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Post subject: Proxies for Epic miniatures.  Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2003 6:38 pm |
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Reaper Online Store Update:
We've posted 19 new products in our online store. They're far too numerous to ennumerate here. Your best bet would be to go to the storefront and scroll down through the "New Releases". New CAV and Warlord goodness.
http://www.reapermini.com/store/ |
Reaper just posted a bunch of new CAV vehciles and mechs. Check them out. The vehicles look great!
http://www.reapermini.com/store/
Shalom,
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Post subject: Proxies for Epic miniatures. Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2003 7:02 pm |
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Mmm... love the Dictator and the Ghast, the Sabretooth is also pretty awsome....
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MaksimSmelchak
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Post subject: Proxies for Epic miniatures. Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2003 8:36 pm |
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Post subject: Proxies for Epic miniatures. Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2003 4:15 am |
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Very neat pics and sites...
I wonder what G/W or F/W will come up with?! 
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MaksimSmelchak
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Post subject: Proxies for Epic miniatures. Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2003 2:21 am |
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I wanted to remind everyone that SJG Minis is closing down and if you want to make an order, it would be best to make it before the end of the month.
There is still a chance that another vendor will pick it up, but I'd rather be sure and purchase what I'd like. The OGRE system like Epic has "on again, off again" miniature production.
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SJG Minis to close down... Pity!
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See: ? http://www.sjgames.com/ill/ ?
http://www.sjgames.com/ill/
For the Aug 9th entry.
It looks like SJG is pulling out of the mini business.
However, before they go, they are going to release:
- Doppelsoldner
- Ogre Vulcan
- Ogre Vulcan Heavy Drone
- Ogre Ninja
- Ogrethulhu Swimmer
For those of you who are chaos players, now is the time to buy your OGREthulu minions to use as chaos daemons.
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MaksimSmelchak
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Post subject: Proxies for Epic miniatures. Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2003 6:19 am |
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- LAND SPEEDER TYPHOON (No models yet, use whatever you have to hand!)
- It's a standard Landspeeder with two AP missile launchers mounted on either side of the rear fuselage. | ?
It just dawned on me:
These missile wings would work great for a LAND SPEEDER TYPHOON using the Epic-40k LAND SPEEDER chassis:
http://www.reapermini.com/store....page=15
They are the wings off of the Reaper 07058: KODA Works Badger.
The product is called 007058b: Badger Sprue.
To see a full photo of the Reaper 07058: KODA Works Badger, use this link (It has a photo of a Badger with the missile wings extended):
http://www.reapermini.com/store....&page=1
Happy converting!
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Legion 4
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Post subject: Proxies for Epic miniatures. Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2003 3:37 pm |
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Those SJG artillery pieces, that we mentioned before, would make good IG FA... very nice.
I'd buy them if I didn't have so much G/W... 
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Post subject: Proxies for Epic miniatures. Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2003 8:42 pm |
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Hi!
I know what you mean, Legion-4. I'm tied up buying more Epic stuff for quite a long time and don't have extra cash for proxies.
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Post subject: Proxies for Epic miniatures. Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2003 5:05 am |
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It's cash plus when is enough too much!  ?
So generally, I limit myself to G/W & F/W Epic. But on a few occasions I have made exceptions... 
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primarch
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Post subject: Proxies for Epic miniatures. Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2003 5:30 pm |
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Hi!
I used to spend way to much on a whim on system I barely could try out beyond a read on a single game. Since then, I just buy what I know I'll play with.
So it pretty much all goes into Epic figs.
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MaksimSmelchak
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Post subject: Proxies for Epic miniatures. Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2003 8:00 pm |
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At CONQUEST, I bought a small box full of proxy material (a bag of CAV parts and chassis for $6.00 USD, a ton of GZG tanks and pieces, some old In-Service microarmor, etc...).
How do you guys recommend using CAV arms and parts for Epic?
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Post subject: Proxies for Epic miniatures. Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2003 8:44 pm |
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Hi!
How do you guys recommend using CAV arms and parts for Epic? |
I'm fuzzy on how large the CAV robots are, I think they are slightly larger than BT ones, is that correct?
