Miniature Wish List.

[Infojunky]

So we have talked about miniatures in general. Now what do you Really Want?

Me?

:arrow: A complete new set of the Major races figures in 15mm. 2 or 3 figures of each please.
:arrow: Minor races, Ithkler, dandies etc... In at least the same quantities and in 15mm of course.
:arrow: The classic vehicles in 15mm, air raft, g-carrier, Trepedia, an Oh the Astrin APC. Really any and all.
:arrow: While I am at it terrain bits, Wall and floor hatches, Iris valves, control columns, beds, bits etc... Yes in 15mm also.

Star ship figures, one the small side, say averaging under 3/4s of an inch for the common PC scale ships.

What do you guys want? Go wild, it doesn't hurt to ask.

 

[-Daniel-]

I agree, I would like to see the non-human major races done again.

Daniel

 

[Jame Rowe]

All of the above, done in 25mm (not 28mm though).

Ship crew: merchant marine, male and female and non-human.
Ship crew: free trader, male and female and non-human.
Ship crew: navy, male, female and non-human.
Ship crew: scouts. Same standards as above.
Ground troops: marines both in and out of combat armor/battledress.
Ground troops: army/mercenary.
Nobles. Human and non.
Standard civilians who are not necessarily armed.
Professionals, cops, agents and minis useful for the rest of the careers.
Some low tech would be nice, along with really spiffy high-tech.

I would like for these minis to be fairly decently dressed (i.e. no girl-whores or guy whores).

 

[Infojunky]

All of the above, done in 25mm (not 28mm though).

Ship crew: merchant marine, male and female and non-human.
Ship crew: free trader, male and female and non-human.
Ship crew: navy, male, female and non-human.
Ship crew: scouts. Same standards as above.
Ground troops: marines both in and out of combat armor/battledress.
Ground troops: army/mercenary.
Nobles. Human and non.
Standard civilians who are not necessarily armed.
Professionals, cops, agents and minis useful for the rest of the careers.
Some low tech would be nice, along with really spiffy high-tech.

DITTO, but in 15mm for me, but add the low life scum also. They always seem to end up in the games I play, maybe it says something about my crowd.

Oh, and I definitely want some Apes.... Gibbons, gorillas, etc....

 

[AKAramis]

15mm, preferably plastic, 4 piece construction: leg-sets, torsos w/head, arms with and without weapons and tools.

By having 4 piece construction, it allows a huge range of poses with only a few on the sprues.

Imperial humans: M&F in each sub-career. 2-3 Males in vacc suits. 2-3 females in vacc suits. Battledress.

Zhodani Humans: Noble, intendent, and prole, M&F each, for each major career.

Aslan: Nobles 2-3 each, M&F; non-noble M&F in each major career

Vargr: M&F in each subcareer

Hiver: body & 2-4 head options 2+ individual arm options. Vacc suited with same.

Droyne: 6 per caste... (2 per subcaste)

minors: 3-5 sculpts each with extra arms. Don't bother, tho, until they have appeared with CGen rules.

 

[Sturn]

All of the above, done in 25mm (not 28mm though).

Ship crew: merchant marine, male and female and non-human.
Ship crew: free trader, male and female and non-human.
Ship crew: navy, male, female and non-human.
Ship crew: scouts. Same standards as above.
Ground troops: marines both in and out of combat armor/battledress.
Ground troops: army/mercenary.
Nobles. Human and non.
Standard civilians who are not necessarily armed.
Professionals, cops, agents and minis useful for the rest of the careers.
Some low tech would be nice, along with really spiffy high-tech.

DITTO, but in 15mm for me, but add the low life scum also. They always seem to end up in the games I play, maybe it says something about my crowd.

DITTO, but in 25mm for me.

 

[Mark A. Siefert]

Oh decisions, decisions...

I'd have to go with 25mm, only because that's the scale of all my SJG Traveller deck plan sets. and is't the scale that most RPGers tend to prefer when they use minis at all.

I'd like to see...

Adventurers. (Human and alien)
Pirates, thugs and other disreputable types.
Scientists/Doctors
Marines (Imperial and Zhodani in and out of BD)
Naval personal.
Vac-Suited Characters
Smaller vehicles: Air Rafts, Scarabs, Ground/Grav cars.

On the other hand, 15mm scale figs would be nice for miniature wargaming. I too would finally like to get my hands on a couple of platoons of Astrins and Intrepids. (HOT FUSION-POWERED DEATH FROM ABOVE!)

Most importantly, I'd like to see some GOOD sculptors create the greens for these things: The Perry Twins, Bobby Jackson, Mark Copplestone. Traveller deserves some quality miniatures for a change.

 

[Infojunky]

I'd have to go with 25mm, only because that's the scale of all my SJG Traveller deck plan sets. and is't the scale that most RPGers tend to prefer when they use minis at all.

