"So what do you call the little men that you game with?" Topic

Possible suggestions:

Miniatures
Military miniatures
Minis
Figurines
Figures
Figs
Toy soldiers
Dollies

Sojies.

I find it rude to comment on fellow players' height or other physical attributes. I call them fellow gamers or by their names.

I call them "toy soldiers" with pride. I do, however, cringe, when the distaff side refers to "playing with your little guys".

Allen

Heroes … every man-jack of them!

My daughter knows them as the little people.

Toy soldiers.

When someone asks me if I have a hobby, I also find saying 'I play with toy soldiers' conveys the idea much better and more quickly than 'I'm a wargamer'.

Toy soldiers. Please!

Each 7,500 of mine are individually named.

Just Kidding, I call them miniatures.

It varies and depends on who I am telling it to. I usually say my hobby is military history and I paint toy soldiers or miniature soldiers. (I have not really gamed in years, so I rarely bring that up anymore.)

With people who are "in the know," I generally refer to them by army or warband name, occasionally with the game name as a reference; "my New Kingdom Egyptians" or "my Warhammer Fantasy Beastmen." To the uninitiated (such as a first date or coworker) they are my "model soldiers." I usually get some very interested questions when I mention it…

Figures.
I don't have an ideological bone in my body.

Troops

Toy soldiers when with outsiders; figures or figs when in the group.

Minies or figs.

Figs.

Wife calls them my "army men".

[I don't have an ideological bone in my body.]

You keep your bones outside your body?

Minis

Brian

Figs when they representations of people and anumals, minis when ships, planes, tanks, etc.

Toy soldiers, little guys, miniatures.

Toy soldiers, or miniatures. I hate when women call them "figuriines".

Models.

Mostly "Figs"

Model Airplanes are "Planes"

mjc

My guys.

Even the family refers to them this way.

Dad/Hon, are you working on/painting your guys?

Minis, figs, or "the lads"

Figs or mini's.

I call them E!

cause E's dead. and E's Dead

:-P

Lads

Little Men I Game With

Why do you ask?

or..
My Preciousesssss

The Army Men.

One of my friends referes to them as my 50,003 loved ones.
To include the wife, daughter and dog.

Mike "Bunkermeister" Creek
bunkermeister.blogspot.com

I tell my sons & wife they're "Historical military miniatures for the reenactment of military history in miniature" – and they respond with, "You mean your dolls?"

Larry, Moe, Henry, Edgar, etc

Bill, or George, anything but Sue.

Figs or Minis, usually. "Miniature Figures" when talking to a non-cognoscente.

Me: Figs, figures or minis

Wife: Geek crap (collective term involving anything hobby-related)

My late mom: Critters

Minis or figures.

Anybody calling them "poppetjes" should have molten lead poured down their throats.

Herbies.

Variants, to include most of the terms upthread.

But always 'toy soldiers' to the uninitiated…

I call them figs.

I tell people I paint naked germanic barbarians in miniature. Usually gets a few laughs.

useless bar-stewards most of the time (it's that or blame the dice!)

minis/miniatures
figs/figures
model soldiers

My youngest son started calling them "good guys" and the name has stuck. Now the entire family calls them the same thing, and of course now all sides are "good guys" no bad guys here.

I start with "miniatures," but when I get the quizzical look, I have to revert to "toy soldiers."

Thanks to my family they are known simply as "little metal men". Typically I'll call them toy soldiers to the unitiated.

Figs, although the wife and daughter call them guys

Figures, definitely. Everyone I have ever heard talk about them in the UK calls them figures. I think minis is American. Some people (maybe older gamers ?) call them castings, which sounds wierd to me.

The "Wee Laddies" or the "Wee Leaddies".
Rod Robertson.

Little dudes.

Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble & Grubb. It does limit me to skirmish games though.

Tiny little metal men

miniature minis or tin soldiers to non players