I always look through Reaper's line, and love a bunch of their sculpts, but I just never find something that would work for any of my characters.

Say hello to Infinity. Or, failing that, MERCS.

But have some infinity.

>>16985569
I'll second Reaper, they have a bunch of good stuff.
Raging Heroes has some nice, if expensive, resin kits. Their manticore is pretty awesome.

Ultraforge has some really incredible stuff.

Infinity.

>>16985593
Freebooter's Fate.

>>16985614
Some of Dark Sword's G.R.R.M. line are pretty good.

>>16985569
Say hello to Arathand Nightblade, your next character mini.

http://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/Elves/latest/14553

Or, if you're playing a mage:
http://www.reapermini.com/forum/index.php?/topic/24238-darkrasp-death-priest/

Enjoy not wanting to play those characters.

>>16985614
That is a fucking COOL mini.

>>16985569

I used a sweet reaper mini to represent my knight who wielded a greatsword (was a dragonlance game)

awesome mini line

Lots of nice stuff out there (including some of GW's...)

Werner Klocke over at Freebooter gets it right every now and then (pic), when he doesn't screw up the faces.

Another nice range is Hell Dorado. Sadly my Li Tsu Tsin seems to have been miscast or damaged, so time to see if their customer service is up to task.

Another really good sculptor is Tre Manor. He 's done some work for Reaper, and also sells some of his stuff directly over at http://www.red-box-games.com/

>>16985619
McVey are obviously pretty excellent.

>>16985627
Well, I'm posting the lines I think are cool, so I'd hope so. Freebooter's Fate is a pretty enjoyable, diceless pirate skirmish game. The Assassins are a nice mix of classy and freakish.

Anything Dark Sword, Infinity, and Freebooter are awesome. Hasslefree is hit or miss. Thunder Mountain and Wyrd Miniatures are also awesome.

>>16985634
Helldorado. Picture does not do this bastard justice.

>>16985646
Red Box Games. Lot of big warrior dudes in this line.

Hell Dorado is full of neat sculpts.

Fuckin' Scibor, man.

OP here. I am so happy. Great thread, tons of new stuff I can go look up. Keep up being the best board on 4chan, /tg/.

Have a (mini) turtle.

>>16985681
I'd like them more if they didn't just cater to GW. There are a few really talented sculptors who just do that, what a letdown.

Bet these are the best pigs you've seen.

Link to Post-Apoc line.
http://www.lead-adventure.com/index.php?cPath=1

Freebooter Miniatures makes awesome stuff, Reaper, Dream Pod 9, Cypher Studios, Crocodile Games(pic related), Black Scorpion, Dwarf Tales, Mantic, Mercs, Spartan Games, Avatars of War and Pig Iron all make really nice stuff in my opinion.

>>16985708
forgot to attach pigs.

Slaaneshi Whore Lord turned me on to the fact that there's an eBay company that does art-faithful sculpts of unreleased GW units. Here's some from the Warriors of Chaos codex.

http://stores.ebay.com/Miniature-Plaza/_i.html?_fsub=2105252014

Some more which may be worth a look:
http://www.warploqueminiatures.co.uk/
http://www.victorialamb.com/store.html (pic)
http://www.olleysarmies.co.uk/scrunts.html
http://www.crooked-dice.co.uk/
http://www.perry-miniatures.com/index.php
http://terciocreativo.blogspot.com/
http://www.smartmaxstore.com/

>>16985709
>Dwarf Tales
These guys are actually really cool, thanks for the tipoff.

Here's a big list of Miniature producers:
http://www.librarium-online.com/forums/modelling/114410-miniature-producers.html

Here's a big list of Terrain manufacturers:
http://www.dmoz.org/Games/Miniatures/Terrain/Manufacturers/

Picture related, it's from Avatars of War.

rolled 15 = 15

Wyrd Miniatures. They can be hit or miss sometimes, and a lot of their older sculpts are a bit goofy, but damn if they don't make some damn fine female models.

>>16985700

As far as I know, it's all just Scibor doing the sculpting. I could be wrong, though. I personally enjoy the catering as I get quite a lot of replacement miniatures for my Fantasy armies.

>>16985588
Where is that mini from? It's not listed on the Ultraforge site and a Tineye search reveals nothing.

>>16985751

It's from Ultraforge. It was too similar to the Forge World Great Unclean One so Games Workshop forced them to stop producing it.

