Myrlyn Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 Hi folks: I'm constantly searching for some decent figures to use to represent the many hapless civilians that run stand and gawk as my heroes and villains duke it out in the streets of Millennium City. I've found precious few minis that can really be used to represent the unarmed civies properly and I'm wondering what other folks due in their games? Tokens of some kind? I did find a couple of miniature packs that may work (see below). Does any one know of others? Foundry: WWII - British Characters Foundry: City Workers Foundry: The Lovemore Detective Agency Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 Re: Civilians Miniatures? Mega-miniatures has some large packs of miniatures for this purpose. They're generally less cool than those show n above, but if you paint like I do, they all look the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teh bunneh Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 Re: Civilians Miniatures? Yup, I was going to suggest Mega Miniatures. Copplestone has some stuff that might work, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrlyn Posted November 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 Re: Civilians Miniatures? Sorry, I should have specified - Please no MEGA Miniatures recommendations. Nothing against the folks that do like and/or use them, but I've never really cared for their figs. I love Copplestone figures (I have several already), but the only "civilian" figures I've seen from them that aren't packing weapons are the two members of the news team on the far right of this pic: Are there others in the Copplestone range you would recommend I look at? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. Guss Tibus Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 Re: Civilians Miniatures? We alway use tokens. Simple and cheep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Querysphinx Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 Re: Civilians Miniatures? Hasslefree miniatures has some civilians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Static UK Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 Re: Civilians Miniatures? I have used paper minis from http://www.seven-wonders.co.uk/paperfriends.html and you can find some civilians amongst his vast collection of Marvel, DC, Dr. Who, and other characters. Try: http://www.seven-wonders.co.uk/downloads/mg51.jpg and http://www.seven-wonders.co.uk/downloads/mg14.jpg Have trawl around his website & see what else you can find! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egyptoid Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 Re: Civilians Miniatures? several heroclix are civilians: Gotham Undercover, Con Artist, Thug, Henchman, Some Dude Named Todd, etc. they are commons and can be had for cheapness on E-Bay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Static UK Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 Re: Civilians Miniatures? We alway use tokens. Simple and cheep. Another option is to go to the WizKids site (before it closes down!) and download the various Bystander tokens from the various Marvel and DC sets. There are about 90 such tokens that can be printed onto card, and cut out like Pogs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrlyn Posted November 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 Re: Civilians Miniatures? We always use tokens. Simple and cheep. Guss: Do you make your own tokens? Out of what? Are they just blank "Joe Citizen" "Jane Citizen" "Child" tokens? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSword Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 Re: Civilians Miniatures? Guss: Do you make your own tokens? Out of what? Are they just blank "Joe Citizen" "Jane Citizen" "Child" tokens? Our group typically uses glass beads. The beads tend to have a flat side so that they can be flipped over to show when an NPC is in a non-normal state. Also you can use multiple colors to denote different groups. And they tend to be dirt cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 Re: Civilians Miniatures? I've picked up a number of minis from other games to use as bystander types. Ral Partha/Ironwind Metals - Shadowrun figs came in handy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teh bunneh Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 Re: Civilians Miniatures? At one point, I picked up a bunch of Vampire:The Masquerade, Mage:The Ascension, and Werewolf:The WhateverItIsWerewolvesDo minis from a store going out of business. Those make great modern civvie figures, and I got 'em cheap (like a buck apiece). A couple of them I had to cut the gun out of their hand, but that was a fairly easy mod. I think they were originally made by Ral Partha, so you might still be able to find them on the Iron Wind Metals site or on Ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. Guss Tibus Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 Re: Civilians Miniatures? Guss: Do you make your own tokens? Out of what? Are they just blank "Joe Citizen" "Jane Citizen" "Child" tokens? Spare dice, cheeto pieces, bit of paper, whatever ya got. Nothing fancy. Heck, most char. pieces are some cheep thing left over from whatever. We aint much for minis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
concord Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 Re: Civilians Miniatures? Superfigs has three different packs of civilians - 10 figs in each... http://www.superfigs.net/ click on catalog then pull-down box to civilians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barton Posted November 30, 2008 Report Share Posted November 30, 2008 Re: Civilians Miniatures? Out of print but Steve Jackson Games did CardBoard Minitures Modern At the last GENCON picked up 2 for $6!!!! Paper mini's, but hundreds of them. Includes civilians, police, firemen, and soldiers. Also includes some superheroes including some from the early editions of Champions (early versions of FoxBat!!!). Maybe check Steve Jackson Warehouse 23 they may still have some??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BNakagawa Posted November 30, 2008 Report Share Posted November 30, 2008 Re: Civilians Miniatures? They're a little oversized compared to 25mm figs, but the Homies series of painted plastic figs have a lot of interesting characters... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrlyn Posted January 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 Re: Civilians Miniatures? Ok, it's been a while since I found any miniatures to add to this thread, but here we go... First off, a few additions from our friends at Heresy Miniatures Next up from HeroClix Gotham City Detective Johnny Thunder (just remove the Thunderbolt or rebase Johnny) Jakeem Thunder (again, remove the Thunderbolt or rebase Jakeem) Lois Lane Vadal Savage (although he's a bit dated in this outfit) Amanda Waller (just clip her gun and she's perfect - even better, model a pointed finger on that outstretched hand and she can confront your heroes with all kinds of feisty goodness) Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 Re: Civilians Miniatures? Nothing screams "heresy" like killing rare, ultra-rare, and chase figures... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeper Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 Re: Civilians Miniatures? If you want a bunch of civilian minis on the cheap, I recommend Humans!!! from the makers of Zombies!!! Folks I know often buy the games solely for the minis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrlyn Posted May 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2011 Re: Civilians Miniatures? Some new finds for civilians: Billie(a) Tony William Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrlyn Posted May 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2011 Re: Civilians Miniatures? Hasslefree miniatures has some civilians. Yep, here's the page (http://www.hasslefreeminiatures.co.uk/range.php?range_id=27&subcat_id=63) with the majority of their civilians. I love the Scooby-gang figures in particular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsatow Posted May 20, 2011 Report Share Posted May 20, 2011 Re: Civilians Miniatures? I'd suggest using O Scale people used in model railroad building. They are a bit dated (40s and 50s) but should suffice. O scale is 1" to about 42-48". For larger people, try G scale which is about 1:30. Go to a model train store, they should have packages you can look at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsatow Posted May 20, 2011 Report Share Posted May 20, 2011 Re: Civilians Miniatures? One bit of warning, I left mine in the car and they now perform yoga. The plastic can melt and deform under high temps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted May 20, 2011 Report Share Posted May 20, 2011 Re: Civilians Miniatures? Yes. Yes, it can. Which is how they mold plastic. The melt it and force it into the mold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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