Shadowrun: A Roach Spirit Incognito

The Roach Spirit miniatures have long been among my favorite "official" Shadowrun miniatures.  My buddy Dan used his own version of this particular miniature to portray his Roach character in my long-running Mutants & Masterminds game.  These figures still very much stand the test of time and hold up well scale-wise with more modern minis.

A while back I stripped this guy's 10-year old paint job, and yesterday, I took a couple of hours to re-base and re-paint him.  A great mini that oozes character! 

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--Scott

Shadowrun: A Rigger's Dream--SSU Airborne Transport

From Dust Tactics comes this awesome plastic model kit perfect for Shadowrun!  It made its debut in the session from last Saturday night; the runner team promptly brought it down using a friendly spirit's Accident power.  Now they have to earn enough Nuyen to salvage it!

 So far I've only painted the pilot and the guns.  I could see making it a less military color like blue or even yellow. 

Anyway, a nice addition to the stable!

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--Scott

Shadowrun: A Magician Conversion

I needed a Magician for this past Saturday's game, and I wanted someone unarmed so players would clearly know he was mostly working magic against them. Looking through my various bins of D&D and Star Wars minis,  I came across the Changeling Rogue from D&D minis. A quick hand-swap with a Drow priest allowed me to give him an open left hand and achieve the unarmed look I was wanting.

Once I hit the miniature with Tester's Dull Coat, it really brought out the existing colors and decent stock paint job. All I needed to do was re-paint his flesh.  The Aztlan street mage El Estraño was officially born!

I think his clothing really fits the 2072 SR milieu. 

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--Scott

Shadowrun: Corporate Bodyguards

I recently re-based some old Heroscape suited types; these guys will make excellent Corporate bodyguards.

I darkened the flesh tone on the bodyguard on the right to better match the Mumbai setting. Now they're ready to look after Ms. Johnson.

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--Scott

Star Wars Miniatures Sci-Fi Survey 2

Today we'll look at two more miniatures from the Star Wars pre-paint line that have uses in more general sci-fi gaming.

Today it's the Czerka Scientist (Knights of the Old Republic, Common) and the Human Soldier of Fortune (The Clone Wars, Common).

That scientist will make an ideal civilian objective for just about any sci-fi scenario. 

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--Scott

Star Wars Miniatures Sci-Fi Survey 1

I'm debuting an occasional feature with this post! Now and then I will feature a few Star Wars collectible miniatures and briefly discuss their merits for use in other sci-fi games. These will normally be Commons or Uncommons. Easy figures to get on eBay or elsewhere.

We'll get things going with a look at the Old Republic Recruit (Legacy of the Force, Common) and the Corellian Pirate (Bounty Hunters, Uncommon).

Check them out:

While both figures possess clear sci-fi trappings, there is nothing binding them exclusively to Star Wars. I like that the Old Republic Recruit is female, as good martial females for sci-fi can be hard to find. Both characters feature nice, clean sculpts and action poses.  These figures would fit just as well into Shadowrun as they would in Traveller.

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--Scott

Shadowrun: A Fine Indian Gentleman

When my buddy Tony needed a model for his Combat Mage character, I dug into my Star Wars miniatures collection and found this gem! He's a human bodyguard from the Legacy of the Force collection.  Among the many things about Star Wars miniatures I like is their uses for general sci-fi.  Who knows what fashions will be like in the future, but this guy's simple sci-fi style really fits SR.  And as a combat mage, Tony's character also carries a small pistol for those times when he's too drained to cast spells.

As Tony's character is a sometime Bollywood actor and native Indian, I had to make a few changes to this figure to give him the right look.







Here's what just 30 minutes can do for a mini like this:

With the right hair color and skin tone he fits right in for Mumbai!

I think I'll do a post later this week on the SW minis line and discuss some common and uncommon minis from it that, like this one, possess super-utility for other sci-fi games.

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--Scott

Armorcast Armored Truck

I've had this model for years and it has proven useful in many sci-fi games.  Last week it came in handy for the Shadowrun game.

Plastic shipping containers from the old AT-43 sets also fit well on this vehicle.

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--Scott

Shadowrun Troll Physical Adept

Another Troll conversion, this involving a Dreamblade Ogre, the booted feet from a Mageknight troll, some horns from a GW Chaos warrior, and some excellent green-stuff work from my buddy, Sky.

This might be one of my favorite conversions so far!

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--Scott

Descent Naga Repaint

Delves fan, play-tester, and all around good guy Jason Hynes (AKA Tenz) was kind enough to send me a batch of extra figures from the Descent game.  Among them was an awesome Naga figure.  In addition to her obvious uses as a pure fantasy piece, the Naga will make an excellent Paracritter baddie for my Shadowrun game.

To give her that exotic, Indian look I sculpted a little bindi and affixed it to her forehead. After a quick repaint, she's ready for action and intrigue in the Awakened World!

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--Scott

Low-Life Kickstarter

Folks, just wanted to quickly plug Andy Hopp's Low-Life Kickstarter!

I love Andy Hopp's quirky and fun artwork, and I dig Savage Worlds and his rulebook that goes with it, so minis were a natural for this world. And Jason Wiebe's amazing sculpts are really doing Andy's artwork justice!

You also get a nice selection of minis for $50--something like 13 at this point.  Not too shabby! 


So if you've any interest in supporting the kind of project KS was really meant to fund, check Andy's page out!  If anything, watching the video will give you some laughs! 

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

Shadowrun: Indian Gun Adept

I took a Heroclix Deadshot (alternate costume) and did another head swap with an OG Pathan head, and came up with a great Indian Gun Adept for Shadowrun. 

Gun Adepts channel magic into a fiendish efficiency with firearms.

This guy certainly fits!

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--Scott

Shadowrun: Mr. Prem K. Sharma

Prem K. Sharma is an excellent character from the Over the Edge RPG and On the Edge CCG from Atlas Games (see the links on the left).

I dig him so much I decided to convert a miniature for him an introduce him into my SR campaign.  He'll be a prominent Mumbai businessman, but is he really much more than that?  Time will tell!

Conversion courtesy of a Johnny Sorrow Heorclix figure and another OG Pathan head.

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--Scott

Shadowrun: A Sci-Fi Indian

For the Shadows of Mumbai SR campaign, I've decided to convert a few Indians for the setting. Now you can be sure I'll be putting my Rezolution Sci-Fi Indian conversions to use in the game at some point, but I wanted a few more.

I have the good fortune of having gotten some Old Glory Afghan tribesman heads a while back.  These heads were masters used in the production of the OG Pathan Tribesmen range. They make great conversion fodder if you've got sci-fi models laying around.  A quick stroke of the jeweler's saw, and a bit of green stuff, and the conversion is complete!

Check out this China Town figure I did my first conversion on:

He'll make an ideal thug or bodyguard for SR or any near-future game.

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--Scott

BattleTech: Thunder Hawk

My latest Merc company needed an Assault-class 'Mech to add some punch, and here it is!

This nasty customer packs 3 Gauss Rifles and some backup lasers and makes for a deadly long-range killer. At 100-tons he's no slouch in close combat either!

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--Scott