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Author Topic: Companies of the Great White North - Canada  (Read 1561 times)

Offline MustContainMinis

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Companies of the Great White North - Canada
« on: April 29, 2020, 02:44:49 AM »
This weekend I released my Canadian Miniatures Gaming Companies web-page.
https://mustcontainminis.com/canadian-miniatures-gaming-companies

This giant page brings together all of the Canadian Miniatures companies of which I know to a single spot. A great resource for anyone that wants to support Canadian businesses.


I also write a separate article linking to this new page about my motivation to create this new community resource. Check that out too for an interesting read.
https://mustcontainminis.com/2020/04/made-in-canada-miniatures-and-games.html

Given that there are a lot of companies that create products, I had to set up some house rules on how to get on this list. If a company reaches the criteria and is not on the list, please let me know by Facebook link or email mustcontainminis@gmail.com.


House Rules to get on the Canadian Miniatures Gaming Company Web Page…

Must Contain Minis is a one-person site. On top of that, I keep busy with my professional career and writing for Bell of Lost Souls.

The goal of this page is to become the best resource for finding Canadian Miniatures Gaming Companies. I will be keeping this page up-to-date by checking links and adding to it as I learn of new companies. To keep things manageable, I am implementing the following rules.

Rules to make it on list…
- Your business must reside or be headquartered in Canada.
- You must have an online store.
- You must sell miniatures related products that you make or design in Canada.
- The products must be mass produced.

Excluded from the list…
- Commission Painters (unless you manufacture products too).
- Custom Terrain Producers (unless you reliably mass-produce the products).
- Re-sellers and Retailers (unless you manufacture or sell products of your own).
- Etsy, Ebay, Kijiji and related Shops.
- Facebook Market Place.
- Kickstarter only companies.

Exceptions…
- Writers with a significant amount of miniature gaming content on either DriveThruRPG or the WargameVault.

I apologize for the small businesses that do not make the list. I need to set in place these rules so I don't get overwhelmed. Like many of the businesses out there, I am a one-man-shop doing this in my spare time for fun. My aim is to help the gaming community.

Links to the Articles…

Canadian Miniatures Gaming Companies Page
https://mustcontainminis.com/canadian-miniatures-gaming-companies

Made in Canada Miniatures and Games (My motivation for creating the Canadian Miniatures Gaming Companies Page).
https://mustcontainminis.com/2020/04/made-in-canada-miniatures-and-games.html
Check out my site Must Contain Minis. I do news, previews, showcases and reviews of miniatures and miniature related products.

Offline FifteensAway

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Re: Companies of the Great White North - Canada
« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2020, 05:37:43 AM »
Seems a reasonable goal to me as a US west coast based gamer.  Though to really get my buy-in, someone needs to convince Pulp Minis to produce 15 mm product!  lol

Offline MustContainMinis

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Re: Companies of the Great White North - Canada
« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2020, 11:56:06 AM »
15mm. Love it. Everyone has their favorite scales.

Offline Firescale Whack

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Re: Companies of the Great White North - Canada
« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2020, 09:22:20 PM »
You might want to add Relic Miniatures to your list as they are definitely Canadian. https://www.relicminiatures.com/

Offline Sterling Moose

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Re: Companies of the Great White North - Canada
« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2020, 01:34:54 AM »
Maybe Kobblestone too:

https://www.kobblestone.ca/
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Offline Oldben1

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Re: Companies of the Great White North - Canada
« Reply #5 on: April 30, 2020, 02:40:14 AM »
Great idea!

Offline WuZhuiQiu

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Re: Companies of the Great White North - Canada
« Reply #6 on: April 30, 2020, 03:14:56 PM »
Oops! Never mind!
« Last Edit: April 30, 2020, 08:36:58 PM by WuZhuiQiu »

Offline FramFramson

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Re: Companies of the Great White North - Canada
« Reply #7 on: April 30, 2020, 07:50:08 PM »
Pulp Alley is based out of Oklahoma, as Dave would tell you.  :D

In spite of the name, Westfalia Miniatures is Canadian, I am pretty sure (based in Montreal) https://www.westfaliaminiatures.com/


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Offline MustContainMinis

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Re: Companies of the Great White North - Canada
« Reply #8 on: May 06, 2020, 11:23:32 AM »
Thanks everyone for the company suggestions. They have all been added except Kobblestone. Kobblestone is currently closed down, but I will add them when they are open again. 

Offline Wirelizard

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Re: Companies of the Great White North - Canada
« Reply #9 on: May 26, 2020, 09:20:14 PM »
One for your terrain section, out of Vancouver - Rain City Hobbies.

https://raincityhobbies.com/

They do mostly small resin details for adding to bases, really nice grass tufts and flowers, a growing range of resin bases in all sorts of styles and sizes, and sometime soon they're going to be stocking a wider range of flocking, shrub and bush type stuff, and similar greenery.

Nice folks who run it. I have a lot of their tufts and flowers and use them regularly.

Online carlos marighela

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Re: Companies of the Great White North - Canada
« Reply #10 on: May 28, 2020, 02:13:54 AM »
Not minis or gaming per se but Duplicata produce ranges of card accessories, useful to gamers. Flags, ration boxes, maps, posters and soft furnishings, very useful  for dressing up buildings and vehicles and they are definitely Canada based as the three Canadian stamps on the package I received this week attest.

https://duplicata-productions.myshopify.com/
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Botou os ingleses na roda
3 a 0 no Liverpool
Ficou marcado na história
E no Rio não tem outro igual
Só o Flamengo é campeão mundial
E agora seu povo
Pede o mundo de novo

Offline MustContainMinis

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Re: Companies of the Great White North - Canada
« Reply #11 on: May 29, 2020, 12:15:22 AM »
Thank you. I've emailed Rain City Hobbies about adding them to the page.

One for your terrain section, out of Vancouver - Rain City Hobbies.

https://raincityhobbies.com/

They do mostly small resin details for adding to bases, really nice grass tufts and flowers, a growing range of resin bases in all sorts of styles and sizes, and sometime soon they're going to be stocking a wider range of flocking, shrub and bush type stuff, and similar greenery.

Nice folks who run it. I have a lot of their tufts and flowers and use them regularly.

Offline Mindenbrush

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Re: Companies of the Great White North - Canada
« Reply #12 on: May 29, 2020, 11:47:21 AM »
Vaubanner Graphics in Winnipeg make great flags

http://vaubanner.blogspot.com/
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