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Between the Battles & the Art ... => The Count's Tavern => Topic started by: ZeroTwentythree on October 02, 2011, 02:50:47 PM
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So I'm trying to come up with a master list of manufacturers with halflings. Below is what I've got so far. If anyone has any others to contribute, please post a link here. Thanks!
Alionis
http://www.alionas.com/shop/shopmichel_online/index_en.html?c~1.207
Battleforge
https://www.thebattleforge.co.uk/ (Two options on menu to the left)
Black Hat
http://www.blackhat.co.uk/shattered_isles/halflings.php
Black Tree Design (formerly too many names to list)
http://www.blacktreedesign.com/northamerica/home.php?cat=2381
Copplestone Castings
http://www.copplestonecastings.co.uk/list.php?cat=8&page=1
(more) Copplestone via Forlorn Hope
https://www.forlornhopegames.com/index.php/category/232-halfling-sets
Essex
http://www.essexminiatures.co.uk/25page21.html
Fenryll
http://www.fenryll.com/category.php?id_category=26
Games Workshop (LotR range)
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/landing.jsp?catId=cat440132a&rootCatGameStyle=lotr
Goblin Factory
http://slave2gaming.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=72
(DO NOT ORDER FROM goblinfactory.com)
Hasslefree
http://www.hasslefreeminiatures.co.uk/range.php?range_id=49
Heresy
http://www.heresyminiatures.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1_18_17&zenid=dd379af6326112eba12ab41bedee524d
Iron Wind Metals (formerly Ral Partha)
http://ironwindmetals.com/store/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=halfling
Reaper
http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/halfling
Macrocosm Miniatures
http://www.macrocosm.co.uk/product-category/fantasy/fantasy-halflings/
Midlam Miniatures
http://www.midlamminiatures.co.uk/halflings.html
Mirliton (formerly Grenadier)
http://www.mirliton.it/index.php?cName=fantasy-2528mm-half-men
Mithril
http://www.mithril.ie/races/index_hobbits.html
Molon Labe (formerly Vendel)
http://sgmm.biz/men.html
Oathsworn Miniatures
http://www.oathswornminiatures.co.uk/c/4523963/1/halflings.html
Turnkey
http://www.turnkeyminiatures.com/Halflings_c_15.html
Warploque
http://www.warploqueminiatures.co.uk/catalog/halflings-hobbleshire
Warrior
http://www.warrioronline.demon.co.uk/25fantasy/25fant.htm#halflings
Westfalia Fantasy Battles
http://westfaliafantasybattles.com/
White Knight's Miniature Imperium
http://whiteknightminiatureimperium.blogspot.com/search/label/Getting%20Some%20Slim%20Halflings
http://whiteknightminiatureimperium.blogspot.com/search/label/Getting%20Some%20Plump%20Halflings
Stonehaven Miniatures
http://stonehavenminiatures.webstorepowered.com/
Shattered Isles (now at Bridge Miniatures)
https://bridgeminiatures.com/product-category/shattered-isles-fantasy/shattered-isles-fantasy-halflings/
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Wow... didn't know there were so many manufacturers of halflings!
Wargames factory is just over 50% of the way to making halflings on the liberty and union league:
http://www.wargamesfactory.com/league_fantasy
:engel:
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I have all of the Lotr hobbits. Love the line.
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I sent an email to Goblin Factory. I'm going to try picking up a small assortment to see what they're like & if they're worth getting more.
In fact, maybe we can use this thread for photos, reviews and comparison photos as well.
I'll have to dig out some of mine. I've got Grenadier, Ral Partha, Reaper and the old GW/Marauder figures. I stripped a lot of them about a year ago. Maybe it's time I paint a few up.
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I recently got ahold of a bunch of the old GW halflings from the 80s, and am painting up a unit. I can post some pics here as I go. I also have a few battleforge halflings one the way to me in the mail to toss in the mix too...
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I like the goat-riding general by Warploque.
I recently got ahold of a bunch of the old GW halflings from the 80s, and am painting up a unit. I can post some pics here as I go.
I love those! I have a little unit of 12 that are among my favourite miniatures.
