sep 2017 7:28 p.m. PST
Mrinku, Wow! Please share some pictures when you get them painted up. Dan
J Womack 94	13 Sep 2017 6:09 a.m. PST
My 15mm Red Martians come from Black Hat Miniatures. I guess you would say they have a "Minoan" feel. My 28mm Red Martians are a mix of Space 1889 and Parroom Station (oh, how I miss those!). Skin tones are terra cotta. Oh, and I second the well done on those converted Fuzzy Wuzzies, mrinku!