So, I sent some stuff on kits I'd like to see from WGA to them, and I got the reply that they thought they were interesting, but better suited for the forums to ask to raise interest for 'em. So, I may as well post 'em here to ask, would you buy these if Wargames Atlantic produced them?
Plastic Kits:
Scantily-Clad Drow Ladies- The kind with the metal lingerie and knives and so-on. But this is NOT FOR THE REASON YOU'D THINK! Or at least, not only that reason. It's because I like to make weird mutant hybrid kitbashes, those slender feminine parts are fun to add in there, but most sources of those sorts of parts tend to be expensive. So it'd be nice to have a budget option.
In terms of stuff to add to the kit to have fun with it, one of my ideas would be maybe Succubus-y bits both for the sake of maybe making them into daemonette proxies and because the shared bodytype and dress sense would probably make tooling for them easy, tho I could also see that as an upgrade sprue.
The other more extensive one is parts to make them cross-compatible with the spider kit to make driders, ala how that spider kit itself comes with saddles to have goblins ride 'em, or even just bits to replace their arms or heads with spider ones! Get some Pathfinder fleshwarping-y body horror into 'em!
Old-School Demons- But a very specific type of old-school demon. Namely, ones inspired by the old-timey chimeric designs you'd see in the Dictionaire Infernal, the works of Heironymus Bosch, the works of the Breughels, a bunch of those paintings of The Temptation of St Anthony, ect.
I specify this because, while I respect the works of those companies, other budget demon kits like the ones from Frostgrave or for Kings of War are just so boring and standard, just run-of-the-mill hellspawn compared to the variety in Warhammer or even classic D&D. So, I figured, why not draw from the weird freakish assemblages you see in old-timey demon art to add a touch of uniqueness, that sort of surrealist nightmare vision of hell that everyone loves?
Retro Robots- Big ol clunky dudes, ala Robby, Tobor, Gort, the Chopping Mall Robots, the Republic Robot, ect. I feel like the reason why these'd be cool is self-explanatory, and it'd be perfect for that new pulp line!
Gynoids- ...Okay, I got nothing, this is in no small amount a horndog thing. But I think there's a lot of fun stuff you could do with it! Like, I could imagine a variety of different parts evoking different types of androids, from the art-deco-y Metropolis robot, to Hajime Sorayama's work, to the more abstract robot-y heads and pseudo-musculature you see in certain types of modern mecha-influenced gynoid art.
In particular, ideally I'd love to have at least one monoeye head, if only so I could build my friend's OC Penny. Also it'd have to be designed to be cross-compatible with the Retro robot kit, because mixing and matching could lead to some really fun stuff.
Animal-People Heads: Because, while there's some anthropomorphic creatures from other mini lines one can draw from for anthro-animal kitbashes, there's a lot that're missing or difficult to find at a scale that's cross-compatible with human-sized figures, and it'd be neat to have a wholeass sprue of those for various customs.
Big reason I'd want to see that tho: So I can mix them with the power armor from other miniature lines to make Battle Beast homages. Because everybody loves Battle Beasts!
3d Printables (Because some things probably aren't viable for mass-production)
Aeromorphs- if you're not familiar with the term, think an anthropomorphized biomechanical plane. It's a very popular Thing in certain spaces, usually where the venn diagram of "millitary history enthusiasts" and "furries who spend 4 digits on commissions" overlap, and most of the art of them is extremely not safe for work!
But, I will say, I unironically like them as a creature design concept. I think there's something very New Weird about them, especially if you made them more monstrous; maybe taking design elements from Evangelion's Evas. Given the person who came up with the term (Tho, they noted the base idea was A Thing before that) is a biopunk artist, I think it makes sense!
It's not that much more ridiculous than the model that's one big joke about the Great Emu War (which I love BTW, that will never not be funny)! If slimegirls can escape from horny-SF to non-horny mainline SF, I see no reason why they can't either! Speaking of which...
Slimegirls- I just think you could do a lot of neat stuff with the sculpting there as a multipart kit, especially if you went for the less cheesecake-y route. A lot of fun ways to make gloopy drips. And they work well if printed in clear resin, and even if printed in opague resin they'd still work super well with greenstuff/apoxie sculpt!
Grotesque Posthumans- I'm thinking specifically of Death Fields for this one, but like, I feel like a range of designs taking after works like Man After Man and All Tomorrows would fit, and there's a lot of design space to work with there for troops. At the very least, one based on the Tommy Wiseau horse would be a really fun addition to Death Fields. Everybody loves the Tommy Wiseau horse!
Halloween Bestiary Creatures!- Basically, a series of articles by Johnathan Wojcic (You'll need to scroll down a bit to get there) on various creatures concepts that keep showing up without being named, there's a lot of stuff to work with. I could easily see; say; a Junkin, a Hocus, a Pocus, a Corpse Candle, a Heebie Jeebies, ect working as some variety of seasonal gift model!
So, thoughts on how viable these'd be? Any you'd want to see? Any you'd want to see but don't think could ever happen? I'm curious about what y'all think!