So I'd like to see pictures of yours.
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Here is the first one I painted:
http://warhammer-empire.com/theforum/index.php?topic=33891.msg631691#msg631691
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Here's a halfling on this site. The Halfling Adventurer.
Center Stage Miniatures
http://www.centerstageminis.com/25mmfantasyencountersstore.htm (http://www.centerstageminis.com/25mmfantasyencountersstore.htm)
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Hardly a definitive list but definitely worth a look particularly at the halfling models pictured from the 1980's
http://doc.frothersunite.com/minis/halflings.html
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Thanks. A couple new ones pulled from that list:
Alionis
http://www.alionas.com/shop/shopmichel_online/index_en.html?c~1.207
Fenryl
http://www.fenryll.com/category.php?id_category=26
Warrior
http://www.warrioronline.demon.co.uk/25fantasy/25fant.htm#halflings
Some of the others are either unavailable any more or are available through other companies already listed.
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The Battleforge is in the process of getting his 2nd edition halflings painted and photographed for his website.
The Elector Count Halfling for the Moot is finished and I'm expecting his musician the town cryer to be up shortly.
Black and white photos of metals just look awful, they need to be painted and photographed nicely to see what the model can achieve aesthetically, so after much badgering he is finally getting around to painting and photographing them... slowly.
The 2nd edition are all about the state halfling troops and the models are much cleaner and sharper than the rustic cousins of the first edition.
Coming soon...
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Ta-dah !
http://www.thebattleforge.co.uk/product/Elected_Count_Hero_HAF2001
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The Town Crier / Musician with bell
http://www.thebattleforge.co.uk/product/Town_Crier_Musician_HAF2201
The pitch fork standard bearer
http://www.thebattleforge.co.uk/product/Pitch_Fork_Standard_HAF2101
and the spearmen pack.
http://www.thebattleforge.co.uk/product/Spearman_Pack_A_HAF2710
Can't seem to find a colour picture of the whole lot together. Grrrr...
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Just found these linked from LAF to a blog of a guy that went to the foundry open day:
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EKCOMmlLU6I/T0e21YsxDJI/AAAAAAAAANQ/mTZy-jl9K4M/s1600/New%2BHobbitses.JPG)
Apparently foundry is supposed to release them later this year. They actually look decent in this photo, unlike some recent foundry releases...
Anyone care to speculate on how much the price tag will be? :dry:
Link to the blog:
http://deartonyblair.blogspot.com/2012/02/foundry-open-day-24th-february-2012.html
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Very little useable there for a table top army, but they could make interesting additions to vignette.
Better than their recent sculpts.
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What are you talking about. They would make a great Free Company unit of Halflings. If I were to ever build a Halfling army those would definitely have a place in it.
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Good onya mate.
Talking about it and actually doing it are 2 different matters. :icon_wink:
My halfling units are all 20-30 strong minimum and apart from the few Foundry halflings pictured that are viable as rank and file, I wouldn't appreciate the amount of repetition required to make them a decent sized unit. A sprinkling of the few would be fine but I don't what the scale of those models is like yet.
If there are more coming in poses better for RaF that might work out well.
Secondly, I still really like the old GW plastics for free company, one of the best sprues ever. That mordheim sprue is wicked.
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OK, quick comparison of the Goblin Factory halflings...
(http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a195/ZeroTwentythree/minicomps/hobcomp.jpg~original)
First off, let me say that the Reaper figure is one of my all time favorite halfling figures. Moving on... the rest are just some of the few semi-common halflings I could show for reference, as well as an easy to recognize Empire figure, and my traditional Empire photo model/mascot. (The handgunner - I think some names for him were suggested at Warseer, but I don't remember what they are right now.)
Obviously I haven't painted any yet. In general I like the look of them. I like that they seem humble (not as "heroic" as the Reaper figure) but without being a caricature. But they are a bit retro looking... sort of like some of the old (and horribly painted) Grenadier halflings I've got tucked away. I don't know that they compare to the Reaper figure's quality. Maybe not up to the level of some of the other competition, either, but then there is the price to consider. For the price, at least here in the US, I think they're a good deal. The two packs I got were $5.50 for 4 command figures and $8.50 for 6 archers. So I spent $13.00 on 10 figures. Looking at some of the other new fantasy figures... $5 to $8 each. So I guess there's that to weigh as well.