Technically SJGs deck plans are too large, they are in 1:36 or 1 inch to the yard. Which is close enough to meter to not matter. That is why 1 relatively small ship, The Scout boat takes up 3 17x22 sheets. Or nearly 4 feet of table to lay it out.

It would have been much better if they had done a set at 1 inch = 1.5 meters, it would then be much close to miniature size.

But the sheets of cardboard heros you got with each deck plan are nice, almost worth the price.

 

[Flynn]

See the above, all of it, in 25mm to 28mm.

With Regards,
Flynn

 

[Infojunky]

I am surprised that no one else mentioned ship figures, or is it you have all of the RAFM ones and feel you don't need any more?

 

[AKAramis]

I am surprised that no one else mentioned ship figures, or is it you have all of the RAFM ones and feel you don't need any more?

I prefer counters for ships. Always have.

 

[Sturn]

My last scifi campaign used 25mm self-made vehicle counters. I'm going to do the same for Traveller, including smaller versions for starcraft combat.

 

[Infojunky]

I prefer counters for ships. Always have.

For me it depends on the game for me. And as I said my current plan is to use plotted movement, i.e. vectors drawn out on the map.

I might build some markers that fit my 6mm hex map but those are gonna be too specialized for mass production.

 

[Mark A. Siefert]

I like the idea of ship miniatures myself. However, MonTrav doesn't seem to lend itself to tactical space ship combat like earlier editions. Unless Mongoose wants to create a new version of Mayday or they are going to expand the space combat rules in High Guard, I don't think ship figs are all that useful for this edition of Traveller.

Besides, I want more capital ships from Ad Astra for Power Projection.

 

[Jame Rowe]

All of the above, done in 25mm (not 28mm though).

Ship crew: merchant marine, male and female and non-human.
Ship crew: free trader, male and female and non-human.
Ship crew: navy, male, female and non-human.
Ship crew: scouts. Same standards as above.
Ground troops: marines both in and out of combat armor/battledress.
Ground troops: army/mercenary.
Nobles. Human and non.
Standard civilians who are not necessarily armed.
Professionals, cops, agents and minis useful for the rest of the careers.
Some low tech would be nice, along with really spiffy high-tech.

DITTO, but in 15mm for me, but add the low life scum also. They always seem to end up in the games I play, maybe it says something about my crowd.

DITTO, but in 25mm for me.

I have given my scale opinion already, but I will say this: DITTO on the low-life scum. Give me male and female human and alien of this.

 

[Bygoneyrs]

I for one liked LEAD minatures and will always perfer them to plastic or what ever the new wonder metal is.

As for the type of minatures, do verious characters and races and poses. Also ship minatures would be ok too, but PLEASE make everything detail.

Penn

 

[AJCarrington]

Personally, I'd rather see "character" minis in 28mm as there is a much larger range of options open (GW/Pig Iron/Reaper/Heresy/etc.).

For ships, I'm not really sure. While some of the new ship minis coming out look simply gorgeous (Ninja Magic / Attack Vector / Voidstrike), they're really designed for wargaming - not too sure how they would apply to role-playing (very campaign specific), other than providing great visual ques/references.

I think that it would be neat that ship minis are offered in conjunction with deck plans - I can see this being fun to simulate boarding actions.

AJC

 

[Infojunky]

I for one liked LEAD minatures and will always perfer them to plastic or what ever the new wonder metal is.

I understand you preference, though in todays environment of concern lead has become a big no-no, even though the amount of lead in the traditional miniature alloy was safe for every handling, especially after the figures where paint, the paranoia persists.

Though I must say some of the new plastics are damn fine figures and are easily modified to a persons taste.

 

[AKAramis]

I for one liked LEAD minatures and will always perfer them to plastic or what ever the new wonder metal is.

As for the type of minatures, do verious characters and races and poses. Also ship minatures would be ok too, but PLEASE make everything detail.

Penn

you will probably never see lead minis again in major markets. They are unlawful to sell in the US.

Plastics are far easier to modify than the white-metal alloy in use (it's very hard and fairly brittle...)

 

[Infojunky]

I for one liked LEAD minatures and will always perfer them to plastic or what ever the new wonder metal is.

As for the type of minatures, do verious characters and races and poses. Also ship minatures would be ok too, but PLEASE make everything detail.

Penn

you will probably never see lead minis again in major markets. They are unlawful to sell in the US.

Er!?! No, there is no law, there is some regulation for children's toys, but there is no out right ban in Federal regulation. There is not even a packaging regulation, though responsible manufacturer's do put a warning on theirs.

There was some discussion about a lead ban a decade ago in New York State which was related to a site of a former rifle range that got blown way out of proportion and frightened some of the larger US manufactures into switching from a leaded pewter to an unleaded one (one of the reasons miniature prices have risen do to a world-wide (read China) demand for tin). Note there is a ban in some of the EU's member states which prompted GW to change their formulation.

Plastics are far easier to modify than the white-metal alloy in use (it's very hard and fairly brittle...)

And Yes, I agree plastics are far easier to modify than most of the current metals.