Thanks for the question.
I will tell based on my experience.
Thumbnail engaged in leaning to my taste. There is a Warhammer club in my city.
I prefer a historical miniature. Through the Internet, famous miniature manufacturers have no problems with orders. I'm a fan of Copplestone !!!
Basically, miniature is expensive for the mass consumer.
I sculpt a miniature for myself! Or I convert the figures of others. (Out of Perry's infantry box, almost 100 soldiers are obtained).
I communicate with people like me via the Internet.
Sometimes I am invited to give lectures for children at school. For lectures, I use paper miniatures and try to attract low cost. (My last lecture was postponed to the fall due to a virus .... I wanted to talk about Alma ....)