Wednesday 30 May 2018

Small Victories

I’m currently trying to get on top of a miniature backlog that has grown somewhat over the past six months, and so getting some small victories and easy wins seems the order of the day.

And victories don’t come much smaller than these guys...



They are Mousers, the robotic servitors of Baxter Stockman in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and they are a custom sculpt that I believe might have been a limited run. I was lucky enough to hear about them at the right time.

In terms of painting, they were incredibly simple and the bases actually took more work, which wasn’t much.



In terms of 7TV, the Mousers serve as a good fillets for my Foot Clan, instead of random scientists and bystanders, as they are economical with plot points (they get a free move if they don’t activate), and surprisingly fast (they can get to almost anywhere on the board as a special action), which makes them good as objective grabbers or an ambusing force.

Although these particular models are probably not still available, Greebo Miniatures do a not-Mouser in their not-Turtles range, and Heroclix have mousers in varying numbers which would be perfectly acceptable. However, neither of these are massively cheap options for large numbers of Mousers as Greebo have prices to match the quality of their range, and the Heroclix Mousers are rare, which adds to the cost. Nevertheless, if you only want a couple, then either will serve well.

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  1. They look excellent. Wow they are tiny but very cute looking!

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    1. Thanks. I’m glad there isn’t much detail on them. They are really small.

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  2. Lovely little murderous killers, Kieron. As you say, you clearly heard of them at the right time. I own some "Greebo Miniatures" variants somewhere, but never got near them with a brush. perhaps we should do a "Teenage Mutants Ninja Turtles" month at some point ;-)

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    1. Cheers. The only problem with a TMNT month is that I’m sort of finished.

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  3. Small, but perfectly formed - and superbly painted! I'd forgotten all about them. so had to use my Google Fu to remind myself, and the minis are perfect :-)

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    1. Thanks. I thought I’d finished with TMNT, but when I saw these little guys, I had to have them.

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  4. Well jel mate, what a great find!

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  5. It's great you can fit more than one on the base. They look excellent, I always liked these things.

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