After re-reading your OP, in my opinion you should veer away from trying to make your armies/squads "game agnostic." Instead, figure out what kind of gamer you are, because that's going to determi...
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Building a Game-Agnostic Army for Miniatures-Agnostic Games?posted in General Chatter
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Halftrack: Feedback Neededposted in Painting & Modeling
This early in the build it looks like two things smashed together. Some greebles will add detail, interesting textures, and bits and will help the back half match the front better. It's...
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Building a Game-Agnostic Army for Miniatures-Agnostic Games?posted in General Chatter
Won't let me edit for some reason...anyhoo, capes are another simple way to denote rank, too, as is a simple raised weapon; little things that are also low-profile enought that they can be ignored ...
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Building a Game-Agnostic Army for Miniatures-Agnostic Games?posted in General Chatter
I'm pretty much a strictly minis-agnostic player at this point, and like you, I'm trying to make some "generic" fighting forces that can be used multiple different ways. I'm playing the games "Fiv...
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Hobgoblinsposted in Classic Fantasy
@Brian Van De Walker oh, for sure, upgrade sprues aren't the answer for everything, but they can be good enough for quite a few applications. In a perfect world, there would be a miniature fo...
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New Friday Poll up - Ultra Moderns/Near Future - win prizes!posted in General Chatter
The problem with text-only communication is that tone, inflection, body language and other audio-visual cues that are huge parts of how we read context in a conversation are absent, and so the pers...
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Hobgoblinsposted in Classic Fantasy
@Eric Howanietz Yeah, the more I think about it, the more I see upgrade/accessory sprues solving a lot of "Wouldn't it be great if we had [X]?" problems. Want robot/cyborg/possessed/alien/beastmen...
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Dark Maenad kickstarter 2- Coing in Septemberposted in General Chatter
Dang, their detail is really great! That elephant is dynamite!
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Hobgoblinsposted in Classic Fantasy
@BS Kitbasher 1) if you think the "outrage crowd/culture" is fictional, I don't know what to tell you. It's utterly pervasive and it's wrecking pop culture, and culture in general. 2) My po...
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Hobgoblinsposted in Classic Fantasy
@Yronimos Whateley I don't think anyone should base creative decisions on who might be outraged by what. Given your example about making dwarves, instead of hobgoblins, samurai-esque, the out...
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Dark Maenad kickstarter 2- Coing in Septemberposted in General Chatter
Those are pretty sweet. My search-fu is rusty; I couldn't find them for sale anywhere else (I don't think I'd need a whole unit). Maybe one or two if the wife liked the look of them for...
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Show Your Hobby Spaceposted in General Chatter
@William Redford Seek help. 😝 Also, I dig the Patlabor models!
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Blackwater GulchL The Vigilance Commitee- Kickstarter (cowboys and undead)posted in General Chatter
Dig it! I like the "not-the-crew-of-the-Serenity" gang. I see Captain Mal, Jayne, Dr. Tam, Kaylee, and Shepard Book; just need Zoe, Wash, River, and Inara.
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Who Else Should Make Hard Plastic Sets?posted in General Chatter
@Steven StGeorges Dadgum, Bob Naismith's stuff is no joke! Really dig that stuff! I'm kinda glad I don't have a 3D printer. My house would be absolutely ROTTEN with tiny gray plastic p...
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Useful Trashposted in Painting & Modeling
@William Redford I hate you! 😝 I've been trying to find those mechs and crawler monsters and none of the Dollar Trees in my area have been getting them in stock!
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New Friday Poll up - Ultra Moderns/Near Future - win prizes!posted in General Chatter
Drones would also be a great addition to these kits. Both flying and ground varieties would be very much welcome!
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New Friday Poll up - Ultra Moderns/Near Future - win prizes!posted in General Chatter
I personally wouldn't mind civilians, but I don't know how well an entire box would sell. For me, they'd be objectives: captives that need rescuing, or I could run missions akin to the "terror" mis...
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New Friday Poll up - Ultra Moderns/Near Future - win prizes!posted in General Chatter
@Arrigo Velicogna Right on. I checked off my choices, but I don't have much of of an opinion on the accurate stuff; a lot of the stuff JTam, GG, and others discuss here in the forum flies str...
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New Friday Poll up - Ultra Moderns/Near Future - win prizes!posted in General Chatter
I don't know what the market is like for accurate moderns; is there high demand? low demand? I don't know. I based my answers on what I would actually purchase, and it's all pretty much "gene...
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Paint Agitator Balls? Stainless Steel, Hematite, Glass?posted in Painting & Modeling
Never thought to look up agitators specifically; I just used lead fishing weights (maybe don't lick your minis after painting them if you go this route, tempting though it may be...).
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VALKIR IRON CORE`S most sort after ranges ?.posted in Iron-Core: Mark Mondragon's Universe
I'll be snagging a box when they drop, for sure. I dig their look
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Dvelopment Blog: Setting for Those '80s "Real American Hero" Action Menposted in General Chatter
@JTam: G.I. Joe: Retaliation was actually pretty dang fun. It had some great action, it was silly, the plot was ridiculous - in other words, it was a pitch-perfect adaptation of the cartoon!&...
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Home of the Grumpy Gnomeposted in Painting & Modeling
I'll have to take a look at some of the movies you mentioned. The original Cowboy Bebop is fantastic; well worth it if you have the time. I tried the live one, but...oof. It did not wo...
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Kitbash converted mini question… what do you think this mini represents?posted in Painting & Modeling
I'm going to say resistance fighter. Guy's having a ciggy and a cup of coffee, but they're more for the nerves at this point than the enjoyment. He's got that "at ease, but never 'at ea...
