I need more.  Love the fucking things.  Love 'em love 'em love 'em.

Anyway, I'm trying to find a nice halfling figure, with a shortsword and a shielf.  Best I've seen so far is from Reaper:

Dar Dimplefoot

Looks a bit lame, though.

Then there's Dobbin Sackville

Looks better, but the sword is a bit too large.

Then there are these possibilities:

Hellakin
Dingo
Pip
Fitch Coincatcher

Each of these needs a shield to suit my purpose.  Maybe I could glue on the one from Weapons Pack 3 -- might be kinda big, though.

I'm favouring Dingo, myself.  If he had a shield already it would be a slam dunk (and if I could find him on the rack at my local game shop, I'd have bought him already, shield or no shield).  Normally I prefer figures done by Sandra Garrity, but her halflings don't seem up to snuff.

I've only been looking at Reaper Minis so far.  Anybody got a better place/company to look for miniatures? :ponder:

iirc, there is another batch of pewter minis...I think Warlords is their name. I've not looked through them, but I saw them the last time I was at the local shop.

Might be something to look at?

Warlord?

You mean like http://www.reapermini.com/gallery/warlord ?

I've looked through them before.  I own Griffon, a really nice (hefty!) figure.  I was hoping to pick up a Snorri, but some lucky bucker snatched up the last one from my local game store before I could.

There's some real beauties in that line.  In fact, Dingo (the figure I mentioned as my favourite choice) is from Reaper's Warlord Mercenaries section.

Quote from: AlgoleiThen there's Dobbin Sackville

Looks better, but the sword is a bit too large.

I think I'd grab Dobbin and cut/file the sword down to a managable size. (not sure how it's done, but I'm guessing there should be a way. :shrug:)

Well crap, that's a pretty good idea.

I could snip the sword in half and put a new point on the end.  It's a little thick, but my knife is sharp, I could trim that too.  It would be a little difficult whittling it down and keeping the lines straight, but I've done harder modifications before.

Thanks cnathstuff, I was too busy thinking of how I could glue things onto other things to come up with that.

Quote from: AlgoleiWarlord?

You mean like http://www.reapermini.com/gallery/warlord ?

I've looked through them before.  I own Griffon, a really nice (hefty!) figure.  I was hoping to pick up a Snorri, but some lucky bucker snatched up the last one from my local game store before I could.

There's some real beauties in that line.  In fact, Dingo (the figure I mentioned as my favourite choice) is from Reaper's Warlord Mercenaries section.

Well, smack my face and call me Sherly. I thought the Warlord stuff was not Reaper. Sorry! :eek:

So did I, until I found their website a while ago.

What other companies are left making miniatures?

//www.gamesworkshop.com is the biggest.

http://www.rackham-store.com/boutique_us/liste_rayons.cfm?code_lg=lg_us is another.

You could always make your own shield from greenstuff/plasticard/other bits if you're planning on painting it.

Check out this site: //www.coolminiornot.com and this site: //www.warseer.com for painting and modding advice.

--Minitature Spikey

Quote from: SpikeyFreakYou could always make your own shield from greenstuff/plasticard/other bits if you're planning on painting it.

Tried that once.  The stuff I make is always too big. My sculpture of a carrion crawler was a huge* disappointment.







*enormous! gigantic! massive! it was really really big

Does Ral Partha still make D&D minis?

Quote from: JongWKDoes Ral Partha still make D&D minis?

I believe that Ral Partha is no longer with us.  Most of the D&D miniatures market (other than the pre-painted stuff) is taken by Reaper.


TGA

You used to be able to get Ral Partha stuff (or at least some of the old sculpts) at http://discounthobby.com

They have a lot of weird/70s style stuff I dont see anywhere else. I think the Ral Partha stuff is all gone though.

Quote from: Abyssal MawThey have a lot of weird/70s style stuff--

"Weird?!"  "WEIRD?!?!"

That 70s style stuff is, like, ...well it's like your Grampa!  You don't call Grampa weird because he's old and wrinkled and doesn't look perfect! :mad:

You call him weird 'cause he's a 90-year-old pedophile.

...then again, ooh, look:  goats!

But those aren't 70s style.  They're more of a 90s thing.