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Offline Ethelred the Almost Ready

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Need help finding elf miniature for RPG
« on: April 04, 2020, 11:45:10 PM »
I am hoping eventually to get into some %e D&D (last played in the days of 2nd Edition in the mid-late 80s).

I am more interested in my old age to role play instead of having a maxed out character.
My idea is for a high elf fighter who has a noble background but has also some sort of weird/traumatic history so that he is a very forceful but unsettling person to be around. 
I still see elves with a Tolkien lens and would prefer a figure in mail but to look almost more like a rogue than a fighter.  I need him well dressed - not flashy but not ragged - but to be dark and almost sinister looking.  Main weapon is a sword.
Alternative may be to have him in a breast plate.
This is one possibility, but would need to be painted very differently:
https://www.darkswordminiatures.com/shop/index.php/male-high-elf-warrior.html

Perhaps a not-so-over-the-top Dark elf?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Offline Ethelred the Almost Ready

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Re: Need help finding elf miniature for RPG
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2020, 12:04:35 AM »
Just to add.
He would be mainly a sword and shield fighter, but possibly sword and bow.

Too gamey to have a sword, shield and bow?

Offline WuZhuiQiu

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Re: Need help finding elf miniature for RPG
« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2020, 12:05:10 AM »
There used to be GW's Mordheim High Elf...

http://www.coolminiornot.com/4219

Offline Elbows

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Re: Need help finding elf miniature for RPG
« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2020, 12:05:43 AM »
A noble, forceful and unsettling Elf?  So...an Elf?  lol

11 pages of keyword "Elf", as Reaper has finally (after many many years...) built a decent enough search engine into their page:

https://www.reapermini.com/search/elf

I like this style, but can't really tell how good or bad the sculpt is:


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Offline Koyote

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Re: Need help finding elf miniature for RPG
« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2020, 12:12:09 AM »
Hasslefree Miniatures





« Last Edit: April 05, 2020, 12:14:10 AM by Koyote »

Offline Sinewgrab

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Re: Need help finding elf miniature for RPG
« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2020, 02:37:19 AM »
GW LOTR models?

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Offline Sir_Theo

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Re: Need help finding elf miniature for RPG
« Reply #6 on: April 05, 2020, 07:45:09 AM »

Offline Dentatus

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Re: Need help finding elf miniature for RPG
« Reply #7 on: April 05, 2020, 03:38:19 PM »
Color scheme makes all the difference but this guy?
https://www.reapermini.com/search/figurefinder+metal+elf+sword/latest/03957

Left hand options are parrying dagger or shield.

Offline Orctrader

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Re: Need help finding elf miniature for RPG
« Reply #8 on: April 05, 2020, 07:09:41 PM »
Another Hasslfree option.  Daphos  Described on the site as Twisted dark elf 'anti-hero'


Offline Nordic1980s

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Re: Need help finding elf miniature for RPG
« Reply #9 on: April 05, 2020, 09:56:17 PM »
Ex-Grenadier...? Armorcast makes nice set, too. Old Fantasy Warlord range from 1990 could fit the bill. (Some conversion potential also here.)

Below is a photoshop example of a simple conversion what one could make out by just using the AA parts. The shield is a fancy 1950s fairy tales style one, they also make more traditional shields. One could easily change the helmet into a hood with some filing and putty.
« Last Edit: April 05, 2020, 10:14:31 PM by Nordic1980s »

Offline Ethelred the Almost Ready

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Re: Need help finding elf miniature for RPG
« Reply #10 on: April 06, 2020, 04:30:22 AM »
Thanks for all the ideas.  There are some great miniatures there.
I will need to ponder some more......