Serpent Men Minis?

[JoeGKushner]

So looking over Freeport and getting together minis for the trilogy and wondering... should I just use lizard men for the snake men? Are there any serpent men minis?

 

[Av3rnus]

Would yuan-ti miniatures fit the bill? WotC has released a few of those, including a couple as recent as Desert of Desolation.

 

[JoeGKushner]

From the old book...

Serpent people are bipedal, but they retain the sinuous necks and long tails of snakes. Coloration varies widely though black is dominate among the degenerates.

 

[Michael R. Proteau]

I have a few from an old Cthullhu line of minis, but they are true 25mm scale not the current scale of minis. Perhaps the Troglodyte minis from WotC would serve as better stand ins than lizard men? The Trog zombies from Harbinger always seemed more serpentine than Trog to me.

 

[JoeGKushner]

I too was thinking of the old reptiliads from RAFM.

 

[NarlethDrider]

I too was thinking of the old reptiliads from RAFM.

those would definately be good for what the OP was talkin about (IMHO)

I still have the reptilliads i got back in the eighties....dang I'm old

 

[Twowolves]

Here you go

Near the bottom of that page, a half dozen that make good serpent men/asaathi.

 

[frankthedm]

Take a hooded mini and drill out the face, then squeeze a snake head in there. If the recent fiendish snake is too fat for the mini, try checking gumball machines for snake heads.

 

[MythosaAkira]

Reaper has some nice snakemen, though their physiology isn't exactly what you described:

http://reapermini.com/Miniatures/02498/latest/02498_G

http://reapermini.com/Miniatures/06177/latest/06177_G

http://reapermini.com/Miniatures/14187/latest/14187_SnakeChampion

http://reapermini.com/Miniatures/14188/latest/14188_G

 

[TheAuldGrump]

RAFM Call of Cthulhu line -

Somewhat larger than the Metal Magics/EM4 figs.

The Auld Grump, who also has the single(?) serpent person that Grenadier made.

 

[JoeGKushner]

Are those EM4 figs sold anywhere in America?

 

[frankthedm]

Are those EM4 figs sold anywhere in America?

Well the homepage is just asking one pound each on the snakemen.

http://www.em4miniatures.com/acatalog/Dunwich_Detectives.html

So thats kinda reasonable. Shipping should not be thaaat painful.

The Servitor of the Other Gods figs looked real good.

Some of those dunwich detectives figs were in their older Metal Magic blisters in the discount mini rack at games plus. Not sure what of them is left though. Definitely not very big minis.

 

[Jeff Wilder]

D&D Miniatures has several yuan-ti and one Ophidian, any of which should be good enough minis for the Freeport serpent people. (The Yuan-Ti Swiftscale from the starter set is particularly nice, and the Yuan-Ti Malison from a set ago makes a great archer.) They don't have the elongated necks described, but it's not like that's a vital detail. You should be able to find most of the Medium yuan-ti, and the Ophidian, for a buck or less each.

 

[Twowolves]

Are those EM4 figs sold anywhere in America?

Crystal Caste sells some of the em4 prepainted lines, but I'm not sure about the rest. IIRC, the shipping on those from the UK was very resonable, like 2-3 $US for about a dozen minis. You can try WarWeb though, they might carry them.

 

[thalmin]

So looking over Freeport and getting together minis for the trilogy and wondering... should I just use lizard men for the snake men? Are there any serpent men minis?

There is an uncommon from the Aberrations set (#60 Yuan-Ti Halfblood). If you are interested in the RAFM Reptiliads, I have some that are sort of painted which I am willing to part with.

 

[Zil]

So looking over Freeport and getting together minis for the trilogy and wondering... should I just use lizard men for the snake men? Are there any serpent men minis?

I was just running the original trology myself and I used a mix of Yuan-ti and ophidians for my serpent folk.

 

[Zil]

RAFM Call of Cthulhu line - ][sblock]

Somewhat larger than the Metal Magics/EM4 figs.

The Auld Grump, who also has the single(?) serpent person that Grenadier made.

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Those minis would be perfect for the Freeport serpent folk!

 

[TheAuldGrump]

Those minis would be perfect for the Freeport serpent folk!

Not a coincidence, both the Call of Cthulhu and Freeport Serpent Folk are based on the works of Howard Phillips Lovecraft. Heck, a lot of Freeport is based on HPL.

The Auld Grump, one of the reasons I like the setting....

 

[JoeGKushner]

It's weird that they're not more popular.

THink that lizard men filled that slot in the core game?

 

[JoeGKushner]

There is an uncommon from the Aberrations set (#60 Yuan-Ti Halfblood). If you are interested in the RAFM Reptiliads, I have some that are sort of painted which I am willing to part with.

Just hopped up to Games Plus today and they had 2 ten packs for the Death in the Darkness game at the original 1999 prices of $19.95. So now I've got twenty serpent men. Well, 14 really as 6 of the buggers look more like sinks for Warhammer Lizardmen armies but that's another story.