3:16 Meets Lego

The NPC crew of 3:16

Obviously 3:16 has been getting a lot of airplay here at Mik's Minis. We're on the verge of playing our campaign, and I'm excited about it!

Well, it's hard to get away from Legos in whatever I do, and this is no exception. The look and feel of 3:16 is over-the-top-carnage (carnage is in the title even), so I went for this style with the figs. Their MandelBrite armor needs to look tough, and menacing, and the trickiest part is capturing those ambiguous, domey helmets. I dove deep in the Lego bins and pulled out some Insectoids shoulder armor and helmets that work beautifully. The weapons were fun to make, and incorporate both new ideas and some borrowed ones.

There's still human beings inside the armor, so I had to capture individual personalities while at the same time keeping it militant and sci-fi. Somehow I lucked into using nothing but heads that have headset microphones, and were all different to boot. This was a blast tinkering around with, and I'll let the pics and captions speak for themselves. Enjoy!


Captain Baker and Major Hibernus Mortis


Trooper Lubbock, Sergeant Burns, and Trooper Falco


Tech Support Troopers Jenkins and Jackson


The guns of 3:16


Captain Baker and the bayonet-fixed Heavy MG


Sgt. Burns and his trusty Rocket Pod


Trooper Falco hefts the deadly E-Cannon


Major Mortis, cool and reserved with his PowerClaw and sidearm


Trooper Lubbock and his lucky Flame-Gun


Trooper Falco with the Flechette (needler) Gun


Sgt. Burns with the reliable, drum-fed Shotgun and combat knife


Captain baker inspects a trooper's Energy Rifle


Tech Support with standard issue Slug Rifles


Arms and armor inspection prior to planetfall


Dirtside and ready!


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