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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CRG" data-source="post: 281510" data-attributes="member: 5867">Like I've said a number of times, there aren't alot of sources for bulk rank-and-file troops.When I find one, I plunder.For example, at some point the LoTR games from GW will stop selling and go on sale.  I'll probably buy 3-5 then, and plan on keeping only a single on intact that I may or may not play in the future.  The rest will feed an army.It's often best if you can find friends who want to do similar activities and you can mesh your army-building-exploits.  One of you take all the men, the other all the orcs, etc.  Several friends and I did that with BattleMasters a few years back - bought 3 sets, split 3 ways.  It yielded a veritable horde of actual figures - I must have 30 mounted knights from those alone, not to mention more halbrediers, etc. than I'll ever need.  And two towers, which I will certainly use.  Another buddy took all the orcs and goblins while a third took the chaos troops.  The board-games-with-miniatures come in waves.  You have to be prepared to pounce once you see something that you like.Now, what I haven't yet tried in the recent past is writing the manufacturer for, ahem, replacement parts.  Back in the Star Wars days (the original days) when I collected the figs, you could write off and get a pack of Star Wars weapons (which was useful as the GD light sabres would always break and really, who could keep track of Leia's skinny-ass pistol?).  Maybe with a little research you could net some replacement BattleMaster's figures or maybe something cooler.Lots of neat figures included in <a href="http://www.avalonhill.com/default.asp?x=games_hotw" target="_blank">Avalon Hill's History of the World</a>.  A bit of digging on the Hasbro web site shows this <a href="http://www.hasbro.com/forms/hotw.htm" target="_blank">replacement parts form for History of the World.</a>  $10 for a bag with all plastic parts?  Sign me up.The base replacement parts site is <a href="http://www.hasbro.com/pl/page.replacement_parts/dn/default.cfm" target="_blank">here for Hasbro</a>.  You can get Axis & Allies, BattleCry and the StarWars Queen's Gambit game (lots of jedi and robots it looks like).Someone posted a company that sill cast plastic minis and was a miniatures company, not a board game company.  If I find the link I'll post it here.[EDIT]Found it, previous page on this thread.  [/EDIT]<a href="http://www.fortressfigures.com" target="_blank">Fortress Figures</a></blockquote>

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