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Title: Best Mummy Minis?
Post by: mrborges on 18 August 2009, 03:23:42 AM: Now that I have all of Rattrap's .45 stuff, and once I have finished some of their Fantastic Worlds projects, I want to do some Egyptian-themed Pulp stuff.
I'll put together a bit of a campaign that goes from a Museum in North America to the streets of Cairo to some tombs of ancient Egypt.
This is going to, at some point, require a bunch of mummies on the table.

Can I hear some suggestions on the best mummy minis?
I'm looking to get a good handful, maybe around a dozen or so, but I'd like to keep the costs to a few bucks per model if possible.
I really like the look of Reaper's The Awakened, but at $40 for only 9 figures, I dunno.

Your thoughts?
Title: Re: Best Mummy Minis?
Post by: Uncle Mike on 18 August 2009, 05:20:51 AM: The reaper ones are my favorite...if you need a few. Heroclix did a good one...kinda skinny, with robes hanging off...
Title: Re: Best Mummy Minis?
Post by: bluewillow on 18 August 2009, 06:17:35 AM: black tree do some nice ones

http://www.blacktreedesign.com/restofworld/product.php?productid=23820&cat=2402&page=1
Title: Re: Best Mummy Minis?
Post by: Lenin on 18 August 2009, 09:18:02 AM: Long time lurker, first time poster.

Possibly not the best, but West Wind's mummies are quite serviceable and reasonably priced and make up the bulk of one of my Egyptian themed Pulp factions:

http://www.westwindproductions.co.uk/catalog/index.php?cPath=2_37
Title: Re: Best Mummy Minis?
Post by: Alxbates on 18 August 2009, 02:45:00 PM: Crocodile Games sells a unit of beautiful mummies - 10 for $36:

http://www.crocodilegames.com/secure/item_details.asp?CatID=24&SubID=30&Page=34&pageHeading=Items%20-%20Miniatures%20-%20Aegyptus

(http://www.crocodilegames.com/secure/items/WGE-304.jpg)

And if you ask, (if it's an issue for you), they'll send you a unit with all human mummies, and no standard bearer if you don't want one either. I had them do that for me once with a unit I ordered as reinforcements...

-Alex in Alaska
Title: Re: Best Mummy Minis?
Post by: Commander Vyper on 18 August 2009, 03:47:44 PM: Quote from: mrborges on 18 August 2009, 03:23:42 AM
Now that I have all of Rattrap's .45 stuff, and once I have finished some of their Fantastic Worlds projects, I want to do some Egyptian-themed Pulp stuff.
I'll put together a bit of a campaign that goes from a Museum in North America to the streets of Cairo to some tombs of ancient Egypt.
This is going to, at some point, require a bunch of mummies on the table.

Can I hear some suggestions on the best mummy minis?
I'm looking to get a good handful, maybe around a dozen or so, but I'd like to keep the costs to a few bucks per model if possible.
I really like the look of Reaper's The Awakened, but at $40 for only 9 figures, I dunno.

Your thoughts?

Best one in my humble opinion is the first gothic horror/curse of the mummy Mummy from Citadel miniatures, really captures the look for me, unarmed, bent and twisted and something about the head bandaging sculpt that really ozzes unlife:

(http://www.solegends.com/citgames/mummy/IMG_9700-01.jpg)
Title: Re: Best Mummy Minis?
Post by: Uncle Mike on 18 August 2009, 09:26:19 PM: Love those crocodile games mummies!!! :-*

They will be mine! >:D
Title: Re: Best Mummy Minis?
Post by: richarDISNEY on 18 August 2009, 09:48:10 PM: I was gunna say West Wind or Crocodile Games' are the best, IMO....
Title: Re: Best Mummy Minis?
Post by: fastolfrus on 19 August 2009, 11:08:45 PM: Cheapest option I have seen is the Heroquest board game that used to have mummies as one of the monster figures - not brilliant, but they crop up second hand at quite low prices and paint up nicely.
Title: Re: Best Mummy Minis?
Post by: The_Wisecrack on 20 August 2009, 12:13:06 AM: i'm selling one of those citadel mummys for a £1 if you want it?
PM me.
Title: Re: Best Mummy Minis?
Post by: mrborges on 20 August 2009, 02:40:57 AM: Thanks for all of the suggestions!

I think in the end what I'll do is get a number of different models. I don't know exactly how many I need just yet...heck, I've barely even looked through my .45 stuff!
I'm sure a good dozen would suffice.

I'll start tracking down various mummies.
Thanks again, guys.
Title: Re: Best Mummy Minis?
Post by: The Dozing Dragon on 20 August 2009, 11:03:43 AM: Quote from: fastolfrus on 19 August 2009, 11:08:45 PM
Cheapest option I have seen is the Heroquest board game that used to have mummies as one of the monster figures - not brilliant, but they crop up second hand at quite low prices and paint up nicely.

I'd forgotten about those - somewhere I have a few of them - they can join my undead hordes - Mwwaahaahaa >:D
Title: Re: Best Mummy Minis?
Post by: Stecal on 29 August 2009, 12:44:18 AM: Frothers Unite has an entire article on various mummy manufacturers:

http://www.frothersunite.com/files/wk/sc/tb/tombs/tomblords.html

(always find these useful links too late...)
Title: Re: Best Mummy Minis?
Post by: starkadder on 29 August 2009, 02:36:05 AM: Cripes, Stecal.

More mummies than you can shake a bandage at. :D
Title: Re: Best Mummy Minis?
Post by: mrborges on 29 August 2009, 06:47:36 AM: That's a great one, Stecal, thanks!
I still haven't picked any up yet, but I think I'll go with "random assortment," to keep the poses varied.