Cybermen Reinforcements

Since I posted my Cybermen way back in 2010, I have made a few additions.  I have also redone the basing on all the old models to a concrete style, instead of the earth & grass style I originally used.

These are 3 Cybermen from Crooked Dice, listed as 'Robo-minions' on their website.  They are great models and come with separate heads and some separate arms.  They are useful as newly-converted Cybermen in DW games, or as the experiments of a mad scientist in 7TV.  The one on the left reminds me of the Borg from Star Trek.  Crooked Dice sell the heads and arms separately, and I bought some that I intend to use to convert a few extra models into more Robo-minions.  I painted these several years ago, maybe 2013?  FYI, Phalanx Consortium now carries Crooked Dice products in the US.  I visited their stand at Historicon recently.  http://www.thephalanxconsortium.com/

5 Cybermats from Crooked Dice.  These are sadly no longer available.  They are based on 20mm round bases and were painted in 2016.  The first time I remember seeing these these was in 1975's 'Revenge of the Cybermen'.  That would make for a fun scenario.  I do have some unpainted Vogons in storage.  Perhaps a future project?

Thanks for looking!

Doctor Who Project - Cybermen

The second force in my Doctor Who project to appear on this blog are the Cybermen.  One of Doctor Who's oldest and favorite villains, the Cybermen were once humanoids who gradually replaced their worn-out body parts with robotics, ending up as emotionless cyborgs.  They first appeared in 1966's The Tenth Planet, the last story of the First Doctor , and have appeared often since then.  In some stories, they convert prisoners into more Cybermen.  I would love to have some 'partially-converted' figures to use in games.  If you know of any suitable miniatures, please let me know!

My Cybermen force consists of 32 figures  They were painted in 2008-2010.  Eighteen of them are 28mm Black Tree Design and 14 are plastic figures from the 1980s Citadel Cybermen & Daleks box set.  The BTD figures are a mix of different models, as the Cybermen have changed in appearance over the 40+ years of the show.  It doesn't bother me to use them together though.  The Citadel plastic figures are slightly smaller, but once based I think they look okay in separate units.  I have included a comparison picture.  This force is rather too big for a normal-sized game, so the plastic ones serve to bulk out the force for larger multi-player games.  The difficulty in getting BTD figures nowadays makes the plastics a reasonable way to have a larger force.  All of the figures are on slottabases, with metal washers underneath for use in my magnetic storage system.  The washers also give the plastic figures some weight so they don't tip over. As stated in my previous post on the Sontarans, I use the Doctor Who Miniatures Game (DWMG) rules to play scenarios set in the 'Whoniverse'. They are available at http://www.drwhominiatures.co.uk/ and there is also an active Yahoo group.

Click on the pictures for a close-up.

First is the merciless Cybercontroller:

The 1st squad of 5 Cybermen (1980s Earthshock era figures):

The 2nd squad of 5 Cybermen (3rd-4th Doctor era figures):

The 3rd squad of 5 Cybermen (3rd-4th Doctor era figures).  The front center figure has part of his helmet painted black to indicate he is a Cyberleader:

Next is the 2-man Cyberlaser team, the Cybermen's heavy weapons support  These figures are not on Slottabases, but have had their tabs removed and are on a GF9 base.  They are earlier figures from the 2nd Doctor's era, as can be seen from their more primitive design.

These are the 14 Citadel plastic Cybermen.  They are unfortunately all in the same pose.  The one in the front center has had part of his helmet painted black to indicate that he is a Cyberleader.

Here is the entire force of 32 Cybermen.  The 3 BTD squads are lead by the Cyberleader, with the Cyberlaser team and the Citadel Cybermen supporting from the rear.

This is a comparison shot.  The figure on the left is one of the Citadel plastics; the one on the right is an Earthshock-era BTD figure.  The difference is apparent when they are next to each other, but separated into different units I think they look okay.

 

Thanks for looking!

Jason