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3D design of Alien A build #2 from the Aliens (Gale Force Nine) range from Gale Force Nine company |
Article updated: 2020.12.01
The Alien A build #2 from Gale Force Nine is a 1/56 scale (28mm/32mm) miniature creature, depicting a humanoid alien carnivore, for the Aliens board game, set in the futuristic world of the Alien & Predator series. It was first produced in 2020.12, in the Aliens: Another Glorious Day in the Corps boxed set.
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Details - Alien A build #2 miniature creature for the Aliens board game from Gale Force Nine
Miniature creature: Alien A build #2
Product name: Alien A
Product code: set: GF9-ALIENS01, GF9-ALIENS07
GN Code: -
Sprue: GF9 Aliens - Alien Warriors sprue
Kit: Alien Warriors kit
Set: Aliens: Another Glorious Day in the Corps: contains 4 (16 Aliens), Aliens: Alien Warriors set: contains 3 (12 Aliens)
Range: Aliens (Gale Force Nine) range (Futuristic)
Setting: Alien & Predator universe
Company: Gale Force Nine company
Production: 2020.12.05-
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Size: Large (S4), Species: Aliens Xenomorph with clawed hands, stinger tail (Humanoid - Humanoid alien - Humanoid alien carnivore), Gender: ?, Technology: Wild, Role: Warrior, Features: -, Armour: unarmoured/ carapace armour, Helmet: no helmet / carapace helmet, Equipment in hand: empty hands, Equipment carried: none, Based on: Alien & Predator likeness - Alien Xenomorph likeness - Alien Drone likeness - "Warrior" likeness
Humanoid - Humanoid alien - Humanoid alien carnivore
Large (S4) humanoid - Large (S4) Humanoid alien - Large (S4) Humanoid alien carnivore - Large (S4) humanoid alien carnivore, with claws and stinger tail - Large (S4) humanoid alien carnivore, with claws and stinger tail, with empty hands
Humanoid with empty hands, Large (S4) humanoid with empty hands
Large (S4) wild humanoid Aliens Xenomorph, with empty hands
Large (S4) wild humanoid Aliens Xenomorph Warrior, with empty hands
Category: Large (S4) wild humanoid alien carnivore, with claws and stinger tail, with empty hands
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Scale: probably 1:56 (28mm / 32mm) scale
Proportions: Realistic
Size: ?
Material: High Impact Polystyrene (HIPS) (plastic - Polystyrene)(black)
Priming: Primer is not necessary
Assembly: Multi-piece, On sprue, Needs assembly, Needs glue, Needs cutting
Posing: Medium
Paintjob: Unpainted
Base: No base
Conceptual design: ?
3D sculptor: ?
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Parts
1x Alien Warrior head D #2
1x Alien Warrior right body and right leg D
1x Alien Warrior left body and left leg D
1x Alien Warrior right arm
1x Alien Warrior left arm
1x Alien Warrior tail
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Review - Alien A build #2 miniature creature for the Aliens board game from Gale Force Nine
The Alien side has black miniatures that come in 4 identical sprues (GF9 Aliens - Alien Warriors sprue). Every miniature is multi-part, requiring assembly.
There is some flash on the models, but nothing serious.
The bases included in the game are 25mm round bases. They are scenic bases, depicting the floor of the Hadley's Hope station. There's a hole on them to insert the peg on the leg of the miniature. This way you can easily put the models on their bases, but you are free to rebase them in any way. As I prefer to base my models on transparent bases, especially for board games, I welcome this approach.
For the alien warriors, there are 4 different body types (A-D), that come in two pieces. Each body type has 2 head options (#1: with jaw closed, #2: with jaw open, for A, C, D body, the inner jaw is visible). The heads come with part of their spine. Every tail and every arm is interchangable among the bodies. It looks like there are 2 tail variants (#1: longer, #2: S-shaped), and you get two pieces of each. The arms look either identical or very similar to each other. The arms do not have any connectors. When you build your models on a sprue, you'll still have 4 extra heads with spines you can use as trophies.
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Size comparison photos - Alien A build #2 miniature creature for the Aliens board game from Gale Force Nine
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Uses for the miniature - Alien A build #2 miniature creature for the Aliens board game from Gale Force Nine
Uses for games
- Alkony Wargame: Alien creature, Possessed humanoid
- Alien vs Predator: Alien Warrior, Alien Infant (proxy), Alien Stalker (proxy), Alien Predalien (proxy)
- Cthulhu Wars: Alien creature
- Kings of War: Height 1 / Height 2 Infantry.
