Hi,
due to demand, here is an extensive list of non-
GW miniature manufacturers, listed alphabetically in the categories Fantasy, SciFi and Historical/Pulp. More important companies (my choice) are written in bold letters.
Good websites to stay informed are:
Tabletop Gaming News:
http://www.tabletopgamingnews.com/ the Miniatures page:
http://theminiaturespage.com/ and the blog Tabletop Fix:
http://ttfix.blogspot.com/ Stores with a good selection of non-
GW miniatures are.
Battlefield Berlin (Germany):
http://www.shop.battlefield-berlin.de/ Cool Mini or Not (USA):
http://www.coolminiornot.com/shop/miniatures Noble Knight
http://www.nobleknight.com/ (also
OOP stuff)
The Warstore (USA):
http://www.thewarstore.com/ Wayland Games (
UK) www.waylandgames.co.
uk Arcane Miniatures(
UK):
http://www.arcaneminiatures.co.uk/ Northstar Figures (
UK)
http://www.northstarfigures.com/ Total Wargamer (
UK) www.totalwargamer.co.
uk to name just a few.
See also this thread for manufacturers of bases.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/353268.page .
Fantasy Alkemy Miniatures http://www.kraken-editions.com/en/alkemy/presentation/index.html (independent skirmish game)
Ammon Miniatures
http://ammon-miniatures.com/?page_id=19&lang=en (very few, mostly comical)
Andrea Miniatures
http://www.andrea-miniatures.com/market/AspsProductos/listado.asp?IdColeccion=127 (also renown for 54mm scale Fantasy and other big scale miniatures)
Anima Tactics
http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_minisite_sec.asp?eidm=16&esem=2 (Manga style skirmish game, also
RPG)
Avatars of War http://www.avatars-of-war.com/eng/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3&Itemid=56 (excellent heroes close to
GW style, also first plastic regiment)
Battlefield Babes
http://www.shop.battlefield-berlin.de/index.php/katalog/showarticles/20220-1-battlefield_babes.html (small line of heroines)
Black Scorpion Miniatures
http://www.blackscorpionminiatures.com/index.php (mostly Pirates and Ork BB team)
Black Tree Design
http://www.blacktreedesign.com/home.html (classic fantasy miniatures)
Blue Moon Manufacturing
http://www.bluemoonmanufacturing.com/ (80s style Fantasy, Horror and Pirates)
Bronze Age Miniatures
http://www.bronzeagemin.com/miniatures_html/32MM/FANTASY/fantasy32mm.htm (classic fantasy miniatures)
Cavalcade Wargames
http://cavalcadewargames.com/cavalcade/store.html (Japanese Miniatures: Orks, Goblins, Dwarfs, Minotaurs)
Chronopia
http://www.princeaugust.ie/target_games/ (selling stock of old tabletop game with alternative design)
Clan Wars
http://www.veltd.net/28mmclanwar.htm (Japanese miniatures from the L5R setting)
Confrontation (currently
OOP major tabletop game, early metal and later plastic prepainted edition, search ebay)
Cool Mini or Not
http://www.coolminiornot.com/shop/miniatures/cmon-miniatures (high quality singles, for painters, often limited)
Crocodile games
https://www.crocodilegames.com/store/index.cfm (Wargods of Aegyptus/Olympus/Hyperborea)
Cryptlock Miniatures
http://www.cryptlock.de/start.htm (small range)
Custom Made Miniatures
http://www.custommademinis.com/en/shop/fantasy/ (small range of heroes)
Dark Sword Miniatures
http://darkswordminiatures.com/ (large collection of realscale Fantasy Miniatures, often copying Fantasy art, also deformed range)
Denizen Miniatures
http://www.denizenminiatures.co.uk/files/25mm02.htm (classic 25mm range)
Dragonblood Miniatures
http://cavalcadewargames.com/cavalcade/Dragonblood.html (e.g. Lizardmen, now distibuted by Cavalcade)
DragonRune Miniatures
http://armorcast.com/store/index.php?cPath=116_125 (Orks, Ogres, Lizardmen etc.)
