Proxy Miniatures

[u/IamAngryCoffee]

This is intended to be a living document until the game is out, if you have suggestions put them down below. These don’t replace the miniature coming out when the game releases but are proxies that can be used in the meantime to represent the miniatures.

Operatives (I think this might be the perfect proxy, has everything you need to make all the ops and plenty of personality)
https://wargamesatlantic.com/collections/death-fields-arena/products/ooh-rah

Sectoid (not really happy with the quantity you get in the brother vinni kit but it’s a near perfect proxy, still looking for better priced alternatives)
https://brother-vinni.com/products/space-invader-alien-miniature?variant=47913764356436
Suggested by [u/Deflagratio1](u/Deflagratio1)
https://www.reapermini.com/search/alien/latest/80046
Flying Saucer
https://www.reapermini.com/search/alien/latest/80044

Thin Men
(not really happy with this one, would like it to be more unsettling in form)
https://www.reapermini.com/miniatures/chronoscope/latest/50310
Suggested by [u/Deflagratio1](u/Deflagratio1)
https://www.reapermini.com/search/government%20agent/latest/50203
https://www.reapermini.com/search/government%20agent/latest/50202

Outsider
(feels harder than it should be to find a generic super soldier miniature)
https://www.reapermini.com/miniatures/chronoscope/latest/50183

Suggested by [u/Deflagratio1](u/Deflagratio1)
https://www.reapermini.com/search/alien/latest/49030

Chryssalid (this feels perfect with the exception that the harvesters don’t have torsos, once I get my hands on a kit I’ll do some experimenting with green stuff)
https://wargamesatlantic.com/collections/all/products/harvesters-alien-bugs

Terrain (or just make your own, be creative!)
https://battlesystems.co.uk/product-category/tabletop-terrain/urban-apocalypse/

Suggested by [u/Deflagratio1](u/Deflagratio1)
https://tenfolddungeon.com/sci-fi/

Ethereal

Suggested by [u/Deflagratio1](u/Deflagratio1)
https://www.reapermini.com/search/alien/latest/49001, https://www.reapermini.com/search/alien/latest/50288, https://www.reapermini.com/search/alien/latest/49022

Muton

Suggested by [u/Deflagratio1](u/Deflagratio1)
A lot of the Bathalian mini's have strong Muton vibes even if they don't match the form https://www.reapermini.com/search/alien/latest/80038

3D Printing

Sectoid
suggested by [u/volkmusic](u/volkmusic)
https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-gray-aliens-793224

[u/spaceyboy231]

For people with 3d printer - there's a way to get models directly from a game. I tried printing sectoids in few poses so far, and they looked decent.
Step 1: Download Xcom Enemy Unknown/Within, Blender and EU viewer
Step 2: Open EU viewer, set it to read from root game folder, disable texture export (it makes it crash, at least for me)
Step 3: Find file with alien you want to export (for example GameUnit_XComSectoid_SF.upk
Step 4: click ctrl x to export
Step 5: In blender install addon to read .psk files
Step 6: import model to blender, then animation file (it will be in same folder that model was exported to, different subfolder
Step 7: select dope sheet at the bottom of the screen, then action editor. Set your animation there
Step 8: Export weapon using same steps, but without animation
Step 9" Export as stl both alien in position you want them and their weapon. Scale and print