Hi!
Thanks! Sounds like th infantry would be good proxies, of course, I am
kinda itching to make a OGRE army for net epic since we have rules.
How does the actual OGRE game play? How the rules?
Peter
Daryl Lonnon wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> To those who have picked up the Ogre deluxed set game, how are the
>> minis?
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> Not bad. Pictures can be found on Steve Jackson's website.
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> http://www.sjgames.com/miniatures/ogre
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> Set 1, Set 3, Set 4, Set 5 have pictures on them (as well as
> the Ogre Deluxe link).
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>> How do they compare in size with the usual epic fare?
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> The Tanks are even smaller than old epics (but not grossly out of
> proportion). Definately small compared to the new stuff.
> Some tanks are better than others, Missile Tanks and GEV's don't
> look too bad. Heavy Tanks are definately on the small side.
> The Howitzer isn't too bad (although it could be more impressive when
> put up against a basilsk). Ogre's are large, but not Imperator
> Large (or even Gargant large).
>
>> What does the infantry look like?
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>
> The infantry is actually larger. Comes 1-3 to a base (the Deluxe set
> has 10 bases, 3 bases of 1 infantry, 3 bases of 2 infantry, 4 bases
> of 3 infantry (or at least that's how I based them). Not having
> measured them, I'd say they stand about 8mm high. 6 different poses
> (IIRC). One pose is a "command" model with his hand up to halt the
> "squad". One appears to have some sorta flamethrower type contraption
> and is holding it up in the air (with a tube running to his backpack).
> One has a rifle across his chest (in that "classic" pose). Another
> with a flamethrower contraption holding it away from his body. And
> the other two I can't recall. They all have backpacks on (which could
> pass for jetpacks) and their visors look vaguely like stormtroopers.
>
> Overall flash wasn't too bad in my set, (not worse than GW). Glueing
> the GEV's together was the only tough part in putting them together.
>
>> Thanks for the help.
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>
> Hope this helps,
>
> DarylL
>
>> Peter
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