Dungeons & Dragons (
OOP range of prepainted plastics for
RPGs, see ebay)
Dwarf Tales
http://shop.dwarftales.com/ (small high quality Fantasy range)
Enigma Miniatures
http://www.enigmaminiatures.com/en/news.html (30mm and 54mm high quality miniatures)
Excalibur Miniatures
http://www.excalibur-miniatures.com/shop/index.php?cPath=4 (classic fantasy range)
Fenryll
http://www.fenryll.com/index.php (large collection of resin 30mm heroes and terrain, also deformed range)
Freebooter Miniatures
http://www.freebooterminiatures.de/en/catalog (nice collection of singles, now also Pirates skirmish game)
Gamezone Miniatures http://gamezoneminiatures.de/?___store=gamezone_english&___from_store=gamezone_german (major alternative range to Warhammer, all metal)
Gaspez Arts
http://www.gaspez-arts.com/ (small range of singles, some BB teams)
Godslayer
http://www.megalith-games.com/eng_index.php?id=&pid1=P1_1 (28mm skirmish with Romans, Greek, Kelts, Dwarfs and troglodytes)
Grendel
http://www.scotiagrendel.com/Products/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=2 (old style miniatures, monsters and terrain)
Gribbly Miniatures
http://www.gribblyminiatures.co.uk/gallery.php (few chaos monsters)
Ginfritter's Gnomish Workshop
http://armorcast.com/store/index.php?cPath=116_74 (few, mostly comical miniatures)
Guild of Harmony
http://www.guildofharmony.com/shop_GOH_pg1.php (small range of high quality singles)
Hasslefree Miniatures
http://www.hasslefreeminiatures.co.uk/catalog.php (medium sized fantasy range, also conversion parts)
Hazgaard Miniatures
http://www.shop.battlefield-berlin.de/index.php/katalog/showarticles/24120-1-hazgaard_miniatures.html (Japanese singles from Okko game,
OOP?)
Helldorado http://www.helldorado.fr/figurines/index.php (independent skirmish game)
Heresy Miniatures
http://www.heresyminiatures.com/index.htm (medium sized fantasy range, a.o. daemons)
Hordes http://privateerpress.com/hordes/gallery (major tabletop game, see also similar Warmachine by same company)
Impact Miniatures
http://www.impactminiatures.com/ (major range of alternative BB miniatures with own rules system)
Iron Kingdoms
http://privateerpress.com/iron-kingdoms/miniatures (
RPG singles from Hordes/Warmachine setting)
Mad Puppet Miniatures
http://www.madpuppetminiatures.com/main.php (few singles)
Magnificent Egos
http://www.coolminiornot.com/shop/miniatures/valiant-miniatures (
RPG singles, distributed now by Valiant Miniatures)
Mantic Games http://www.manticgames.com/Shop-Home.html (major cheaper alternative to Warhammer, own set of rules by A.Calvatore)
Maow Miniatures
http://www.maow-miniatures.fr/figurines.htm (few limited release singles plus some comicals)
Masquerade Miniatures
http://www.masq-mini.com/index.php?sprache=2 (small range, wolves, bats)
Mega Miniatures
http://www.megaminis.com/ (cheap bulk metals)
Micro Art Studio
http://www.shop.microartstudio.com/discworld-miniatures-c-48.html (Diskworld singles, few others)
Mierce Miniatures
http://www.mierce-miniatures.com/ (old Banelords/Maelstrom range)
Minos Miniatures
http://www.minos-miniatures.com/unpainted-miniatures.html (few singles)
Mirliton Miniatures
http://www.mirliton.it/index.php?cName=fantasy-2528mm (classic Grenadier miniatures)
M.S.B. Toys
http://www.msbtoys.com/MSBShop/ (medium sized range with own aesthetics)
Neomics
http://www.neomics.de/shop (alternative BB miniatures)
Otherworld Miniatures
http://www.otherworld.me.uk/store.html (medium sized range of singles for
RPG, including Giants)
RAFM
http://www.rafm.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=RAF&Category_Code=RFM (old fantasy miniature range)
Raging Heroes
http://www.ragingheroes.com/collections/complete-collection (few collectors miniatures)
Ral Partha
http://www.ralparthaeurope.co.uk/ (classic 25mm fantasy range)
Reaper Miniatures http://www.reapermini.com/ (biggest collection of usable singles, also have skirmish game)
Red Box Games
http://red-box-games.com/shop/index.php (characterful dwarfs, men, elves, orks, goblins)
Resina Planet
http://www.resinaplanet.com/catalogo.php?view=thumbnailList&category=6 (several high quality singles)
Scibor Monstrous Miniatures http://www.sciborminiatures.com/ (characterful dwarfs, evil dwarfs, Orcs, Goblins, Minotaurs)
Shadowforge
http://www.shadowforge.com.au/ (babe characters and armies)
Silent Spectre
http://www.silentspectre.com./fantministore.htm (few fantasy singles)
Soda Pop Miniatures
http://web.sodapopminiatures.com/selectcharacter?product=SDE ("deformed" range)
Studio McVey
http://studiomcvey.highwire.com/ (few high quality limited releases, mostly for painters)
Tales of War
http://www.taleofwar.com/shop/ (high quality singles mostly for painters)
Titan Wargames
http://www.titanwargames.com/shop (evil dwarfs)
Troll Forged
http://trollforged.com/index_cat_fantasy.html (sculptor collective)
Ultraforge
http://www.ultraforgeminiatures.com/ (nice demons, giants, dragons and treeman,
OOP?)
