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Manufactures of miniatures
#31
A bit pricey but aeroartminiatures makes some nice looking 54-60mm figures

www.aeroart.com

Another company is JG Miniatures- he makes various Roman Scenic materials for 54-60mm figures

www.jgminiatures.com
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#32
I'm sorry if I have mentioned these before here but anyone looking for Etruscans/Romans/Northern Italian Hill Tribes should check out "Aventine MIniatures"' website.

www.aventineminiatures.co.uk

Theo
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#33
Still no work detail to be found. Not nowhere, not nohow. I know I saw it, but can't find it now. Guess it's back to the surgery to reposition arms and hands for soldiers a-building. Making tiny shovels and picks. I ain't scared, just forgetful. Sigh. Cry
M. Demetrius Abicio
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#34
Go to the Wargames Foundary website and look at their re-releases for a work party.
http://www.wargamesfoundry.com/main.asp
RR 8 Roman Sappers (Republican Roman Collection)
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#35
Yes! the sappers are the ones I was thinking I'd seen elsewhere. Thanks, CF!

My mistake, I think, was always searching for "workers" or "workmen".
M. Demetrius Abicio
(David Wills)

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#36
Thanks for the list, the links, and the images. They are very useful for people like me that want to start with miniatures. Big Grin
Eduardo Camacho
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#37
I've read and re-read the post just to make sure. There's no mention of the company making the finest (and only?) hard plastic 28mm hoplites in the world:
http://www.immortalminiatures.com/
Hoplite fans and reenactors will surely love their finesse.
And they have more ranges in lead:

The Neo-Assyrian Empire 704 - 609 b.c
Mesopotamian resistance 703 - 625 B.C
The Greek Cities 525 - 450 B.C
Achaemenid Persia 520 - 400 B.C

Including greek civilians and casualties and all sorts of cavalry and infantry. And with full classical and hellenistic hoplites coming.
Enjoy!
:wink:
Salvador Murlà i Allué.
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#38
If you want a PDFwith a recent list for 54 mm roman miniatures visit this post:
http://estadovital.com/2010/02/08/100-f ... -de-54-mm/
Best regards
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#39
I have a pre-complied list I put together for another forum of a good chunk of the 'current' 28mm designers on the market. Note that this list is biased primarily towards plastic manufacturers, an indication of the author's personal prejudice and the fact that the number of plastic 28mm manufacturers can be counted on one hand, whereas the number of metal manufacturers is considerably higher.


Mantic Games
http://www.manticgames.com/

Offering an ever-expanding range of nice, if different-looking multi-part plastic fantasy warriors - their range now consisting of a relatively well-stocked Undead set (Skeletons, Revenants and Ghouls), they do look like a decent bunch to say the least. They're also pretty cheap. I think one of their offers comes in at £24 for 40 miniatures, and £12.50 for 20.

Third-Party review: The undead are fantastic. Closer to 30mm than true 28mm, but very nice models, quite posable and fantastic-looking, good quality plastics


Warlord Games
http://www.warlordgames.co.uk/

Another decent one for the Fantasy miniatures - well, Historical, but if you're like me and you like to mix your History and Fantasy (like mixing drinks, but without the nasty side-effects), they're a decent bunch again. Their prices seem decent - £18 for 40 Pikemen, £16 for 34 Hoplites, £20 for 30 Dacians, £17 for 30 Legionaires and so on.

They also stock a alright-looking WWII miniatures range, with both soldiers and vehicles (28mm scale).


Perry Miniatures
http://www.perry-miniatures.com/index2.html

These guys do Napoleonics, War of the Roses infantry, English Civil War and Samurai-era models. They haven't got a gallery going for some parts of their range, but the War of the Roses stuff looks pretty good, as does the Napoelonics. 40 men for £15 with their War of the Roses miniatures. £15 will also get you 15 Napoleonic Heavy Cavalry.


Victrix miniatures.
http://www.victrixlimited.com/

Makers of hard plastic 28mm Napoleonics. The cavalry would be fantastic for Rough Riders or other cavalry, and the infantry could make decent converts for Guard - including Drookians, as they make a decent Highlander kit. They also say they'll be releasing Hoplite sets come September 2010.


Wargames Factory
http://www.wargamesfactory.com/

One of the most fantastic miniature companies out there. Sells the infamous plastic Greatcoat soldiers that can easily double as Guardsmen for a lot cheaper, splendid sculpts and come with a lot of options. Beyond that, they do plastic Romans, plastic Vikings and Saxons, Numidians, and Zulus for all the fantasy players out there. They also make a fantastic modern zombie plastic kit for dirt cheap. So a good range that with some converting can cover most of the ancient world. More updates on these soon.


Immortal Miniatures
http://www.immortalminiatures.com/

Makers of some truly fantastic Greek Hoplite models. Not the most customisable, but excellent quality sculpts, cheap, plentiful and good quality all around. A great buy for an alternate-looking fantasy army or hellenic army, they'll provide you with a good, solid phalanx of heavy spearmen with which to crush your foes. I can personally recommend these, as they are cheap, solid and have a respectable number of options, and with some conversions would make truly beautiful models. I'll update you on the convert-ability of these when I get some stuff to conver them with.

Copplestone Casting
http://www.copplestonecastings.co.uk/

Looks fairly decent - expensive though, as the miniatures are metal (and £8 for 5). Reasonable-looking sculpts though, but a female dog to convert into things with their being metal.

