List of manufacturers of modern genre miniatures

I put this list together for over on the D20 modern board at wizards.com, and I figured folks here would appreciate it too. I'll be keeping the list updated over there, however.


Modern Miniatures

General
Street Violence - http://www.wargamesfoundry.com/collections/SV/index.asp
Future Wars - http://www.gisby.org/fw.htm
Future Shock - http://www.princeaugust.ie
Modern Heroes - http://www.eclipseminiatures.com/
em4's Combat Zone & Scifi lines - http://www.crystalcaste.com/ or http://www.em4miniatures.com/acatalog/shop.html
Chinatown - http://www.stonecirclegames.com/china-info.htm or http://www.newwave.org/
Shadowforge scifi, character & manga lines - http://www.shadowforge.com.au/
Eureka Miniatures (Lotta stuff from Victoriana to WW1 to nam, to modern police & scifi) - http://www.eurekamin.com.au/
Ground Zero Games (lotta stuff suitable in lotta ranges) - http://www.gtns.net/gzgstore/
Iron Wind Metals (shadowrun) - http://www.ironwindmetals.com/
Excalibur Miniaturen (scifi minis from germany) - http://www.excalibur-miniaturen.com..._e/exca_eng.htm
i-Kore (Void l line) - http://www.i-kore.com/
The London War Room (A little of everything; military figs, victorian, figs, buildings...) - http://www.thelondonwarroom.com/
Chiltern Miniatures (mil figs, ww2 to present, scifi figs, some SE asian buildings) - http://www.chilternminiatures.co.uk/index.html
North Star Figures (mostly military figs, but also 1/48 scale mil models (some motorized, run down the old minis!) ww1, gangs of NYC figs, and 28mm Dinos!) - http://www.northstarfigures.com/

Military
Devil Dog Designs (modern military & terrorists) - http://www.devildogdesign.com/home.htm
West Wind Productions (WW2 & Nam minis) - http://www.westwindproductions.co.uk/index.asp
The Assault Group (More modern mil) - http://www.theassaultgroup.com/main.html
Artizan Design (WW2 era) - http://www.northstarfigures.com/shop/artizandesign/
Old Glory Miniatures (Vietnam era ($1/fig, way cheap, way nice!), 25mm military vehicles, including Huey and Cobra choppers!, 25mm buildings for various regions and eras) - http://www.oldgloryminiatures.com/Vietnam.asp
Brittania Miniatures (20mm mil vehicles, 25mm modern minis) - http://www.britanniaminis.com/
Baker Company (Nam minis) - http://www.bakercompany.co.uk/

Terrain & Vehicles
Ainsty (terrain) - http://www.ainsty.co.uk/index.htm
Armorcast (terrain & vehicles) - http://www.armorcast.com/
SHQ (20mm military vehicles, undersized but better than nothing) - http://www.shqminiatures.co.uk/Sitefiles/main.php
DLD Production (military vehicles) - http://www.dldproductions.com/
Ultra-Cast (terrain & military vehicles) - http://www.ultra-cast.net/
Minute Men Toy Soldiers (WW2 military vehicles, 20mm scale) - http://www.mmtoysoldiers.com/modelmain.htm
Scale Model Accessories LTD (ww2 vehicles, 1/76 scale) - http://www.smal.sageweb.co.uk/
War Factory (DIY instructions for easy scenery and accessories) - http://www.warfactory.co.uk/
Scenic Effects (with a name like that, what do you expect?) - http://www.geocities.com/sceniceffects/



Paper
from various publishers - 21st Century Heros, Main Street USA, Twilight Street, Bargain Wheels, Panzerkämpfrüstung 62 Ausf G Battlesuit , Papertown, Paper Violence - all paper minis of varying degrees of complexity - http://www.rpgnow.com
Sparks paper mini fonts - http://www222.pair.com/sjohn/sparks.htm

and if you have the wherewithall to actually work your way through all 1,296 manufacturer entries, you can rummage on The Miniatures Page for more manufacturers of suitable minis. - http://theminiaturespage.com/man/

Looking for more vehicles? Diecast replicas and plastic or resin model kits in 1/60(30mm) to 1/76(20mm) scale will look approximately right with 25-28mm minis, depending upon the type of vehicle (a 1/76 scale tank looks more "right" than a 1/76 scale motorcycle or car, for example)

Long Gone Miniatures for your ebaying pleasure
Grendel - Made resin vehicles for at least one scifi game (kryomek), including a recon car that looks very much like the spinner from blade runner.
RAFM - the old large scale Heavy Gear figures make excellent man-sized suits of power armor. They also manufactured some minis for Cyberpunk, a personality (non-mecha) minis for Mekton, both of which were suitable for a modern genre game

Hey, I love the list, it reads like the one I keep right here ;^)

I loved how ol' Wiz'O'Sith shut down that other thread (can you say 'closed and links deleted, thank ya very much'), he's a pretty nice guy, doing a not-so-fun job, but... well, never mind, it's their boards they can do whatever they want.

Though I fail to see how someone could think that Wizards actually competes with *anything* that's on this list... even if they made modern minis, well, it still wouldnt compete ;^)

ledded said:

Hey, I love the list, it reads like the one I keep right here ;^)

I loved how ol' Wiz'O'Sith shut down that other thread (can you say 'closed and links deleted, thank ya very much'), he's a pretty nice guy, doing a not-so-fun job, but... well, never mind, it's their boards they can do whatever they want.

Though I fail to see how someone could think that Wizards actually competes with *anything* that's on this list... even if they made modern minis, well, it still wouldnt compete ;^)

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I agree absolutely. However, I'll just database the list and put a link to a dynamic web page and stick it in my sig. Then people can sort it by military minis, modern, vehicles, price range, scale, etc. See how he likes that. LOL

Oh, and I have to say, for Modern miniatures I think that the Coppletstone stuff is my favorite for the money. Em4 Miniatures sells the older line that Copplestone sculpted at incredibly good prices, and the new Copplestone stuff is pretty good (you can tell that Mark sculpted them both pretty obviously). So the em4/copplestone stuff, IMO, is the best bang for your buck. All have good sculpts with nice relatively realistic proportions

The Stone Circle Games Chintatown minis are just fabulous, if a little more expensive, especially if you ever loved Big Trouble In Little China. Great minis with good, detailed sculpts (if a touch on the cartoony side)

Foundry has probably some of the coolest sculpts, but I have yet to find them at a price I like (except for a few lucky batches off of ebay). The cool thing about foundry is that the blister packs come with a small set of extra weapons for your converting needs, which is nice. You can also find some sculpts that are very much like Mark Copplestone's work, I believe he once worked with Foundry.