Female Mini's

[D'karr]

I agree that there isn't nearly enough variety in available female minis - very few plate-armoured female fighters (a common character type in D&D), never mind such as old crones, typical peasant women, or any nonhumans.

Lack of variety?

Then you haven't looked enough at reaper miniatures.

They have a lot of female minis and many of them with plate armor. You want peasants and non-humans, once again take a look at reaper.

Reaper has by far the largest selection of female miniatures in adventuring poses that I have seen from any manufacturer.

Several examples:
With Long Spear

Long Sword and Shield

Longsword

Another Longsword

With Shield

With Bow

Townsfolk - Women of Ill Repute

Non-Human (Drow Priestess)

More Plate

More Townsfolk

And another Plate

Dancer

More Non-human

More dancing girls

Even more plate

More Townsfolk

That was after a quick 15-20 minute search. How is that lack of variety?

 

[yangnome]

If you go to gamingminitaures.com, you can search most of the reaper line based on class and sex. Tehy have great service as well.

 

[Seule]

Female nonhumans really are the hardest to find... and I don't count Elves as nonhumans. They are too easy to convert. A few female Dwarves, Gnomes and Halflings would be nice. Reaper has the only ones I've found at all, and they don't have more than a few.
I do use mostly Reaper minis as they have the best selection of almost anything I've found.

--Seule

 

[S'mon]

Lack of variety?

Then you haven't looked enough at reaper miniatures.

They have a lot of female minis and many of them with plate armor. You want peasants and non-humans, once again take a look at reaper.

Reaper has by far the largest selection of female miniatures in adventuring poses that I have seen from any manufacturer.

Reaper does have quite a few; I've looked them over previously, you're right. However IMO Reaper minis cost far too much for unpainted figurines so I didn't buy any. But they're there.

 

[D'karr]

Reaper does have quite a few; I've looked them over previously, you're right. However IMO Reaper minis cost far too much for unpainted figurines so I didn't buy any. But they're there.

Well, IMO they are far cheaper than most other manufacturers and they have good quality. But you know what they say about opinions.

Unfortunately I'm not sure that you will find too many pre-painted female miniatures out there.

 

[kreynolds]

Can someone tell me WHY all the female miniatures look like :
A). The erotic fantasies of a sex starved teenage boy
B). Really cliché anime characters with wings
C). Lesbian bikers from another planet
or
D).Trying way too hard to be "strong, powerful women" (i.e.. they are all designed as carrying about 45 weapons at a time and have scary armor and fangs)

They're designed by those very same people?

 

[Rolzup]

My wife was pretty critical of the various miniatures that I suggested that she use for her druid PC -- the clothing, vacuous expressions, and overly large chests just plain irritated her.

There are a handful of Reaper minis that she likes, but I ended up painting a Games Workshop "Arwen" miniature from the LoTR line, and she was very happy with that. I also found a nice figure from Mithril's LoTR line, and I've modified that one into a pretty good Elven druid as well.

Trying to find a good female Elven cleric for her has been difficult, at best -- probably going to settle on a human, and assume that her hair is hiding those pointy ears.

Reaper does have at least one really lovely female Halfling rogue, and I'm painting that one up just 'cause it's a nice miniature.

Rolzup

 

[paulewaug]

hers a little beauty for ya
Troll Matron

and a rockin little lady
Elia Shadowfeet. Female Halfling Thief

and this one rates pretty high on the "babe o'meter"

Groa Targums, Swamp Hag

 

[Arravis]

Reaper minis too expensive... now I've heard it all. Exactly on what do you base this? Too expensive compared to what?

I've found Reaper minis to be not only excellently sculpted, varied and interesting; but dirt cheap.

 

[Sejs]

Wow, a female mini, full dressed.. and her armor isn't Cheesecake-mail!


Hot damn, I think I'm actually gonna have to order me this one