D&D Minis: Where are the Women!?

[Belen]

Ok, I have a serious problem with the D&D minis. They have virtually no female minis! There have been no common minis at all and the only ones they have produced have been either named rares or iconics such as Lidda.

Half my group is female, yet we have no minis for them. This is a problem that WOTC really needs to address!

Argh!

 

[Narfellus]

You thought about ordering from Reaper? More expensive, yes, and unpainted, but their model quality outshines the plastics. And they have TONS of female characters of every race and class.

 

[kenobi65]

This is ironic, as I've seen more than one thread on WotC's D&D Minis board complaining about there being *too many* female miniatures. Of course, those posts are probably coming from all-guy groups.

 

[Belen]

You thought about ordering from Reaper? More expensive, yes, and unpainted, but their model quality outshines the plastics. And they have TONS of female characters of every race and class.

I have reaper minis. I just lack the ability to paint them.

 

[KB9JMQ]

I have two females in my group and we have definately noticed there are not enough women figs in current selection.

 

[Belen]

This is ironic, as I've seen more than one thread on WotC's D&D Minis board complaining about there being *too many* female miniatures. Of course, those posts are probably coming from all-guy groups.

That's a bit crazy. There have definitely been less than 10 different female sculpts out of 332 different miniature sculpts!

 

[Elder-Basilisk]

I'm not quite sure what you're talking about.

From memory:
Axe Sister
Elven Ranger
Wizard of Evermeet
Death Cleric
Healer
Sharn Cutthroat
Frenzied Beserker
Alusair Obaskyr

I'm pretty sure that roughly half of the iconics are female.

and quite a few "how would you know?" minis like the various kobolds, lizardfolk, skeletons and animals. Of course, if you're looking for PCs, they don't count. But still, I think at least half of the "character" minis I have are female.

 

[Kashell]

They should definatly release some sort of 'human' packs. Even a level 1 female commoner would be useful, considering how many female figures I have.

 

[Belen]

I'm not quite sure what you're talking about.

From memory:
Axe Sister
Elven Ranger
Wizard of Evermeet
Death Cleric
Healer
Sharn Cutthroat
Frenzied Beserker
Alusair Obaskyr

I'm pretty sure that roughly half of the iconics are female.

and quite a few "how would you know?" minis like the various kobolds, lizardfolk, skeletons and animals. Of course, if you're looking for PCs, they don't count. But still, I think at least half of the "character" minis I have are female.

Ok, 11...total. And the Sharn cutthroat does not look female, neither did the death cleric.

 

[kenobi65]

Hmm. Thanks to MerricB's page, I went back and looked at the first three sets (which have complete galleries available).

Females in Harbinger:
- Ember (uncommon)
- Arcane Archer (rare)
- Axe Sister (uncommon)
- Elf Archer (common, looks a bit androgynous, but that's elves for ya)
- Lidda (uncommon)
- Vadania (rare)
- Wood Elf Skirmisher (uncommon)
- Drow Cleric of Lolth (rare)

Females in Dragoneye
- Bladesinger (rare)
- Copper Samurai (uncommon)
- Cleric of Nerull (uncommon)
- Thayan Knight (rare; I think this is a female, but I'm not 100% positive)
- Drow Wizard (uncommon)

Females in Archfiends
- Healer (uncommon)
- Mialee (uncommon)
- Champion of Elistraee (rare)
- Evermeet Wizard (uncommon)
- Ragnara (uncommon)
- Dark Moon Monk (uncommon)
- Drow Sergeant (uncommon)

All of those, in theory, are usable as PCs (though, admittedly, there's 4 drow in there). In addition, there's a few females who probably don't make good PCs:
- Tiefling Captain (Harbinger, uncommon)
- Catfolk (Archfiends, common)
- Githyanki Fighter (Archfiends, uncommon)
- Yuan-Ti Pureblood (Archfiends, uncommon)
- Aspect of Lolth (Archfiends, rare)

So, drow and weirdos aside, there were something like 16 female minis, usable as PCs, in the first three sets. True, only one was common...but an awful lot of the commons aren't appropriate for PCs (female or male), anyway. I went through those three sets, and tried to classify the Common minis into two groups: (A) usable as PCs, at least in theory (i.e., humanoid, look at least remotely like an adventurer) and (B) look like NPCs (i.e., monsters):
Harbinger: 20 commons, of which 6 are "PCs"
Dragoneye: 16 commons, of which 5 are "PCs"
Archfiends: 16 commons, of which 8 are "PCs"

So, yes, there's more males than females, but "virutally no female minis" overstates the situation.