I have a budget of $250 for WFRP minis. I would like minis that are standard scale (28mm or 25mm-Heroic) and have good quality sculpts. I would like the minis to be compatible with WFRP 2nd and 3rd edition. The minis should be a good assortment that would be good for various scenarios. They should be unpainted and either metal or plastic is fine. Please provide links to the minis if possible.

Any help would be very much appreciated.

Thank you very much.

Well, I suppose the most obvious starting point would be buying the minis from the Warhammer Fantasy Battle armies.

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You won't find minis for everything in the WFRP Bestiaries, most of the more humble careers and wildlife will be absent, but it's a good a place as any to start.

EDIT: Owait, you'd actually like us to single out minis that you should purchase? Well, I'll dig through the site and pull out the ones that directly link to playable careers, if that helps.

You know that you don't need minis to play WFRP right? Not that there's anything wrong with having nicely painted minis to represent the action, but the game isn't really designed for getting much out of minis and it seems like a huge hassle to get minis to represent all the different stuff you'd need for this game, unless you decide that the characters will only encounter a couple of very specific type of creatures.

Well, I'm assuming he wants minis for the PC's, and possibly nemesis NPCs, which would add a very nice layer to the experience. Of course, I'm then assuming he just wants minis for players who've already chosen their careers. Getting minis for every career and/or npc... is quite a daunting thought...

Anyway, I've rounded up the Warhammer Fantasy Battle minis that link the the playable careers:

Dwarfs

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High Elves

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Wood Elves

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Wardancer: javascript:void(0);/*1287742356679*/

Waywatcher: javascript:void(0);/*1287742377982*/

Empire

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Merchant and Scribe: javascript:void(0);/*1287742454658*/

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Wizards: javascript:void(0);/*1287742526741*/

Warrior Priest (one of several types): javascript:void(0);/*1287742567183*/

There are quite a few others, particularly in the Empire army, that can be tailored to fit the more humble human careers. Have a look around, and see if you can find anything.

I know Reaper makes some really good minis. I am thinking about using Reaper minis for WFRP.

Ralzar said:

WFRP 2nd Edition does have rules for miniatures and even suggests using them. And of course, these same miniatures can be used for WFRP 3rd Edition.

Kharrak said:

Thank you very much for the help. I really appreciate it.

And don't forget:

www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp

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www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp

The second set there actually looks like it was based on some of the WFRP3 career card art.

(ed-oop, I see someone already posted the merchant and scribe, sorry for missing that)

You find a few nice pieces in the Mordheim range as well (though the the prices on some of these are pretty steep even for GW).

www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/armySubUnitCats.jsp

There are quite a few places you can look for miniatures:

While GW has the advantage of producing minis set in the same world the prices are also on the "premium" end of the miniature market. Depending on how many minis you need there are perhaps better options.

As you are already aware of Reaper and the wide range of models available from them we will skip them for now, though you can get almost anything you need from them and the quality is quite good.

Other possibilities:

Darksword miniatures has a wide selection of humans, elves and monsters along with some of the finest dragons I have seen

http://www.darkswordminiatures.com/index.html

Mantic has a very good price to quality ratio, mostly dwarves, elves and undead but if you need a bunch of skeletons or zombies they are worth a look

http://www.manticgames.com/

Thunderbolt mountain produces quality 25-30mm true scale miniatures, I am quite fond of the arthurian line however they will seem small in comparison with the heroic scale of GW and some Reaper sculpts

https://www.thunderboltmountain.com/index.php?osCsid=f7aea874e1e647a717e4cfda7bd293ad

Hasslefree has a great selection of dwarves and humans as well as a few elves, orcs, chaos dwarves and monsters. I have always been happy with the level of quality.

http://www.hasslefreeminiatures.co.uk/index.php

Blacktree as reasonable minis at great prices

http://www.blacktreedesign.com/northamerica/home.php

Scibor's monstrous miniatures has a great selection of dwarves and a few humans, a lot of goblins and chaos dwarves (moskals)

http://www.sciborminiatures.com/

Freebooter Miniatures does pirates and a selection of other themes, this is Werner Klocke's company so expect a certain level of "klockenbooty"

http://www.freebooterminiatures.de/en

Anyway this is just the tip of the iceberg, there are dozens more companies. If there is a particular type of PC/NPC/minion you are trying to find a model for it would make suggesting miniatures far easier.

regards,

ET

Thanks everyone for the replies so far. I appreciate it.

Currently, I have miniatures from the Descent base game and Altar of Despair expansion. I plan to use the Descent monster minis as well for WFRP. I am not sure if I will use the Descent hero minis for WFRP because they seem to be a bit too small.

Here is a preliminary list of miniatures I plan buy for WFRP. Please tell me if it looks appropriate:

1. Dwarf - Armor – Hammer – for Advanced Career – for PC or NPC
2. Dwarf – Cloth – Sword – for Basic Career – for PC or NPC
3. Dwarf – Armor – Axe – for Advanced Career – for PC or NPC
4. Dwarf – Cloth – Polearm/Spear – for Basic Career – for PC or NPC
5. Human – Cloth – Hammer – for Basic Career – for PC or NPC
6. Human – Armor – Sword – for Advanced Career – for PC or NPC
7. Human – Cloth – Axe – for Basic Career – for PC or NPC
8. Human – Armor – Mace – for Advanced Career – for PC or NPC
9. Human – Cloth – Staff – for Basic Career – for PC or NPC
10. Town Guard – Cloth/Armor – for NPC
11. Town Guard – Cloth/Armor – for NPC
12. Town Guard – Cloth/Armor – for NPC
13. Town Guard – Cloth/Armor – for NPC
14. Elf - Armor – Archer – for Advanced Career – for PC or NPC
15. Elf - Cloth – Archer – for Basic Career – for PC or NPC
16. Elf - Armor – Sword – for Advanced Career – for PC or NPC
17. Elf - Cloth – Sword – for Basic Career – for PC or NPC
18. Wizard Apprentice – for Basic Career – for PC or NPC
19. Wizard (full fledged) – for Advanced Career – for PC or NPC
20. Wizard (full fledged) – for Advanced Career – for PC or NPC
21. Black Orc – for NPC
22. Black Orc – for NPC
23. Black Orc – for NPC
24. Black Orc – for NPC
25. Goblin – for NPC
26. Goblin – for NPC
27. Goblin – for NPC
28. Goblin – for NPC
29. Beastman – for NPC
30. Beastman – for NPC
31. Beastman – for NPC
32. Beastman – for NPC
33. Townsperson – for NPC
34. Townsperson – for NPC
35. Townsperson – for NPC
36. Townsperson – for NPC
37. Vampire – for NPC
38. Vampire – for NPC
39. Werewolf – for NPC
40. Werewolf – for NPC

Check out the Foundry:

Fantasy range: http://wargamesfoundry.com/fantasy_ranges/single_packs/fantasy/

Historical (Renaissance): http://wargamesfoundry.com/historical_ranges/single_packs/renaissance/

How about these 54mm miniatures by Irregular Miniatures? I really like 54mm scale and some of these miniatures look like they would work well with WFRP. Go here, then click on the 54mm link on bottom, then on left side click on the Medievals, Renaissance & English War, and Fantasy collections. I really like the look of these miniatures.

Opinions?

http://stores.ebay.com/MegaMiniatures

Mega miniatures do some nice blister packs of 20+ figures that we use that are quite warhammer-esque. The townsfolk, castle guard etc...

They also sell individual figures