# Discworld Miniatures! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 17, 2015, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discworld-miniatures/712917 "2015-02-17T15:31:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discworld-miniatures/712917/1 "2015-02-17T15:31:49Z")
Surfing through a Polish miniatures website, I saw that they are licensed to design and sell official miniatures for Terry Pratchets Discworld! [Here it is.](http://www.microartstudio.com/index.php/recommended,2) Not only are the paint jobs on the display models great, but the sculpts themselves are awesome. Little details like Otto Van Chrieks little bottle of blood hanging around his neck and they painted Cheery Littlebottoms fingernails with red nail polish. And the Death of Rats makes an appearance. Some of the minis are general character poses but a few are from specific points in books. Esme II is hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discworld-miniatures/712917/2 "2015-02-17T15:43:04Z")
Thank you for the head’s up! My daughter and I both love Discworld, and she collects miniatures. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discworld-miniatures/712917/3 "2015-02-17T16:04:40Z")
I wish they had made another one for Angua, or at least made her collar a bit more visible. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discworld-miniatures/712917/4 "2015-02-17T16:07:52Z")
I like the dual Greebo figures. He also gets an appearance around Nanny’s neck, so he’s more represented than most. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discworld-miniatures/712917/5 "2015-02-17T16:08:04Z")
A little uncertain about ordering from the site. Please let me know if it all works out for you, because I’d like to order a few of them. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discworld-miniatures/712917/6 "2015-02-17T16:09:59Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I like the dual Greebo figures. He also gets an appearance around Nanny’s neck, so he’s more represented than most. I like that the human version is holding a cat-faced mardi gras mask. ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discworld-miniatures/712917/7 "2015-02-17T16:42:23Z")
Those are awesome! I love those books far more than is reasonable. I hope they make Vetinari soon . . . ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discworld-miniatures/712917/8 "2015-02-17T16:59:58Z")
Keep in mind, if you’re ordering from them, that the miniatures are unpainted. They’re not going to show up looking like they do on the website. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discworld-miniatures/712917/9 "2015-02-17T18:03:29Z")
Where’s the fun in getting minis that are already painted? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discworld-miniatures/712917/10 "2015-02-17T18:10:19Z")
And where are Tiffany, or Agnes/Perdita? Ponder Stibbons, maybe? You’d think they’d be more important characters than assorted Ankh-Morpork nobles. I’m also puzzled by the order they’re listed on the site. Some of the thematically-related characters are together, but Detritus (for instance) isn’t with the rest of the Watch, and the Witches are split up, and the DEATHs are all separate. ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discworld-miniatures/712917/11 "2015-02-17T18:11:43Z")
> [@](#): > > 8,61 Euro Is this 8.61 E? ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discworld-miniatures/712917/12 "2015-02-17T18:18:20Z")
Yeah, they use commas for decimal points over in Poland, evidently. I, too am puzzled by the order of the minis. I guess the line is recent and they haven’t gotten to the rest of the characters yet. But it’s good that they’re saving some of the big ones for later. Otherwise, people lose interest after the first release. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discworld-miniatures/712917/13 "2015-02-17T20:19:46Z")
30 mm. Bah! ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discworld-miniatures/712917/14 "2015-02-17T21:25:57Z")
Are those photos of the actual miniatures? Because they look like CGI renderings. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discworld-miniatures/712917/15 "2015-02-17T23:13:40Z")
Yup, real minis. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discworld-miniatures/712917/16 "2015-02-17T23:35:53Z")
They seem to be mostly based on Paul Kidby’s drawings. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discworld-miniatures/712917/17 "2015-02-18T02:31:51Z")
Particularly Cohen the Barbarian and Captain Carrot. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discworld-miniatures/712917/18 "2015-02-18T02:44:55Z")
Yeah, Cohen looks much too tall to me, for some reason. Hmmm. I have no model paints anymore. But I’d probably still love to have them, even without. ESPECIALLY the Luggage. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discworld-miniatures/712917/19 "2015-02-18T08:35:28Z")
The Twoflower one is on the wrong side of the racist caricature line for me. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discworld-miniatures/712917/20 "2015-02-18T08:37:50Z")
I bet they don’t make one of Igor’s dog, Thcrapth. I loved the “scene” where DEATH met Thcrapth. I rarely laugh aloud when I read, but I did when I read that. Come to think of it, it’d be challenging to figure out how to paint Thcrapth, wouldn’t it? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discworld-miniatures/712917.md?page=2)