alt named minis for official monsters (was mind flayer minis)

Davelozzi · Nov 10, 2004

Edit: I originally started this thread to find some mind flayer minis but having obtained that objective, I'm rededicating it to serve as a reference spot for miniatures that are designed to (or at least can) represent official monsters, but which have alternate names because of protected IP. The new purpose starts five or six posts down.

Does anyone make decent mind flayer minis? I'm looking for unpainted metal ones, not D&D minis. I thought that Reaper had some creatures that were essentially mind flayers with the name changed but I just went through their whole web store and couldn't find them. Does this sound familar to anyone?

Note to mods: Go ahead and move this thread if necessary. I'm not looking to trade, nor discuss painting them, so general seemed like the best place.

derelictjay · Nov 10, 2004

Reaper minis makes several called Bathalian, they look close to a mind flayer, what with a squid head and wearing robes and all. I bought one and its half painted, and plan to use it at as a mind flayer. Actually Reaper Minis make a lot of D&D like minis, they don't always use the name but some almost look like they came straight from the Monster Manual

EDIT: I should have read your post a little more closely, as you were talking about Reaper, so I answered your question. Outside of that I think you'd need to dig up some old Ral Partha minis, I can't think of anything else.

derelictjay · Nov 10, 2004

Tell you what since I feel bad about not reading your post here the numbers of two of the Bathalian. And I think there's a third but it was old so it might have been discontinued. The first one is the one I have
2568 D'Khul M'Broon Bathalian
2843: Undead Bathalian

Storminator · Nov 10, 2004

The third one is 2116. All three are still available at the Reaper Store

http://www.reapermini.com/store/customer/search.php?substring=Bathalian

TheAuldGrump · Nov 10, 2004

Many discontinued Reaper miniatures can be purchased on their website, look in The Boneyard. http://reapermini.com/store/customer/home.php?cat=6

The Auld Grump

Davelozzi · Nov 10, 2004

Thanks guys, that's exactly what I was looking for, I don't know how I missed all three of those. I guess after looking at hundreds of minis all morning, my eyes just started to glaze over.

Davelozzi · Nov 10, 2004

On that note, I was just thinking that it certainly would be useful to have a listing of Reaper mini names for monsters that are obviously designed to mimick offical monsters with protected IP. It'd be great to have this saved someplace useful for people to reference, but in the meantime, I'll at least post a few that I came across today:

Beholder: Reaper mini # 02712 : Eye Beast
http://www.reapermini.com/store/customer/product.php?productid=726&cat=0&page=1

Githyanki: Reaper minis # 02765 : Astral Reavers
http://www.reapermini.com/store/customer/product.php?productid=778&cat=0&page=1

Roper: Reaper mini # 02658 : Stone Lurker
http://www.reapermini.com/store/customer/product.php?productid=672&cat=0&page=1

Yuan-ti: Reaper minis # 02498 (a/b) : Snakemen
http://www.reapermini.com/store/customer/product.php?productid=511&cat=0&page=1
plus they have a snake-bodied medusa that could also make a good yuan-ti, or maybe a naga variant (02354 : Medusa) http://www.reapermini.com/store/customer/product.php?productid=367&cat=0&page=1

Finally there are plenty of figures that look just like various demons and a few devils. It's not worth posting all the names and numbers because they can easily be found by doing a search for 'demon' or 'devil' at their store.

http://www.reapermini.com/store/customer/search.php?substring=demon

http://www.reapermini.com/store/customer/search.php?substring=devil

If anyone else has any other good minis with alternate names to post (Reaper or not), go ahead.