Snu
Skirmisher
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 | | 03/23/2008 7:43 PM |  Alert | If you're using a miniature in an RPG or as a piece for a boardgame, it doesn't matter a whole lot what its original stats were -- At that point, you're only concerned with how the mini looks on the table.
So... What sorts of mini reuses have people here come up with? Some reuses are pretty obvious (halfling mini -> RPG child), but for others I might have a miniature on hand for months or years before it occurs to me that it has a good alternative purpose. For example, here's a thread with the Heroclix figure called "The Question":
http://www.vicsage.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=7732
The human figure immediately struck me as good for noir purposes (after adding some details on the head). But I didn't think about uses for the pillar until just a week back. Cut off the question mark, and it's good as a brick/stone pillar in pretty much any situation. Or keep the question mark but cut the pillar three bricks down from the top, and you've got a really nice looking "mysterious thingy" marker for use in a variety of games.
For that matter -- Is there a good forum or database up on the net for seeing other people's creative uses for their miniatures? It would be fantastic if there were a prepainted minis wiki where people could contribute pictures, comments, tags and such on all the various lines of miniatures.
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Fun Guy from Yuggoth
Cthulhufnord
Warlord
10173 Posts
Umass Amherst Baby!
| | 03/23/2008 8:46 PM | Alert | Well I make a fair amount of use out of my old Heroclix and Mageknight figures. Most of the games I run tend to be Pulp Adventure and Horror. I'm working on modding the Question right now actually.
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Teflon Jeff
Warlord
5329 Posts
Idaho. Yes, we have Gamers in Idaho.
| | 03/24/2008 9:35 AM | Alert | I used the original heroclix Blade figure in a &D campaing a while back.
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Pedro
Commander
3434 Posts
Czech Republic
| | 03/24/2008 2:13 PM | Alert | | SW also has some nice looking minis up its sleeve. | |
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1.0 Champion of Sa'Di-Noel, the famous Phalanx Captain General who gives bonuses to his armies in the Phalanx Formation
2.0 Champion of ...
Next Icon Called Shot: Baldur's Gate pack - Khalid, Jaheira, Minsc (and BOO!), Imoen, Xan, Sarevok...
Dungeon of Dread Called Shot: Cranium Rat
Against the Giants Called Shot: Phoenix
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stephengroy
Underboss
1088 Posts
Gilbert, AZ
| | 03/24/2008 2:26 PM | Alert |
The human figure immediately struck me as good for noir purposes (after adding some details on the head).
Pics, pls! | |
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Snu
Skirmisher
27 Posts
| | 03/24/2008 10:54 PM | Alert | Edit -- &#&*%@& board ate my whole post beyond the first paragraph, so I've rewritten the rest.
I
agree -- There's lots of good stuff (and lots of less good stuff) to
choose from in Star Wars, Mage Knight, and HeroClix. HorrorClix,
Dreamblade, and even the odd piece from CreepyFreaks or Axis &
Allies can be good at times. There are others I haven't looked at much,
though -- The Lord of the Rings stuff, MechWarrior, Pokemon, and no
doubt some I haven't heard of. And there are more lines coming out to
keep an eye on -- Dr. Who, World of Warcraft, Mutant Chronicles,
Monsterpocalypse. And there are also the non-random prepainted
miniatures from McFarlane, Safari, Schleich, etc.
My own uses are pretty varied. Mostly I use them for board games
(Dungeoneer, Dungeon Twister, Talisman, Heroes Incorporated, Arkham
Horror, Evo, Goldland, etc.), but also sometimes for RPGs (fantasy,
pulp/horror, and modern). So there are lots of different possible
applications I try to look for in a miniature.
Posted By stephengroy on 03/24/2008 2:26 PM:
Pics, pls!
