Uesugi Kenshin  | 08 Jun 2011 3:19 a.m. PST |
Who currently makes the best metal or plastic medieval/ dark ages period fantasy human miniatures? |
| LeadLair76 | 08 Jun 2011 4:43 a.m. PST |
I always like Red Box Games |
| altfritz | 08 Jun 2011 4:47 a.m. PST |
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| Scorpio | 08 Jun 2011 5:34 a.m. PST |
Reaper! The Dark Heaven line is the bee's knees. |
| Frederick | 08 Jun 2011 5:38 a.m. PST |
I like Hasselfree, but the range is so very, very small Probably Reaper would be my vote |
| Goldwyrm | 08 Jun 2011 5:45 a.m. PST |
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| mweaver | 08 Jun 2011 5:46 a.m. PST |
Reaper still has some nice old figures available, but most of their newer fantasy releases are done in a style to look like the art in the D&D 3.0/3.5/4.0 and Pathfinder rule books, which is very cartoony (weird armor, strange hair, and goofy over-sized weapons). I would go with Red Box Games and Dark Sword. As Frederick noted, Hasslefree makes some really nice figures, but not a lot of fantasy so far. For monsters, Otherworld is very nice – particularly if you like the old 1st edition AD&D look. |
| Backyardpatrol | 08 Jun 2011 8:34 a.m. PST |
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| jpattern2 | 08 Jun 2011 9:11 a.m. PST |
Grenadier/em-4/Mirliton. The old Grenadier Fantasy Warriors Barbarians and Fighting Men, sculpted by Mark Copplestone. Beautiful fantasy Humans. |
| Mick in Switzerland | 08 Jun 2011 10:12 a.m. PST |
I just bought some figures from Otherworld. They have interesting D&D style fantasy figures. |
| UberTek | 08 Jun 2011 10:41 a.m. PST |
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| Elric Of Melnibone | 08 Jun 2011 12:16 p.m. PST |
Spyglass / Eolith, small range but very special. |
| Neotacha | 08 Jun 2011 12:23 p.m. PST |
The problem with questions like this is that 'best' is a very subjective term. What I find to be outstanding you may think is only slightly better than what a six-year old could do with play-doh. I like early Reaper, Thunderbolt Mountain's very limited humans in the 30 mm and their terrific Arthurian range. Redbox is very nice. Eolith I find too out of proportion somehow. Hasslefree is nice. Mirliton has revived a lot of Grenadier molds. |
| religon | 08 Jun 2011 7:05 p.m. PST |
Mirliton (Grenadier) would be my choice. |
| elcid1099 | 09 Jun 2011 6:07 a.m. PST |
Games Workshop – LOTR Range – Superb |
| Uesugi Kenshin | 09 Jun 2011 7:16 a.m. PST |
About the only one I'm familiar iwth so far is the GW LOTR range mentioned by ElCid, and ohhhh….soooo expensive, I cant imagine doing big battles with those chaps! Re: "Red Box Games", sound promissing. From the quick Google search I did I liked what I saw as well. How do they compare to other well known 25/28mm medieval miniature makers (Perry/Old Glory, etc…)? Cheers. |
| Shadyt | 09 Jun 2011 7:26 a.m. PST |
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| Uesugi Kenshin | 09 Jun 2011 6:55 p.m. PST |
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| 28mmMan | 09 Jun 2011 7:07 p.m. PST |
Red Box Games puts out some seriously favorable miniatures to be sure. ***** @uesugi…the selected choices are always fun to look at, because they are so different, but I am somewhat smitten with the last one picture |
| Uesugi Kenshin | 10 Jun 2011 2:01 a.m. PST |
The paint job and deatil of poses on those Tekumel minis are indeed enticing. If you are interested in learning more about the background behind them 28mmMan check these out:
tekumel.com
thetekumelproject.blogspot.com |
| richarDISNEY | 10 Jun 2011 9:55 a.m. PST |
Reaper
Dark Sword
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| elcid1099 | 13 Jun 2011 6:04 a.m. PST |
UK – Get your GW LOTR on Ebay. Unbeatable value. |
| mgaffn1 | 13 Jun 2011 10:06 a.m. PST |
My vote goes to Reaper for selection and affordability.
& per other responses, I prefer the older Reaper figs – except some of the new Goblins, which look very Brian Froud inspired… |
ponders getting some of his 28mm fantasy figures off the shelves and onto the tabletop.