I came across Wild West Exodus by accident in my search for Deadlands miniatures. It seems very slickly presented and raised $332,000 - a tad more than the $20,000 kickstarter goal. I'm sure I'll review the skirmish rules when they come out, but for now I'll content myself with linking some photos of the upcoming miniatures:
The Indian "Sky Spirit" and werewolf "Sitting Bull" of the Indian faction which has a heavy shapeshifter vibe....
The "Enlightened" are the mad scientist faction with plenty of clockwork gizmos; they remind me of Malifaux arcanists somewhat...
Jesse James looking "hip" with body armour
Union soldiers also have a steampunk vibe
Anyway, I'm sure you'll investigate the link to find out more, so continuing the theme of "miniatures for Deadlands" - besides the aforementioned "Malifaux"....
No weird west game would be complete without undead "ladies of the night"
These "Guild Autopsies" would make decent undead cowboys... I just resent paying $6 apiece for a plastic miniature....
There are also a wealth of new VSF/steampunk games like "Empire of the Dead" - of whom many characters could be transplanted to the Wild West....
The Victorian civilian zombies would fix OK in the Wild West - especially if you kitbashed their caps into cowboy hats or bowlers.... there is also a "Werewolf" range that looks quite suitable
Reaper do official Deadlands miniatures for the RPG, but the line is rather limited.
The undead cowboy and "Old Pete" were my favourites
Finally, there is also the old Rail Wars miniatures which were available through Jeff Valent studios. I have a few and did not like the chunky model design or sculpt quality so I can't recommend them. In addition, I hear some dubious stories about orders being (or rather not being) filled, which may simply be salacious gossip, but the fact I can't get the website to work is a bit concerning.
Ignoring monsters (which can be sourced from almost anywhere) and standard cowboys/civilians - of which there are large ranges available from Black Scorpion (my favourite) and smaller models from Foundry, among others - I'm keen to source more "Weird West" miniatures. Zombies/undead are a particular interest, as they tend to be rather obviously either modern, sci fi, or fantasy.
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