Uncharted Sea
http://www.spartangames.co.uk/uncharted.htm (Man o'War alternative, fantasy sea battles)
Urban mammoth Warheads
http://www.urbanmammoth.co.uk/acatalog/Warheads.html ("deformed" range)
Victoria Miniatures
http://www.victorialamb.com/store.html (few singles, incl. Monty Python Spanish Inquisition)
WarCrow
http://www.corvusbelli.com/en/02_tiendawar.asp (characterful singles)
Wargames Factory
http://www.wargamesfactory.com/ (starting with plastic sets: Orcs and Amazons)
Wargames Foundry
http://wargamesfoundry.com/ (lots of old style miniatures)
Warmachine http://privateerpress.com/warmachine/gallery (major tabletop game, see also similar Hordes by same company)
Westwind Productions
http://www.westwindproductions.co.uk/catalog/index.php?infoBox=3&cPath=1 (alternative Dwarf, Viking and Ork armies, also Gothic and Japan)
Willy Miniatures
http://willy-miniatures.blogspot.com/ (BB alternatives)
Wyrd Miniatures http://wyrd-games.net/shop/ (small characterful skirmish game)
Zenith Miniatures
http://shop.zenitminiatures.es/category.php?id_category=5 (Nemesis, small characterful skirmish game)
Two Fantasy Football shops:
http://www.comixininos.com/index.php/ http://www.impactminiatures.com/ SciFi Antenociti's Workshop
http://www.antenocitisworkshop.com/sci-fi/sci-fi-figures.html (modern SciFi miniatures)
Anvil Industries
http://www.anvilindustry.co.uk/ (non-
GW Space Marines)
AT-43 (major SciFi tabletop now
OOP, prepainted plastic, search ebay)
Bronze Age Miniatures
http://www.bronzeagemin.com/miniatures_html/32MM/SCI-FI/sci-fi28mm.htm (post-apocalyptic)
Chapterhouse Studios
http://chapterhousestudios.com/webshop/home (
40k compatible conversion kits)
Copplestone Castings
http://www.copplestonecastings.co.uk/range.php?range=FW (Post Doomsday civilians and military)
Dark Age Games
http://www.dark-age.com/main.php (dark SciFi skirmish game)
Defiance Games
http://defiancegames.com/index.php/shop (modern SciFi game)
Denizen Miniatures
http://www.denizenminiatures.co.uk/files/25mm01.htm (classic 25mm)
Dream Forge Games http://dreamforge-games.com/catalog/ (SciFi German infantry and Titans in Plastic)
Dream Pod 9
http://www.dp9.com/ (small scale Mecha battles)
Dropzone Commander http://www.hawkwargames.com/pages/dropzone-commander (small scale SciFi drop ship/tank battle)
Eden
http://www.taban-miniatures.com/ (post-apocalyptic skirmish game)
Excalibur Miniatures
http://www.excalibur-miniatures.com/shop/index.php?cPath=6 (SciFi range)
Firestorm Armada
http://www.spartangames.co.uk/firestorm_armada.htm (
BFG alternative)
Ground Zero Games
http://shop.groundzerogames.net/ (classic 25mm SciFi, Stargrunt rule set)
Hasslefree Miniatures http://www.hasslefreeminiatures.co.uk/catalog.php (SciFi dwarfs, civilians, personalities, conversion parts)
Hawk Wargames http://www.hawkwargames.com/ (Dropzone Commander, 10mm Epic like game)
Heresy Miniatures
http://www.heresyminiatures.com/index.htm (Civilians, gunmen)
Hitech Miniatures
http://www.hitechminiatures.com/ (28mm SciFi, many similar to Space marines)
Infinity http://www.corvusbelli.com/en/02_tiendainf.asp (popular SciFi skirmish)
Judge Dredd
http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/miniature/series.php?qsSeries=65 Kabuki Models
http://www.kabukimodels.com/index.php (High quality singles mostly for painters)