- Abyssal: Flamebearer, Lower Abyssal, Tortured Soul, Abyssal Champion, Abyssal Harbinger, Efreet, The Lord of Lies
- Forces of Nature: Forest Shambler
- Goblins: Troll
- Night Stalkers: Doppelganger, Spectre, Mind-screech, Screamer, Banshee, Horror, The Dream Hunter
- Salamanders: Salamanders - need to be equipped with weapons, Tyrants
- The Herd: Guardian Brute, Guardian Champion
- Trident Realms: Naiads - need to be equipped with weapons, Placoderm, Thuul, Depth Horror, Depth Horror Eternal
- Undead: Ghoul, Werewolf
- Deadzone: Alien creature
- Warhammer Fantasy Battles: Chaos daemon
- Warhammer: Age of Sigmar: Chaos daemon
- Warhammer 40.000: Alien creature, Chaos daemon
Rules
- Aliens (Gale Force Nine) system: Aliens: Another Glorious Day in the Corps
- Aliens board game (Leading Edge Games) system: Aliens base set
- Alien vs Predator Ed1 system: Alien vs Predator: The Hunt Begins Ed1
- Alien vs Predator Ed2 system: Alien vs Predator: The Hunt Begins Ed2
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Resources - Alien A build #2 miniature creature for the Aliens board game from Gale Force Nine
Official
Gale Force Nine: Aliens: Another Glorious Day in the Corps: Official article about the base set of the Aliens game.
Gale Force Nine: What is Aliens: Another Glorious Day in the Corps?: Official article about the contents of the GF9 Aliens core set.
Gale Force Nine: Aliens: They're Coming Out Of The Walls: Article on the GF9 official website about the Aliens board game.
Gale Force Nine online store: Aliens: Official webstore of the GF9 Aliens board game.
Preview
AvPGalaxy Forum: Topic: Aliens: Another Glorious Day in the Corps - A Cooperative Board Game: Forum compiling the available information about the Aliens board game from Gale Force 9.
Barry Ashcroft (for The Gamer): Alien Miniatures Game Coming in October from Gale Force Nine: Preview article about the Gale Force 9 Aliens board game products.
brennon (for OnTableTop): New Aliens Board Game Details Drop From Gale Force Nine!: Preview article about the Aliens from Gale Force 9.
Gale Force 9: Preview articles with images about the miniatures and cards: article1, article2, article3
Gale Force Nine Facebook page: Preview images about the game: image1, image2, image3, image4
the same images on Instagram: image1, image2, image3, image4
the same images on Twitter: image1, image2, image3, image4
Gale Force 9 Facebook page: Preview images about the miniatures: post1, post2, image1: Alien (playtest version), image2: Hicks (playtest version)
Gale Force 9 Facebook page: ATTENTION MARINES: Preview article about the release of the game.
the same info on Instagram, Twitter
Gale Force 9 Facebook page: We know loads of you are waiting for ALIENS information...so here it is!: Preview article about the products of the Aliens GF9 board game.
Gale Force Nine Twitter: Aliens: Another Glorious Day in the Corp is landing with TWO expansions to supplement your gaming experience and let you bring the film to your tables.: Preview article about the products of the Aliens GF9 board game. Mostly the same information as the FB article.
Gamerati: Aliens: Another Glorious Day in the Corps!: Preview video about the Gale Force 9 Aliens board game.
Pair Of Dice Paradise: Top 5 Eye-Catching Board Games: December 2018: Preview video about an overview of the rules and models of the GF9 Aliens board game, at the state they were in 2018.12.
Peter Ray Allison (for Geek Pride): Phil Yates on Aliens: Another Glorious Day in the Corps: Interview article about the develeopment of the GF9 Aliens game.
Robert N. Adams (for TechRaptor): Gale Force Nine's Aliens Board Game Arrives in October 2020: Preview article about the Aliens game from GF9.
Rogue Hippo (for Outside is Overrated): News: Aliens Board Game Scheduled for 2020 (but who knows at this point?): Preview article collecting information about the Gale Force Nine Aliens.§
previous version of the article
Roll For Crit: Aliens: Another Glorious Day in the Corps Impressions | Gen Con 2019: Preview video about the rules of the Aliens board game from Gale Force 9, at the state it was in 2019.08.
Travis Pasch (for Spikey Bits): 3 New Aliens Board Games: Gale Force 9: Preview article about the contents of the Gale Force 9 Aliens game products.§
ubarose (for There Will Be Games): Aliens: Another Glorious Day in the Corps - New Release Date and Expansions Announced Hot: Preview article about the GF9 Aliens game.
