These are the Homies in your Neighborhood

Most mini games are about the characters: soldiers, superheroes, vampire hunters, and others packing all kinds of implements of destruction. Then there are the villains: werewolves, robots, zombies, ninjas, ninja zombie robots, and the like. But heroes vs. villains can get boring. What you need is civilians! Heroes can rescue them, villains can threaten them, and zombies can turn them into more zombies. As such, I present to you: Homies!


The idea for these particular figures came from Matakishi. I had no idea that there was a release in this scale until I saw these figures in a game report.


It should be noted that these are the "micro" Homies, half-scale versions of the series 3 figures. Any of the regular Homies (or any derivative lines) will be way too big.


If you do an ebay search for "micro homies", you should be able to find vendors selling the complete set of 24 for anywhere from $8 to $15.


These figures aren't going to be for everyone. They are pre-painted plastics, and they are sculpted in a very exaggerated style that some may find unacceptable. They also have a sculpted "(C) Homies China" marking on the back.


However, they manage to have a fair amount of detail, and have great character. Furthermore, urban-style figures in this scale are generally hard to come by, so these figures can fill a unique niche.


All the better to become zombie chow!


(Urban style minis who are better equipped for the impending invasion are slightly easier to find)

If only they had a decent place to live...

Welcome to the Overloaded Queue! I've set this up in an effort to answer some questions that keep coming up on various miniatures wargaming boards. Questions like "What scale cars should I use?", "What can I use for buildings?", and "Who makes civilians?" I'm planning on focusing on modern and near-future type pieces, but if there's enough demand (and people willing to supply relevant sample models), I'll work on including other genres and eras as well.

Coming up in the OQ:
Meet the spokesminis: see the miniatures that I'll be using as benchmarks and learn how they compare to each other in scale and sculpt.
These are the people in your neighborhood: Ideas for civilian models.
Baby, you can drive my car: A look at some vehicle models on the market and how they work with the spokesminis.
Time to face the scale: a discusssion of scale in the way that different camps understand it.
Home, home on the table: Buildings from various sources, and what you can do to make them work for you.
Slap my paint up: an ongoing (though likely infrequent) series of self congratulating posts showing the latest pieces to make their way off the queue.
My G-d, it's full of plastic: repurposed items from toy stores, dollar shops, garage sales, and anywhere I run across them.