Advice on Miniatures [Archive] - Wizards Community

Advice on Miniatures [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Carmine_the_Wolf
11-16-07, 10:06 AM One of my players keeps eyeing up my collection of Citadel miniatures like a dog watching a plate of sausages and suggesting that we start using them in gaming sessions.

I'm open to this idea and willing to get my hands on a drywipe board and markers to use as a battlemat as well as having some floorplans and scenery for the task.

But on the other hand I've always found it hard to settle on miniature companies other than Citadel due to the ease with which I can get my hands on their stuff. Though I do need some less OTT miniatures as their stuff is often too extreme for the task of representing PCs, henchmen and the average D&D foe.

Any suggestions as to ranges of miniatures to look out for?

I've considered the D&D range, but the fact that they're sold in sealed packages is a real turn off.
Ariakus
11-16-07, 10:28 AM Try Reaper Miniatures Or Confrontation's D&D line, they are not plastic though, and have to be painted, but are much better quality than plastic.
pres_man
11-16-07, 11:08 AM You can find individual D&D miniatures being sold on various sites. Also reaper now is starting to make prepainted plastic minis, though I consider them too pricey myself. I would also suggest checking the toy sections of stores, you would be surprised sometimes by what you find that can be used. I would never, for example, purchase an official dinosaur mini, because cheap plastic dinosaurs are so available.
Tyreal_human_fighter
11-16-07, 11:17 AM reaper is probably the best way to go for PC minis there pretty cheap at only 3.99 and ranging up and their more affordable than games workshop minis and reaper now has a prepainted line so you could pick up so monsters pretty cheap heres a link www.reapermini.com (http://www.reapermini.com)
aotrscommander
11-16-07, 11:36 AM Fortunatly, you live in the UK, where there are more figures companies than you can shake a stick at. A good place for cheap individual figures is to crusie the bargain bins at wargames conventions where you can pick up stufff for, like, pence.

Another good starting point is Spirt Games (http://www.spiritgames.co.uk/Spirit Games), which is both online and an actual store, depending where you are located. They have a wide slection of figures from all sorts of places, so they are if nothing else, as good a source of figure manufactuers as any I can think of. Most wargames and figure companies are now online, so you can go and check their websites (google the manufactuers if necessary). It's worht noting that a fair selection of wargames companies do the odd set of roleplaying figures, even if it seems out of character for them (Ground Zero Games, for example, which is mostly sci-fi/modern-ish, has a handful of fantasy figures they acquired from another manufacturer.)
Carmine_the_Wolf
11-16-07, 11:43 AM Thanks for the tips, I'll follow them up over the weekend.
GeeBee
11-16-07, 04:40 PM Also, check out "Heresy," "Freebooter" and "Magnificent Egos."

Magnificent Egos, in particular, has some very unique pieces (I'm working on a kobold pirate right now) and they even have spell effects: dancing weapons, wall of... effects and even a tenser-like floating disk.

The guy I buy my stuff from is in the U.S. at Fantization.com, but you could at least look at his site to see the figs if you don't end up buying from him.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Carmine_the_Wolf 11-16-07, 10:06 AM	One of my players keeps eyeing up my collection of Citadel miniatures like a dog watching a plate of sausages and suggesting that we start using them in gaming sessions. I'm open to this idea and willing to get my hands on a drywipe board and markers to use as a battlemat as well as having some floorplans and scenery for the task. But on the other hand I've always found it hard to settle on miniature companies other than Citadel due to the ease with which I can get my hands on their stuff. Though I do need some less OTT miniatures as their stuff is often too extreme for the task of representing PCs, henchmen and the average D&D foe. Any suggestions as to ranges of miniatures to look out for? I've considered the D&D range, but the fact that they're sold in sealed packages is a real turn off.
Ariakus 11-16-07, 10:28 AM	Try Reaper Miniatures Or Confrontation's D&D line, they are not plastic though, and have to be painted, but are much better quality than plastic.
pres_man 11-16-07, 11:08 AM	You can find individual D&D miniatures being sold on various sites. Also reaper now is starting to make prepainted plastic minis, though I consider them too pricey myself. I would also suggest checking the toy sections of stores, you would be surprised sometimes by what you find that can be used. I would never, for example, purchase an official dinosaur mini, because cheap plastic dinosaurs are so available.
Tyreal_human_fighter 11-16-07, 11:17 AM	reaper is probably the best way to go for PC minis there pretty cheap at only 3.99 and ranging up and their more affordable than games workshop minis and reaper now has a prepainted line so you could pick up so monsters pretty cheap heres a link www.reapermini.com (http://www.reapermini.com)
aotrscommander 11-16-07, 11:36 AM	Fortunatly, you live in the UK, where there are more figures companies than you can shake a stick at. A good place for cheap individual figures is to crusie the bargain bins at wargames conventions where you can pick up stufff for, like, pence. Another good starting point is Spirt Games (http://www.spiritgames.co.uk/Spirit Games), which is both online and an actual store, depending where you are located. They have a wide slection of figures from all sorts of places, so they are if nothing else, as good a source of figure manufactuers as any I can think of. Most wargames and figure companies are now online, so you can go and check their websites (google the manufactuers if necessary). It's worht noting that a fair selection of wargames companies do the odd set of roleplaying figures, even if it seems out of character for them (Ground Zero Games, for example, which is mostly sci-fi/modern-ish, has a handful of fantasy figures they acquired from another manufacturer.)
Carmine_the_Wolf 11-16-07, 11:43 AM	Thanks for the tips, I'll follow them up over the weekend.
GeeBee 11-16-07, 04:40 PM	Also, check out "Heresy," "Freebooter" and "Magnificent Egos." Magnificent Egos, in particular, has some very unique pieces (I'm working on a kobold pirate right now) and they even have spell effects: dancing weapons, wall of... effects and even a tenser-like floating disk. The guy I buy my stuff from is in the U.S. at Fantization.com, but you could at least look at his site to see the figs if you don't end up buying from him.