Reptilian Overlords & Wargames Atlantic- SPACE NAM

Back to work in the new year means back to work posting videos for you!
My Space Nam grunts showed up the other day and I couldn't wait to dig in to them!
All you grimdark wargamers see new Jungle Fighters, I see new dieselpunk Imperial units fighting against the Dark Symmetry.
Either way we'll all be graced with enormous biceps, grimaces, and big guns in wargaming scaled plastics.
Find 'em here!
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[@Jorfik]

The sculpts and posing are great in this, they're good enough to give GW a run for their money. And they look like they're scaled right too for GW games.

[@ObscuritiesinMiniature]

I hope it works well enough for both Wargames Atlantic and Reptilian Overlords that they consider doing a subsequent set further down the line. It's a fun kit!

[@Bluecho4]

That's Wargames Atlantic for you. Almost single-handedly making Imperial Guard accessible to the masses.

[@theofficerfactory2625]

That cigar smoking head is definitely Sergeant Major Johnson. I am also so gonna get Ooh Rah, those upcoming power suits and Space-Nam for Xenos Rampant.

[@ObscuritiesinMiniature]

Nah, that cigar is totally Apone from Aliens. Then again, I thought the Halo guy was a bit of an homage to Apone as it was. My thinking is going towards trying Xenos Rampant as well with these guys. Hopefully I'll get a chance to build some Harvesters and see how those turn out, as I bet they'd be perfect for it too.

[@theofficerfactory2625]

@@ObscuritiesinMiniature I have gotten some Victorian Science fiction minis from Dragon Bait Miniatures and the defunct Hinterland Miniatures. My plan is to have them fight Kroot and the lizard men from Wargames Atlantic. I'd probably use Xenos Rampant for that as well or another one called GASLIGHT.

[@rhelyk7893]

These are my next purchase, just got some of the Ooh Rahs last week. I also wish they were a bit larger, they'd be perfect Ogryns if they were about 50% bigger. Might need to find an etsy seller willing to resize the STLs. As for the 1-foot running poses, I stopped minding them when I found micro screws. Bought a bunch of M1x6 phillips head screws (1mm wide, 6mm long) off ebay, they're fairly cheap. Just glue the model down normally, drill up into the foot from underneath with a pin vise drive a microscrew into the foot from below. It's actually even easier than trying to line up 2 holes to pin with a brass rod and is also much much MUCH stronger than a brass rod pin

[@ObscuritiesinMiniature]

Now this is an interesting idea! I think I might try it!

[@knightdrako]

If my gut urge is to buy the box set for that price with 20 models rather than 3D print similar ones just shows what a fantastic deal it is for me.

[@ObscuritiesinMiniature]

You can literally print these guys direct from Reptilian Overlords, with an assortment of extra character models too! My thing with 3D printing is I'm very much over printing all the buildable pieces for anything more than a 3 man team. It is too tedious having to dork around removing supports off every individual arm, hand, and ammo pouch! I'm thankful that WGA's 3D files are often available as a single piece in addition the the usual assortment of parts to build the figures with.

[@Bluecho4]

@@ObscuritiesinMiniature That's very much why, even with 3d printers having definite strengths, I like there to be hard plastic options on the market. Even if it's technically cheaper (even if you factor the initial cost of buying a printer), you're also effectively "paying" in the amount of extra labor you're signing up for. Especially if you're trying to print a large number of models. Whereas with a plastic kit, you're paying a little extra (compared to home 3D printing) in exchange for convenience. A good rule of thumb might be to look at how many hours of labor you do printing a number of models, compared to the same number of models in a hard plastic kit. Then translate those labor hours into minimum wage. If, over the course of multiple print batches, you spend more hours dealing with 3d prints than the plastic kit would cost, the latter may be more "cost-effective" overall.

[@charlesentrekin140]

I think the quote you were looking for at the beginning was another glorious day in the corps every meal a banquet, every formation a parade, I love the Corps. Move your ass Hudson.

[@Matt-md5yt]

Glad you covered this set. They are great proxies for both catachan and the Ork hunters

[@ObscuritiesinMiniature]

Plus they're universal enough in their tough guy aesthetic you could drop them into all sorts of future/ near- future games and they wouldn't look out of place, dependent upon the paint job!

[@bramzwingli]

The with Catachans is that they not bad if you paint them correctly. I have a soft spot in my heart and far too many of them.