I have no idea if/when their web page is going to be updated to include the halflings. He's also got kobolds as well as the eponymous goblins.
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They look ok, it's always harsh on figures to make judgements when they are unpainted let alone up against painted models.
They look a little bit little but with some green stuff to level out the base on top of the slotta base and flocking the might look a little bigger.
I would like to see them when they are painted, especially if you are going to give them the same kind of caring treatment you did on the handgunner. I'm sure they will come to life a lot more. It will bring out the character that is hard to define in an unpainted miniature.
I would have put one of the regular Perry sculpted spearman halflings in there too.
The Reaper is the best proportioned of the options and a lovely model.
The price?
Very user friendly. Really nice price. It's always heartening to see other manufacturers offering deals and fair prices.
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Threadomancy at its finest...
Deleted Mega Miniatures, since they sold their molds & shut down.
Added White Knight:
White Knight's Miniature Imperium
http://whiteknightminiatureimperium.blogspot.com/search/label/Getting%20Some%20Slim%20Halflings
http://whiteknightminiatureimperium.blogspot.com/search/label/Getting%20Some%20Plump%20Halflings
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Have you seen www.oathswornminiatures.co.uk ? I have the dwarfs from their kickstarter but they do a few decent halflings
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Haha, nice ninja. I like the mercenary fighter and paladin, too. Added them to the list, thanks.
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I also just found Stonehaven. No halflings, but a lot of other varieties of "small folk" that might fit some people's purposes/concepts. Some of the dwarf women, for example, look like they would make good halflings. Or if you don't mind pointy ears, the gnomes would work well. They've really got a lot of character. I really like most of these figures other than the elves.
Stonehaven Miniatures
http://stonehavenminiatures.webstorepowered.com/
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Westfalia could be included in the original post.
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Yes 023 - how could you have neglected Westfalia - don't you have some ............................
Also Forlorn Hope have the old Copplestone ones,
https://www.forlornhopegames.com/index.php/category/232-halfling-sets
and Northstar have his new ones on their Copplestone site.
http://www.copplestonecastings.co.uk/list.php?cat=8&page=1
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Bah, I updated last night, but that revision and my reply appear to have gotten lost in the warp. I will update later tonight when I am in front of a computer instead of a phone.
And you're right - I am shamed. Westfalia's halfmen and others are my favorite new minis in years, and I've always been a big fan of Copplestone's sculpting, especially for easy to paint rank & file. Both definitely belong on the list!
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OK, added those three links. I should probably check all the old ones sometime soon to see if they're still valid. Probably should update the list on my web site/blog too.... :icon_redface:
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Now I will repeat the post I made which also disappeared ........................
You mentioned in your original that you had been slacking in keeping it up to date, and I let you off :engel:
You will also probably at some stage need to revise the White Knight links as he has sold off moulds to TAG and Shortwars,
TAG have still not completed the Kickstarter and have not loaded any figures to their main site as far as I can see.
Shortwars are a bit more organised but still building on it.
http://www.shortwars.co.uk/?product_cat=halflings
and the Foundry offering has appeared under Warmonger
http://www.warmongerminiatures.com/collections/halflings
I was linked to Forlorn Hope after seeing the newer ones on Northstar, and then realised I had visited the FH stand at SELWG in 2015.
It was the Frostgrave had just launched period and I found 4 barbarians for £6 and also spotted some amazon cavalry on big cats that had 'snow leopards' written all over them ......................... ('spotted' / 'leopards' - did you see what I did there ................. )
Turned out the barbarians were older Copplestone stuff too as I recognised the figures when I started browsing the FH site. I might have bought a few more since ............ :closed-eyes:
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http://store-rbjgc-com.3dcartstores.com/MRH901-6-HALFLING-FARMERS_p_104.html
(http://www.rbjgc.com/p/mrh901.jpg)
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Some new halflings on kickstarter ...