You can still buy them places, however.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Greater-Plague-Demon-OOP-Ultraforge-Miniatures-/250917148002?pt=UK_Toys_Warg
ames_RL&hash=item3a6bd3d562

>>16985733
If you like Dwarf Tales, you'll fucking LOVE these guys.

>>16985762
dat price

Expensive, but what a fantastic model.

rolled 91 = 91

http://cipher-studios.com/store/

I admittedly know nothing about the game, and I don't like a lot of the faces, but there's some decent models on here. I especially enjoy the constructs.

Smart Max does some beautiful minis, even if they're pretty damn expensive.

>>16985772
Sadly, I don't think they really match the quality of Dwarf Tales.

Fuck yeah, Yedharo.

>>16985788
Yeah, they're pretty cool.

>>16985794
Gur-harg the Demon-Warrior of the 9th Pit, and master of the air-guitar

BaneLegions, subdivided into BaneBeasts and BaneLords, puts out some really quality casts.

>>16985788
ALL MY EGYPTIAN GOLD

>>16985820

You'll love this, then.

Not a "line" but some amateur scults are just wonderful.

>>16985829
What a beautiful paintjob.

>>16985829
>>16985788
I'm in love with those models, but I'm not sure that they'd work for any normal 28-30mm game system. What's the height of the models/bases?

I'd love to have an Egyptian themed (game system omitted to avoid controversy) themed army.

>>16985809

Don't forget the Pit Lord of Dramatically Blowing Wind.

>>16985853

Yateem:
SCALE : 1/35 (50mm)
ACTUAL HEIGHT : 54mm

The Canopic Beast:
SCALE : 1/35 (50mm)
ACTUAL HEIGHT : 45mm & LENGHT : 90mm

Lord Crowley:
SCALE : 1/35 (50mm)
ACTUAL HEIGHT (Top of the Hat) : 59mm

This guy is going in my Warriors of Chaos army.

http://www.studiomcvey.com/

>>16985880
Darn, the humanoid models are a bit too tall, it would really be out of place. I might be able to do something with the beasts, though.

>>16985853
When you're done playing your noncontroversial wargame, you can use the minis for your 4e game random encounters. But to hell with those 3.5 players. Idiots, all of them.

Anyway, the best goblins I've found are probably from GW's LotR. But for personality, the pathfinder ones (reaper) are quite nice! Just picked some up, quite impressed. Image attached.

This makes me wish I played Orcs and Goblins, or anything that would give me a reason to buy it.

>>16985917
Interchangeable weapon/head? Whoa. Not a fan of the turban, but I like the other and both weapons.

>>16985938
...attached in this post.

I'm really loving Enigma's Massive Darkness line.

>>16985956
That reminds me, I should pick up this guy (Enigma's 54mm range).

You too can...look at this miniature and not be able to purchase it because it's not for sale.

>>16985946
I can see it now. Someone is going to buy those, paint them like the Webcomic Goblins, and we'll have a new meme that trolls us everytime.

I should probably delete this post to stop that from happening.

Honestly though, does anyone have any recommendations for brands that do beast-lines, namely reptilian? Other than this thread and going through the pages at the TheWarStore, I don't know where to start.

>>16986035
Probably stating the obvious, but Reaper does have a line. Pretty sure their Warlord game has a reptilian race, and there's some half-decent minis in their Dark Heaven Legends.

http://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/reptus

>>16986035
>brands that do beast-lines, namely reptilian?

Beyond Lizardmen from Warhammer Fantasy, and the Blindwater Congregation from Privateer Press and WarGods as mentioned here: >>16985709

Reaper Miniatures has quite a lot of reptiles. http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/lizard

MERCS has some nice scifi stuff

>>16986064
>>16986061
hivemind

Reaper Hydra, $49.
7" long, 3" tall.

So beautfiul. Wouldn't work with any wargames though, would specifically be a D&D piece.

And for that price, fuck my players, they're fighting hydras all day erryday. Encounter tables? All hydras.

>>16986103
I read 7" by 3" as 7' by 3' and was shocked just long enough to shit my pants.

>>16986103
>not buying an $119 Hydra

>>16986131
TBH, I prefer the one posted by >>16986103.

>>16986149
unless you're looking specifically for a very vanilla hydra, you have poor tastes, this Dirz hydra is a thing of beauty.

>>16986159
If by "thing of beauty" you mean "rancid sack of shit that looks nothing like a Hydra" then yes, it is a thing of beauty.

