"You are a Fanboy for...?" Topic

If you were a fanboy, which miniature wargaming companies would you be a fanboy of?

Too Fat Lardies: I haven't played anything they've done that I didn't like.

GZG, Essex, Tumbling Dice, Pico, Takara, F-Toys, CinC (now sold by Pfc.)….

Hope to be for Perry as well, when I can afford their Agincourt, WOTR, Italian Wars, and Samurai ranges.

David Manley's naval rules – Action Stations and Bulldogs Away.

Navwar, for GQ1 and GQ2.

Geoff, at QRF for Duel of Eagles and Clash of Sabres.

GZG for Full Thrust and More Thrust.

If you asked a couple of months ago I'd say Privateer Press but I sold off all of my stuff from them to get into Age of Sigmar. I'm not to the point of being a GW fangirl yet but I'm getting close.

The air combat game Check Your Six!, which I always find myself gushing about.

Also for Ivan Sorensen's various Nordic Weasel games, especially No End In Sight/No Stars in Sight.*

*I'll be waiting at the seedy convenience store on the corner of 5th and Main for my kickback, Ivan

Fife and Drum
King's Mountain
MSC
Eureka
Old Glory

The name says it all.

Old Glory

Rules writers Rick Priestley & Sam Mustafa. Figures by the Perry miniatures & Sashs & Sabers.

Figurehead/Hallmark/Noble/Last Square
Baccus
Adler
Tumbling Dice
Magister Militum
Pendraken
Old Glory
General Quarters rules/ODGW
Rick Priestly rules
Sam Mustafa rules
Stone mountain Miniatures
Navwar
Scale Creep
Total Battle
Battlefield Terrain Concepts

So many great folks in this hobby!

Nobody.

I like Warrior. And Navwar. And Garrisson (!).

And HaT and Zvezda and Casear and Dark Alliance and Red Box and quite a few others.

But "Fan boy" ? It's just not me.

GZG
Rebel Minis
Khurasan
Old Glory
Fire and Fury
Command Decision
Scale Creep
QRF

Fanboy? Hahahahahaha! NO!

That dismissed, these are my wishlist sources:

Oddzial Osmy 3mm
Rebel Minis 15mm/18mm
Khurasan 15mm/18mm
Splintered Light 15mm/18mm
Tumbling Dice 3mm
GZG 15mm/18mm

Maybe Baccus if I cannot find some things in 3mm

Liking what I see online from Battle Valor miniatures but ask me after I receive an order…

I'd have said Zombiesmith, but I haven't gotten into their other projects, and have made myself stick to one scale (15mm), though I love the 28mm figures even more.

Still toying with 6mm conversion of some boardgames, though.

andy

I keep returning to Alternative Armies. I've been a follower of theirs for over ten years and keep being tempted back.

Tony

TooFatLardies I like their design philosophy.

Too Fat Lardies
Peter Pig figures
Fantasy Flight Games (X-Wing)
Timecast buildings
Little Big Men Studios

Copplestone, HLBS.

No one. Fanboys are, in my humble opinion, non critical sycophants who do nothing to engender progress in the hobby but who instead are prepared to lap up any old tat thrown out my the object of their love and for whom they are only too happy to make any excuse for any error, duff product or otherwise cruddy output.

I would need surprised if many here really identified themselves as fanboys.

Nordic Weasel.

If, I was a fanboy….

Calpe
Front Rank
Britannia

Crooked Dice

I never make any of these lists… :^(

I have enjoyed carrying Battlehonors/Quality Cast/Old Glory15/ Black Raven Foundry/Rank & File which are all the same company.
I also carried Stone Mountain for over a decade an enjoyed it as well.

Was mantic but now I won't do business with them

Eureka
Old Glory
Anything Paul Hicks sculpts up.

Field of Battle by Brent Oman. In my humble opinion this is one of the sets of rules that folks will be discussing 20 years from now. They have changed how players both play and recreate battles on the tabletop at the unit equals a Battalion level. They are my buddies and mine holy grail of rule sets.

1/72 Plastics in general.

Heritage Lord of the Rings range along with some of the Custom Cast LOTR figs.

Heritage 15mm Ancients.

Ral Partha figs in general.

I'm sure there are some others I did not mention.

I am not so much of a fanboy as I am just very impressed and a fan of these things.

Thanks,

John

Old Glory

Perry
4Ground

I imagine this thread is somewhat tongue-in-cheek. I doubt most posters are 'literally' fanboyz!

Me, well I froth at the mouth, go totally batpoop crazy, and will pound any dissenters into the ground, over

Perry stuff
Khurasan
Early Citadel fantasy
Old Armorcast 40K

Fidelis Models,
Pegasus Hobbies
Caesar Miniatures,
Brookhurst Hobbies,
HaT Miniatures,
Ykreol Miniatures.

Mike Bunkermeister Creek
Bunker Talk blog

"Fanboy" is a strong word, and like Mr. Manley said…but I'll play along.

Of Currently operating companies in their current state of being, I suppose Splintered Light & Alternative Armies.

Of expired companies, Grenadier, Heritage, and Target Games.

But the only one I was ever *truly* a fanboy of was 20th century Citadel/GW.

Figures? Hasslefree & Reaper

Rules? maybe the guys that do infinity?

(I love their figures too, but they sure are expensive)

I kinda like mantic too, but not enough to gush over.

Copplestone, Hasslefree, Bronze Age, Tin Man

TMP

National Cheese Emporium
GHQ
Heroics & Ros
O8

Hasslefree,
pendraken

I'm doing Reaper Bones exclusively now, just more durable than lead.

Definitely Uprising Miniatures. I have a bunch of everything they have released and will continue to get more of it as it comes out.

Foundry, Perry figures.
Field of Battle (Oman)

Askari Miniatures

Zombiesmith!

MicroWorld Games!

Perry Figures
Saxon Miniatures

A big 'if', but who would I cheer for?

Peter Pig
Donnington
Black Hat/Gladiator/Metal Magic
MM/Chariot

Still some of the best figures around.

I also quite like Warbases and WRG

Phil

I'd characterize "fanboy" as "will buy without further reading", so that's Toofatlardies and Twohourwargames.

Mini's I'd say Peter Pig and Picoarmour but there's really too many good ones to choose.

Perry Miniatures historicals/old fantasy

Games Workshop (since forever)

Northstar Miniatures (more recently because of Frostgrave)

Scibor (Amazing resin minis that I can't afford but love to stare at on their website!)

Otherworld Miniatures (Best miniatures homage to classic D & D I've seen to date. Buying and seeing one pack up close and in person of their dungeon hirelings was enough to make me fall head over heels!)

Pegasus Hobbies

Hasslefree & Reaper
CMON-zombicide
Dwarven Forge
Old Citadel pre and first slotta
Kickstarter sometimes

Calpe Prussians
Studio Tomahawk
Conquest Miniatures
Gripping Beast
Perry Bros

Currently fanboying over:
*Ral Partha/Iron Wind Metals for their 3-stage series and relaunched Chaos Wars line.
*Crusader Miniatures for the Late Crusades line: When you say 'Medieval' this is what I see in my head…

I am no one's fanboy, but there are certainly companies that give prompt courteous service have good quality miniatures, actually bother to communicate with me the customer and so have earned my patronage. Companies like
Old Glory USA, Pico Armor, GHQ, Northstar Miniatures, Perry miniatures, The Warstore, FRP games, NWS online, Baccus miniatures, Adler miniatures. Every one of these companies I have dealt with on numerous occasions over the years and I feel are worthy of mention to anyone who wants decent service and quality merchandise.