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Chairface:
Ever since Foundry's Tribes of Legend rules were released I've been interested in Greek Myth gaming. I've been doing an extensive search for miniature sources and have put this together:
Foundry – Foundry has some of the best and worst Mythological minis out there. The release of tribes Of Legend has spurred interest in Greek Myth gaming. Many of the earlier packs feature incredible sculpts that cry our for a paintbrush. Unfortunately the newer releases are of mixed quality. Like them or hate them, Foundry has the largest and most varied variety of Greek Mythology figures.
http://www.foundryfantasy.com/miniatures/collections/greek_mythology/#
Reaper – These are just a few of the superb and affordable Myth related miniatures in Reaper’s incredible catalogue. There is a monster for any mythic occasion and the figure finder is a valuable tool.
http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore
Bronze Age
I can’t say enough good things about this small range of miniatures. Matakishi recently painted up a few that look amazing. A warning, they are 32mm, a bit bigger that 28mm, but Achilles, Hercules and Perseus should be slightly larger than life anyways. In addition there are some fantastic looking centaurs in the fantasy section.
http://www.bronzeagemin.com/miniatures_html/32MM/historical/Greeks/greeks32mm.htm
Chiltern / SHQ A fairly thorough collection of the Gods and Heroes of Greek Myth originally from Chiltern and now available through SHQ. I was of the opinion that these were fairly low quality, but I realized when I saw the following pictures that with a good coat of paint they could look beautiful.
http://www.shqminiatures.co.uk/Ranges/25mmFantasy/fantasymain.php?UID=20120225205205174.114.71.144 Blog: http://blog.pierrickauger.fr/category/jeux-de-figurines/page/14/
Grenadier/ Mirliton
These are from the Monsters of Myth box set, long out of print. Mega Minis has a few in their catalogue but for the most past eBay is your best bet. Edit Thanks to Area23 who has pointed out that most of the range is available from the good folks at Mirliton
http://www.mirliton.it/index.php?cName=fantasy-2528mm-creatures http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~tpope/sol/grenadier/fantasy-lords-boxed-sets.html
Steve Barber – Some decent models here. The tree with the Golden Fleece is a must have for an Argonaut game.
http://www.sbarber-models.clara.net/main.html
Eureka – A nice selection of Satyrs, Centaurs, Amazons with a few excellent skeletal hoplites
http://eurekamin.com.au/index.php?cPath=87_126_715
ShadowForge - Another Australian company that makes some great looking female models. I haven't visited their website in a while and was pleased to see not only female warriors, but Satyrs and Centaurs as well. I was especially impressed with the Dionesean Maenads which seem particularily useful.
http://www.shadowforge.com.au/ in the Fantasy section
Crocodile Games - Wargods of Olympus - A very nice looking range with an interesting mix of Spartans, Titans, Myceneans and Satyrs. Well sculpted although I'm not crazy about the Titans.
https://www.crocodilegames.com/store/itemList.cfm?catID=18&sort=prodID
Heroclix – there are a handful of useful figures in this large range, on both the DC and Marvel side of things. Here are just a few, Hercules and Ares. I love the Ares Marvel version of Ares in particular.
Fenryll There are several nice models available in resin from Fenryll. They have most of the common Greek monsters and the temple below is lovely and on my to buy list. I was particularily struck by their version of Athena. It is in 54mm scale, but shouldn't the gods be a little bit bigger than mortals? Check out the amazons as well.
http://www.fenryll.com/index.php
Hasslefree – This company has two figures that are usable in a Greek Myths setting sculpted by the talented Kev White, strangely enough both named Artemis. They aren’t supposed to be the actual goddess, but I have to say that they could definitely be used as Goddesses, if not as Artemis herself. The first mini is 40mm scale, but not too big to be an immortal.
http://www.hfminis.co.uk/
Darksword - I have to thank Argsilverson for putting me on to the this particular Game of Thrones model based on the great painting "Birth of Aphrodite" by Botticelli. It will take a better converter than me to greenstuff her back into Aphrodite, but I think that someone should try it. Their Medusa is also quite nice.
http://www.darkswordminiatures.com/
Pulp City I just happily stumbled across this fig, the Hellsmith. Could be used as Hephaestus or even Ares. Scale wise he looks to tower over other figures in the Pulp City range.
http://store.pulp-city.com/spree/products/75/product/HellsmithG.jpg?1292782509
Gorgon Studios – This small company only has one mini in it’s Mythic World section, Pythia Oracle of Delphi. Thankfully it is a great one. Definitely on my to buy list.
http://www.gorgon-studios.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=13&products_id=10
Others - I know that there are many other companies with mythologicaly inspired figs. Centaurs, Minotaurs and Cyclops abound in dozens of different fantasy ranges, too numerous to point them all out here. And I know that there are some obvious companies that I have missed. Please share your favourites!
Edit: Otherworld, Ironwind and Olympian Heros and Horrors are well covered in the posts immediately below! Fantastic minis. Thank you!
Christian:
Shadowforge from Australia also do some nice Amazons and Medusae/Naga types. Don't have a link though (on the mobile)
white knight:
Eureka Miniatures has skeletal hoplites too.
Otherworld has a Medusa, harpies, centaurs, satyr,...
Ral Partha Europe: cyclopses (also see the crucible ones)
Ironwind Metals (some are available from Ral Partha Europe too, others aren't) They have a lot of figures that are inspried by Ray Harryhausen movies. Also: minotaures, manticores, chimera's, centaurs,...
Andromeda:
Cyclops
Skeletal Cyclops
Skeletal Titan
Titans (several variants)
area23:
Excalibur Miniatures do harpies by Werner Klocke: http://www.excalibur-miniatures.com/shop/index.php?cPath=4_14&page=2
Mirliton do much of the old Grenadier line. Amazons by Bob Naismith, but also the mythological creatures mentioned above: http://www.mirliton.it/index.php?cName=fantasy-2528mm-creatures there's also an undead cyclops in the undead range.
Crocodile games do the Olympus range with Greek myth creatures and heroic scale Spartans.
The Dozing Dragon:
Barry Minot did an 'Olympians Heroes and Horrors' range in the late 70s / early 80's....not very compatible with todays minis but nice nonetheless.......
Most are pictured on the Lost Minis WIKI....
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