[@ArcaanRitual]

They missed out on the perfect opportunity to give one a bush hat and an assault cannon.

[@maxm.9992]

You can get a bush cap in the ooh rah set that will fit well

[@dustgod1264]

Gonna buy some for sure now that I've seen this

[@kristophermelin7160]

Reading the comments over the pros and cons of 3d printing vs. boxed kits. The biggest plus for me is my ability to scale up or down as I see fit. These guys would look pretty cool in 1/32 scale... just sayin' Great video, as always@

[@Chris-jl6vp]

Great quality minis, covering the Catachan and custom regiment options when GW doesn't. Just remember to clean off the flecks of plastic with your hobby knife, there tends to be some thin plastic leftovers around the fingers and on a couple of the heads. I'd say they're the best looking guys wargames atlantic has put out, just for better definition and all the special weapons options. The one nitpick I have is that I wish they had some loose weapons and pistol variants on sprues. That's kind of it.

[@ObscuritiesinMiniature]

I always have to go back over things after filming- I often don't catch all the messy sprue scars when initially building them. Maybe I'm in a hurry, maybe the lighting is bad, maybe it's not as noticeable at the time. I do agree that there's always room for extra bits- maybe Reptilian Overlords will send some spare weapon files over to WGA to include on their Tribes subscription?

[@catherder6552]

That's basically a kill team for 1/3 of the price

[@colinmack8655]

They look great.

[@philippelegault3928]

The bare/unclothed sci-fi arms you wanted for the Space Aztecs :)

[@ObscuritiesinMiniature]

That's the plan!

[@TheNeonCaster]

It’s really interesting comparing these wargame atlantic sprues to the likes of north star minis frost/stargrave sprues. They both hit a similar scale (and are pretty cross-compatible) but wargame atlantic never really includes any ‘characterful’ bits. I suppose it’s the difference between army and skirmish gaming design philosophy.

[@ObscuritiesinMiniature]

I feel the Northstar stuff tends to be a little smaller/ more heroic in its scaling than a lot of the WGA kits, but I'm in absolute agreement about their excellent cross compatibility.

[@Bluecho4]

I suppose them being cross-compatible helps this somewhat.

[@TheNeonCaster]

@@Bluecho4 Indeed! I've been using kits from both together. I'd definitely be interested to see what a WGA skirmish game-style kit would look like, though!

[@alessiodecarolis]

Nice boxed set, also if they're a "little" exaggerated in the arms, pity that the weapons are attached to the arms. For backpacks there are some options, either Pig Iron and Anvil Industry have various gear to add to the figures.

[@lazyvipurr4698]

Hows having 20 a downside? You can have two squads of Catachan fighters from one. For Catachan in box you get one backpack for every 5 models, this box has one for every 4.

[@ObscuritiesinMiniature]

That's more me being spoiled with Wargames Atlantic's quite robust historical offerings, which usually have larger quantities of troops. Not that I ever finish all of them.

[@ChuckFars]

The 80s had some bad ass women in it but not a single one in this box smh

[@ObscuritiesinMiniature]

I'm sure there's plenty of people out there who wouldn't mind Repitlian Overlords partnering back up for a second round of female recruits on plastic sprues!

[@Bluecho4]

With the lower model count and higher price, the Space Nam kit is definitely one of the less cost effective kits Wargames Atlantic offers. That said, it's STILL a better value than the GW kit by a wide margin, without even getting into aesthetics. Bulk discounts make it an even bigger steal. Moreover, unlike the GW kit, the Space Nam kit gives you way more weapon options. Ironically, this makes the kit _overqualified_ for the recently released Imperial Guard rules for Catachan Squads. Given that the "Catachan Squad" unit is limited to the loadout available in the GW kit (so, only Flamers). But you can still run them as normal Infantry Squads. Which you'd probably want to do anyway, since the Catachan Squad is overcosted in points for what you get from them.

[@ObscuritiesinMiniature]

Nice to get an up to date perspective on how this kit works in current 40k!

[@playwow2670]

I've been dying to see these

[@breandan3280]

Honestly surprised that there's no heavy machine gun, to get the full Rambo vibe.

[@ObscuritiesinMiniature]

I want to say Reptilian Overlords have a hero model to cover that very specific archetype!

[@basman5591]

What size bases do you use for this miniatures? I'm heavily considering buying a it but I'm not sure what base sizes I need to buy as the kit doesn't come with any, it being 25mm or 32mm.

