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« Reply #30 on: <01-18-15/1816:12> »
I did some more Hero Forge templates, with this time some security forces to make runs a bit more... interesting :)







I think this Red Samurai is pretty cool :)
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« Reply #31 on: <01-18-15/1937:00> »
Lovely designs...liking the halfling (dwarf) the most, but the Red Sam is looking pretty slick.

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« Reply #32 on: <03-05-15/1814:11> »
I felt inspired and came up with some Magic Users templates for Hero Forge.

Some of them are a bit... unconventional, but that's the beauty of SR, the possibilities are infinite :)
Now I wish Hero Forge had a bigger variety of options when it comes to magic/spell effects...







This Dwarf Adept is actually based on my own character, Bran McMorn (the name was of course based on R.E. Howard's Bran Mak Morn). I always found the idea of a Dwarf being a Physical adept and a martial art expert was such an awesome character concept  ;D

As usual, follow this link and click on the pics to access the templates, and feel free to modify them at your leisure :)

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« Reply #33 on: <03-05-15/1815:33> »
Troll w/ Flipflops......awesome!

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« Reply #34 on: <03-05-15/2142:04> »
hehe this is my toon's, i'll post some pic's when he arrives.

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« Reply #35 on: <03-06-15/0903:29> »
Great looking renders :D

@adzling - would really appreciate your comments when they arrive, as I've seen average reviews over the quality of the actual prints.

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« Reply #36 on: <03-06-15/1008:42> »
I actually received it and returned it for a refund due to it being out of scale (30mm vs. 28mm). It was just too big next to my circa 1994 shadowrun miniatures which are mostly "true" 28mm not "heroic" 28mm (really 30mm).

The surface finish was not great, certainly not as good as a metal mini, and that was with the "high detail" resin material.

Regardless I was impressed enough that I decided to adjust the toon's size and reorder.
I'll post some photos when i get the revised model.

I also have to post some photos of the rest of my collection some time; i've gathered all kinds of cool ones from various different manufacturers around the world.
I just received some spider gun drones that are super cute, can't wait to throw them against my players hehe.

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« Reply #37 on: <03-06-15/1136:52> »
Interesting, thanks for the feedback. Would love to see picts when you get the new sculpt.

On another front, thought I'd put up a couple recent (or soon to be) Infinity releases:








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« Reply #38 on: <03-06-15/1140:10> »
Some of those Infinity miniatures are just amazing.  Hopefully when Sprawl Gangers gets released, it has enough support to warrant Catalyst et al to build a lot more miniatures.
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« Reply #39 on: <03-06-15/1153:35> »
I would really like to see that...but time will tell. It's been a long time since we saw anything on the Sprawl Gangers front :-[

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« Reply #40 on: <03-06-15/1626:40> »
I'm surprised no one's mentioned HeroClix (or any other of the Clix lines).  A little kitbashing with these things and you can come up with some amazing Shadowrun miniatures.  First, you need to get them off the 1 1/2" wide bases -- easy enough with an Xacto Knife.  For trolls, select the bigger bruiser types and switch heads with a horned figure, like Loki.  Or use tiny amounts of Sculpey to create horns.  A little paint and voila!  Brand new plastic Shadowrun mini.

I picked up a bag of plastic 28mm toy soldiers off of Amazon to work for minion gangers and cops.  They're made by Rhode Island Novelty. 

For scenery, I tend to use LEGO bricks or wooden blocks.  LEGO bricks, especially minifigure-scale, are great for drones.  I design drones using Lego Digital Designer, then pick up individual bricks from BrickLink.  Only need a few bricks?  Don't forget to grab transparent bricks for bases for flying drones.  Good way to pad an order to their minimum size.

As far as battlemats go, I use a Chessex hex-grid mat I picked up in the 80's for Champions.  I use the hex-grid to make a visual split from the square grids my D&D players are used to, to drive home the point that THIS IS NOT D&D.
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« Reply #41 on: <03-06-15/1813:38> »
It's not?  Dammit!   >:(   ;D

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« Reply #42 on: <03-07-15/0110:37> »
I'm surprised no one's mentioned HeroClix (or any other of the Clix lines).  A little kitbashing with these things and you can come up with some amazing Shadowrun miniatures.  First, you need to get them off the 1 1/2" wide bases -- easy enough with an Xacto Knife.  For trolls, select the bigger bruiser types and switch heads with a horned figure, like Loki.  Or use tiny amounts of Sculpey to create horns.  A little paint and voila!  Brand new plastic Shadowrun mini.