>>16986159
Indeed it is a nice sculpt and a damn frightening monster. To each his own, I guess; I've always been partial to very classic, generic stuff. Which probably does mean I have poor taste, but oh well.

>>16986173
fucking lol'd.

>>16986173

That's going a little far in one direction. It's a freaky monster, even if it's a stretch to call it a hydra.

>>16986131
Is that thing really $119? Link? Just want to see this with my own eyes.

>>16986131
While it's a more dynamic model, it looks horrible. It looks like an upside down octopus.

>>16986263

It's a reprint of a previously out of print model, Rackham went down and took all their stuff with them. It's just now starting to resurface.

http://www.coolminiornot.com/shop/miniatures/confrontation-miniatures/confrontation-hydra-of-mid-nor
-1.html

>>16986131
Looks weird because it's unbalanced, whereas the Reaper one is certainly balanced. The tail might seem dinosaurish at first, but it's necessary to make it look realistic or at least slightly plausible.

>>16986287
Good texture on that bad boy. Nice alternative to classic dragon scales.

>>16986272
yeah, it's horribly beautiful. not "okay-looking". There's a subtle harmony between all those textures, the grotesque yet functional proportions, and the overall liveliness. It's striking and inspiring, even if it's fucking monstrous.

>>16986287
Now that looks much, much better. The other angle was just atrocious.

I googled "ugly hydra" and the result (attached) looks more like the Reaper one.

This thread is now about hydras!

More Egyptians.

From Kabuki Models.

This is a pretty good thread. There are a lot of classy recommendations /tg/.

A lot of talent at Knight Models. They seem to have done a 30mm range for Star Wars characters. Here is their Luke Skywalker sculpt.

>>16986944
Nice, but hard to use in anything else.

>>16986953
>put helmet on Luke
>paint lightsaber to nightstick
>put body armor on
>I AM THE LAW

>>16986988
The armor will need to be pretty major.

I love the new miniatures from Spellcrow!
http://www.spellcrow.com/index.php?language=en

>>16987117

I think I prefer Scibor's minotaurs, personally, but that's a good sculpt regardless. Their other stuff looks good too.

Avatars of War makes some really hefty ones too.

http://www.avatars-of-war.com/eng/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=83&It
emid=118

>>16987117
I just got a nerdboner from those goblins.

Good find!

http://www.spellcrow.com/images/Northern_Dwarf_with_a_Great_Axe_0206.jpg

lolwut

Worth an archive?

Don't forget about Kingdom Death.

http://shop.kingdomdeath.com/

Too bad all his shit is limited-edition.

More BaneBeasts.

mostly DnD stuff

http://www.custommademinis.com/en/home/

>>16988128

>>16985633

What is this supposed to be?

>>16987117
>>16987138
Both of which emphasize just how much GW fucked up the current beastman mino's. God I hate those models...

The Perry's have a new plastic release for this month.

>>16988167

>>16988167

When are their goddamned mounted men-at-arms gonna come out.

>>16988173

>>16988175
My guess would be Salute 2012 (April).

>>16987226
>archive?

Put it up. People will vote yes/no

>>16988185

>>16988193

>>16985534
I swear I've seen that one drawn, instead of as figure once.

>>16988146
Safeguard from manga Blame!

>>16985633

Yeah, I've been looking at Red Box a lot lately. The sculpting reminds me of old Ral Partha and Grenadier stuff.

Micro Art Studio do some fuggin' sexy scenic bases, and their Iron Brotherhood minis are going to be the backbone of my Dark Mechanicus force.

Pic related.

>>16988276
They do some nice terrain as well.

>>16988279

You know who else makes nice terrain?

http://armorcast.com/

You too can own a ROAD OF SKULLS.

>>16988276
Damn those are nice. I can't afford a new army at the moment, but if I could, I'd use those Iron Brotherhood infantrymen as stormtroopers for a themed IG army. I'm sure the arms could be made to fit GW meltaguns with a little cutting and greenstuffing.

>>16988417
For sure. The sculptor himself uses them as a fucking sexy Mechanicus force. He's got some fantastic sculpts for more dynamic-posed 'leader' models, but I haven't seen anything of them since 2006.

>>16988077
I've always imagined that thing to make whale sounds and it flops along at 2" per turn (maximum distance it can move).

