Robber Fly miniature?

Kurzon

First Post

• Jan 9, 2015

• #1

Hi folks. Just wondering if anyone knows of a good miniature for a Robber Fly? It's an old D&D monster, and is basically just a giant fly with a hatred of low-level adventurers and giant bees. As far as I know there was no official model made. But there don't seem to be many generic giant fly miniatures out there (that I could find, anyway). Any suggestions are much appreciated!

 

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Ron Jovi

First Post

• Jan 9, 2015

• #2

I'm sure any dollar store should have a tube of plastic insects that would contain a fly or two

 

pogre

Legend

• Jan 9, 2015

• #3

These might be a tad on the large size, but these floral decorations might work:
http://www.floraltrims.com/decorative-bugs.html

Is memory serves, old school Robber Flies actually look like giant bees.

 

ExploderWizard

Hero

• Jan 12, 2015

• #4

I always comb dollar stores and Wal-Mart around Halloween for decoration stuff that can be used as minis. I have whole plastic baggies of little spiders, scorpions, ants, and yes even flies. They are usually very cheap too. Hobby Lobby also has packs of little frogs that I have mounted on bases and use as giant frogs. You can find quite a bit of cool stuff for the gaming table on the cheap if you keep your eyes open.

 

UselessTriviaMan

Explorer

• Jan 15, 2015

• #5

I did find a cheap Halloween Bag-O-Flies a while back that filled this particular niche. I snagged about 20-30 inch-long plastic flies (black bodies, clear wings, and splotches of red paint on the eyes) for about a buck.

And like ExploderWizard, I also have a nice collection of cheap creepy-crawlies tucked away for game days.