Knight Models
http://www.knightmodels.com/30mm_hansolo_visor_ing.html (Star Wars heroes)
Kromlech
http://stores.ebay.com/Kromlech-Bits-and-Minis?_trksid=p4340.l2563 (conversion parts)
Lead Adventure
http://www.lead-adventure.com/ (post apocalyptic plus steampunk)
Mad Puppet Miniatures
http://www.madpuppetminiatures.com/main.php (few post-apocalyptic singles)
Maxmini
http://www.maxmini.eu/store/index.php (conversion parts)
Mercs Miniatures
http://store.mercsminis.com/collections/mercs-miniatures (modern SciFi)
Micro Art Studio
http://www.shop.microartstudio.com/ (AdMech, conversion bits)
Mr. Dandy
http://www.mrdandy.com/wargamma/ (thunderwolves and Alien drop pod)
Mythicast
http://mythicast.com/?page_id=4#ecwid:category=0&entryPage=Y&mode=category&offset=0&sort=normal (Space Wolf alternatives)
Olleys Armies
http://www.olleysarmies.co.uk/home.html#galleries (SciFi Dwarfs, you know what I mean
)
Pig Iron Productions http://www.pig-iron-productions.com/ (extensive guard miniatures, many heads for conversions)
Puppet's War
http://www.puppetswar.com/ (many conversion parts, a.o. for Orks)
Ramshackle Games
http://shop.ramshacklegames.co.uk/ (post-apocalyptic gangs and vehicles)
Scibor Monstrous Miniatures http://www.sciborminiatures.com/ (alternative "Space Marines"
Shadowforge
http://www.shadowforge.com.au/ (female guard)
Silent Spectre
http://www.silentspectre.com./scifiministore.htm (few SciFi singles)
Soda Pop Miniatures
https://store.sodapopminiatures.com/ (manga babes)
Spiral Arm Studios
http://www.maelstromsedge.com (Dakka's homegrown game and universe)
Studio McVey
http://studiomcvey.highwire.com/ (modern SciFi)
Troll Forged
http://trollforged.com/index_cat_sci-fi.html (sculptor collective)
Urban Mammoth http://www.urbanmammoth.com/acatalog/ (extensive SciFi miniature range with rules)
Victoria Miniatures
http://www.victorialamb.com/store.html (Highland Guard conversion kit)
Wargames Factory
http://www.wargamesfactory.com/ (plastic
DKoK)
Warpath (Mantic Games)
http://www.manticgames.com/Shop-Home/Warpath.html Warzone
http://www.princeaugust.ie/target_games/ (selling stock of old
OOP tabletop with alternative design)
Historical/Pulp Armaments in Miniature
http://www.angelfire.com/nj4/armamentsinminiature/ourproductlines.htm (planes and landing crafts for
FoW)
Artizan Design
http://www.artizandesigns.com/ (pulp and historical)
The Assault Group
http://www.theassaultgroup.co.uk/store/home.php (historic and modern)
Black Scorpion Miniatures
http://www.blackscorpionminiatures.com/index.php (Iraq wars and Western)
Black Tree Design
http://www.blacktreedesign.com/home.html (Dr. Who miniatures)
Blue Moon Manufacturing
http://www.bluemoonmanufacturing.com/index.php?cat_id=24 (Pulp, Pulp SciFi)
Brigade games
http://www.brigadegames.com/ (pulp and historical, incl vehicles)
Bronze Age Miniatures
http://www.bronzeagemin.com/miniatures_html/32MM/historical/historical28mm.htm (pirates, gladiators, Greek)
Brushfire
http://www.on-the-lamb.com/store/ (Napoleonic animals)
Conquest Miniatures
http://www.conquestminiatures.com/improbablearmies.htm (Indians and Pygmy zombies)
Copplestone Castings
http://www.copplestonecastings.co.uk/ (extensive Pulp range)
Crusader Miniatures
http://www.crusaderminiatures.com/ (historical)
Darkson Designs
