# Fantasy miniatures hobbyists: I need your help

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**Created:** [July 6, 2001, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-miniatures-hobbyists-i-need-your-help/71517 "2001-07-06T19:33:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cap\_n\_Crude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Cap\_n\_Crude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cap_n_Crude)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-miniatures-hobbyists-i-need-your-help/71517/1 "2001-07-06T19:33:25Z")

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Without going into too much detail on the “why” of the situation, I need a 25mm-scale mini of a male halfling, but without furry feet. He shouldn’t look too much like a thief or rogue, since he’s supposed to represent an apprentice wizard. But neither should he be wearing robes and a pointy hat.

I’ve come to the conclusion that I’ll never outgrow this $#!% whether I want to or not. :rolleyes: Try and keep the geekboy flames to a minimum: I singe easily.

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-miniatures-hobbyists-i-need-your-help/71517/2 "2001-07-06T19:52:00Z")

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You should look around for Lord of the Rings miniatures–the halflings aren’t necessarily dressed as thieves, and a file can fix those furry feet right up.

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**Author:** ![MrVisible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@MrVisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrVisible)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-miniatures-hobbyists-i-need-your-help/71517/3 "2001-07-06T20:14:23Z")

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Reaper has a few good ones.

[http://www.reapermini.com](http://www.reapermini.com)

Go to their Dark Heaven section; I found a few halflings there that might fit your needs. They make some kickass figures.

MrVisible  
Another complete gamer-geek.

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**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-miniatures-hobbyists-i-need-your-help/71517/4 "2001-07-07T00:33:41Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Cap’n Crude \*  
> \*\*Without going into too much detail on the “why” of the situation, I need a 25mm-scale mini of a male halfling, but without furry feet. He shouldn’t look too much like a thief or rogue, since he’s supposed to represent an apprentice wizard. But neither should he be wearing robes and a pointy hat.
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> I’ve come to the conclusion that I’ll never outgrow this $#!% whether I want to or not. :rolleyes: Try and keep the geekboy flames to a minimum: I singe easily. \*\*

I’ll second the nomination for Reaper Miniatures. For the price I think they are among the best fantasy miniatures on the market right now. When I worked at a hobby shop and someone wanted fantasy miniatures I really pushed their line for all it was worth.

You might also want to try NewWaveGames…I didn’t post a link because I’m not sure I’m allowed to do that to a commercial link. But you should be able to find them in any search engine.

New Wave Games has a bunch of models from Europe that are difficult to find elsewhere. They have a good selection of female miniatures but almost half of them are of the “show me your boobs” variety. Some of them are pretty good though.

Marc

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**Author:** ![Cap\_n\_Crude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Cap\_n\_Crude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cap_n_Crude)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-miniatures-hobbyists-i-need-your-help/71517/5 "2001-07-07T03:09:40Z")

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Thanks – looks like some good leads for me to check out. I’m still open to new ideas, so further posts are always welcome.