I picked up a bag of plastic 28mm toy soldiers off of Amazon to work for minion gangers and cops.  They're made by Rhode Island Novelty. 

For scenery, I tend to use LEGO bricks or wooden blocks.  LEGO bricks, especially minifigure-scale, are great for drones.  I design drones using Lego Digital Designer, then pick up individual bricks from BrickLink.  Only need a few bricks?  Don't forget to grab transparent bricks for bases for flying drones.  Good way to pad an order to their minimum size.

As far as battlemats go, I use a Chessex hex-grid mat I picked up in the 80's for Champions.  I use the hex-grid to make a visual split from the square grids my D&D players are used to, to drive home the point that THIS IS NOT D&D.
Our resident crafty person does the same with hero clix to great effect. His runner food truck he put together from toys is awesome. When you look inside you see a soda machine pulled away from a wall attached to the back of the soda machine are guns, lots of guns.

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« Reply #43 on: <03-08-15/1227:17> »
here's a photo of the heroforge mini I sent back for being out of scale.
The figure to the left is a 1990's era Grenadier Shadowrun mini (still being produced by EM4 miniatures in the UK)
http://www.em4miniatures.com/acatalog/REBELS.html

The one on the right is an infinity miniature.

It's hard to tell in the photo but the heroforge mini is significantly bigger than the other two, the miniature's head is about twice the size of the infinity model and it's height is the same despite the fact he is crouching.

I adjusted the heroforge mini's height and reprinted him, we'll see how close he is to scale when I receive it.



FYI here's are some links to places where you can find many of the old Shadowrun 1990's figures still being produced and some new minis that work well for Srun.

Iron Wind makes most of the "vintage" ones:
http://ironwindmetals.com/store/index.php?cPath=15

merliton in italy makes some more vintage ones:
http://www.mirliton.it/index.php?cName=future-warrior-28-mm

hasslfree makes some excellent modern ones:
http://www.hfminis.co.uk

some of the Judge Dredd stuff would work well:
http://www.arcaneminiatures.co.uk/judge-dredd-miniatures-game.asp

these guys make some nice dwarf types:
http://www.cpmodelsminiatures.co.uk/CP MODELS RUNTS, DWARFS IN SPACE.htm

caine the cybertroll:
https://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/trol/a-z/50287

trenchcoat warriors with style:
http://heresyminiatures.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_14&products_id=287

good gangers and corporate types:
http://www.copplestonecastings.co.uk/range.php?range=FW

these guys make some ok ones:
http://www.aberrantgames.com/darktomorrow.html

em4 makes some good runners, gangers and bikers and bike riders including best bike cop I have seen:
http://www.em4miniatures.com/acatalog/Future_Skirmish.html

good drones from anvil industries:
http://www.anvilindustry.co.uk

best drones around are the Ground Zero Games drones from their 15mm stargunt line (work's great for the smaller drones in srun, their spider drones are awesome):
http://www.shop.groundzerogames.co.uk/index.php?_a=category&cat_id=79

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« Reply #44 on: <03-08-15/1526:15> »
The problem with most of these is cost.  HeroForge is the biggest transgressor; I am not paying 25 pounds (around USD40, I think) for one miniature.  Yeah, it's a custom mini, but I am not made of money.  That's why I suggested HeroClix; you can get most of these from bargain bins at your FLGS, if they do that sort of thing.

Another option if you're worried about price is old Star Wars Miniatures figures, though you won't find any figures for trolls or dwarves (unless that Rat Shaman dwarf in your game really looks like a Jawa or an Ewok).  Clone troopers and stormtroopers make for good security forces, though.

Another option is Reaper Bones; they're cheaper than metal miniatures and do have many options for sci-fi/modern settings.  (Though painting is required, and some minor kitbashing may be needed to turn a larger figure into a troll.)

A LONG time ago, in the 90s, a toy line called XPanders had a product with 20 pre-painted (well, each figure was in one base plastic color -- olive or black -- and had little splashes of trim in red or brown, respectively, so they were kind of pre-painted) figures.  Four of them, unfortunately, were molded in driver/operator sitting positions, so weren't really useful for miniatures unless you could put them in a vehicle.  But they were cheap, and made great corporate security goons too.  You might be able to find these at vintage stores, or garage sales, or eBay.

If you're looking for vehicles, surprise surprise, Hot Wheels makes a lot of 28mm scale figures.  They may look a little small, but yeah, they're the same scale most miniatures are crafted in.
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