I haven't doctored it, yet. For that matter, I'm not an especially good painter -- That's part of why I like the prepainted minatures! We'll see just where those eyes end up. ;)
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The Great
Choco Monster
Ghendar
Warlord
10634 Posts
In the constellation of Cygnus, or Central Connecticut
| | 03/25/2008 4:08 AM | Alert | Posted By Snu on 03/23/2008 7:43 PM
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So... What sorts of mini reuses have people here come up with?
Oh lord, there have been so many I'm not sure I can remember specific examples. Biggest alt use has probably been proxying for minis that we had no actual counterpart. I know I've used various undead as many types of other undead. | |
The details of my life are quite inconsequential... very well, where do I begin? My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner and RPG designer from Belgium with low grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a fifteen year old French prostitute and RPGA certified DM named Chloe with webbed feet. My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark and THAC0. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. My childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons, D&D every night. In the spring we'd make meat helmets for LARP. When I was insolent I was placed in a burlap bag, forced to walk the walk of a thousand four siders, and beaten with reeds- pretty standard really. At the age of twelve I received my first scribe, which was very handy for D&D. At the age of fourteen a Zoroastrian named Vilma ritualistically shaved my testicles for LARP. There really is nothing like a shorn scrotum... it's breathtaking- I highly suggest you try it.
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Fun Guy from Yuggoth
Cthulhufnord
Warlord
10173 Posts
Umass Amherst Baby!
| | 03/25/2008 10:14 PM | Alert | I've got some painted and converted 'clix fiugres in the Craft section.
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Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
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Fun Guy from Yuggoth
Cthulhufnord
Warlord
10173 Posts
Umass Amherst Baby!
| | 03/29/2008 11:43 PM | Alert | I ended up using Black Canary's head as a replacement for the Question. His figure is a bit on the smaller side, so her head was a good fit. Now I just need to prime the figure and paint it.
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Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
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Teflon Jeff
Warlord
5329 Posts
Idaho. Yes, we have Gamers in Idaho.
| | 03/31/2008 10:03 AM | Alert | Looking good.
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Official Delegate, Wizards of the Coast
Against The Giants Called Shot: Huge Green Dragon
Icons Called Shot: Gargantuan Prismatic Dragon
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bielmic
Sneak
65 Posts
| | 03/31/2008 2:07 PM | Alert | | if you live in the upper midwest where we've had a brutal winter, another use for unwanted d&d minis is to provide tire traction when your car is snowed in. an old test in the harbinger days showed that the minis survive being driven over! :) | |
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Master of the
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Teflon Jeff
Warlord
5329 Posts
Idaho. Yes, we have Gamers in Idaho.
| | 03/31/2008 3:27 PM | Alert | Wow.
You win, good sir.
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Official Delegate, Wizards of the Coast
Against The Giants Called Shot: Huge Green Dragon
Icons Called Shot: Gargantuan Prismatic Dragon
"Rejoice, for bad things are about to happen." | |
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Pedro
Commander
3434 Posts
Czech Republic
| | 04/07/2008 10:49 AM | Alert | Posted By Cthulhufnord on 03/29/2008 11:43 PM
I ended up using Black Canary's head as a replacement for the Question. His figure is a bit on the smaller side, so her head was a good fit. Now I just need to prime the figure and paint it.
That's Kryton (Kryten)! In the part where they encountered the Squid of Despair! | |
C[][illillillilli][lloll]{=========================
1.0 Champion of Sa'Di-Noel, the famous Phalanx Captain General who gives bonuses to his armies in the Phalanx Formation
2.0 Champion of ...
Next Icon Called Shot: Baldur's Gate pack - Khalid, Jaheira, Minsc (and BOO!), Imoen, Xan, Sarevok...
Dungeon of Dread Called Shot: Cranium Rat
Against the Giants Called Shot: Phoenix
Demonweb Called Shot: Yagnoloth | |
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stephengroy
Underboss
1088 Posts
Gilbert, AZ
| | 04/07/2008 1:15 PM | Alert | There was a Red Dwarf reference and I missed it?