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D&D part-works minisposted in General Chatter
@JTam Yeah, some of G-Dub's prices on special models is downright obscene. Their detail is nice, but so is everyone else's these days. I'll still pick up some GW stuff here and there o...
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D&D part-works minisposted in General Chatter
$20 for a single mini? Pass. She's cool looking, just way overpriced. The detail is decent, but nothing amazing. I guess they're banking on the D&D brand name to justif...
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Kobolds and how Wizkids failed us.posted in Classic Fantasy
Was just about to chime in about Reaper's kobolds. My brother just bought a bunch and they look pretty great. That said, if WGA put out a mutli-part kit for kobolds, they could put them, the gobli...
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Knights, Men at Arms, and Rangers oh, my.posted in Classic Fantasy
To be fair, I love the Frostgrave kits, but most of their heads - male and female - are kinda fugly. That's true of pretty much all the North Star stuff: awesome kits chock-full of sweet...
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Bring Back The Missing Lore.posted in Iron-Core: Mark Mondragon's Universe
Would Mr. Mondragon himself be able to help? Any way of getting a hold of him?
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Bring Back The Missing Lore.posted in Iron-Core: Mark Mondragon's Universe
Was his blog the only place that it was posted? I went looking around on the Wayback Machine and couldn't seem to find anything lore-wise. Anywhere else to try digging?
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Million dollar sprue idea...posted in Painting & Modeling
Sprues with different generic Sci-Fi and Fantasy/Historical shoulder pads. I'd buy 'em! I got some shoulder pads from Anvil Industries and I've used them to not only add a little extra ...
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Useful Trashposted in Painting & Modeling
The little buildings come in pieces, so you can build them as pictured, or kitbash with them:
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Useful Trashposted in Painting & Modeling
Hello there! This stuff isn't trash, but I didn't want to start a whole new topic on Dollar/thrift store finds. I picked these bad boys up at Dollar Tree here in the US (Tau for size referen...
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Dwarf ideasposted in Classic Fantasy
The balancing act is that the dwarves would need to be unique enough that it would give people a reason to buy them over whatever is already available, and be something that people would ...
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Dvelopment Blog: Setting for Those '80s "Real American Hero" Action Menposted in General Chatter
@JTam AHAHAHAHA!!! Solid GOLD! 🤣🤣🤣
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Dvelopment Blog: Setting for Those '80s "Real American Hero" Action Menposted in General Chatter
Sounds right-on! Trader's Galaxy has its Not Wars game, which is basically "Saturday Morning Cartoon Royal Rumble" -- Transformers, GI Joe, DinoRiders, M.A.S.K., etc., but I believe it's 6mm ...
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Female Cannon Fodderposted in Death Fields: The Greatest Sport is War!
I snagged one each of the Stargrave kits; I dig them, and I'm interested in the new females, but female Cannon Fodder is top priority, for sure! They have a good Star Wars/Firefly aesthetic and lo...
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The Northman - Great Looking Viking Movieposted in General Chatter
It looks good. The director's done some of my favorite recent movies, so I'm looking forward to it.
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What makes a good wargame game?posted in General Chatter
It varies from person to person, but for me, personally, it's all about the mechanics, narrative, and the setting. I've moved into minis-agnostic solo/co-op games; competitive games I tried a...
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“Beyond the Gates of Antares” is leaving the Warlord Games stables it would seem….posted in General Chatter
I never heard much about this one. There was a podcast I listened to a few years back that mentioned playing it, which is how I found out about it, but that was all. I like some of the minis...
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Papercraft?posted in General Chatter
In my experience, papercraft isn't as cost-effective as I thought it would be, and it's because of one thing: INK. There's a video on YouTube that lays out how nefarious printer manufact...
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Upcoming sets You really want.posted in General Chatter
@JTam That tomahawk... North American fur-trappers and Native Americans I hope! There are too few minis of those guys, and if WA puts out a box of either or both, that's an insta-buy for me.
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Who Else Should Make Hard Plastic Sets?posted in General Chatter
@Javier Del Villar I'd kill -- KILL -- for plastic Privateer Press Rhulics. Those dwarves and their Warjacks are some of my favorite miniatures ever. I just don't think Warmachine ...
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Who Else Should Make Hard Plastic Sets?posted in General Chatter
I wonder if hooking up with a popular rules set might also work, as a lot of people did with the "Friends of Gaslands" thing. The creators of Gaslands never put out their own line of cars, we...
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Cannon Fodder Flamethrower Conversion Tutorialposted in Painting & Modeling
Love it! I save all my sprues for the all the potential bits you can make from them!
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Female Cannon Fodderposted in Death Fields: The Greatest Sport is War!
@JTam Hey, there! I really dig Five Parsecs from Home a lot! It's become my favorite solo wargame, but "wargame" doesn't quite cover it; it's part-wargame, part RPG. Now that Fiv...
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Mermaidsposted in Classic Fantasy
Personally, not for me, although I could see using them in a scenario where my crew is on a ship traversing dangerous waters and is attacked by hostile sea-dwellers. I'd want mean, scary merm...
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Creepy Trees - Plastic Terrainposted in Classic Fantasy
@Yronimos Whateley Holy smokes, that Forest of Doom is GLORIOUS.
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Female Cannon Fodderposted in Death Fields: The Greatest Sport is War!
Definitely hyped. I want to use both Cannon Fodder sets to make/fill out enemy gangs for Five Parsecs from Home. They're both so dang versatile!
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Bases, the great dilemma (Diorama or a lock to time or location)posted in General Chatter
That's tho route I've gone with all my wargaming, whether it takes place in the past, present, future, reality, fantasy, or sci-fi. Basing minis looks good for display purposes, but my OCD kicks i...
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