| maxtillberg | 03 Feb 2013 8:12 a.m. PST |
I am searching for highly stylized miniatures to use in boardgames and miniature gaming (like very old toy soldiers, little details, made for glossy paint, …). The scale can be anything between 10 and 35 mm and the subject almost everything except fantasy and space. I like the Eureka Toy town soldiers range link but would like something a little more realistic. I am also very fond of the 10mm Civilians by Thoroughbred Miniatures link but they are not that useful in a war game. Any suggestions are well come.
Sincerely
Max |
 Extra Crispy  | 03 Feb 2013 8:48 a.m. PST |
Minifigs in 15mm would probably really suit. They strike me as very "toy solder" in a good way, and have a huge rnge (though no space/fantasy). |
| maxtillberg | 03 Feb 2013 9:12 a.m. PST |
I tried to search for "Minifigs" but ended up with lots of hits from many makers. Do you know who makes them, if they still are produced and where I can find them? /Max |
| GarrisonMiniatures | 03 Feb 2013 9:30 a.m. PST |
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| maxtillberg | 03 Feb 2013 9:53 a.m. PST |
Thanks a lot. Huge range but still maby a bit too detailed. I am not sure. I will get e few and see how they work. /Max |
| evilcartoonist | 03 Feb 2013 10:04 a.m. PST |
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| Marc the plastics fan | 03 Feb 2013 11:15 a.m. PST |
Prince August home cast – very little detail, so perfect for toy soldier style. If only Peter laing were still going… |
| maxtillberg | 03 Feb 2013 12:52 p.m. PST |
I tried Price August but they are a bit too large. Still it is fun to make my own minis. I Googled Peter Laing and the were perfect. Maby a bit small for boardgames but perfect for miniature gaming. And then I found out that the molds are lost. Sigh. Any other ideas.
/Max |
| GarrisonMiniatures | 03 Feb 2013 2:04 p.m. PST |
In March I'll be starting up again after he winter break. Rose 20mm from the 1950s…… link |
| maxtillberg | 03 Feb 2013 2:29 p.m. PST |
The colonial soldiers looks great. Do you have any information about size and price? I searched the site but could not find any information.
/Max |
| Extra Crispy | 03 Feb 2013 2:40 p.m. PST |
Then if Minifigs are too detailed try the old Scruby figures from historifigs.com they have very inexpensive sampler sets. |
| GarrisonMiniatures | 03 Feb 2013 2:44 p.m. PST |
I take the catalogue offline during the winter to stop people ordering then having a long wait. Easiest thing to do was to put them back online for a while to let you see the range – I'll leave it there till tomorrow. Casting restarts beginning of March: link For size comparisons, see the Plastic Pelisse blog: link Rob |
| GarrisonMiniatures | 03 Feb 2013 2:48 p.m. PST |
Also worth looking at are the Jacklex figures from Spencer Smith: link These are completely compatible with the Rose 20mm, biggest pain is ordering them! – though I see that you can now use PayPal and it seems to be a bit easier – still can't do it directly though. |
| maxtillberg | 03 Feb 2013 3:03 p.m. PST |
Thanks a lot Rob. The Rose 30 mm series is also great. I found other series in the old 1965 catalogue, do you produce the as well?. I was thinking of the Egypt and French Indian War Series.
/Max |
| gisbygeo | 03 Feb 2013 3:23 p.m. PST |
Try Spencer Smith: 30mm link |
| GarrisonMiniatures | 03 Feb 2013 4:58 p.m. PST |
The Egyptian and French Indian Wars figures in the 65 Rose catalogue are 54mm – they are still available, just not from me, I only have rights to 30mm and below. They did do some 30mm Napoleonics which I might be trying out again but they didn't do very well last time I tried it. The Prestige Egyptians are nice figures and basically 'true' 25mm.
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| billthecat | 11 Feb 2013 5:04 p.m. PST |
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| Ian Dury | 25 Feb 2013 3:50 p.m. PST |
Max – saw you were interested in the old Peter Laing figures – since the moulds have gone missing, one of my friends over in the US has been handcasting some – what in particular are you interested in?
ian.dury@hotmail.co.uk |
