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<blockquote data-quote="Lancelot" data-source="post: 5302042" data-attributes="member: 30022">I'd recommend cherry-picking from the DDM line at a singles-retailer like Miniature Market or Troll-and-Toad. The minis you're looking for are generally commons or uncommons, which means you can get pre-painted plastic for a relatively low price. Certainly cheaper than buying metal (or even Warhammer hard plastic), primer, paint, and then spending time working on them.There are a ton of non-&quot;fantastic&quot; (i.e. semi-realistic) figures which would suit a Conan game well. If we take a single DDM set as an example (...we'll use Aberrations, which is the first one alphabetically):<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Human-appearing figures: Man-at-Arms, Aasimar Favored Soul (Cleric of Mitra?), Sharn Cutthroat, Emerald Claw Soldier, Carrion Tribe Barbarian. I'd also include the Frenzied Berserker (great figure!), but she's an expensive rare. The others are all pretty cheap.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Classic Conan-esque creatures: Iron Cobra, Fiendish Dire Weasel, Chuul (only rare included here, but not pricey and would make a classic creature-from-the-deeps), Fiendish Giant Mantis (as above), Taer (classic &quot;white ape&quot;; e.g. Rogues in the House, Shadows of an Iron Moon, etc).</li>
</ul>The benefit of going to one of the singles sites is you can just open up their DDM folder and peruse the galleries. They'll have pictures of all the minis available. With about 20 DDM sets released, and about 50 figures per set, you have about a thousand options... but you can skim the lot of them in under 15 minutes. Just ignore the orcs and kobolds and focus on the human-like figures and the select few Conan-esque beasties. Also, don't be discouraged if you see a really sweet rare figure in one set with a $15 price tag (like the Frenzied Berserker above). There will be a half dozen other entirely suitable common figures for $2 or less, so just go with them if budget is an issue.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lancelot, post: 5302042, member: 30022"] I'd recommend cherry-picking from the DDM line at a singles-retailer like Miniature Market or Troll-and-Toad. The minis you're looking for are generally commons or uncommons, which means you can get pre-painted plastic for a relatively low price. Certainly cheaper than buying metal (or even Warhammer hard plastic), primer, paint, and then spending time working on them. There are a ton of non-"fantastic" (i.e. semi-realistic) figures which would suit a Conan game well. If we take a single DDM set as an example (...we'll use Aberrations, which is the first one alphabetically): [LIST] [*][B]Human-appearing figures: [/B]Man-at-Arms, Aasimar Favored Soul (Cleric of Mitra?), Sharn Cutthroat, Emerald Claw Soldier, Carrion Tribe Barbarian. I'd also include the Frenzied Berserker (great figure!), but she's an expensive rare. The others are all pretty cheap. [*][B]Classic Conan-esque creatures:[/B] Iron Cobra, Fiendish Dire Weasel, Chuul (only rare included here, but not pricey and would make a classic creature-from-the-deeps), Fiendish Giant Mantis (as above), Taer (classic "white ape"; e.g. Rogues in the House, Shadows of an Iron Moon, etc). [/LIST] The benefit of going to one of the singles sites is you can just open up their DDM folder and peruse the galleries. They'll have pictures of all the minis available. With about 20 DDM sets released, and about 50 figures per set, you have about a thousand options... but you can skim the lot of them in under 15 minutes. Just ignore the orcs and kobolds and focus on the human-like figures and the select few Conan-esque beasties. Also, don't be discouraged if you see a really sweet rare figure in one set with a $15 price tag (like the Frenzied Berserker above). There will be a half dozen other entirely suitable common figures for $2 or less, so just go with them if budget is an issue. [/QUOTE]

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