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With all of the hype about finecast I thought that it would be a good time to start a thread dedicated to listing miniatures that you think have the most detail. Naturally this discussion is not limited to GW's products.

Some of pictures I have seen of Enigma's miniatures look really good, but I have not seen them in person.

Karken Edition's Alkemy has extremely nice miniatures. I have a few Khalimans and the fur sculpting is gorgeous in my opinion.

Never seen one in person, but gauging from the pictures and discussion online, Corvus Belli's Infinity range are quite detailed.

Great Thread.

I learned a hard lesson that greens and pictures on websites aren't the same as a production model in a blister. Much prefer to see the models in person or a reveiw from someone who's bought and painted one. Over the years I've had quite a few miniatures come into the store that weren't very close to the nicely detailed greens or fantasticly painted demo models. Latest example was RBG. Red Box Games looked great here on dakka, but far different in person, and I've got several hundred dollars of stuff just sitting on a shelf for a year now.
Makes me gunshy sometimes in ordering. So I'm appreciative of reviews people put up.

I have found it interesting that in all the GW finecast promo stuff... they never show a picture of the old version next to the new, finecast version. I mean... if you were going to try to convince me that all this extra money you're asking for is worth it... that would be the *obvious* comparison, right? At least I haven't seen anything like that on the GW web site.

As a result, I suspect that the finecasts aren't all that much better than a good copy of the old models. Better? Yes... but not as big a deal as they're making them out to be.

I really like the Mantic undead stuff, but my favourite has to 'Wet Nurse'.

Yes it's sick, but so brilliantly detailed it's not true....or maybe the FW Great Unclean One. All awesome mini's....

I haven't had the pleasure of seeing one in person, but the things smart max show off are astounding. They really seem to make the most of their scale and medium. (that awe-inspiring studio painter they have doesn't hurt either)
I do own some anima tactics models that are extraordinary as well. A couple of the ones that stand out to me are Cordelia for a great execution to a unique and fresh concept -she has legs sculpted under that dress too!-, Machiosas for having some great musculature and lots of attitude, and Griever for having so much motion captured in that one instant. Arkied also wins the award for the most fiddly model I have ever even heard of.

In my opinion Anima miniatures have problems with faces, though. I don't know if that changed since I last looked at them a year ago, but up until them most faces seemed...off. Especially the female ones.

I remember the old company attached to Rackham (their FW version) - I think it was called Fire Industries. I got their Dragon Titan and the Pumpkin Head ( http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/images-29892-8690_Pumpkin%20Head.html ).
Both Miniatures are extremely well detailed and came with almost no to none flash or mold lines. Sadly the company doesn't exist any more :(

Studio McVey.

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I will try to get my hands on some of these and post pics.

Avatars of War. I have the Ogre Hero and love it.

Rackham and Avatars of War for me. Malifaux gets an honourable mention.

I can second the Infinity vote, they are awesome in the flesh...really great miniatures.

Enigma are to fantasy, what Infinity is to Sci Fi....absolutely astounding sculpts.

Andrea Miniatures (30mm) are also great sculpts, very detailed and dynamic.

Hasslefree are really underated. the level of detail that guy gets in those miniatures is amazing.

I've bought the Sedition Wars miniatures from McVey, and I have to say, the metals are as GOOD as the resins....seriously, if there is any loss in detail, I haven't seen it, they are truely beautiful.

Dark Slave also make some great miniatures, they also make the stuff for Ron and Bones, but take a look at their Tale Revision range and their Tales of War range...really nice stuff.

If you really want to see some alternative fine detailed miniature ranges, check out the Coolminiornot store at: http://www.coolminiornot.com

.RAFM- USX line. Thier Cthuhlu line is hit or miss, but the Moderns USX line are great. http://www.rafm.com/USX/index.html

Black Scorpion- Most of thier lines. Especially the Tombstone line and the Cutlass Pirates. http://www.blackscorpionminiatures.com/index.php

Pulp City- Good range of Superheros. http://www.pulp-city.com/

West Wind- Love thier Road Kill line, and absolutly love thier SOTR line. http://www.westwindproductions.co.uk/catalog/index.php

Copplestone castings.- Absolutly love thier Kiss Kiss Bang Bang line. http://www.copplestonecastings.co.uk/

The Pulp line from Bob Murch. Bobs work has consistantly improved over time. http://www.pulpfigures.com/new.php?custID=651911661541306446731

And finally Rat trap has a line to follow up on the Pulp line of gaming, .45 cal adventures. http://www.rattrapproductions.com/Bullpen/

Dais wrote:the things smart max show off are astounding. They really seem to make the most of their scale and medium. (that awe-inspiring studio painter they have doesn't hurt either)

+1 to this. I like Otherworld Miniatures too (fantasy stuff).

Im not gonna lie, FW has some damn good detail. Getting my trygon the first time, holy crap. That was the most amazing model I have ever owned.

Reaper is pretty decent, especially the larger stuff.

The Rackham minis (The metal ones, not the pre-paints) looked REALLY good, but IDK how they really are in-person.

Rackham Confrontation metals and some of Studio McVey

The OP said the "most" detail, so I'll have to go with the OOP Rackham metals. Their sculptors packed models with filigree, faces worked into armor, flasks and dead animals hung from belts...really superb stuff. I have noticed the back of the model often has just as much detail as the front. I hunted them down for over a year and after receiving them I would say 8/10, the sculpting would go beyond my already high expectations.

Yes I also put a vote on the Rackham Metal minis. I got their demon box (The Molochs) to substitute for Demon Princes and was totally blown away by the details on the wings alone

Thunderbolt Mountain does some very good work.