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Considering wargames factory skeletons are no longer being sold, does anyone have any idea where I could get 28mm skeleton warriors alarm thier style on the inexpensive side?

Mantic games skeletons have too much cloth for this project.

Reaper miniatures should have some sculpts that will work for you.

 Stormonu wrote:
Reaper miniatures should have some sculpts that will work for you.

I inquired about buying in bulk once. They said I had to buy 100 or so units before I would even start getting a discount. 3 packs at 5 bucks is steep for wargaming purposes.

 lord marcus wrote:

 Stormonu wrote:
Reaper miniatures should have some sculpts that will work for you.

I inquired about buying in bulk once. They said I had to buy 100 or so units before I would even start getting a discount. 3 packs at 5 bucks is steep for wargaming purposes.

I hear that. I've had the same problem with Mantic skellies. Cool though they are, the clothing makes them less versatile.

There's definitely some options out there, probably few as good as the Wargames Factory ones when it comes to price.

These guys are probably a little small, and they're not great, but they are cheap.

There's these, which are really 'flexible' in terms of use, and they're about a buck a piece.

With these guys you aren't doing well on price, but the range has lots of depth.

Steve Jackson Games also carries some modular 'bare' skeleton miniatures. But price and availability are an issue.

Personally, I think Ebob's your best choice.

Thanks mate.

I contacted warlord a few times about when they will release the war games factory skeletons and got a response saying they were sitting on them for a upcoming product line.

I've been VERY annoyed by how long it feels we have been waiting for their rerelease.

 lord marcus wrote:
Thanks mate.

No probs, dude.

What game are you doing with these?

Lockark wrote:I contacted warlord a few times about when they will release the war games factory skeletons and got a response saying they were sitting on them for a upcoming product line.

I've been VERY annoyed by how long it feels we have been waiting for their rerelease.

Same response I have had. And same level of annoyance.

MindwormGames wrote:

 lord marcus wrote:
Thanks mate.

No probs, dude.

What game are you doing with these?

Kings of war army to play against my friends Greeks from the Historical supplement.

 Lockark wrote:
I contacted warlord a few times about when they will release the war games factory skeletons and got a response saying they were sitting on them for a upcoming product line.

I've been VERY annoyed by how long it feels we have been waiting for their rerelease.

And unfortunately they'll probably come out at triple the price as with the rest of Warlord's WGF re-releases. Which is a pity, as WGF's stuff was great at their prices. :(

 Wyrmalla wrote:

 Lockark wrote:
I contacted warlord a few times about when they will release the war games factory skeletons and got a response saying they were sitting on them for a upcoming product line.

I've been VERY annoyed by how long it feels we have been waiting for their rerelease.

And unfortunately they'll probably come out at triple the price as with the rest of Warlord's WGF re-releases. Which is a pity, as WGF's stuff was great at their prices. :(

They quoted me $8 a sprue for their test sprues.

 lord marcus wrote:

MindwormGames wrote:

 lord marcus wrote:
Thanks mate.

No probs, dude.

What game are you doing with these?

Kings of war army to play against my friends Greeks from the Historical supplement.

Sweet! Are you looking to make some Harryhausen style skellies?

YAAARRRRRRRRG!

Correct sir

 lord marcus wrote:
Correct sir

You'll probably need some shields and whatnot then, depending on what skellies you go with.

Do you already have a buttload of Greek shields, or do you need some recommendations on where to get those bits?

I have a bunch left on the sprue, I didn't know they were out of stock. I had fun with the few I put together:
http://mezmaronslair.blogspot.com/2016/04/children-of-hydras-teeth.html

I used Peddinghaus Decals 1/72 Greek Shield Emblems EP1168 for the Greek shields.

 MindwormGames wrote:

 lord marcus wrote:
Correct sir

You'll probably need some shields and whatnot then, depending on what skellies you go with.

Do you already have a buttload of Greek shields, or do you need some recommendations on where to get those bits?

I have them covered via immortal Miniatures hoplites

 lord marcus wrote:

 Wyrmalla wrote:

 Lockark wrote:
I contacted warlord a few times about when they will release the war games factory skeletons and got a response saying they were sitting on them for a upcoming product line.

I've been VERY annoyed by how long it feels we have been waiting for their rerelease.

And unfortunately they'll probably come out at triple the price as with the rest of Warlord's WGF re-releases. Which is a pity, as WGF's stuff was great at their prices. :(

They quoted me $8 a sprue for their test sprues.

Wait. They will sell the sprues for $8 a pop if you contact them now?

GW does have these guys:

https://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/Vampire-Counts-Skeleton-Warriors-5-models

Comes out to $2 each.

 lord marcus wrote:
Considering wargames factory skeletons are no longer being sold, does anyone have any idea where I could get 28mm skeleton warriors alarm thier style on the inexpensive side?

Mantic games skeletons have too much cloth for this project.

GW. secondary market.
You can also go for the ones from Kings of War, and intermix them with the GW ones. Reaper has some, but they are on their own, the prices might hurt you a little bit.

Lockark wrote:

 lord marcus wrote:

 Wyrmalla wrote:

 Lockark wrote:
I contacted warlord a few times about when they will release the war games factory skeletons and got a response saying they were sitting on them for a upcoming product line.

I've been VERY annoyed by how long it feels we have been waiting for their rerelease.

And unfortunately they'll probably come out at triple the price as with the rest of Warlord's WGF re-releases. Which is a pity, as WGF's stuff was great at their prices. :(

They quoted me $8 a sprue for their test sprues.

Wait. They will sell the sprues for $8 a pop if you contact them now?

I bitched with a long, thought out letter quoting UK law precedents ( I'm an Archivist, research is my game) and the customer service guy asked how many sprues I needed for my project. I said 10, he said they had 8 test sprues that they had received in a packet from China at the time of the deal. He offered them at 8 a pop, which worked out to twice the price of a box from when wgf was selling them.

Grot 6 wrote:

 lord marcus wrote:
Considering wargames factory skeletons are no longer being sold, does anyone have any idea where I could get 28mm skeleton warriors alarm thier style on the inexpensive side?

Mantic games skeletons have too much cloth for this project.

GW. secondary market.
You can also go for the ones from Kings of War, and intermix them with the GW ones. Reaper has some, but they are on their own, the prices might hurt you a little bit.

As I mentioned further up in the thread. I contacted reaper and was told I'd have to buy in the hundreds of units (as in, the blister of 3 guys for 5 bucks) before I would see a discount.