alternative manufacturers of miniatures for WM

[eastern barbarian]

Hi there.
I wanted to start a thread where people could put their opinions about miniatures from different manufacturers available for WM. I will start with my orcs.
Pendraken- quite cheap and good quality, got lots of ork infantry which looks really nice and has lots of different poses. Unfortunately they dont add bases as models are not in blisters but ordered in packs of 10. I also got wolf riders from there - wolfs are bit bigger than GW and guys sitting on them are bigger as well, bit more like orcs but still makes nice unit of Wolf Riders, also perfectly able to use them as hobgoblins for dogs of war or chaos dwarf armies. Chariots from pendraken are massive, much bigger than GW ones but only with one archer on them, also looking bit more like orc but that shouldnt matter that much. They are also much simpler contruction, no spikes on the sides etc.

Kallistra- I got orc rock lobbers (proper bargain, 3 lobbers in one 5 pound blister!), nice looking as well, got some trolls (12 of them in a blister, very nice looking, 3 different poses, one of them could easily go as an ogre as well) and command group which is simply amazing! 5 pounds for blister, 30 models inside, 3 orc shamans, few guys with banners and drums, some riders, two MASSIVE orcs (size of an ogre) that could be a a general, some other models easily could work as heroes. All wolf riders are massive though, so could either work as captains for infantry units (thats how I m gonna use them) or characters, I wouldnt put them as normal wolf riders as they are size of boar boys.

[lilith]

hy could you make some photos of this stuff especially pendraken , because i can' t really see if i like the model or not. I want to buy some orc warrior and goblin from them but can't see any picture at their site

[azrael71]

Eureka Miniatures do a nice range of elves, dwarves and chaos dwarves.
I also like their beastmen.
Their size is also in keeping with the GW range so they fit right in.
I found this to be an issue with both pendraken and kallistra on some of their ranges, but it does depend on the model in question in my experience.

[eastern barbarian]

will try to take some pics and post them soon.
As for pendraken models- they are definitely well in same scale as GW models, same with most of kallistra stuff. I dont know about pendraken goblins though, perhaps I will order some models soon and see for myself, after all they are well cheap so im not risking much.

some pendraken orc models here: http://www.pendraken.co.uk/sub%20page/orcs.htm  As I said they fit GW scale perfectly.

[jchaos79]

. I dont know about pendraken goblins though, perhaps I will order some models soon and see for myself, after all they are well cheap so im not risking much.

I have pendraken goblins, they are as tall as pendraken orcs but has more "human" complexion. Here are a small diorama of fighting each other some pendraken goblins.

http://www.sg.tacticalwargames.net/forum/index.php?topic=187.15

For me pendraken goblin makes also perfect orcs. If you need pic comparison just ask for them

[eastern barbarian]

thats the thing- I need them to look more "gobliny". Any other manufacturers that do goblin models?

[azrael71]

I disagree, the kallistra skeleton warriors tower over their GW counterparts.

[jchaos79]

I think pendraken goblins are the actual kallistra orcs.

yep pendraken goblins are not too "goblinish"

[jchaos79]

thats the thing- I need them to look more "gobliny". Any other manufacturers that do goblin models?

Irregular have in it catalogue some goblins, but I never seen them (neither photo or in my hand)
http://www.irregularminiatures.co.uk/

I haven't any figure from irregular, and it does not seem to much detail to me, but, it has something I like when I see the pics. Maybe the poses, or don't know what... but I have a good feeling about irregular.

[jchaos79]

eastern barbarian or everyone, if you are looking for a particular figure, ask for it and maybe someone could upload a pic of them. (just a thought)

[yamaneko]

Copplestone Castings 10mm fantasy.  Some of the best 10mm models, and he has great pictures on his site of every piece.

There are some comparison pictures of 10mm Eureka, BoFA and Copplestone on my blog.  Choose "10mm fantasy" from the "Categories" menu on the right.

[jchaos79]

Obelisk miniatures had a range of "conquistadores" and meso-american indians very interesting... I don't have figures, but as proxis conquistadores could make excellent Dogs of Wars or Empire units. And being much more spin off of games workshop world, the indian: Aztecs, caribean and so one, could be excellent units subjected or conscripts for the Lizardmen Army. Or even an ally unit of Dogs of Wars/empire in the jungles.

http://www.obeliskminiatures.com/

[yamaneko]

The Obelisk miniatures look fantastic.  I'd get them if I was building an empire army.  Absolutely.

[Stomm]

Ooh, those are nice aren't they? I'm not really one for using non-GW figures though, especially for stuff that GW does actually produce. And for those, well that's why I've got a huge range of sculpting tools and some 10mm dollies that Rick gave me back when I was doing work on Project Norse. And of course chances are that I'll never do any more than two WMF armies anyway...

Now for WMH, that's WMA, WMM and any other variants that come out, well that's a completely different story now isn't it? MY EIR army is evidence enough of this I think...


As to why just GW. Well it's quite simple, if I want more figures for my Empire army then I want Empire figures, not historical renaisance figures. Oddly enough I have used my Empire Halberdiers as proxy figs in my Roman army from time-to-time... Oh and of course I have got literally bags of unpainted WM Empire metal, never mind unpainted WH Empire metal and plastic, probably a metric tonne of unpainted stuf across all the systems I've bought figures for, and not all of those are GW games. Once upon a time I dabbled in a game called 'Warzone', but that was only because I played Mutant Chronicles and my friends that I played with had been turned off GW by the many price hikes of the late 90's, oh and beer, music and women of course...

[eastern barbarian]

up to yo uStomm- I personally think non GW miniatures give game some more flavour and make armies look more interesting. Saying that so far I was unable to find good replacement for GW gobbos but orc range of different manufacturers is quite impressive i have to say.