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1662635043/halfling-adventures/description
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Haha, already ordered those for my Frostgrave games. Midlam also recently did Halfling Wizards (which I already have for my Frostgrave games).
Also, despite many earlier denials in this thread, Stonehaven Miniatures do make halflings. Which I already have for my Frostgrave games...
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I need those!
Just checked out their page and I like some of their other figures too!
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Turnkey
http://www.turnkeyminiatures.com/Halflings_c_15.html
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W5Ayggyf0p4/VQ8qNyNm3QI/AAAAAAAACb4/ummKkTcjgnA/s1600/Screenshot_4.jpg)
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I have added Midlam into the first post.
http://www.midlamminiatures.co.uk/halflings.html
Also edited your size comparison post with the ~original trick :biggriin:
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I should take a new, all halfling comparison photo...
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I should take a new, all halfling comparison photo...
I've seen some Grenadier halflings and wasn't sure how they fit size wise
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I have some. Was missing a few from the old boxed set (some of my first minis ever) so picked up a complete set a little while ago off ebay. Can include some of them in theoretically upcoming pic...
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They're not the ones available from Mirliton, though, if that's what you're interested in. (Though I should get some of those as well...)
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These 3 are on UK Ebay with a trader I know,
(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/y1EAAOSwVgZZurr~/s-l1600.jpg)
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Yeah, those are the newer ones. "Newer." :wink: Copplestone sculpts?
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Found them and I have them already - silly old fool.
They're the older Copplestone ones - currently sold by Forlorn Hope.
Copplestone's newer ones are on his site managed by Northstar.
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Added to the list...
Macrocosm Miniatures
http://www.macrocosm.co.uk/product-category/fantasy/fantasy-halflings/
Sample image:
(http://www.macrocosm.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Dwarves-at-Arms-AddOn_28-1.jpg)
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Do you guys know a good firm for pigglets?
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Do you guys know a good firm for pigglets?
You should ask the dutch guys - apparently they are good at 'pigging' ..................... :engel:
.... topical chauvinist news joke
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Just learned that the Goblin Factory halflings are once again available. (As well as their other small ranges.)
http://slave2gaming.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=72
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Yep, saw those a several days back, and forgot to alert folks. They look good!
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(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0704/5667/products/fa0879_1024x1024.png?v=1528551697)
https://eoeorbis.com/collections/new-releases/products/fa0879-halfling-emu-rider-1?variant=8749467664501
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Not sure how these didn't get added.
http://www.effincoolminis.com/product-category/miniatures/?swoof=1&product_cat=halflings-miniatures&really_curr_tax=10-product_cat
I need to revise the OP. A couple have changed URLs or gone out of business, and I now have a couple of new ones to add. And maybe one of those comparison photos I mentioned long ago...
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Just checked there monster line. The funguslug jumps out. Really cool models.
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More little folk...
http://store-rbjgc-com.3dcartstores.com/MRH903-HALFLING-FARMHANDS-8_p_162.html
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(https://i.imgflip.com/3764z2.jpg)
Westfalia's Third Breakfast KS, Warlord's halfling army pre-order, Wargames Atlantic plastic halflings in development, Midlam Miniatures recent KS, and I think I'm missing at least one more recent halfling release from the list.
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Added to the list...
Macrocosm Miniatures
http://www.macrocosm.co.uk/product-category/fantasy/fantasy-halflings/
Sample image:
(http://www.macrocosm.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Dwarves-at-Arms-AddOn_28-1.jpg)
In addition to their archers, looks like they got crossbowmen and swordsmen too.
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The Westphalia link in the op goes to a Japanese text page, google translated it turns into a phone sex advert!!!!!
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Is it at least an advert for Halfings?
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Here is the kickstarter for Westfalia Halfmen: 3rd Breakfast ...
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/westfaliaminiatures/the-third-breakfast
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The Westphalia link in the op goes to a Japanese text page, google translated it turns into a phone sex advert!!!!!
:icon_eek: I just got a 403 Forbidden error. They must have changed the URL at some point. I will update it in a minute. Here's the right one: https://www.westfaliaminiatures.com/
Is it at least an advert for Halfings?
