After the end of Heroscape, I was inspired to delve into the world of customs creation. I ended up making far more than I ever expected. Any and all comments are always welcome!
These miniatures were tossed around in C3V Brainstorming for a while, but for various reasons we didn't go forward with them. I felt inspired, though, so I bought a set for myself.
The design is simple and straightforward, yet thematic and potent. They can hit pretty darn hard in melee, or stand back and throw boulders, or both. They lack a defensive ability, but I gave them solid defense which combines well with their speed and ability to attack from range.
Their power does not play nicely with the Glyph of Ivor. Mixing these guys with taht causes order-of-application questions, which isn't cool, but I never use Ivor (who does?). It's also potentially odd with Attack Aura 1 (on Finn), but it's easy enough to rule intelligently. So I'm fine with this level of rules squishiness on a home custom.
double-based
Stone Giant (D&D Rise of the Runelords)
Stone Giant Champion (D&D Rise of the Runelords)
Conna the Wise (D&D Lost Coast)
By Faction
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Gnolls
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Gnoll Raiders common squad of gnolls
Gnoll (D&D Aberrations) repainted
Gnoll Sergeant (D&D Giants of Legend) repainted
Gnoll Barbarian (D&D Blood War) repainted
Hyena common beast hero
Hunting Hyena (D&D War of the Dragon Queen)
Gramornym unique hobgoblin leader
Hobgoblin Talon of Tiamat (D&D War of the Dragon Queen)
Marguul Soldiers common hobgoblin squad
Hobgoblin Guard (D&D Against the Giants)
Hobgoblin Sergeant (D&D Giants of Legend) slightly repainted
Hobgoblin Marshal (D&D Night Below)
Hobgoblin Impaler common hobgoblin hero
Hobgoblin Impaler (D&D Angelfire)
Goblin Wolf Rider common goblin hero
Goblin Wolf Rider (D&D Savage Encounters) slightly repainted
Order of Dagon
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Order of Dagon common guard squad
Griffins of Akkylannie Praetorian Guard Unit Box (Confrontation)
Shidou Samurai unique samurai squad
one of the Izumi Samurai (Heroscape Rise of the Valkyrie) repainted
one of the Tagawa Samurai (Heroscape Zanafor's Discovery) repainted
one of the Kozuke Samurai (Heroscape Thora's Vengeance) repainted
Yggdrasil unique treant hero (double-based)
Treant (D&D Giants of Legend)
Agents
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MagnaTech Agents common agent squad
Mandalorian Scout (Star Wars Miniatures Knights of the Old Republic #60)
Mandalorian Commando (Star Wars Miniatures Knights of the Old Republic #57)
Mandalorian Trooper (Star Wars Miniatures Legacy of the Force #56) slightly repainted
Agent Ross unique agent hero
Mandalorian Jedi Hunter (Star Wars Miniatures Dark Times #40)
SPS Agents common agent squad -- highlighted on Week@HS Sith Trooper (Star Wars Miniatures Champions of the Force #17)
Sith Operative (Star Wars Miniatures Knights of the Old Republic #20)
Sith Trooper Captain (Star Wars Miniatures Knights of the Old Republic #21)
Agent Unter unique agent hero
Elite Sith Trooper (Star Wars Miniatures Knights of the Old Republic #15)
Braetians
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Braetian Honor Guard common guard squad -- highlighted on Week@HS Utapaun Soldier (Star Wars Miniatures Revenge of the Sith #52)
Utapaun Soldier (Star Wars Miniatures Revenge of the Sith #53)
Baran Krael unique captain
Utapaun Warrior (Star Wars Miniatures The Clone Wars #40)
Glauben
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Glauben Riflemen common soldier squad
Neimoidian Soldier (Star Wars Revenge of the Sith #35)
Neimoidian Soldier (Star Wars Revenge of the Sith #36)
Frank Jackson unique outlaw
Jeb Lawson, Western Outlaw (Reaper Chronoscope) painted
Clementine Ford unique lawman
Texas Ranger [Female] (Reaper Savage Worlds) painted
Crawford Slade unique undead outlaw
Undead Outlaw (Reaper Savage Worlds) painted
Vermin
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Urszula Szcur human rat queen hero
Vermina, Rat Queen (Reaper Chronoscope) painted
Plague Rats common rat squad
Dire Rat (D&D Giants of Legend)
