More Clix to convert on the way in the future!

[Balantai]

Originally Posted by scapemage921

Woot! I don't know him either, but apparently his first appearence is in "More fun Comics #71"...what an odd comic to star in...

Everything was a bit odd in the 1940s. Just ask Matt Helm.

[dok]

Originally Posted by IAmBatman

With as hard as historical figures are to find, prepainted, plastic, and in the right scale, I think these are a total boon.

It's a shame the Axis and Allies miniatures are goblin-sized (18mm scale), because there's a ton of variety available and they're cheap. It was pretty devastating when I found evidence of their scale.

[GreyOwl]

I agree, I felt the same way about Axis & Allies miniatures. And I heard they were closer to 15mm, even.

[Hahma]

Originally Posted by dok

It's a shame the Axis and Allies miniatures are goblin-sized (18mm scale), because there's a ton of variety available and they're cheap. It was pretty devastating when I found evidence of their scale.

Yeah, but those are so freaking cool on HS hexes. To me that would be cool just to have WWII set for HS. Cards, rules etc. But that's not going to happen.

I used to play 15mm WWII, American Civil War and Ancients nearly 30 years ago when they were all lead and we had to prime and paint them all.

[GreyOwl]

I've seriously considered using Axis & Allies minis and making some rules for HS terrain. Especially with allowing more than one unit per hex. I may have to get on that one of these days.

Are the figures expensive?

[Balantai]

It looks like we're going to get to make squads of Gorilla City figures.

Here.

[johnny139]

Ha! Fantastic! They seem melee, which is a bit too bad (though an "Elite City Enforcers" squad or something using AT-43 sculpts would be cool), but... considering how excited I am for the C3G Gorilla Faction, I can't wait.

[bdhrobb]

I started working on the cast of Firefly. Mal, Zoe, Jayne and River.

I also started looking at Heroscape figures to convert. Any suggestions?

[johnny139]

Originally Posted by bdhrobb

I started working on the cast of Firefly. Mal, Zoe, Jayne and River.

I also started looking at Heroscape figures to convert. Any suggestions?

I can't think of any off the top of my head - maybe a cowboy, either from 'Scape or from 'Clix, for Mal? Tough to find "space western" style characters. Oh, maybe Runaway from Horrorclix for River... that's who the figure reminds me of, at least.

Anyways, twofold update today. First of all - Beast Boy! In Human, Bear, Cheetah, and T-Rex form! Definitely something I'd be interesting in making a unit for... a vanilla Beast Boy, and a different card for all forms.

Now, for some GIANT-SIZED X-MEN BABY! There's a FLYER with a bunch of new units and details on it. You can see the Sentinel that we're likely to see in the Super Boosters, at least. The same e-mail being sent out with this flyer has the following bit of message:

The Giant-Size X-Men set is so huge that we had to design a completely new type of blind booster, the Super Booster, to hold the Giant figures that are a part of this release such as iconic X-Men duo figures, the Horseman of the Apocalypse, Nemesis, Onslaught, and the Sentinels!

So that confirms the Horsemen, Nemesis/Holocaust, and Onslaught. Along with some duos. And, in addition, a solicitation was released, which has some other new details.

The X-Men burst onto the scene in this latest Heroclix expansion dedicated to Marvel’s “First Family” of mutants! Marvel Heroclix: Giant-Size X-Men features over 60 new collectible figures (55 new sculpts!) including characters from the X-Men’s long and impressive history.

That’s right, longtime favorites like Magneto, Wolverine, the Hellions, and Stryfe will soon be battling it out on the tabletops. And popular characters like the Mindless Ones and Next Wave will make their first Heroclix appearance in Giant- Size X-Men!

Plus, look for six exciting, new colossal figures found in “super boosters” unique to this set! Finally, fans will be able to recreate epic battles between their favorite heroes and titanic villains such as Apocalypse and the all-new Sentinel MK V!

So that's a confirmation for the Hellions, Stryfe, the Mindless Ones, and the Sentinel MK V. I imagine the MK V will simply be a repaint of the other Sentinel.

So, that's a confirmation of two Sentinels, Holocaust, and Onslaught for Colossals. Add in Apocalypse, and that's all six, along with other special groupings like Horsemen and X-Men Duos, for others.

[Cavalier]

I like the bear and the T-rex Beast Boy forms. The cheetah sucks, though.

[IAmBatman]

Yeah, I wish the Cheetah sculpt was more dynamic. Still, a green cheetah is a green cheetah ...

[tcglkn]

Horsemen figures would be nice to have. Isn't hidicul interested in designing those?