Phil ‘Windebieste’ Wlodarczyk (for Hideous Plastic): 2018 Toy Fair – Galeforce Nine Board Game: Preview article about a brief overview of the Gale Force 9 Aliens board game, and photos of the miniatures, at the state they were in 2018.02.
Preview - Playtests before production
Gale Force 9 Facebook page: Playtest photos showing the players - image1, image2, image3, image4, image5, image6
Gale Force Nine Facebook page: Playtest photos showing the game:
- image1: Aliens (playtest version), Hicks (playtest version with shotgun and motion tracker), Ripley, Vasquez
- image2: Aliens (playtest version) are the ones that are visible
- image3: Aliens (playtest version) are the ones that are visible
Hahnarama (on Twitter): Played #AliensAnotherGloriousDayintheCorps! on 2019-08-03 with 4 players: Article about the playtest, with some photos of the Aliens GF9 board game, miniatures and cards.
Mark Chaplin: At #Gencon2019, @Quahogmire took these pics of the upcoming ALIENS: ANOTHER GLORIOUS DAY IN THE CORPS! cooperative miniature wargame.: Photos of the playtest.
trask (for Living Dice): Gencon 2019 Games Played Report Part 2: Playtest gameplay article about the Aliens game. Includes a photo of the playtest Alien models of the Gale Force 9 Aliens.
Contents overview
David Leavitt: Mysterious packages 📦 📦 just arrived: Contents overview video.
FortNerdDotCom: Aliens: Another Glorious Day in the Corps Unboxing: Contents overview video.
Mark (for Gamers Web): Another Glorious Day in the Corps. Gale Force Nine: Contents overview video.
Meet Me At The Table: Aliens Another Day in the Corps Unboxing: Contents overview video.
Mighty Lancer Games: Aliens - Unboxing Gale Force 9 New Aliens Game & Expansion | What’s In The Box | Show Me Everything: Contents overview video about Aliens: Another Glorious Day in the Corps and Aliens: Get Away From Her, You B***h!.Łđ
OnTableTop: Unboxing – Aliens: Another Glorious Day In The Corps | Gale Force Nine: Contents overview video.
Steve Tassie (for The Board Game Guy): Aliens: Another Glorious Day in the Corps Unboxing by the Board Game Guy: Contents overview video.Łđ
The Other One (for The Other One's Vault of the Undead): ‘Aliens: Another Glorious Day in the Corps’, Co-operative Survival Boardgame by Gale Force Nine: Review article about the GF9 Aliens board game. Includes contents overview.
The Other One (for The Other One's Vault of the Undead YouTube channel): Aliens - Another Glorious Day in the Corp Unboxing, Gale Force Nine Co-Operative Survival Boardgame: Contents overview video about the Aliens game from Gale Force 9.Łđ
Trueflight Silverwing: Aliens: Another Glorious Day In The Corps: Compensated review video, with contents overview.§
Reviews
Michael Barnes (There Will Be Games): GF9’s Aliens: Another Glorious Day in the Corps Loses its Aim - Review Hot: Playtest review article.
Ronny Alexander (for Co-op Board Games): Aliens: Another Glorious Day in the Corps Review: Compensated playtest review article.§
The Other One (for The Other One's Vault of the Undead): ‘Aliens: Another Glorious Day in the Corps’, Co-operative Survival Boardgame by Gale Force Nine: Review article about the GF9 Aliens board game. Includes contents overview.
Trueflight Silverwing: Aliens: Another Glorious Day In The Corps: Compensated review video, with contents overview.§
Preview - Miniatures
Gale Force Nine Facebook page: First look at some of the models for our upcoming Aliens boardgame: Preview photos of the GF9 Aliens board game miniatures. Models: Aliens (that look very different from the final looks), Ripley, Hicks variant (shotgun and motion tracker), Apone, Dietrich, Wierzbowski, Drake, Crowe, 2 marines with pulse rifle. All of the models are at least slightly different from their current versions.
Building
Trueflight Silverwing: Aliens AGDITC- Assembling the Models: Building tutorial video about the Alien Warrior models.§
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Buying the product - Alien A build #2 miniature creature for the Aliens board game from Gale Force Nine
Price
Base price (Aliens: Alien Warriors set)(2020): 20 GBP / 25 USD / 25 EUR / ? AUD. Price/model: 1.7 GBP / 2.1 USD / 2.1 EUR / ? AUD
Where can you buy it?
Gale Force Nine online store: Aliens: Official webstore of the GF9 Aliens board game.
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