Sci-Fi Gorillas

Abba Elfman · 2010-12-07T17:09:34+00:00

I could have sworn I saw some sci-fi Gorillas like Planet of the Apes types but in space with futuristic armor and weapons. I thought they were really cool but obviously not a core box. Must have been a kit-bash by someone. Does anybody have any idea what I am talking about or did am I dreaming?

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Abba Elfman
9/30/22, 2:24 PM

I could have sworn I saw some sci-fi Gorillas like Planet of the Apes types but in space with futuristic armor and weapons. I thought they were really cool but obviously not a core box. Must have been a kit-bash by someone. Does anybody have any idea what I am talking about or did am I dreaming?

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Grumpy Gnome
9/30/22, 2:27 PM

Both AT-43 and Dust 1947 have militant Apes I seem to recall.

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JTam
10/1/22, 1:33 AM

@Abba Elfman

What Grump Gnome says sounds right.

Depending on the tech level you are looking for... Eureka makes these:

https://eurekaminusa.com/collections/eureka-gorillas-28mm

Also check here:

http://wk.frothersunite.com/sc/pulp/wwwrus.htm

EDIT: Probably these AT43 guys?:

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Mark Dewis
10/1/22, 2:32 AM

Gorillas would be cool, though.

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Geoff Maybury
10/1/22, 6:51 AM

@Abba Elfman AT-43 did a lot of different space and power suited Gorillas, and Crooked Dice do a Planet of the Ape range including Horse back, Gorrillas. There was a company that had some Ape (Chimps) space suited but only a couple, It`s what we keep asking for,new figures.

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Mark Dewis
10/2/22, 6:39 PM

GW Orcs/Orks with strategically sculpted fur can work well for apes. Trim the ears to be rounded and sculpt up a pointed instead of a flat skull.

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Mithril2098
10/3/22, 12:28 AM

https://eurekaminusa.com/collections/boiler-suit-apes

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Andrew Stoeckle
10/5/22, 12:51 PM

Thread made me think of the Heroscape gorillantors.

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Brendan Flynn
2/8/23, 6:34 AM

Eureka also have apes on motorbikes. I have all their apes and gorillas which I use in Apetown, a little known Necromunda settlement. Of course my version of Necro also includes Hymenoptera (ant and vespid), kroot, and many another oddity.

I just love putting odd gangs together to see how they perform and keep the players guessing.

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Brendan Flynn
2/8/23, 6:36 AM

7 tv do the actual planet of the apes miniatures from the orginal movies, which I love, but too expensive to get in Australia.

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JR Jenner
5/17/24, 7:30 AM

@Mithril2098 Eureka have a great range of minis.

“It was marvellous, a feast for the eyes, this complication of coloured tints, a perfect kaleidoscope of green, yellow, orange, violet, indigo, and blue; in one word, the whole palette of an enthusiastic colourist!”
― Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

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Charles Tottington
5/19/24, 6:14 PM

@Andrew Stoeckle Why do these remind me of Warhammer 40k Orks?

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Brian Van De Walker
5/24/24, 6:17 AM

@Charles Tottington Cause your main game is 40k to degree where its affecting how you veiw things, otherwise you would figure out GW's orc/orks are based on gorrilas, have been since the D&D RPG sup days I believe and pretty much reffered to as hairless green gorrilas in many of the rule books for both 40k and WFB.

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Lord Marcus Moderator
6/30/24, 11:45 PM

Gorrilaz have occured.

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