Diseased Dire Rat (D&D War of the Dragon Queen)
Ravenous Dire Rat (D&D Against the Giants)
Xiphydri
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Xiphydri Commander uncommon xiphydri hero
Kraul Death Priest (D&D Icons of the Realms: Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica)
Xiphydri Drone common xiphydri hero
Kraul Winged Warrior (D&D Icons of the Realms: Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica)
Letiche Shambler uncommon letiche
Ghhhk (Star Wars Miniatures Masters of the Force #27) (double-based) Basalt Tribe Warriors unique giant squad
Stone Giant (D&D Rise of the Runelords) (double-based)
Stone Giant Champion (D&D Rise of the Runelords) (double-based) Conna the Wise (D&D Lost Coast) (double-based)
Ticalla Jungle Snakes common snake squad
Displacer Serpent (D&D Giants of Legend)
Deathrattle (D&D Savage Encounters)
Iron Cobra (D&D Aberrations) slightly repainted
Xualtiacan Fire Ants common insect squad
Giant Ant (Dungeon Crawler Miniatures)
Giant Ant (Dungeon Crawler Miniatures) slightly modded
Giant Ant (Dungeon Crawler Miniatures) slightly modded
Giant Ant (Dungeon Crawler Miniatures) slightly modded
Chain Golem unique construct hero (double-based)
Chain Golem (D&D Against the Giants)
Lok unique displacer beast hero (double-based)
Displacer Beast Pack Lord (D&D War of the Dragon Queen)
Yggdrasil unique treant hero (double-based)
Treant (D&D Giants of Legend)
Ticalla Jungle Snakes common snake squad
Displacer Serpent (D&D Giants of Legend)
Deathrattle (D&D Savage Encounters)
Iron Cobra (D&D Aberrations) slightly repainted
Letiche Shambler uncommon letiche
Ghhhk (Star Wars Miniatures Masters of the Force #27) (double-based)
Basalt Tribe Warriors unique giant squad
Stone Giant (D&D Rise of the Runelords) (double-based)
Stone Giant Champion (D&D Rise of the Runelords) (double-based) Conna the Wise (D&D Lost Coast) (double-based)
Fyorlag Scorpion common arachnid predator
Stormclaw Scorpion (D&D Lords of Madness)
Xualtiacan Fire Ants common insect squad
Giant Ant (Dungeon Crawler Miniatures)
Giant Ant (Dungeon Crawler Miniatures) slightly modded
Giant Ant (Dungeon Crawler Miniatures) slightly modded
Giant Ant (Dungeon Crawler Miniatures) slightly modded
Xiphydri Commander uncommon xiphydri hero
Kraul Death Priest (D&D Icons of the Realms: Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica)
Xiphydri Drone common xiphydri hero
Kraul Winged Warrior (D&D Icons of the Realms: Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica)
Scarecrow common construct hero
Scarecrow Stalker (D&D Legendary Evils)
Clementine Ford unique lawman
Texas Ranger [Female] (Reaper Savage Worlds) painted
Nadezhda Kurova unique beastmaster hero
Aspect of Loviatar (D&D Night Below) repainted
Black Bear common beast hero
Celestial Black Bear (D&D Aberrations)
Catalan Mercenaries common warrior squad
Man-at-Arms (D&D Harbinger) slightly repainted
Man-at-Arms (D&D Aberrations) slightly repainted
Mercenary Sergeant (D&D Underdark) repainted
Sword of Glory (D&D Giants of Legend) modded and repainted
Rutgar Van Blum unique commander
Warpriest of Vandria (D&D Night Below) slightly repainted
Braetian Honor Guard common guard squad -- highlighted on Week@HS
Utapaun Soldier (Star Wars Miniatures Revenge of the Sith #52)
Utapaun Soldier (Star Wars Miniatures Revenge of the Sith #53)
Baran Krael unique captain
Utapaun Warrior (Star Wars Miniatures The Clone Wars #40)
Glauben Riflemen common soldier squad
Neimoidian Soldier (Star Wars Revenge of the Sith #35)
Neimoidian Soldier (Star Wars Revenge of the Sith #36)
28th UEF Infantry common soldier squad
AT-43 UNA Star Troopers Unit Box (AT-43)
Jeremiah Smith unique human inquisitor
High Inquisitor (D&D Unhallowed)
Shidou Samurai unique samurai squad
one of the Izumi Samurai (Heroscape Rise of the Valkyrie) repainted
one of the Tagawa Samurai (Heroscape Zanafor's Discovery) repainted
one of the Kozuke Samurai (Heroscape Thora's Vengeance) repainted
Oni Night Haunter uncommon large wild hero (single-based)
Oni Night Haunter (D&D Lords of Madness)
Minotaur Rager uncommon large minotaur hero (single-based)
Minotaur (D&D Harbinger)
