I was originally going to do this as a one article but decided that it was too long for even me to read so I have split it up into two sections. These represent my favourite minis in no particular order.
This is where a lot of my mini money has been spent in the
last year or so. There have a broad range of figure genres. I have
posted about parts of the Modern range already as they do some nice
modern US troops. They do a good range of modern nationalist and
some, like the Chinese, that you would be hard pressed to find
anywhere else. They have a nice range of insurgents and paramilitary
types. They are probably have the biggest range of modern zombies
out there and a nice range of WWW2 zombies in 15mm. My paint queue
currently has some of the Sahadeen SF infantry. A nice low tech-ish
force that kind of evoke the Fremen from Dune to my mind. The 15mm
Gangs, Gunmen, Hostages and More do some nice civilians and post
apocalyptic minis. They also have several nice range of police types.
Khurasan have some of the nicest
figures on the market at the moment in my humble opinion. The range
of genres the cover is also quite impressive. Like many others, some
of the ranges have been inspired by film and TV which allows you
fulfil some gaming fantasies. Their SF ranges tend to be just about
the right sizes and have enough figures to make a decent force out
of. I have mentioned their Alien/Aliens figures before which I like.
Again HALO fans will find something in their ranges for them. Their
Lhurgg make nice tribal aliens with high tech weapons. The felids are
a great (and growing) range of feline aliens which have brought a lot
of attention to them as a manufacturer. This is just a taste of what
they offer in the SF line. They also have a sizeable fantasy range
with some nice lizardmen and the Getinmahbeli HOTT army. They also
have a largish post apocalyptic range which is inspired by the
Fallout series of games and have moved onto zombies and survivors recently. As a big fan of Fallout, I have to say I
like them a lot. They also do a lot of pulp figures that would not
look out of place in a Doug McClure film. They also do a sizeable
range of historical figures in more eras and nationalities than I
care to mention.
I have been a GZG customer from twenty
years and have nothing but nice things to say about them and they
have a big range of minis. They do listen to their customers and
produce what people want. Mainly an SF manufacturer but they do a
interesting range of other figures. I think they have the biggest
range of SF vehicles and several of them have compatible looks. They
have some nice buildings in a couple of styles which look nice on the
table. They are currently well known for their 15mm work but have
extensive range of 25mm, 6mm and SF star fleets. One of their biggest
selling points for me is that they supplement their military ranges
with plenty of civilian types including some fireflyesque miniatures.
If you were interested in firefly their Free Cal Tex figures look a
lot like Alliance (and the film version of starship troopers for that
matter). They have a fantastic turn around time (most of the time
just not when they have an offer on or when Salute is coming up).
They are good attenders at UK shows and Jon can usually be engaged in
conversation about what his plans are. They know their market and
excellent customer service.
This is a smaller manufacturers out
there. That said it is one of the reasons I was able to make the
switch to 15mm. They do not have a huge range but what they have is
very nice with lots of character. They tend to be useful for
contemporary games. They have some nice secret agent types which fit
in well with the minis from Rebel and some special forces types that
would work well against Khurasan's vacation aliens. Much of what they
do would work well with post apocalyptic games and their robots evoke
Fallout 3 quite nicely. Although they don't do zombies they do some
nice zombie hunters and some of the body bag figures would be nice as
zombies. The Scene also do a lot of nice scenery and hard to source
items. What I like about The Scene is that sell figures individually
so you can get exactly what you want and don't end up a pile of
useless lead that you can't even get rid of on eBay.
If you are looking for 15mm fantasy
figures look no further than Splintered Light. The have a vast range
of races and even a few you have never heard of. When I was
considering doing a Narnia army, this was the place to go. There
seems to be some sort of obsession with fantasy mice (maybe something
to do with Mouseguard) and SL have a nice range of fantasy armed mice
and other woodland creatures. They have some nice Pulp figures
(currently only just represented by a few manufacturers) and a range
of SF ships crew which would work well for firefly/Serenity. They
also carry a limited range of ancient medieval figures.
I'll finish this off shortly.
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