Champions Miniatures

[Elbandit]

As a brief hiatus, I am getting back into miniature painting specifically for my Champions camapign. So I now have a couple of questions;

 

What do other people use for thier police figures? Fire fighters?

 

What about viper agents?

[Supreme Serpent]

Re: Champions Miniatures

 

There's lots of miniatures threads floating around, but I don't think they address this specifically.

 

Personally, I use cardboard heroes. The old Marvel sets and some of the older CH/Champions sets had plenty of cops and SHIELD agents, as well as other things useful for badguy agents.

 

Steve Jackson Games has a big Modern edition of Cardboard Heroes out, which includes lots of cops, military folks, firefighters and the like.

 

There are also cops and agents as part of the various HeroClix lines, and you can get them pretty cheap, like .09-.20 each for the "rookie" level figs. Put them on a more manageable base, and you're good to go.

 

A friend of mine got a ton of model-railroad scale people to use as bystanders. Smaller than most regular 25-28mm figs, but plenty of normals (and firefighters) to use for crowds and such.

 

I also have a ton of various wargame figs I sometimes use for agents. Space Marines for power-armored goons, and I have a group of 40K Tau I specifically painted up in VIPER colors.

[Redmenace]

Re: Champions Miniatures

 

I mostly use Heroclix as they are cheap. easy to obtain in bulk, and have a wide variety of character types.

 

DC Clix Policeman

http://www.wizkidsgames.com/heroclix/dc/figuregallery.asp?unitid=2291

 

Marvel Swat team member

http://www.wizkidsgames.com/heroclix/marvel/figuregallery.asp?unitid=3248

 

Marvel riotcop

http://www.wizkidsgames.com/heroclix/marvel/figuregallery.asp?unitid=3247

 

DC clix goon

http://www.wizkidsgames.com/heroclix/dc/figuregallery.asp?unitid=2474

Marvel Goon

http://www.wizkidsgames.com/heroclix/marvel/figuregallery.asp?unitid=2113

 

Police Detectives

http://www.wizkidsgames.com/heroclix/dc/figuregallery.asp?unitid=4816

or http://www.wizkidsgames.com/heroclix/dc/figuregallery.asp?unitid=4822

 

 

Argent or lab minions

http://www.wizkidsgames.com/heroclix/marvel/figuregallery.asp?unitid=2684

 

For Viper agents I use Marvel clix Hydra agents, repainting them in brighter colors

http://www.wizkidsgames.com/heroclix/marvel/figuregallery.asp?unitid=1964

 

http://www.wizkidsgames.com/heroclix/marvel/figuregallery.asp?unitid=1968

[John Desmarais]

Re: Champions Miniatures

 

I mostly use Heroclix as they are cheap. easy to obtain in bulk' date=' and have a wide variety of character types.[/quote']

 

I just wish they were a little bit smaller. They look huge standing next to an actual 25 mil figure.

 

Personally, I make my own cardboard heroes. A color printer that will feed light cardstock and away you go.

[proditor]

Re: Champions Miniatures

 

I just wish they were a little bit smaller. They look huge standing next to an actual 25 mil figure.

 

Personally, I make my own cardboard heroes. A color printer that will feed light cardstock and away you go.

Depends on the fig sometimes. Also, they are on honkin' ginormous bases. We found that when we put a Superfigs mini (Female speedster) on a HC base, she scaled out nicely with both HC figs and other figs. That base is a big deceiver, though admittedly, some of the figs are radically out of scale.

 

EDIT: But you can see that Mach doesn't look out of scale with her group here, and she started as a Superfig.

 

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/proditor/mini/justice/justice.htm

[Silverbullet]

Re: Champions Miniatures

 

http://www.wargamesfoundry.com/

 

Mostly historical figures but they have great cops and gangers—look under the section for “Street Violence.â€

 

Also look at Pulp Figs—

 

http://www.pulpfigures.com/main.php?custID=671291751221139493334

 

 

awesome for Pulp hero and Ninja Hero too…

[John Desmarais]

Re: Champions Miniatures

 

Depends on the fig sometimes. Also' date=' they are on honkin' ginormous bases. We found that when we put a Superfigs mini (Female speedster) on a HC base, she scaled out nicely with both HC figs and other figs. That base is a big deceiver, though admittedly, some of the figs are [i']radically[/i] out of scale.

 

EDIT: But you can see that Mach doesn't look out of scale with her group here, and she started as a Superfig.

 

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/proditor/mini/justice/justice.htm

 

Of course, the Superfigs are larger than 25 mill also (most are around 28-30 mill). They also look odd standing next to any of the larger number of old 25 mil superhero figs I already own.

[proditor]

Re: Champions Miniatures

 

Of course' date=' the Superfigs are larger than 25 mill also (most are around 28-30 mill). They also look odd standing next to any of the larger number of old 25 mil superhero figs I already own.[/quote']

Very true. However, finding anyone other than Iron Wind Metals making "True 25mm" is nigh impossible these days.

[Supreme Serpent]

Re: Champions Miniatures

 

Just think of the size differences as 0-pt Physical Lims.

[teh bunneh]

Re: Champions Miniatures

 

See "Miniature Hero" in Digital Hero #12.

[proditor]

Re: Champions Miniatures

 

I just had a "DUH!!!" moment. Hero Games has 25mm SWAT guys for sale in the Online store. 20 figs, 19.99 price. Sometimes you can't even get clix that cheap.