Behind the Veil Miniatures

The_Universe · 26th May 2005, 10:22 PM

The price and packaging options are hardly ideal, but this site seems to have a wide range of miniatures apropriate for the new campaign:

http://www.wargamesfoundry.com/colle...Victoriana.asp

If you find other miniatures that could work, feel free to post them here. Otherwise, I thought it might be useful to know what (if anything) everyone is getting to try to represent their character.

The_Universe · 27th May 2005, 05:06 AM

http://www.artizandesigns.com/catalo...p?sub_range=18

These could be useful, as well - but they're probably no less expensive.

**Xath** · 27th May 2005, 05:48 AM

They're pretty cool looking, but the ones that would thematically fit my character are all male.

There are some good women in the Darkest Africa collection, but they're all wearing dresses.

The_Universe · 27th May 2005, 02:02 PM

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They're pretty cool looking, but the ones that would thematically fit my character are all male.

There are some good women in the Darkest Africa collection, but they're all wearing dresses.

All of them? I thought I saw some cowgirls in one of the packs. I'll give it a good look and see what I can come with. Otherwise, it might be time for you to start getting creative as to what you want to use...

The_Universe · 27th May 2005, 03:40 PM

The Daughters of Empire and European Ladies set (both found by Liz) here: http://www.wargamesfoundry.com/colle...DA/1/index.asp certainly could fit an adventuring female. Some of them are even packing iron!

Additionally, from the same company, it's possible one might find something of use here: http://www.wargamesfoundry.com/collections/SV/index.asp with Foundry's collection of even more "modern" miniatures. The problem here would be inapropriate fashion and weaponry (from at leat 100 years later...), but if you *really* don't want to have her wearing a dress and can't gussy up a "male" mini to be a little more effeminate, it might be the next best thing.

Foundry has probably hundreds of potentially useful minis, and an "Annie Oakley" type could be hiding in one of the ranges that we'd never see because the site's search function is so bad. Nonetheless, other places to look might include the Iron Kingdoms/Warmachine line of miniatures, found here: http://privateerpress.com/ironkingdo...p?x=miniatures

The Monster Hunter, Ordic Adventurer, Ordic Pistoleer, and Llaelese Gun Mage found above could probably work in the current game, with the last two being definitely female.

There's about a half dozen apropriate miniatures at the bottom of this page: http://www.shadowforge.com.au/fantas...cal/index.html

Some of the sculpts look less than ideal, but they might be closer to what you're thinking, anyway.

There are some old Deadlands miniatures here, but since there are apparently no pictures available anywhere on the internet, I can't vouch for their quality (or lack thereof).
http://www.nobleknight.com/ViewProdu..._5_A_GenreID_E_

Lastly, you might try posting to ENworld's own miniatures forum - they're a boundless font of information, and they might know better than I were you could find a cowgirl to fit your particular idiom.

The_Universe · 27th May 2005, 03:52 PM

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Lastly, you might try posting to ENworld's own miniatures forum - they're a boundless font of information, and they might know better than I were you could find a cowgirl to fit your particular idiom.

I got curious and did it for you here: Old West Adventuring Gals

**Xath** · 27th May 2005, 06:30 PM

Hmm, found two that I like. But the order form is mail in? How old fashioned.

I'll probably just use an existing mini that I own for now. And I'll get a new one when I can.

The_Universe · 27th May 2005, 06:41 PM

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Hmm, found two that I like. But the order form is mail in? How old fashioned.

I'll probably just use an existing mini that I own for now. And I'll get a new one when I can.

Which place had a mail in order form? All of them that I linked have online stores somewhere or another - if it's foundry, it's just a crappy site. I assure you that the online store is there somewhere.

**Xath** · 27th May 2005, 06:46 PM

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Which place had a mail in order form? All of them that I linked have online stores somewhere or another - if it's foundry, it's just a crappy site. I assure you that the online store is there somewhere.

It's Shadowforge. They have a mail-in form and all of their prices are in AUD.

The_Universe · 27th May 2005, 07:00 PM

Ah - I thought they had an online store. I must have misunderstood the content. Oh well.

Queen_Dopplepopolis · 27th May 2005, 07:05 PM

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Ah - I thought they had an online store. I must have misunderstood the content. Oh well.

The super nerd store has a wide selection of historic minis, may want to check there.

Also - all of the guys at Eagle and Empire are really into historic mini games... so - while their selection may not be as large, I bet they could tell you where to get a female mini.

cuteasaurus · 5th June 2005, 03:25 AM

European Ladies- Lady Constance and Fifi look like the best fits for me. (I'll use them both since one is "city-dress" and one is "combat.") So, I think I'll buy that set in the near future. If anyone wants any of the other minis in that set, let me know and we can coordinate.

The_Universe · 5th June 2005, 08:30 PM

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European Ladies- Lady Constance and Fifi look like the best fits for me. (I'll use them both since one is "city-dress" and one is "combat.") So, I think I'll buy that set in the near future. If anyone wants any of the other minis in that set, let me know and we can coordinate.

I don't need them, but Liz might want to get in on that. I'll ask her.

AIM-54 · 27th June 2005, 08:22 PM

Found a site here with a bunch of old west minis:

http://www.dixon-minis.com/dixoncata...sp?maintype=12

Might be some things of interest there. There's a wide selection covering all kinds of characters at any rate.

Queen_Dopplepopolis · 27th June 2005, 08:35 PM

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Found a site here with a bunch of old west minis:

http://www.dixon-minis.com/dixoncata...sp?maintype=12

Might be some things of interest there. There's a wide selection covering all kinds of characters at any rate.

Link doesn't work for me....

AIM-54 · 27th June 2005, 08:40 PM

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Link doesn't work for me....

Hmmm...works for me.

Try going to http://www.dixon-minis.com/ and scrolling down to 'Old West' on the left hand side.

If that doesn't work then something is screwing with it on your side.

The_Universe · 27th June 2005, 09:29 PM

They're interesting - they appear to be about the same size as the foundry miniatures (a little small), with great body and clothing sculpts, with questionable faces. But, from 2-3 feet away, who cares what the face looks like?

AIM-54 · 27th June 2005, 09:34 PM

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They're interesting - they appear to be about the same size as the foundry miniatures (a little small), with great body and clothing sculpts, with questionable faces. But, from 2-3 feet away, who cares what the face looks like?

They're larger than 15mm, I consider that a victory!

But I keep running into wargame minis looking for good Russian cavalry figures.

It was the variety that really provided the impetus for posting this, more than anything else.

The_Universe · 27th June 2005, 09:44 PM

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They're larger than 15mm, I consider that a victory!

But I keep running into wargame minis looking for good Russian cavalry figures.

It was the variety that really provided the impetus for posting this, more than anything else.

Oh yeah - they'll certainly work.

cuteasaurus · 22nd July 2005, 10:39 PM

These are pewter and already painted, but I thought I'd put them up here just in case ppl wanted to take a look.