Kobold Skirmishers common kobold squad
Kobold Soldier (D&D Angelfire) repainted
Kobold Warrior (D&D Harbinger) repainted
Flamescorched Kobold (D&D Against the Giants) repainted
Dragonwrought Kobold (D&D War of the Dragon Queen) repainted, slightly modded
Gramornym unique hobgoblin leader
Hobgoblin Talon of Tiamat (D&D War of the Dragon Queen)
Marguul Soldiers common hobgoblin squad
Hobgoblin Guard (D&D Against the Giants)
Hobgoblin Sergeant (D&D Giants of Legend) slightly repainted
Hobgoblin Marshal (D&D Night Below)
Hobgoblin Impaler common hobgoblin hero
Hobgoblin Impaler (D&D Angelfire)
Goblin Wolf Rider common goblin hero
Goblin Wolf Rider (D&D Savage Encounters) slightly repainted
Troglodyte Brutes common troglodyte squad
Troglodyte Brute (D&D Demonweb)
Troglodyte Bonecrusher (D&D Dungeons of Dread) repainted
Demolisher G2 unique soulborg hero (double-based)
Junk Golem (Star Wars Miniatures The Force Unleashed #51) slightly modded
Urszula Szcur human rat queen hero
Vermina, Rat Queen (Reaper Chronoscope) painted
Plague Rats common rat squad
Dire Rat (D&D Giants of Legend)
Diseased Dire Rat (D&D War of the Dragon Queen)
Ravenous Dire Rat (D&D Against the Giants)
Father Maleck unique priest hero
Griffins of Akkylannie Praetorian Guard Attachment Box (Confrontation)
MagnaTech Agents common agent squad
Mandalorian Scout (Star Wars Miniatures Knights of the Old Republic #60)
Mandalorian Commando (Star Wars Miniatures Knights of the Old Republic #57)
Mandalorian Trooper (Star Wars Miniatures Legacy of the Force #56) slightly repainted
Agent Ross unique agent hero
Mandalorian Jedi Hunter (Star Wars Miniatures Dark Times #40)
SPS Agents common agent squad
Sith Trooper (Star Wars Miniatures Champions of the Force #17)
Sith Operative (Star Wars Miniatures Knights of the Old Republic #20)
Sith Trooper Captain (Star Wars Miniatures Knights of the Old Republic #21)
Agent Unter unique agent hero
Elite Sith Trooper (Star Wars Miniatures Knights of the Old Republic #15)
Ticalla Jungle Snakes common snake squad
Displacer Serpent (D&D Giants of Legend)
Deathrattle (D&D Savage Encounters)
Iron Cobra (D&D Aberrations) slightly repainted
Army of the Dead common undead squad
Rams of Acheron Abysmal Skull Unit Box (Confrontation)
Hobgoblins and the Scarecrow(Common)
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Marguul Soldiers common hobgoblin squad
Hobgoblin Guard (D&D Against the Giants)
Hobgoblin Sergeant (D&D Giants of Legend) slightly repainted
Hobgoblin Marshal (D&D Night Below)
Hobgoblin Impaler common hobgoblin hero
Hobgoblin Impaler (D&D Angelfire)
Goblin Wolf Rider common goblin hero
Goblin Wolf Rider (D&D Savage Encounters) slightly repainted
Scarecrow common horror construct hero
Scarecrow Stalker (D&D Legendary Evils)
Thamuz unique undead lord
Rams of Acheron Abysmal Skull Unit Box (Confrontation)
Gramornym unique hobgoblin leader
Hobgoblin Talon of Tiamat (D&D War of the Dragon Queen)
Sledge unique warforged fighter
Warforged Bodyguard (D&D War Drums) repainted
S3.5 -- Urwin's Bane
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Heroes of the Endless Night(Unique)
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Demolisher G2 unique soulborg hero (double-based)
Junk Golem (Star Wars Miniatures The Force Unleashed #51) slightly modded
Vars't unique undead hero (double-based)
Nightwalker (D&D Giants of Legend)
Chain Golem unique construct hero (double-based)
Chain Golem (D&D Against the Giants)
Lok unique displacer beast hero (double-based)
Displacer Beast Pack Lord (D&D War of the Dragon Queen)
Yggdrasil unique treant hero (double-based)
Treant (D&D Giants of Legend)
S4 -- Storms of Chaos
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Guards and Thugs(Common)
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Order of Dagon common guard squad
Griffins of Akkylannie Praetorian Guard Unit Box (Confrontation)
Bullywug Thugs common bullywug squad
Bullywug Thug (D&D Deathknell) repainted
Bullywug Guard (D&D Savage Encounters) repainted
Slaad Spawn common slaad hero
Slaad Spawn (D&D Legendary Evils)
Vanguard Elite(Unique)
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Shidou Samurai unique samurai squad
