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Blog Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Discussion in 'Painting and Converting' started by SlanntaClause, Apr 20, 2016.

  1. SlanntaClause
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    Edit: I'm re-inventing this blog as a place to tell you where to find amazing models that I and others come across. Feel free to PM me and I'll compile your finds in a list here. I am putting the focus onto Lizardmen and units you can swap into the army with ease.

    Lizardmen & More:

    http://wispgames.com/
    - This website is coming soon but is the home to Fey Miniatures who produced an excellent looking hypnotic toad as featured in this article: http://www.beastsofwar.com/fey/fey-reveals-frog-sorcery-model-hypno/. Head over to Fey on Facebook to give them a Like and enter into a competition to win a version of this model before it comes out as a limited edition sale.

    http://www.avatars-of-war.com/ - This website offers a range of miniatures, under the Saurian section we find some of the fine work of one of our fellow Lustrians: @Rikard we also have a model by a sculptor unknown to myself but credited as "ªRU-MOR".

    http://trollforged.com/ - Here we can find 3 more excellent examples of @Rikard's work under the sub sections Fantasy + Lizard Men. The website offers a small collection of other models worth scouring through.

    http://www.lustria-online.com/threads/first-post-custom-model-kroxigor.15419/ - I'm sure many of you are aware of @woogity and his wonderful creations, but for new members and those who haven't yet discovered these models you are in for a treat. You can register you interest at the now officially endorsed: http://www.lustria-online.com/threads/unofficial-woogity-interest-thread.17398/page-7#post-158292. You can also keep track of his latest projects here.

    http://eurekaminusa.com/ - This website has a wealth of models across a broad spectrum. Under the sub category Pond Wars you can find a selection of frogs and turtles alike. @Bowser suggested that the Frog King would make a great Slann and I couldn't agree more. The Website also has a section of Lizardmen by Alan Marsh - however these are 10mm models. There is the added bonus of Aztecs if you're looking for humans to enslave.

    http://hfminis.co.uk/ - Hasslefree Miniatures is a website my fiancé came across that sells a unique variety of what appears to be community made models. We found these Mushroom Men called Agarix by Russ Lockyer. They would fit well into a jungle themed Lizardmen tribe. Last but not least we found The Travelling Court of the Brownie King by Mike Thorp a perfect stand alone model or nice dinosaur for rider conversion (unfortunately this model currently out of stock).

    http://heresyminiatures.com/shop/index.php?main_page=site_map - This website has some amusing miniatures with striking resemblances to popular culture for example many of the Scientists & Civilians figures remind me of someone but I can't think WHO. Back to more serious matters, if you're expanding your Lizardmen horizons or thinking of hanging out in the sewers with a Skaven mentor you may want 1 or possibly 4 of these Turtles by Simon Fraser. It also has to be said that the toad familiar by Paul Muller has potential.

    http://www.mirliton.it/ - Has a small collection of lizard folk to browse through called Iguanids. They also have a selection of jungle creatures - snakes etc. For our Skaven friends they also offer some appropriately named figures: Ratscum.

    http://www.reapermini.com/ - Reaper Miniatures offers us four pages of Reptus from a wide range of sculptors. @pendrake provided a useful list of notable figures among them - Dragon Cavalry - Dragon Turtle - Couatl - Mushroom Men & Reptus who didn't quite make the first list.

    https://www.crocodilegames.com/ - Have some really nice looking alligators, just kidding take a look at their Sebeki Crocodiles. I found this Titan Master under Titans & Monsters in the Olympus category. If you are looking to expand with small props then they also have a disverse range of additional Icons & Artifacts This website was found by @n810 you can thank him if you see anything you like.

    http://www.ralparthaeurope.co.uk/ - Display a range of miniatures among them I found a pretty decent Triceratops under Prehistoric, they also have some Lizardmen but I think these are 15mm scale.

    http://antimatter-games.com/games/shadowsea/ - Stumbled upon this site in my travels, they have some really nice sea themed models including some wicked sea monsters. They have a Titanoceratops which would make a nice Steagadon replacement/conversion (With Rider). Or if you wanted an Avatar of Nakai the Wanderer then this might be a suitable option though it would need some tweaking. The Draconid seem lizard-like too this site has lots to get your teeth into.

    http://www.hobbylinc.com/ - Have some nice looking dinosaurs from Pegasus on offer another @n810 find.

    http://khurasanminiatures.tripod.com/ - Have just released a pretty scary looking T-rex. While their website is down here is their Facebook.

    http://www.warploqueminiatures.com/ - Have some brilliant looking miniatures, though not specifically Lizardmen there are many creatures that will slot easily into the ranks of the scaly overlords. The Gremlins would be interesting for a jungle tribe.

    http://mierce-miniatures.com/index.php?act=pro&pre=mrm_dkl_kth_kro_min_100_000 - here are some decent crocodile warriors they look good to fill in as kroxigors - they are second rate to @woogity in my personal opinion at a first glance but nonetheless deserve a mention.

    Disclaimer - If any of these models are out of production or unavailable I cannot and will not be held responsible, with the exception of them being sold out due to my own purchasing habits ;). If any models are no longer produced please let me know so that I can modify this list accordingly.
     
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  2. Jorgik
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    You should go check out @woogity ´s colossi if you haven´t already, they are awesome!
     
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    Thanks Jorgik I will certainly do that
     
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    They are really awesome - I'd defiantly order some.
     
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    Those Saurus are @Rikard 's sculpts.
    He as 3 more older sculpts on Trolforged mini.
     
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    indeed the packaging says "Sculpted by Richard Sweet" had no idea he was a member :D impressed with his work
     
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    He just ran a sculpting completion last month or so, should be another coming up sooner or later.
     
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    I have no experience sculpting I wish I did i'd apply it straight away - I intend to try with greenstuff soon it's just finding the money to do it all at the moment
     
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    Agreed, he is very talented. I have one of his models and it is awesome.
     
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    Reaper Miniatures

    Four pages of Lizards (aka Reptus faction)
    http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/Reptus

    Some notable Reaper models follow:
    Dragon Cavalry
    http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/Reptus cavalry/sku-down/14505

    Dragon Turtle
    http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/Dragon turtle

    Couatl
    http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/Reptus/sku-down/14459

    Mushroom Men (not part of Reptus faction)
    http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/Mushroom men

    Lizardmen (not included in Reptus results)
    http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/Lizardmen
     
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    This was one of the ones on my Chromebook darn it :p I'll get adding it to the list :)

    Edit - at least you've done a lot of the write up work for me ;)
     
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    Really loving the effort and suggestions - just wanted to request if you can try PM/Conversation them to me in future - I was hoping to keep the page as minimalistic as possible - then again i'm commenting a lot on it myself :p I just didn't want to end up with 30 pages on the thread and no one know what the first post was :p
     
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