http://www.shop.battlefield-berlin.de/?&content=katalog&action=showarticles&group=42120&page=1& (Pulp WW2, original website shows no products, so here a shop)
Deep Wars (Antimatter Games )
http://www.antimatter-games.com/deepwars_order.htm (Deep Sea Wars)
Dixon Miniatures
http://www.dixon-minis.com/index.php (gangsters, historical)
Dystopian Wars http://www.spartangames.co.uk/dystopian_wars_home.html (steampunk battle in Epic scale, mostly ships)
Dust Tactics http://www.dust-models.com/products.php (pulp WW2 tabletop)
Empress Miniatures
http://www.empressminiatures.com/index.htm (historical, esp. Zulu War -> Praetorians)
Eureka Miniatures
http://eurekamin.com.au/index.php?cPath=87_126 (28mm historical and pulp)
Flames of War http://www.flamesofwar.com/ (popular 15mm WW2 tabletop)
Forged in Battle
http://www.forgedinbattle.com/ (alternative models to Flames of War)
Frontrank
http://www.frontrank.com/index.asp (historical)
Great War Miniatures
http://greatwarminiatures.tripod.com/ (WW1 28mm)
Gripping Beast
http://www.grippingbeast.com/shop.php (historical)
Hydra Miniatures
http://shop.hydraminiatures.com/ (Pulp SciFi, Pulp prehistorical)
Ironclad Miniatures
http://www.ironcladminiatures.co.uk/shop/category_40/Victorian-Sci-Fi.html?shop_param=cid%3D%26 (Victorian SciFi, with vehicles)
Kensei (Zenith Miniatures)
http://shop.zenitminiatures.es/category.php?id_category=20 (28mm Samurai Wars)
Micro Art Studio
http://www.shop.microartstudio.com/discworld-miniatures-c-48.html (few Wolsung steampunk singles)
Mirliton Miniatures
http://www.mirliton.it/index.php?cName=historical-2528mm (historical)
Musketeer Miniatures
http://www.musketeer-miniatures.com/ (historical)
Old Glory Miniatures
http://www.oldgloryminiatures.com/ (classic 25mm historical and Pulp SciFi)
Perry Miniatures http://www.perry-miniatures.com/index2.html (historical, some in plastic)
Plastic Soldier Company (
FoW alternative)
http://theplasticsoldiercompany.co.uk/ Pulp City
http://www.pulp-city.com/ (super heroes)
Pulp Figures
http://www.pulpfigures.com/main.php (erm ... pulp)
RAFM
http://www.rafm.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=RAF&Category_Code=S1889 (Space 1889 miniatures)
Rattrap Productions
http://rattrapproductions.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=4 (pulp and pulp SciFi)
Reaper Miniatures
http://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/chronoscope/ (Pulp heroes)
Smartmax
http://www.smartmaxstore.com/ (1/35 Steampunk and alternative WW2)
Strange Aeons Miniatures
http://unclemikesworldwide.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1 (Cthulhu skirmish game)
Studio Miniatures
http://www.studiominiatures.com/ (Zombies, incl WW2 Zombies)
Tobsen 77
http://tobsen77.de/index.php?lan=en (pulp and pulp SciFi vehicles)
Troublemaker Games
http://www.freewebstore.org/troublemakergames/Timeline_300/cat1094556_976805.aspx (10mm Steampunk)
Victrix Ltd
http://www.victrixlimited.com/ (plastic Napoleonic 28mm)
Waffenkammer
http://www.diewaffenkammer.com/ (WW2)
Wargames Foundry
http://wargamesfoundry.com/ (lots of old style historical miniatures)
Warlord games
http://www.warlordgames.co.uk/ (historical incl. WW2, some in plastic)
Westwind Productions
http://www.westwindproductions.co.uk/catalog/index.php (Pulp WW2: Incursion, Secrets of the Third Reich)