one of the Izumi Samurai (Heroscape Rise of the Valkyrie) repainted
one of the Tagawa Samurai (Heroscape Zanafor's Discovery) repainted
one of the Kozuke Samurai (Heroscape Thora's Vengeance) repainted
Catalan Mercenaries common warrior squad
Man-at-Arms (D&D Harbinger) slightly repainted
Man-at-Arms (D&D Aberrations) slightly repainted
Mercenary Sergeant (D&D Underdark) repainted
Sword of Glory (D&D Giants of Legend) modded and repainted
MagnaTech Agents common agent squad
Mandalorian Scout (Star Wars Miniatures Knights of the Old Republic #60)
Mandalorian Commando (Star Wars Miniatures Knights of the Old Republic #57)
Mandalorian Trooper (Star Wars Miniatures Legacy of the Force #56) slightly repainted
Zulus and Marines(Common)
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Zulu Warriors common warrior squad
Zulu Warriors (Wargames Factory War of Empires) assembled and painted
28th UEF Infantry common soldier squad
AT-43 UNA Star Troopers Unit Box (AT-43)
Rutgar Van Blum unique commander
Warpriest of Vandria (D&D Night Below) slightly repainted
Sizwe unique tribesman hero
Zulu Warriors (Wargames Factory War of Empires) assembled and painted
Mandla unique tribesman hero
Zulu Warriors (Wargames Factory War of Empires) assembled and painted
Snowman unique construct hero
one of the Obsidian Guards (Heroscape Volcarren Wasteland) repainted
Brimstone unique volcanic dragon (single-based) -- SoV, CHCG24, highlighted on Week@HS
Young Volcanic Dragon (D&D Lords of Madness)
S6 -- Return to Cerafrace
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Creepy Crawlies(Common)
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Grick common horror hero
Grick (D&D Giants of Legend)
Creeping Chaos uncommon horror hero (single-based)
Large Chaos Beast (D&D Night Below)
Plague Rats common rat squad
Dire Rat (D&D Giants of Legend)
Diseased Dire Rat (D&D War of the Dragon Queen)
Ravenous Dire Rat (D&D Against the Giants)
Fyorlag Scorpion common arachnid predator
Stormclaw Scorpion (D&D Lords of Madness)
Einar's Enforcers(Common)
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Oni Night Haunter uncommon large wild hero (single-based)
Oni Night Haunter (D&D Lords of Madness)
Braetian Honor Guard common guard squad -- highlighted on Week@HS
Utapaun Soldier (Star Wars Miniatures Revenge of the Sith #52)
Utapaun Soldier (Star Wars Miniatures Revenge of the Sith #53)
Xualtiacan Fire Ants common insect squad
Giant Ant (Dungeon Crawler Miniatures)
Giant Ant (Dungeon Crawler Miniatures) slightly modded
Giant Ant (Dungeon Crawler Miniatures) slightly modded
Giant Ant (Dungeon Crawler Miniatures) slightly modded
SPS Agents common agent squad -- highlighted on Week@HS
Sith Trooper (Star Wars Miniatures Champions of the Force #17)
Sith Operative (Star Wars Miniatures Knights of the Old Republic #20)
Sith Trooper Captain (Star Wars Miniatures Knights of the Old Republic #21)
Hyfar Road Raiders(Common)
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Frostfur Warband common warrior squad
Talz Chieftain (Star Wars Miniatures Dark Times #33)
Talz Warrior (Star Wars Miniatures Dark Times #34)
Kobold Skirmishers common kobold squad
Kobold Soldier (D&D Angelfire) repainted
Kobold Warrior (D&D Harbinger) repainted
Flamescorched Kobold (D&D Against the Giants) repainted
Dragonwrought Kobold (D&D War of the Dragon Queen) repainted, slightly modded
Raven of Ostriyich common raven hero
Raven (Auggie's Dungeon Crawler Minis)
Spearhead Strikers(Common)
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Dxundark Prowler uncommon hunter hero (double-based)
Boma (Star Wars Miniatures Knights of the Old Republic #37)
Troglodyte Brutes common troglodyte squad
Troglodyte Brute (D&D Demonweb)
Troglodyte Bonecrusher (D&D Dungeons of Dread) repainted
Combatatrons common soulborg squad
IG-100 MagnaGuard (Star Wars Clone Wars #28 ) repainted
IG-100 MagnaGuard (Star Wars Galaxy at War #12) repainted
These cards are phenomenal! I like the focus on the brutality and primal savagery on each of these cards. Really brings out the drawn-out, rock-'em-sock-'em melee that often plays out in 'Scape games.