:icon_lol: :::cheers:::
Here's the links from the other thread...
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/westfaliaminiatures/the-third-breakfast
http://www.warlordgames.com/warlords-of-erehwon-halfling-warband/
https://www.beastsofwar.com/news/fur-footed-halflings-wargames-atlantic/
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1662635043/haflings-gone-bad-volume-one (Ended, but I'm sure they'll be added to the figures already in their web-shop)
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Kawe moved from Bournemouth, UK to Canada so I expect he has had to change a few things, though it was interesting to see the 3rd Breakfast stuff is going to be cast in the UK still.
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Looked at the Warlord halflings, although not as impressed as I am with the Westfalia halfmen.
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Looked at the Warlord halflings, although not as impressed as I am with the Westfalia halfmen.
Well I could only find the one mass picture - which makes it very hard to discern the detail or quality
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Further down on the page that 023 provided a link for is a series of smaller possible purchases with pictures that can be clicked on to see the figures a bit larger than the warband picture.
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Do Warlord games make halflings!? Why have I not seen them!?
I really need nice halflings in bulk for my planned League of Rhordia army.
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For the moment, it seems they are for "pre-order".
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Thanks GP - I went through the Shop initially and hadn't seen that page on the News side.
They look interesting - some seem very 'yokel' and others have the portly look of the GW later ones around the DoW unit Lumpin' whatever
I've actually emailed them to see if they have any comparison pics against 28mm figs
Edit: Ok found out they are made by TTCombat - were a KS end of last year, and are around 20mm high
Beasts of War video
https://www.beastsofwar.com/featured/halfling-armies-ttcombat/
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Those pictures of their halflings on the kickstarter page aren't doing it for me. Makes me not want the Warlord ones at all. It is like they've done them via computer sculpting and they don't look as good as other figures.
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I buy them if they are cheap. Then I can excuse myself using the halflings as fodder while protecting my valuable Stirlanders... I mean Rhordians..
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Similar to GP, I'm not crazy about the cartoon/parody style of the Warlord figures. But since there's a recent abundance of halflings, everyone can choose their preferred style. The other manufacturers have their own styles to suite other tastes.
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Agreed. Perhaps I'll even revisit the warlord figures and cherry pick a few, but for the moment, my money is going to Westfalia.
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Looking at the Warlord ones, I was reminded of the very rustic / yokel look of Battleforge ones.
https://www.thebattleforge.co.uk/
I amended the OP as the link wasn't working - and they effectively have two pages, at least, for halflings.
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Found the other ones I knew were missing. OSM currently have just a few available, but are working on new sculpts.
https://www.oldschoolminiatures.co.uk/halflings-2-c.asp
(https://scontent.fyip1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/fr/cp0/e15/q65/67827632_2889137627766182_2102016741952454656_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&_nc_oc=AQnRSyB7Xru7iKHC1Mn3ObcyWldvD4gr3zyi7WBx2nusXea_cGsFEABrXKI3YJPz-sI&_nc_ht=scontent.fyip1-1.fna&oh=addb7de9f28856280d426a1d53836596&oe=5DDFC597)
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Looks like a pony on tap as well. :icon_cool:
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Westfalia's Third Breakfast seemed to be digested well, and they made it past 30K. That means the halfwomen will be made.
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New plastic multipart halflings from Wargames Atlantic.
