Civilians

jdizzy001 · **Posted:** Mon May 26, 2014 3:41 pm

I'm trying to find some non combatants. Where do you recommend I search? I've seen perry minis has a small range of arab civies and crusaderpilgrims. Has anyone else found some good non combatants?

JamesR · **Posted:** Mon May 26, 2014 3:48 pm

Check out Reaper Minis. They have lots of towns people sets

jdizzy001 · **Posted:** Mon May 26, 2014 4:00 pm

I have all kinds of reaper civs, but they tower over my gw guys. I'd like something a little closer in size. Thanks for the advice though.

JamesR · **Posted:** Mon May 26, 2014 4:10 pm

jdizzy001 wrote:

I have all kinds of reaper civs, but they tower over my gw guys. I'd like something a little closer in size. Thanks for the advice though.

Really? All mine are 28mm as well. I wasn't aware there was anything else

jdizzy001 · **Posted:** Mon May 26, 2014 4:42 pm

You're right, they're 28, but lotr is 25mm. If you put a reaper mini on an lotr base the reaper mini stands as tall as a harad half troll. The reaper proportions are also larger, as they are considered "heroic" scale. For rpg it doesn't make much of a difference, but for wargaming, I'd like to try and find something a bit more true to scale.

Joe5mc · **Joined:** Thu Nov 14, 2013 4:38 pm **Posts:** 74

I've got the Perry ones and they are a great match.

JamesR · **Posted:** Mon May 26, 2014 4:49 pm

jdizzy001 wrote:

You're right, they're 28, but lotr is 25mm. If you put a reaper mini on an lotr base the reaper mini stands as tall as a harad half troll. The reaper proportions are also larger, as they are considered "heroic" scale. For rpg it doesn't make much of a difference, but for wargaming, I'd like to try and find something a bit more true to scale.

LotR claims 25 but it's been such a long time since they were actually. Do you remove the metal they're standing on first? That's made the height difference negligible in my experience. But the heroic scale is a good point. I'll keep my eyes open for some other models

Seren Nishiyama · **Posted:** Mon May 26, 2014 5:39 pm

Foundry used to have some good medieval civilians.

Jamros · **Posted:** Mon May 26, 2014 5:46 pm

Townsfolk from eBob Miniatures, clearly LotR inspired:
http://www.ebobminiatures.com/products/fantasy.htm

jdizzy001 · **Posted:** Mon May 26, 2014 6:00 pm

JamesR wrote:

jdizzy001 wrote:

You're right, they're 28, but lotr is 25mm. If you put a reaper mini on an lotr base the reaper mini stands as tall as a harad half troll. The reaper proportions are also larger, as they are considered "heroic" scale. For rpg it doesn't make much of a difference, but for wargaming, I'd like to try and find something a bit more true to scale.

LotR claims 25 but it's been such a long time since they were actually. Do you remove the metal they're standing on first? That's made the height difference negligible in my experience. But the heroic scale is a good point. I'll keep my eyes open for some other models

Oh, yeah, I forgot about hacking off the integral base. But, yeah, the proportions are still.

Joe5mc wrote:

I've got the Perry ones and they are a great match.

Good to know!

Jamros wrote:

Townsfolk from eBob Miniatures, clearly LotR inspired:
http://www.ebobminiatures.com/products/fantasy.htm

Those are already on my purchase list

Highlordell · **Posted:** Mon May 26, 2014 6:59 pm

Theres are range of civilians from Warlord Games.

Roman (not really that useful):
http://store.warlordgames.com/products/ ... civilians/

Greek (same problem):
http://store.warlordgames.com/products/ ... civilians/

Celtic (a bit better, especially if you want them running away from an army):
http://store.warlordgames.com/products/ ... civilians/

Oldman Willow · **Posted:** Mon May 26, 2014 8:31 pm

Try here
http://www.mirliton.it/index.php?cName= ... orama-kits

Reaper is a better match for Mithril. I find if you mix the figures it does not matter as much as you would think. The Heritage figures are small for LOTR. You hardly notice.

Jamros · **Posted:** Mon May 26, 2014 9:00 pm

I really like the dogs and cat in that set. Too bad you can't buy them separately.

Fëanor, the mighty elf · **Posted:** Mon May 26, 2014 9:20 pm

In addition to the great civilians mentioned by others, I can also recommend Gripping Beast (also for many more of their ranges!):
http://www.grippingbeast.com/shop.php?CatID=11
I have the Women en Kids myself and they look great, I think! They are a tiny bit smaller than LotR minis (especially the newer models), but the difference is no problem at all, I think.

Sticky Fingersss · **Joined:** Sat Oct 09, 2010 11:20 am **Posts:** 1776

Wow! Those gripping beast models look great! Once I finish my armies I'd love to have some civilians. They'd act great as objective markers or add interesting elements to the game. Especially for a "Burning of the West Fold" scenario.

jdizzy001 · **Posted:** Sat May 31, 2014 8:11 pm

Great! There are far more choices than I thought!

Oldman Willow · **Posted:** Sat May 31, 2014 11:35 pm

Jamros wrote:

I really like the dogs and cat in that set. Too bad you can't buy them separately.

The site is hard to navigate but you may buy many as individuals

Jamros · **Posted:** Sun Jun 01, 2014 12:04 am

Oldman Willow wrote:

Jamros wrote:

I really like the dogs and cat in that set. Too bad you can't buy them separately.

The site is hard to navigate but you may buy many as individuals

Ah, indeed, the cat and dogs are available separately for less than 2 euros. Thanks. I'm disappointed by the fact that the minimum order is 15 euros, so shipping from Italy might be a bit much.

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