[@ObscuritiesinMiniature]

Space Nam are a tight fit on the 25s so I'd suggest 32s just to be on the safe side. Problem is I don't know where I put these guys since I filmed this to double check- I really wanted to get started on painting them, so hopefully I rediscover them soon and can give a more concise answer!

[@bopaintsminis]

Damn. I need a box of these. And the ooh rah, too. Edited: No chainswords? How am I supposed to proxy a sgt?

[@ObscuritiesinMiniature]

There's a knife and a machete at least. Good point on the chain sword though. I'd imagine most guard players have a few spares laying around! I don't. I never really collected much in the way of Guard- I had the original plastic box from WAY back in the day, but I don't think that had any swords, did it? I know it had those long skinny barreled lasguns and some heavy cannons. Ooh Rah I'll probably have posted next week!

[@bopaintsminis]

@@ObscuritiesinMiniature Sure, I can always kit-bash a plastic kit, but one laspistol and chainsword arm per ten minis (or per sprue if they must) would go to getting one squad leader per ten minis, especially considering the tenth ed. codex. I still want at least one box though.

[@Volrath2242]

I got a local store with tons of Wargame Atlantic and i want them...Chaos Cultists for the win

[@richmcgee434]

7:20 if it's some kind of durability concern, just drill the foot and the base and run a wire through, curling it so it fits under the base in a coil. Helps weight it for better stability too.

[@ObscuritiesinMiniature]

I could do that, but that's a bit more work for a grunt than I usually feel like doing! Granted, if I was going to make him a bit more unique I probably would, but after having done dozens of dainty Kingdom Death girls and their improbably small contact points, my patience for such is very thin.

[@Rumble_Fish]

Hello, they look great !!!, are these miniatures 28 mm ??? wonder if I can use them for GW armies Question, which figure is the one at 13:51 please. Thanks a lot, nice video ;)

[@ObscuritiesinMiniature]

Yes, they are 28mm. They are basically perfect for making Catachan units. The guy at the timestamp is a plastic Delaque gang member from GW's Necromunda line.

[@thomaswilliams5005]

7:35 the running pose is such a cool pose for a photo, terrible for gluing and making them stand on a base. I hate them

[@ObscuritiesinMiniature]

I'm right there with you!

[@Bluecho4]

At least it's not the Harvesters. Try gluing those tiny contact points to the base. Getting those on a 25mm base would be hard enough even without that. For the Space Nam running models, I might suggest pinning the leg to the base. Maybe while stepping on some styrene or hard plastic basing material, so there's more material to embed the pin in.

[@rootsnootthnute8598]

What's nice about these jungle guys is you can add an extra contact point with the base using branches or plants on the base

[@richmcgee434]

What are you, kidding? The original metal Catachans were great. The plastics sucked, but they came along years later. These more than make up for those embarrassments though.

[@swaaahtome]

Have you tried the Ooh Rah set yet? Just looking at the Wargames Atlantic Minis in this video their arms look really short.. just looks a bit odd.

[@ObscuritiesinMiniature]

Ooh Rah should be up... soon!

[@swaaahtome]

@@ObscuritiesinMiniature I will wait to watch before buying!

[@TheKsalad]

I actually still prefer the GW look for catachan of we go off the limited edition models and special characters, these guys are ironically wearing too much and their armor doesnt look like the cheap disposable flak armor or t-shirts real catachan models wear

[@JohnR1298]

I like these figures but the heads are disappointingly small in relation to the rest of the figure.

[@walt_man]

The audio on this one was all-the-way-up and all-the-way-down at times. Not sure how your microphone is setup. It was like you were walking away then towards your microphone lol Add some WHFB Marauder Bits and make Heavy Metal!

[@ObscuritiesinMiniature]

I actually was moving around a bit- I'm surprised the mic picked it up!

[@MarquisDeSang]

Am I the only one dissapointed that they are not actual reptilians?

[@ObscuritiesinMiniature]

The fact that they STILL have yet to make a reptilian model of any sort really does make me mildly irritated. They do put out cool stuff though.

[@redgreen09]

ys got get this and do kit bash with you know who and other WGA say WW1 AND WW2 guys and other copanys do ecipment backs just guns and powhes and this that liie get just hats and helmets with out the heed in em or lot more emtay hands so kan put stuff in hands with out cuting off the gun or blank just my whay thinking and yes must have the women one thiss space nam TWO well you post will see more in MMXXII