40 figures in the box - looks like 8 sprues with 5 bodies - Northstar are selling at £25.00 normally (Early Bird offer on at the moment)
http://www.northstarfigures.com/prod.php?prod=14340&fbclid=IwAR06YY-vmAuOfq7bhxdCdbgj-xL_Jni1nZS9URIewgoQ2bjzVh7Caa_nu24
(https://scontent.flhr3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/74967121_2972893676072848_4871389333468217344_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&_nc_oc=AQlYvAHS9siOSDxYs66TKDQHyvsd-_Axaj7aapRgtv1Uka4r-l8FGWpISbhN9jYc4ng&_nc_ht=scontent.flhr3-1.fna&oh=022cc0b4394ea65f12c17c65d158167a&oe=5E494E17)
(https://scontent.flhr3-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/75196363_2972893286072887_3428875467040489472_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&_nc_oc=AQkCCNUC0J7PM1WD8mUyiuWfBCFXCuzJ3H-L5HJbDzgncsmtoq1kaqTLXNVPQJpq-iE&_nc_ht=scontent.flhr3-2.fna&oh=da167fc6ddb93310d95c0827df78694b&oe=5E4F836F)
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I'm having difficulty making up my mind. I'd like to get a box just to see how they are. But then I started thinking, well... if I get two boxes, shipping is free. Then I started thinking, well... if I get three boxes, I get that discounted price. Then I stopped and remembered that I've already got plenty of figures waiting to be painted, including Westfalia halflings. And although these look decent, I think I still like the Westfalia figures better. (I just wish that I wasn't having problems getting my orders/missing parts, and didn't have to deal with unbending a bunch of the resin spears/pikes. Both of which have been contributing to my procrastination on that project...)
I'll likely pick up at least one box of the plastic halflings up at some point. (Probably waiting til after the holidays.) In spite of the above indecision, the regular price + postage is still very affordable!
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I've updated the first page. Just discovered the Shattered Isles range is back in production at Bridge Miniatures.
https://bridgeminiatures.com/product-category/shattered-isles-fantasy/shattered-isles-fantasy-halflings/
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Like the looks of those. :icon_cool: :::cheers:::
I picked up what looks to be a halfling character of some kind out of a bin full of various figures at a Fall-In! flea market this past weekend. The label features the following ... 1650, Tercico Creativo, Morados Viedos, Mochilero. The figure is made of resin, seems to be for a game, and the packaging included a card too. The figure has flowing clothing, a sling with a doosy of a rock in it, a sword, and a 1600s era hat.
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OS Miniatures KS - halflings and chaos
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/882426675/osm-presents-the-battle-of-the-vale-an-heroic-tale/description
(https://ksr-ugc.imgix.net/assets/027/254/378/e759fabbdfb2f92b3339a2ddf233b65d_original.jpg?ixlib=rb-2.1.0&crop=faces&w=1024&h=576&fit=crop&v=1574080707&auto=format&frame=1&q=92&s=8bdfc36664f2d362ee81e68661be1d9e)
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Pledged for one set of the halflings, not much interest in the others.
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Kickstarter suspended that halfling pledge drive. The figures can still be purchased on pre-order on the company's internet site. Think I'll wait.
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I saw that. He also mentioned that they're at the "early bird" price at the moment if you buy direct
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Just thought I would add a few comments to this thread.
I did get some Warlord Games / TTCombat halflings and a box of the Wargames Atlantic ones.
Pretty disappointed with the Warlord ones.
Firstly they are different proportions to Westphalia - they are about the same height, but the heads are much larger. They are more in keeping with the later GW ones - the guy with the sword and chicken drumstick and the large feather in his hat.
Westphalia halflings are generally human proportions just shorter.
They are also chubby and the bows on the archers are just stupid and 'toy' looking.
The resin seems a lot softer, and therefore more bendy and the weapons are flimsy.
And they need a lot of cleaning up - loads of excess resin supporting 'pipework'.
The Wargames Atlantic ones are plastic and are ok - not as detailed as Westphalia, but passable.
40 figures per box.
8 sprues with 5 x One piece body, and overall somewhere in the middle, or even closer to Westphalia proportion wise.
Lots of heads (15) loosely from different time periods if you want to theme your troops.
You cannot make 40 figures of the same weapon type though.
Your 5-man sprue has the following choices of weaponry with hands/arms
2 x Pike
2 x Polearms
2 x Bows
2 x Slings (Unusual)
1 x Short Sword
1 x Musician Horn
so you can multiply that by 8 to see your maximums.
2 Boxes would get you a decent varied small force.
Now I have a pic host I will try to knock up a comparison photo at some stage.
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Found this page which is very useful for all the older stuff.
http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=298495
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Essex (Bob Olley), Warploque, Games Workshop (OOP), Games Workshop (OOP) Blood Bowl, Black Tree Design Harlequin Archer of Greenwood, Games Workshop Loopin Croop, Reaper, Last one …shizzle I forget lol.
