28mm minis other than GW?

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**Soaponrope37**

Just interested what else is out there for conversion/ conversion ideas other than GW minis on the 28mm scale. Companies I already know of are Pig Iron and Scibor, any other good ones?

**Vindicare-Obsession**

Not quite sure where to pick up conversions other than the advertized ones on this site and othher games like malifaux, hordes, war machine, ect. Do bear in mind however, that any models you field do have to be 75% GW otherwise they are not legal models.

**CoI**

I thought it was 50%?

**Soaponrope37**

o no i know that but like in local non tournament stand ins for special characters scibor has some amazing ones and I was thinking stuff like guns, bases, backpacks and stuff like that lol

**Vindicare-Obsession**

I've always been told 75.....
Aaannnyyy way. For friendly games try malifaux models. They wont be tourney legal but they definatly look beter (however they are all metal so the price tag is a bit high) than gw. The female models are especially good. Look up lady justice when you get a free minute and tell me she isint awsome.

**Skriker**

Soaponrope37 wrote:Just interested what else is out there for conversion/ conversion ideas other than GW minis on the 28mm scale. Companies I already know of are Pig Iron and Scibor, any other good ones?

The problem is a factor of scaling. GW minis are 28mm, but "heroic" 28mm, so everything is bigger than it really should be. Most of the historical options out there in 28mm are not in the "heroic" 28mm scale so bodies, heads and weapons will all look too small. On the other end you have the Malifaux minis that others have mentioned, but Malifaux is actually 32mm scale, not 28mm scale, so are bigger than they need to be for conversions.

Not really sure what to tell you to use....:\

Skriker

**Fafnir**

GW stuff is more like 30mm scale, honestly.

**Cruentus**

To answer the question a little more fully, I would direct you to the news and rumors section. There are threads on:

Chapterhouse
Maxmini
Bitspudlo
Zinge Industries
Paulson Games
Kromlech

And those are just on the first page. They all have various conversion options for 40k minis.

Then, you can check out West Wind Metals for their separate head system (ww2 style, gasmasks, etc), and some other historicals campanies that make heroic 28mm models.

Hope that helps.

**Kroothawk**

Also Scibor and Micro Art Studio on the first page.
Then Puppet's War.

**Silent_Spectre**

I'll also take this chance to pimp my line: S3 Miniatures

I produce scifi, fantasy and pulp figures in 28-32mm scale and I have new releases out later this week

Thanks

Stuart