>>16988511
>I've always imagined that thing to make whale sounds and it flops along at 2" per turn (maximum distance it can move).

Micropanzer has some pretty interesting stuff for fairly cheap, mechs in particular.

http://www.micropanzer.com/mws-2012_003.htm

>>16985709

Mantic models are amazing. Especially their skeletons.

Has anyone seen a good Orc Archer fig anywhere? Or will I have to make a conversion?

Can't find a decent one anywhere.

Is there someplace like Micropanzer but for fantasy?

First and foremost, I love Infinity models. Then is the whole lot...Dark Sword, Wyrd, Anima Tactics, Helldorado, Hasslefree etc. Even Soda Pop, for all the cheesecake it contains.

Shit sons, check out this Freebooter grim reaper thing.

Also, Werner Klocke has the best damn fairies you'll ever see.

Bump with something a little less fantasy:

http://www.empressminiatures.com/page7.htm
Their moderns are more than rather good.

Raging Heroes.

http://www.ragingheroes.com

Here are a few links from my bookmarks
I'll post more in a few hours if this thread's still around

http://www.antenocitisworkshop.com/
http://www.micropanzer.com/mws-2012_003.htm
http://www.taban-miniatures.com/shop2/index.php


>>16989958
Have you looked at QRF?
They're mostly 15mm but I think they're a good scale if you need to cover larger areas.

http://quickreactionforce.co.uk/

Also Assault Group

http://www.theassaultgroup.co.uk/

>>16985534
Wow, this lady reminds me of the black widow lady from that D&D webcomic with evil characters...

>>16989350

This? Anyone?

http://khurasanminiatures.tripod.com/

The full site is down for the mo so it's a temporary site, but their stuff is awesome. Great 15mm sci-fi and other things besides.

>>16990814
Specifically, you want 15mm fantasy miniatures? Or something I'm not getting?

Also:

Pig Iron, the source of many heads and some decent 28mm sci-fi models.
http://www.pig-iron-productions.com/

>>16989335

>>16990899
Reaper Black Orc. Main problem: Fucking huge.

Reaper's Chronoscope line gets so many points for having a Mountie

>>16987988
stop reminding me. Hope the King's Men goes general release eventually. Best of the line so far, hands down

http://www.oldcrowmodels.co.uk/index.htm

Old Crow, they're a personal favorite of mine and others for their resin vehicles in 25mm(yes, this does also work perfectly well with 28mm), 15mm and 6mm scale.

Very good quality casts, only ever had miniscule air bubbles (pin-head sized) pre-sanded parts to fit together, though it's the kind of resin that instantly glues with super-glue so be careful. Very decent prices (the two vehicles here are about the same size as a rhino and were just under £10 each), nice extras to customize vehicles such as baggage, also able to order turrets and weapons separately (the light tank came with 3 different main weapon barrels and 3 different turret pod weapons by default). Many otherwise likely to break bits like weapon barrels are in nice durable metal not resin to boot.

Ramshackle Games has a lot of interesting, cheap stuff.

http://shop.ramshacklegames.co.uk/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=18&zenid=91de4364b705f009e
4055bb1ea924828

I especially like the Dungers.

>>16988175
Not soon enough.

Perry Miniatures are at the top of my list. I'm working my way through painting a box of their 15th century mercenaries, and they're absolutely fantastic. The first minis I've actually enjoyed painting.

I'm also a fan of Warlord's Pike and Shotte range and Immortal's hoplites. And Gripping Beast do the best Early Medieval/Dark Age minis available, hands down.

>>16990906
Are there any alternatives? I'm thinking more of a half-orc, something a little more humanoid and less monstrous.

So far, Reaper's Pathfinder and Dark Heaven Legends series seem pretty great. The Pathfinder minis stay INCREDIBLY close to Wayne Reynolds' original artwork, giving it a more dynamic feel.

>>16992249

I'm especially glad of this on the goblins, he draws excellent goblins.

>>16990866

Holy fuck, if I played Tau I would be on this so fast.

Heresy Miniatures has a little bit of everything.

http://www.heresyminiatures.com/shop/

Bump.

Up!

New Raging Heroes stuff, should be awesome for my Chaos.