These are great! Love to see more!
'My dog's got no nose.'
"How does it smell?"
'Terrible.'
Thank you Deadliest, you made my day. Just keep watch; there are lots, lots more coming.
quozl (and to others who want to know), the figures are:
Raider -- Gnoll (Aberrations)
Raider -- Gnoll Sergeant (Giants of Legend)
Raider -- Gnoll Barbarian (Blood War)
Hyena -- Hunting Hyena (War of the Dragon Queen)
Brute -- Gnoll Maraduer (Dungeons of Dread)
Dagnyr -- Gnoll Demon Adept (Demonweb)
Unfortunately I wasn't able to find them cheap. Also, they don't all quite look the part; I almost completely repainted them to have the same fur and armor color.
Pack Attack an Harry combined can be devastating.
With Pack Bonding and Animal Instincts, you will often achieve that killing-combo.
It is devastating, but in playtesting it doesn't happen as much as you might expect. It requires getting 4 figures adjacent to one figure. Enemy figures are usually unlikely to be standing alone without other figures covering them, or are hiding in harder-to-get-to terrain spots. Even if you can get it, you often find yourself choosing to spread out and attack (and hopefully kill) multiple figures instead of ganging up on one weakling.
In practice, it's a useful combination of abilites, but not one that takes affect more than a couple times a game. Really, most any time you can get 4 melee figures surrounding a single figure it's bad for that figure, Pack Attack + Harry or not.
Last edited by Scytale; May 4th, 2011 at 04:31 PM.
Pack Attack an Harry combined can be devastating.
With Pack Bonding and Animal Instincts, you will often achieve that killing-combo.
It is devastating, but in playtesting it doesn't happen as much as you might expect. It requires getting 4 figures adjacent to one figure. Enemy figures are usually unlikely to be standing alone without other figures covering them, or are hiding in harder-to-get-to terrain spots. Even if you can get it, you often find yourself choosing to spread out and attack (and hopefully kill) multiple figures instead of ganging up on one weakling.
In practice, it's a useful combination of abilites, but not one that takes affect more than a couple times a game. Really, most any time you can get 4 melee figures surrounding a single figure it's bad for that figure, Pack Attack + Harry or not.
Great against lone melee heroes like Charos and Jotun though.
I agree.
You have done serious playtesting as I see
Unfortunately I don't know many players who are interested in playtesting 1v1 games. But thanks mainly to my cousin PCServbot, I have been able to do at least some testing with all of my customs. Enough to get a feel for how they play and do initial tweaking.
Heya Scytale,
Love them gnolls and they have always been one of my personal favorite monsters races. I wish WotC made another set as I'm sure they were on deck..../sigh
Anyway, feel free to submit them to the Auggies Bounty thread when your sure your done with any tweeking. I'd love to sell a few. Also, I would strongly suggest you switch to the hi rez Valkrill card floating around here somewhere as they look TONS better if you do. It's not requrired but card quality does help sales.
....Andrew
PS love the forum handle as I am a huge Frank Herbert fan (not so much Brian though)
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Loaded the next set, Beastmaster Nadezhda Kurova's army. All in high-res this time (and the gnolls were updated to high-res as well, thanks for the advice Auggest).
Inspired idea to use the Aspect of Loviator as a Beastmaster (Beastmistress?), whip in hand. The battlefield pic of her lined up with her menagerie is just wonderful.