I'm looking for conversion inspiration. I hate that CB uses medikits to denote Doctor models. One, because I think medicine guns are a dumb idea. Two, because the medikit is the hallmark of a Paramedic - what denotes a Doctor is their non-medikit healing. So I'm trying to find some other way to make a doctor look like a doctor. Ideally, some other piece of equipment rather than just paining a red cross on their back. Anyone have any ideas?
Well, IRL medkits / medical backpacks are... pretty sizeable pieces of gear. I tend to give my doctors with pouches - here's my Asawira Doc (yes, he has a standard CB medkit pistol too): or Sekban: although the Djan Doc got a medical case: That being said,giving the Doc a ligh (I use light grey rather than white) armband / shoulderpad / something with symbol allowsfor a faster identification on table. I choose the Red Crystal, because it: has no religious connotations whatsoever (it was years before CB started casting Haqq Doctors with a crescent symbol, apparently suggesting the Sword of Allah medical services use Red Crescent), and is an internationally recognized (if little known...) symbol equal to the Red Cross & Red Crescent (as well as Red Shield of David, and now effectively defunct Red Lion and Sun...).
Mediguns have been used for Doctors since before the Medikit had a ranged profile, they were originally Star Trek style "airhypos" and did actually denote a Doctor (there were no Paramedic specific sculpts until N3) N1/2 sculpts like the old Trauma Doc and Machaon have them. It was only more recently they were retconned into being ranged Medikits. That said, the old Kazak Doktor had a little trauma kit you could glue to his base.
I converted my Ghulam Snake for a Doctor by giving him some additional stuff - some bag for equipement under the backpack, bottle with some medicine on one side of the backpack and set of needles on the other. And the additional medikit on one side. Here's the finished mini: CoolMiniOrNot - Haqqislam Ghulam Doctor Snake Plissken with Nasmat remote by KedzioR vo And here's some old old WIPs: Photobucket | IMG_7527.jpg Photobucket | IMG_7526.jpg PozdRawiam / Greetings
I am okay with the Medikit, but I do not like the way CB present them like a normal pistol. It just looks silly, when they aim with a medkit in a double handed shooting pose (or pointing it with a yoga move to the ground).
Thanks all, this is definitely helping me think it through. Maybe a scifi version of this: Jet injector - Wikipedia so it would work with an existing pistol pose (just not a two-handed one, @archon !). Could replace the medikit on the existing Ghulam Doctor model, or maybe the knife on the Ghulam @KedzioR_vo used above. Anyone know a good source for a part of .stl that looks like a sort of scifi medical injector?
Most doctor models have extra "stuff" besides just the medikit. Also yes the Medikit did not originally have a ranged profile and did this wierd scanner/3d printer thing.
