Minialtures?

[pachristian]

This may be addressed elsewhere, but is anyone looking at producing miniatures for Glorantha?

For humans, I can use Wargames Foundry's Ancients, or Crocodile Games "Heros of Olympus" but these mini's are intended for army use, and take time to convert to make adventuring bands. They also only cover basic units.

 

Do does anyone know (a0 what else is out there and (b) if there is anything coming up?

[dragonewt]

While not officially Gloranthan, there is a lot here that matches the theme:

Shadowforge Miniatures (Fantasy Range)

Eureka Miniatures (Myths, Assyrians, Mycenaeans, Greek and Persian, Chaos Army, Sumerians, Fanticide, and more)

Victoria Miniatures

[TRose]

 Others that would work for Glorantha are

 Rapier Miniatures for ducks and scorpion men.

http://www.rapierminiatures.co.uk/page/Range/28mm_Beastmen.html

 Ironwind ( Better known for their battletech line)has Bison and Rhino riders . They also have dinosaurs useable for Bolo lizards but don't know where you can get riders(  20 mm Barbarians?)

http://ironwindmetals.com/store/index.php?cPath=265_304&osCsid=672t08ncnan68gtco0i56b9e32

 Irregular miniatures in their animal section has Ostrich and gazelle , which might be OK for impala riders. But again you are going to have to find figures for the riders.

http://www.irregularminiatures.co.uk/index.html

 Somebody else had bison riders but don't remember who.

 

[jajagappa]

There will be a number of Glorantha specific miniatures coming out eventually with Sandy Petersen's Gods War.

You can see some examples here: Gods War miniature examples

Also some examples at the Kraken facebook page: the Kraken (look for entries around April 8-19)

Edited May 19, 2016 by jajagappa

[TRose]

•  Might also mention Armorcast  has the Old Lance and laser line with plenty of Gloranthan figures, even if they did change the name of the figures.
• http://www.armorcast.com/miniatures/lance-laser

[pachristian]

Thanks!

I particularly liked seeing the Iron Wind Metals rhino and bison. If I can find some sable antelope all will be good. Riders are not a problem; many military miniatures companies sell the horse and rider as two separate pieces. I was not familiar with Irregular miniatures, but it looks some of their 28mm models will make excellent groups of civilians, etc..

Seriously, there are two problems with historical minis.  First is that the scale varies widely: For example Eureka's fine miniatures are normally 25mm - set against 28mm scale may not sound like much, but on the tabletop it's pretty dramatic. Second is that they are generally sold in packs of 10+. I don't always need mobs for my PC's to fight, often I need a customizable individual figure to represent a PC.