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Bert the Troll
Commander
3595 Posts
Adelaide
| | 04/09/2008 11:06 PM | Alert | Posted By Pedro on 04/07/2008 10:49 AM Posted By Cthulhufnord on 03/29/2008 11:43 PM
I ended up using Black Canary's head as a replacement for the Question. His figure is a bit on the smaller side, so her head was a good fit. Now I just need to prime the figure and paint it.
That's Kryton (Kryten)! In the part where they encountered the Squid of Despair!
You're sooooo right.
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mazra
Warrior
320 Posts
Canton, GA
| | 04/11/2008 2:08 PM | Alert | Hello Everyone,
This is more in line with Ghendar's post, but I use the Fiendish Tyranosaur for more Huge minis than any other. I recently used one as a Dire Tiger enlarged to Huge Size. I had the Dire Tiger fig, and kept it out for the looks, but needed the fig with a huge base for game play. The Fiendish Tyranosaur is definitely my champion of proxies.
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arbados
Underboss
1374 Posts
New York, USA
| | 04/14/2008 7:37 PM | Alert | | I use the Huge Fire Elemental for just about any huge elemental, ooze or anything else with no true form. I wish we had the other elementals. | |
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Dordledum
Commander
2937 Posts
Netherlands
| | 04/15/2008 5:00 AM | Alert | I'm using the babau for quth-maren from the City of the Spider Queen campaign. Subbing large chaos beasts and my single ochre jelly for all sorts of oozes. We do need more oozes, especially a huge black pudding.
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Champion of the Huge Spider (WotDQ 46/60), A New Umber Hulk (DoDe 57/60), and Hardcopy Printed DDM 2.0 Stat-Cards for all Minis!
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Fun Guy from Yuggoth
Cthulhufnord
Warlord
10173 Posts
Umass Amherst Baby!
| | 04/15/2008 11:21 PM | Alert | My Chaos Beasts pull Sterling Duty as Shoggoths. 
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Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
Robert E. Howard | |
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Master of the
Awesome Sauce
Teflon Jeff
Warlord
5329 Posts
Idaho. Yes, we have Gamers in Idaho.
| | 04/19/2008 5:26 AM | Alert | Posted By Cthulhufnord on 04/15/2008 11:21 PM My Chaos Beasts pull Sterling Duty as Shoggoths. 
Been there, subbing in minis for other lovecraftian horrors as well. | |
Official Delegate, Wizards of the Coast
Against The Giants Called Shot: Huge Green Dragon
Icons Called Shot: Gargantuan Prismatic Dragon
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stephengroy
Underboss
1088 Posts
Gilbert, AZ
| | 04/22/2008 5:44 PM | Alert | Sahuagin=Deep Ones
Chaos Beast=Shoggoth
Yuan-Ti=Serpent People
Kobold=Sand Dweller
wyvern=shantak | |
I Hate you Milkman Dan | |
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Fun Guy from Yuggoth
Cthulhufnord
Warlord
10173 Posts
Umass Amherst Baby!
| | 04/22/2008 7:05 PM | Alert | For Serpent folk I tend to use the Ophidian from Death Knell. It works particularly well as a degenerate breed aka worms of the earth.
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Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
Robert E. Howard | |
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Master of the
Awesome Sauce
Teflon Jeff
Warlord
5329 Posts
Idaho. Yes, we have Gamers in Idaho.
| | 04/23/2008 7:52 AM | Alert | Posted By Cthulhufnord on 04/22/2008 7:05 PM
For Serpent folk I tend to use the Ophidian from Death Knell. It works particularly well as a degenerate breed aka worms of the earth.
I as well use this, although I usually remove the weapon if I do.
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Official Delegate, Wizards of the Coast
Against The Giants Called Shot: Huge Green Dragon
Icons Called Shot: Gargantuan Prismatic Dragon
"Rejoice, for bad things are about to happen." | |
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