Pig Iron Productions
http://www.pig-iron-productions.com/

Another all-metal company. Again, decent-looking sculpts, but they also sell separate heads, weapons and accessories for relatively cheap, which make fantastic conversion pieces for your Guardsmen. Their sculpts are pretty good and their prices seem to be reasonable.


West Wind
http://www.westwindproductions.co.uk/

West Wind's main lines offer an alternate-historical WWII era range of miniatures, complete, like Pig Iron, with separate heads ideal for conversion work. The models are metal though, so they come in expensive (4 for £5), but more reasonable than other retailers (Copplestone *Cough*)

The Assault Group:
http://www.theassaultgroup.co.uk/

These guys offer a wide range of (metal) miniatures, most notably Reinessance, Medieval Asian, Modern, WW2 and Cold War era. They all appear to be metal, and are expensive (4 for £5), but the sculpts look decent-ish.


Reaper Miniatures
http://www.reapermini.com/

Decent-looking sculpts, but retardedly expensive like all the metal-miniatures sculpts out there. Excellent range of Sci-Fi and Fantasy metal models. Probably good for one-off purchases, but not wise for army building.


Privateer Press
http://privateerpress.com/


Makers of the famous "Warmachine" and Hordes line of miniatures, and probably the closest thing GW has to a competitor, Privateer Press do an outstanding series of infantry and 'warjacks (in essence, small mechs), along with solo models. Their base sizes are different to GW, so you may need to rebase them, and the models are all in metal (though tend to be excellent quality. However, they are, being metal, rather expensive models and will be a pain in the ass to construct.

Requiem's Review: 9/10
Thunder's Opinion: 8/10 (I offer the second opinion here for reasons of my own.)


Hassle Free Minis
http://www.hasslefreeminiatures.co.uk/index.php

Apparantly giving slow service (but helpfully), these guys do decent-looking casts (metal again, so there will be all the issues associated therein). Good for single models and converting parts, I'd expect.

Essex miniatures
http://www.essexminiatures.co.uk/frames25mmcont.html

Providers of cheap historical/modern miniatures, metal. Sculpts don't look too refined but that could just be poor painting. Cheap, and could add some variety to a Fantasy army.


Renegade miniatures
http://www.renegademiniatures.com/index.html

There guys make a number of decent, relatively cheap metal sculpts (£12 for 20) of a number of historical armies (Rome, Carthage, Celts, Napoleonics, American Civil War, English Civil War...). Not much else to say. Another run-of-the-mill metal sculpt producing company.
Alexander Hunt, Mercenary Economist-for-hire, modeller, amateur historian, debater and amateur wargames designer. May have been involved in the conquest of Baktria.
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#40
Thanks for that list, Thunder. Good variety and good products.
M. Demetrius Abicio
(David Wills)

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#41
Glad to be of help. I really wish there was more in the way of information that I could provide, but unfortunately, the only manufacturer's I have any experience with are Immortal (excellent, if you need hoplites or hellenic troops). I'll be able to comment once my Pre-Marian army parts arrive from Wargames Factory and I get a look at my girlfriend's Mantic stuff.

Current miniatures project is a Pre-Marian Roman Army. Late Camillian/Early Polybian. Currently got the potential for upwards of 100 miniatures.
How did people build armies before plastic? Big Grin
Alexander Hunt, Mercenary Economist-for-hire, modeller, amateur historian, debater and amateur wargames designer. May have been involved in the conquest of Baktria.
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#42
They promised three hots and a cot, with the chance of loot and a little regular pay. 8)
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#43
So, basically, it was that or nothing?

*Shudders at the thought of metal miniatures*
Alexander Hunt, Mercenary Economist-for-hire, modeller, amateur historian, debater and amateur wargames designer. May have been involved in the conquest of Baktria.
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#44
With reference to the roman warships, can only go by what others have said and personal views but i purchased three warships, two roman and the other a greek warship to be honest they are basically the same, i got the greek one at a really knock down price, well under half retail price! lucky find for me, I made up the imperial ship as per instructions and to be honest the sizes didnt seem right. The other two kits were put aside until i decided to use both to make a larger(28mm)size ship, although it is going to be a bireme rather than a trireme when finished. I am planning to eventually model a beached ship on the medway crossing during the roman landings.....well big plans and all that ..... currently have widened and lengthened the ship using kit parts(the left over hull parts i have made into a small merchant boat) totally remade the deck and painted the subsequent almost finished ship with games workshop paints, i have used artistic licence and used republican shields and transfers from the fields of glory roman set to line the side rails, the sides of the ship are fully enclosed over the rowing positions. The 'outrigger' oar ports have been covered and the oars will be positioned as withdrwn into the hull when its completed. The main hurdle is the sail/mast. not sure if these would have been removed before action as i want to portray a landing on enemy soil with troops on the deck. i assume they would have been removed and the ship powered by oars to cross the medway.
Also in progress is a roman merchant ship conversion of the zvesda medieval cog which lends itself to conversion really well, albiet the planking is wrong for a start, but thats easily sorted.I must say that i was impressed at the size of the cog as its more 28mm size and will dwarf even the altered bireme i have made so far, if i remember the way to upload pics i will post some.
Various 28mm crew/marine/legionary figures by several firms are under construction as well so dont hold you breath this a work in progress at the moment with no end in sight

happy modelling you lucky people

Martin
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#45
All that wonderful prose and not a single picture. Hmph. Cry
M. Demetrius Abicio
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