Following up on a previous post, Dropship Horizon's technologists have been busy cataloguing non-biological life in the known universe. Researchers have identified several manufacturers of the drones, cyborgs, droids, etc. including:
- Astro Miniatures’ Sybots
- Battlestations’ Bot Marines
- Blue Moon Manufacturing Robot Legion Skirmishers and Legionaires
- Critical Mass Games merc Drone Walkers and Blockheads and Praesentia RAL infantry
- Ground Zero Games’ Remotes, Drones and Bots
- 15mm.co.uk Automata, Cyborgs and Polymorphs, Robots, Droids and Laserburn robots and droids
- Irregular Miniatures Battle Droid
- Khurasan Miniatures Mekanoid Meleebots and Riflebots as well as the Server Robot in the DPLS Crew
- Kremlin Miniatures Cyberian Death Commandos, Zomborgs and Cyber-ninjas
- Traveller Miniatures security bots and support droids (in the support Support Staff pack)
- The Scene battle robots and heavy battle robots
Edit - there is an interesting discussion over on the TMP 15mm message board on the subject of robots, bots and borgs in 15mm.
You've missed The Scourge from Rebel Minis.
ReplyDeleteWell spotted Mark the Scourge can be found here: http://www.rebelminis.com/scourge.html
ReplyDeleteAll the walkers below are from the GZG Dirtside II 6mm range and they all have an uncanny resemblance to the VTOM’s mecha and would be great as 15mm warbots or droids...
ReplyDeleteAT-71 Hound Dog Infantry Walkers
AT-71B Hound Dog Support Walker Heavy support versions of the Hound Dog
VBP-2 TORTOISE Infantry Walkers
K56 FAT BOY Infantry Walkers
Pkz VII STURMKAMPFER Infantry Walkers
Good point Zac perhaps we can put together a list of item that while not technically 15mm can be used by 15mm sci fi gamers with a little bit of imagination or some minor conversion.
ReplyDeleteFurther to Zac's post, some of Germy's 2mm range of walkers sold by GZG make excellent droids or drones, in particular:
ReplyDeleteGMM-06 - Tripod Combat Walker
GMM-41 - Large Mecha Units
GMM-42 - Medium Mecha Units
http://shop.groundzerogames.net/index.php?_a=viewCat&catId=10&page=0
I use all of the above as autonomous drones either embedded in my infantry units or as separate support units in their own right.
Cheers
Mark
Yup ill do some digging and try to locate a few more useful 6mm items that could also be used in 15mm games. I really like those GMM-06 - Tripod Combat Walker's they do look very useful especially as im currently putting together a small SPUG force. how tall are they ?
ReplyDeleteA good source for 15mm man sized droids or robots would be GW Epic Eldar war walkers and Wraith lords, and for something maybe a little less advanced how about ork Dreadnoughts or Imperial Sentinels and slightly bigger the old Imperial Knights. You can usually find them on auction sites quite reasonably priced at around 50p each and the Imperial Knights at around a £1.
ReplyDeleteZac, I've just measured one of mine and the GMM-06 - Tripod Combat Walkers are approximately 16mm-17mm tall. However, depending on how splayed you glue the legs to the 'head' you can adjust the height by a millimetre or two.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mark thats about the height i was hopeing they would be, ill add them to my 'wants' list as i think they will look pretty cool in my SPUG expeditionary force as scout bots.
ReplyDeleteFunny enough I just found in the past week 3 lost blisters of wyrd miniatures arachnid and they are perfect for some 15mm drones... they are so nice that I will do a army around them.
ReplyDeleteI'm looking for something like this: http://www.antenocitisworkshop.com/civilian-robot.html but in 15mm!
ReplyDeleteMatt,
ReplyDeleteI have been wanting somethig like those in 15mm for a long time. I think there is a big gap for non-terror bots.
Clean, stylish androids like that would make a cool alternative robot army to the sorts we've had so far. Also, they would be great for the post-apocalyptic science fiction crowds as leftovers from the "pre-fall" civilization. I remember Gamma World had similar androids.
-Eli
My thoughts exactly Eli! There's also this one but it's not as nice: http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/robot/sku-down/50138
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