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L to R: Black Tree LOTR, Marauder (OOP), Red Box Games, Citadel C11 (OOP), Citadel C11 (OOP), Grenadier/Copplestone, Games Workshop (OOP), Battleforge, Warploque, Reaper and Games Workshop LOTR.
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Left to right, Heresy, Heresy, Heresy, Reaper, Citadel LOTR (OOP), Citadel C11 Solid Base (OOP), Citadel C11 (OOP), Marauder (OOP), Black Tree Design Harlequin, Ral Partha.
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Left to Right, Ral Partha, Black Tree LOTR, Red Box Games, Grenadier, Wizrards of the Coast, Grenadier, Wizards of the Coast….missing GW LOTR.
I will add my newer pics as soon as sorted
Just one of a few pictures and the info of the models is on the page.
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Interesting ... most of them all seem to have the chubbier GW look to them.
I have a bunch of the GW figures, yet prefer the Westfalia look.
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Per the pics, Black Tree have two very different ranges of halflings. Ral Partha and Reaper can also vary a lot too.
Thanks for the info on Warlord & Wargames Atlantic, I've been considering both lately.
I'd honestly prefer to get the all of the figures I want from Westfalia (favorite sculpts by a longshot!) but my orders either seem to arrive all messed up or not at all!
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Per the pics, Black Tree have two very different ranges of halflings. Ral Partha and Reaper can also vary a lot too.
I don't think the Black Tree LOTR halfling line is alive. Haven't seen those minis on their website in years.
I think Reaper has two distinct fantasy scales: the 90's 28mm, and the 2000s 30-35mm, which is also the scale for all new bones plastics that are not a remolding of a 90's metal sculpt. The lines are named differently, so it's easy to differentiate them. (ATM can't remember just what the names were...)
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If I can draw myself away from various other hobby obsessions, I'll show you comparisons of the halflings I have (for example I have both kinds of Black Tree halflings - very different indeed.)
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Ok - here are some size comparison pics.
I have used one Westphalia figure (WES) - and one GW figure from early 1990s era.
WG = Warlord Games (TTCombat)
WA = Wargames Atlantic
(https://i.imgur.com/jg19Jxo.jpg)
GW, WA, WG, WA, WG, WES
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GW, WG, WES, WG, WG, WA
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WES, 5 x Midlam, GW
One or two could have been posed at a better angle, but I think you can see what I meant about the 'proportions' on the Warlord Games/TTCombat ones.
They are probably not as bad as I thought originally now I have cleaned them up, but the soft resin means I have had some broken weapons.
The Wargames Atlantic ones are better in my opinion, and not immune to some criticism: the pike was a devil to line up with the left (handless) arm, and there is a right arm with an arrow, to combine with the bow left arm, and the arrow is incredibly thin. One broke just clipping it off the sprue, and some of the other weapons are a bit flimsy.
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While I had the camera set up, I took a few more of other Halflings I have.
Padre mentioned the Harlequin?Black Tree ones of which I have a few.
Again I used a Westphalia and GW Figure to help the size comparison.
(https://i.imgur.com/8NwBs5y.jpg)
Harlequin/ Black Tree - small
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Harlequin/ Black Tree - larger
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These have 'Mark SIMS' on the tab - he of Crusader Miniatures, but I think these are from a previous 'job' and may have ended up at Black Hat, and again moved on? Simple but a nice size fit for rear ranks.
(https://i.imgur.com/twpBvqK.jpg)
Old GW - 1980s
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More Old GW - 1980s
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More Old GW - 1980s
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More Old GW - 1980s
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More Old GW - 1980s but with one of the Mark Sims figures at the far right.
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Lastly some 'Lord of the Rings' figures and I am not sure of the source though I suspect one is actually the GW game.
(https://i.imgur.com/Jp5DUDR.jpg)
They have Merry, Sam, and Frodo on the tabs (in that order L to R ) but nothing else.