Otherworld miniatures makes some cool dungeon monsters and random wilderness encounter minis.

and kobolds !

http://www.otherworld.me.uk/index.html

>>16998610
I'm buying 15mm myself which sort of limits me a bit in scope.
I'm working on figures for the X-com tabletop rules
(although I've used HeroClix Jawas for Etherials)
and a SF Savage Worlds game.
So I've been buying mostly from
Rebel Minis
http://www.rebelminis.com/pulpadventures.html
Khurasan Miniatures
http://khurasanminiatures.tripod.com/
Ground Zero Games
http://shop.groundzerogames.net/
and a few others.

I would love any miniature company as long as their minis are decent and they can be bought in a physical shop. I like looking the mini over, checking it for faults that might lead to easy breakage or moulding mistakes, and I like to be able to return it right away if that happens. But most of all, I like instant gratification.

Does anybody on /tg/ know of a shop that stocks miniatures that aren't D&D Minis or Games Workshop? Preferably in Toronto.

>>16999432

>>16999412 here.
401 games.
401 Yonge St Toronto,
(just north of Gerrard) has some
as well the Hairy Tarantula
(the "main" store is on Yonge on the opposite side of the street and just south of Gerrard)
has some as well.
for random assortments of *stuff* mostly older
The Hairy T North.
6979 Yonge St (just bellow Steeles)

Am surprised this has not come up yet:

Peter Pig, great producer of rule sets and figures in 15mm for a lot of periods, including the (in)famous AK47 Republic. Good detail, good casting (easy cleanup), good price. Interesting rules sets too, all designed with a nice bit of period fitting flavour, Bloody Barons is pretty much the go-to set for Wars of the Roses for instance.

http://www.peterpig.co.uk/

Bump for best thread on /tg/

Mantic Games only mentioned twice? For shame...

Also, while they're sadly OOP now, the Starship troopers models are awesome.

>>17002797

I'm liking Mantic's Abyssal Dwarfs more than Forge World's Chaos Dwarfs, and more than Scibor's Moscals. However, I'll probably mix the three for a complete Chaos Dwarf army.

Bump.

Fenryll has a boatload of stuff.

http://www.fenryll.com/

You want animals? Fuck you, it's GOT animals.

>>16987988
http://gallery.kingdomdeath.com/#781549/Wet-Nurse
Holy shit, this is a creepy mini from Kingdom Death. The suckling baby, the girl crying in the fetal position exposing things that should not be exposed. The pregnant woman getting her milk pumped by a pulsing tentacle cord. That is freaky, man.

How come his site doesn't work? None of the links go anywhere.

>>17006025
>How come his site doesn't work? None of the links go anywhere.

Works fine for me, although if you're trying to buy the Wet Nurse, it's been sold out for a long, long time.

Bump.

>>17006025
Not to mention the enormous penis on the end of that tail/tentacle

>>17006255
They did a re-run earlier this year. Fucker sold out in about 24hrs. I am not kidding.

>>17007008

You forgot that the top of its head is supposed to be a pregnant woman.

>They did a re-run earlier this year.

Wait, there was an actual reprint? Fuck. With so much demand shouldn't he be putting it into regular production?

>>17006025
made a gif

>>17007738
I could not dare to buy this thing, much less paint it.

Beside lonely people or persons without kids I can not think of its target market.

>>17008016
>lonely people or persons without kids

Welcome to most of /tg/.

Well, at least a notable fraction of the population of /tg/.

>>16988189

seconding the request for archive.

>>17008092
I was hoping it was more of joke than a reality.

OhGod, Infinity. Why do you hate my wallet, CB!

There was a game posted on /tg/ awhile ago with some unique races and decent looking minis. However, one of the armies was clearly furry, sexualised females and all. They were like persian/egyptian themed cat people. There were like human druid-knights who used the power of nature to like augment themselves or something too. I don't remember the other armies except that they were cool.

Anyone have any idea what I'm talking about?

>>17008178
They are really nice quality but yeah, you're looking at them being only very marginally cheaper than GW. A whole faction is much cheaper, but the individual models aren't.

>>16999432

Meeplemart is on Carlaw and has a pretty good selection of minis that aren't just 40K. Decent prices too. Only open on Tues/Thurs and I think Sun. A little hard to find.

Hairy T overcharges imho.

>>17008219
Individual models isn't an issue. When you can spend $35 to $70 on everything you need for a faction, then I'd say you come out far cheaper than 40k and it's "1500-2000 pts is average, and $65 buy you a 150pt vehicle"

>>17008269
That is why i said:
>a whole faction is much cheaper

Am I the only one using this page as a guide for my black friday list?