Monday, 5 March 2012

Rebel Minis for Throwdown


I've been working hard playing and writing the rules for Throwdown a lot lately. I needed some figures that weren't "space riflemen" and picked up a pack of Gang Task Force from Rebel Minis, along with some skeleton pirates and Gun Clerics.

I really like the figures, the only letdown is that they obviously have the same legs. This isn't too big an issue though as they at least have sci-fi looking kneepads etc, so overall I'm very happy with the purchase.

I have painted them as a free trader crew in military tones. I have a 2 left, one half-done with an uninspiring jacket (Charadon granite does not highlight up well at this scale) and one in a cap at undercoat stage.

The bases are a little schizophrenic, being both brown and grey. It means they don't look wrong with any of my other figures, and I'm going to stick with this style for a bit.

Thanks for looking!
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29 comments:

  1. Mr. Harold5 March 2012 at 16:10

    What a great use for them... looks like I'll need to pick some up now.

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  2. Laughing Ferret5 March 2012 at 17:50

    Nice looking gun-toters!

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    1. Spacejacker5 March 2012 at 18:45

      I really needed some more pistol armed troops, which are pretty rare out there for sci-fi!

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  3. sebastosfig5 March 2012 at 17:56

    very nice looking minis. And I like your idea for basing :)

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    1. Spacejacker5 March 2012 at 18:46

      Thanks, they fit in perfectly with my newly sliced-up Zuzzy mat (posting about that soon)

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  4. Mr. Harold5 March 2012 at 18:18

    Just a follow-up... i really like the painting of the goggles... really makes it "sci-fi"

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    1. Spacejacker5 March 2012 at 18:42

      I did them black, then silver.. both looked crummy. I like the orange too! The casting was a bit rough so using bright blobs of paint helped smooth it out.

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    2. Mr. Harold6 March 2012 at 15:02

      I'm gonna have to steal that... I was thinking maybe the color of the visor on my Critical Mass Arc troopers... really make 'em pop...

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  5. Gunrunner5 March 2012 at 18:21

    I like these minis Spacejacker. I'm not always sure about Rebel minis. I understand Mike uses different sculptors, and I've had some figures that were good, and some I'm not too sure about. These look pretty good though. More food for thought. You're costing me a fortune!

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    1. Spacejacker5 March 2012 at 18:45

      I've had the same experience. The sculpting of these figures is a bit indistinct in places, but they work well for what I wanted. I'm doing the gun clerics next, but I think I'm going to convert them a bit.

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    2. Martin5 March 2012 at 19:04

      That gels well with my thoughts on Rebel Minis as well. They can be a bit greebly and the re-use of poses is dissapointing, but in the end they usually paint up well. All's well that ends well I guess...

      Also, congrats on the new tattoo! It looks spectacular!

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    3. Mik6 March 2012 at 01:39

      If you hadn't mentioned the 'same legs' things I would've never noticed. These figs look pretty cool indeed.

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  6. Spartan 1175 March 2012 at 19:37

    Great work! I ordered a pack a couple of days ago for use with my Terra Burning campaign,need some non-military types and these looked like they'd work, you proved me right.

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    1. Spacejacker6 March 2012 at 00:29

      Glad your project is progressing well, sounds great so far.

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  7. Armies Army5 March 2012 at 19:58

    my my...the excellent painting really brings them out well

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    1. Spacejacker6 March 2012 at 00:30

      There are some spooky Russkies next in the queue ;)

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  8. Jay5 March 2012 at 20:12

    Great job, Jacker! By-the-way: the schizophrenic bases look fine, if do say so to myself.

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  9. Luckyjoe5 March 2012 at 22:54

    Those are very nice. I like the guy with the red goggles, best.

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    1. Spacejacker6 March 2012 at 00:32

      Cheers Joe, I might try sculpting some goggles on the remaining figs.. They really make a difference.

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  10. Qalpha6 March 2012 at 00:13

    I like the two tone basing compliments itself well while adding diversity to the terrain it can be used with as you said. But the way you've done it reminds me of torchlight lit areas amongst the shadows, especially on the middle one.

    On a completely unrelated note, your avatar and profile info on my followers list no longer ties in with your current one...

    All the best.

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    1. Spacejacker6 March 2012 at 00:36

      Cheers Qalpha, I'm going to get some silfor tufts next to help add some interest to the bases.

      Blogger is weird, that's alls I know...

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  11. Mark Kinsey6 March 2012 at 06:02

    You've got to tell me your secret for doing fleshtone in 15mm. Just outstanding.

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    1. Spacejacker6 March 2012 at 09:09

      Citadel dwarf flesh , citadel ogryn flesh wash, highlight with dwarf flesh, highlight with 60/40 dwarf flesh+Vallejo basic skin tone. That's it! Works best when theres a lot of detail.

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    2. Umpapa6 March 2012 at 15:20

      That is excellent painting, especially face. Thanks for instructions!

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  12. Dan6 March 2012 at 07:02

    Cool looking crew figures.

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  13. Lead Legion6 March 2012 at 16:57

    Looking good. Very nice work on the bases especially. If I'd thought of that myself, I'd have been able to use all my 15mm Luna Terrain mini's and scenery on normal terrain boards as well.

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  14. Spacejacker7 March 2012 at 12:34

    Hey, you can always just paint a little color on :) This actually was the result of me doing the "wrong" color on a figure base and half-fixing it.

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