miniatures

A thread of 2 messages, 1 February 1994 to 4 February 1994, in the order they were sent.

#6745 miniatures

[unnamed sender] · 1 February 1994

 There is a series of minitures distributed by Stone Mountain Miniatures,
 Inc.  Most of these are troops in combat armor, slug rifles, missle
 launcher.  All are quite good.  The helmets on the Ventauran  troops
 remind me of Zhodani.  There is a pack of police, a pack of starship
 crew, and a pack of Hitchhikers.  The Hitchhikers are a takeoff (ripoff)
 of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.  The robot bears a *strong*
 resemblance to Marvin from the British TV series.

 If you have or have seen the old 2300AD minitures then you have an idea
 on the quality of these minitures.

 There are supposed to be some aliens but I haven't seen them.

 These are Denizen miniatures distributed by:
     Stone Mountain Miniatures, Inc.
     [address removed]
 I have no idea how much a catalog might cost, you'll have to ask.

 Alan

#6758 Re: Miniatures

[unnamed sender] · 4 February 1994 · reply to #6745

Having just populated a space station worth of characters I can give
a few other miniatures suggestions:
Ral Parthas 25mm battle tech infantry are good military types
and there are a number of decent pilots and mechanics.  Like most
Partha 25s these are slightly small when compared to other
manufacturers (but the larger packs like the Steiner Laser unit
match better).
Star Wars figures make good civilians, military and police.  The
disadvantage is that most of the figures are recognizable as being
from the movie and this detracts from the Traveller feel.
The Battlelords line has some good figures, but many are way too
overdressed for use in Traveller.
The Aliens line has a number of very good military types and
I couldn't resist getting a loader for the station.
    Finally figures are where you find them.  With the new era many fantasy
and historical figures can be very useful for doing lower tech planets.
We use a number of fanatasy and horror line figures in the station as well.
Our cantina has a german feel cause we liked the barmaid from one of the
horror line.  We even used Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (they run the
sewer system).
Tom Harris