[Editor note: Yes, they are a little bigger. They're scaled at 10mm.]
I'd use the arms as Knight weapons to perhaps formulate and create more versatile Knight units. If they are larger perhaps they would look more appropriate on Warhounds or Reavers, maybe even Warlords if they are big enough.
I think their arms look great and would look very well in any of the above functions.
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Post subject: Proxies for Epic miniatures. Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2003 5:18 am |
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How do you guys recommend using CAV arms and parts for Epic? |
I'm with Primarch...
They would be good for Titan conversions if I have my scales correct. ?
One Titan really lacking variants is the Warhound. With only the two weapon arms available, they would be really good recipients for some modified arms.
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MaksimSmelchak
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Post subject: Proxies for Epic miniatures. Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 5:29 pm |
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As probably many have you have already figured out, a great part of the fun for me of playing and modelling Epic is making conversions and finding/converting proxies for models that don't yet exist.
Having run a game with Tyranids at CONQUEST (and still needing to finish writing the battle report), I spent a tremendous amount of time building and painting Tyranids, which led me to thinking about Tyranid proxies/conversions...
Please feel free to comment or add to the ideas:
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Expectorator
- (a large Biovore)
- I like the old Biovore model. It would be really easy to remove the front "spindly" legs and add in other arms (I was thinking of Dactylis arms). It is a smaller model and would look good as a: (a large Biovore).
- Karl Woodrow used a new Biovore model to make a Tyranid Bio-Titan that looks great:
Dropship 40k EPIC: Bio-Titan conversion
- I like the new Biovore, but the model is a tad big to be just a: (a large Biovore). I prefer the smaller older Biovore model.
Hydraphant
- (basically a ?neutered? version of the Dominatrix)
- This one puzzles me. why would Tyranids even need a "neutered version of the Dominatrix?"
- I always thought that they reproduced asexually even though they borrowed the "queen" idea from the insect world. I guess I must be wrong.
- I have little idea how to convert a Hydraphant.
- Maybe use the Dominatrix body without the little "controller" guy in his cradle. Model a good Tyranid lump in the back where Mr. Cradle used to be.
Mycetic Spores
- I like the old iea of adding a little "slime" to walnut shells.
- Another neat idea is to use old "spore mines" left over from the Biovore purchases to use as Mycetic Spore markers. I don't know if this is a good idea, but I'm throwing it out for everyone's perusal.
Ravener
- This is the model that got me thinking about Nid conversions. It's so easy to do. Simply mount some Ripper Swarm models individually on small coins or disks. I mounted some old plastic Ripper Swarm guys on some US pennies and am VERY pleased with the results.
- Voila! - Instant Ravener models!
Synapse Node
- This is almost like a terrain feature, based on the spore chimney?s made by Forge World. It can?t move or attack after is appeared, by can act as a synapse creature for a swarm, and can be used to spawn more Tyranid creatures.
- Good Idea for Tyranid Node Model
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Just an idea about what to use for these...
Three Devourer guns from the 40k Gaunts box would make a good looking Spore Chimney. Few 40k Tyranid players use the Devourers so they would be easy to pick up cheap. 18 in a box = 6 Hive Nodes. |
Vituperator
- (A larger version of the Harridan)
- I have been planning to build some unique conversions of the Harridan since the Tyranids came out for SM-TL, but I guess when I build them they'll become Vituperators now!
- One of the ideas is to use the Dominatrix head on the Harridan. It has a long gangly look that would be fun to play with.
- The old 28mm Gargoyle wings and stinger bottoms would also be good fodder for conversions.
- I've also thought about adding on a good arm or two (such as the ever popular Dactylis arms!).
- There are other head swaps that I've considered as well such as using the original Ripper Swarm heads.
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Shalom,
Maksim-Smelchak.
P.S.
I hope Markco finds this thread as our resident "bug" specialist!
P.S.S.
I crossposted this thread to:
- ? EpiComms ? Epic Armageddon ? Proxies for Epic miniatures.
- ? EpiComms ? Epic 6mm ? Tyranid Proxy Ideas by Maksim-Smelchak.
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Post subject: Proxies for Epic miniatures. Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 10:13 am |
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