6/18/2013

Gears of War

Or Hishen Wars I should say, as I bought this game box to use the figures as Hishen for the 5150 universe by Two Hour Wargames. Such universe does not have official miniatures and it is very difficult to find something similar to the illustrations. 

  In this picture you can see all the models in the game
 

Well, Acheson Miniatures has some Hishen and Grath but they are so ugly that I would not even want them for free! Here you can see an illustration of a Grath from the 5150 ruleset and my find from Gow.



And here you can see the Acheson's Grath (Eeeeew!).


Anyway, I will play the game Gears of War one of these days and maybe I would like it! :)

 This would be a Hishen team or squad. 1 Razor (top left), 1 Grath (top right), 3 Hishen warriors, the one in the middle specialist with a stun cannon to get prisoners alive, 2 uncompleted Hishen warriors used as trackers or shepherds, and 2 "hounds" to chase fugitives. The game gives you enough figures to build three squads.

 These are the four marines it comes in the box.

A shot next to one GW's Space Marine and one Copplestone's marine. As you can see, although the GoW marine is thinner and taller, it matches perfectly with them. The miniatures are made of semi rigid plastic like the ones from Doom or Descent.

A Grath next to a human.

I do not know yet what this huge monster would be. (the brutal brigade?)

8 comments:

  1. Very nice sculpts, and an even better paint job!

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    1. You're always too kind with my skills my friend :)

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  2. Nice, They look great. Its amazing the comparison pic the GoW marine looks better and more intimidating than the Space Marine :D

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    1. Thank you Simon. The Gow marine looks more intimidating basically because the GW marine is hard to believe as it looks like a clown. Gow and Copplestones are miniatures, the Space Marine is a toy.

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  3. Nice looking figures. I was thinking of using Star Guard Necromorphs for 1/72 Hishen. And maybe some kind of trooper with a Caesar Orc head swap for Grath. I have no idea what to do about Razors. I need to read up on 5150 fluff.

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    1. Those Star Guard Necromorphs are ugly. Maybe, as Hishen are smaller you could use some metal 15 mm miniatures for them.
      Cheers,

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