Edit - Also now includes 'Bilbo' from the unidentified set below - between the Valkyrie and Ral Partha figures.
(https://i.imgur.com/qYFY8AP.jpg)
These I suspect are from the GW game - they have the films 'look'.
and lastly I cannot identify these either - two of which are beyond tiny :biggriin:
(https://i.imgur.com/NztuO3x.jpg)
On the right they are small and skinny.
Somewhere I also have some other manufacturers' halflings.
Copplestone - couple of sets - some old ones, and some more recent.
Arcworlde Halflings of Hobbleshire set
and I have done 4 KS and included sets of Villagers of ...
Midlam Miniatures
and mustn't forget ... ...
White Knight's - loads of :engel:
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Really like those Midlams.
The ‘quaterlings’ seem a bit small.
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Sound like quite the collection.
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I think the Mark Sims minis are from the old Shattered Isles range, now being sold by Bridge Miniatures.
https://bridgeminiatures.com/product-category/shattered-isles-fantasy/shattered-isles-fantasy-halflings/
and lastly I cannot identify these either - two of which are beyond tiny :biggriin:
(https://i.imgur.com/NztuO3x.jpg)
On the right they are small and skinny.
Ral Partha. Old. They had some tiny cavalry, too.
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I don't think the Black Tree LOTR halfling line is alive. Haven't seen those minis on their website in years.
Scroll through the Men of Averaign figures for the smaller Black Tree halflings.
https://eoeorbis.com/collections/fantasy/range_men-of-averaign
The larger ones used to be in their own category, but now that seems to display the smaller ones from the range above instead.
https://eoeorbis.com/collections/fantasy/range_halflings
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I have sort of identified the figure in the middle now (between the Valkyrie one and the Ral Partha.
I think it belongs with the three LotR figures pictured with the names as I think it says Bilbo on the tag.
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Not sure if it was mentioned here before but I cam across this on reddit:
https://theassaultgroup.co.uk/product-category/fantasy/ (https://theassaultgroup.co.uk/product-category/fantasy/)
(https://i.redd.it/23oeytqwxb551.jpg)
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nah, just chonky
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They were a follow up on White Knights Halfling ranges, which he sold to TAG, so they match the puffy pants and sleeves of the Imperial look, but I must admit for some reason I have never really liked the 'chickens' or roosters as mounts just generally as a concept.
Realistically they would have to be mutant chickens anyway as their relative size to the halflings are silly. Big pigs or even largeish goats are mor realistic by far.
Having said that I have some, and some of the new 'armoured' ones, but I think that says more for the stupid 'collector' in me, than for the aesthetic.
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I just can't get into them.
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I just had to resurrect this thread to post these, because WHAT IN THE NAME OF THE EVER LOVING SIGMAR WERE THEY THINKING HERE:
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That is possibly the most unique unit I have seen 😺
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And those are women on walruses, holy Artic Ocean. :icon_eek:
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They're certainly... interesting... :|
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They're certainly... interesting... :|
Maybe if you make an arctic themed halfling army...
Not my cup of tea.
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Also - all things considered, these are some pretty tiny walrus!
I'd say a walrus should be around 3.5-4m long so to correct scale shouldn't these beasts be pushing 7-8cm long!? :lol:
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Its because they are Halfwalrus. :icon_mrgreen:
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They are kinda cute, I think, but also WHY? They make no sense whatsoever, even less so on temperate grassland bases as shown.
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They should be on ocean bases. So no riding mounts on dry land, but kinda vessels. Arctic amazon halfling pirates sailing on halfwalrus males! What would possibly go wrong?
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I got some of the TTCombat halflings that Warlord Games are selling in their Erewhorn setting.
I was pretty disappointed to be honest - resin with the GW old chubby 'build', and very bland sculpts, nowhere near Westfalia for example.
It will be interesting to see what the 'Sand'/Arabian versions look like in the flesh when the new Desert of the Dead KS is delivered - the 'images' look better but they are just images.
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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1662635043/classic-cloaked-halfling-adventurers
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I like these, but I never got around to painting the last lot of Midlam halflings I bought for Frostgrave because they are just not as cool as the Stonehaven ones.