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Looking for some help on finding some creatures from mythology that are still in production (no dead companies please).
For scale anything in the true 25mm - heroic 32mm scale is fine.
What I am looking for are cyclops, centaurs, harpies, sirens, fey and any non mediteranian/Hollywood (Dracula vampires, frankenstein, mummy, etc)monsters.
What I am not looking for: other Greco-Roman things, European Dragons or to checkout Reaper miniatures (love them but I'm looking for other sources).
Dunno exactly what you expect with 'fey', but Warfairy.net had great, creepy, Mignola-ish fairy swarms. I have a feeling the site is gone because I can't connect to it, but the error is that it timed out, so maybe it's just poorly at the mo and the swarms are still for sale. Anyone else know anything about it?
The Satyrs are very nice in hand, and the line will (eventually) be expanded by the fruits of the kickstarter they ran.
Thank you for reminding me of them. I've been a bit worried about the Satyrs honestly as most of their work looks veery nice while the satyrs looked like a sizable step down in quality. Based on your comment I asume it is just bad angle/lighting/painting on the website.
OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote: (lots of very usefull suggestions)
Spoiler:
Bushido have a whole bunch of eastern monsters/creatures
Thank you for the nice big list! Just from a quick look Bushido, Fenris and Achtung all look like ones I'll need to trawl through. I'm currently good for mind destroying beasties not of this world but the Achtung renders all look verey nice. Out of curiosity do you have any personal experience with them and how they compare to the renders?
Dunno exactly what you expect with 'fey', but Warfairy.net had great, creepy, Mignola-ish fairy swarms. I have a feeling the site is gone because I can't connect to it, but the error is that it timed out, so maybe it's just poorly at the mo and the swarms are still for sale. Anyone else know anything about it?
Ooh! I like that cyclops, I just wish he were troll+ sized. Despite only being a 20 something I was raised with the Ray Harryhausen Sinbad movies so I have a soft spot for his style.
Otherworld looks like it has some interesting things also.
As for fey I'm not sure how to explain what I'm after without resorting to as clasified by Pathfinder/D&D or the fairy section of Paladium monsters and animals. A less than ideal method all told.
@Be Afraid, yeah I wasn't as clear as I could be but Vermis has the right interpretation.
I've had one pack of the Achtung Cthulhu Mi-go and they are pretty close to the renders (assembly required though)
Fenris games stuff is all very good
(a fair number of their mythos minis are better quality metal/resin versions of those in the Cthulhu Wars boardgame http://www.amazon.com/Petersen-Games-Cthulhu-Wars/dp/B00NT5AI8C but the plastics are really good too so if you want a lot of them it may be worth considering the game as a doner... it's really fun too, although it is expensive)
Bushido I've mostly seen online
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Sounds great! I personally don't trust renders unless I know the company is good about matching (eg. Wyrd) or I can find a review or pics of the production casts. The Bushido stuff looks to be painted minis (possibly masters) so I'm not as concerned about the mini I buy deviating from the official picture.
A less than ideal method all told.