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Title: Looking for 28mm Hobbit / Halfllings as D&D villains
Post by: assi on 14 September 2009, 12:30:57 PM: Has anyone a good Idea where to get nice 28mm Halflings with melee and bows and stuff like that.

I already know:

- There are the GW Lumpin Croot Halfling Mercs
- Stuff from the GW LotR Range
- Reaper has also some Stuff, but these are more Heros than villains.
Title: Re: Looking for 28mm Hobbit / Halfllings as D&D villains
Post by: Luthaaren Von Tegale on 14 September 2009, 12:38:33 PM: Essex Miniatures do a good range of halflings in 25mm with a range of weaponry including dogs!
check their website here;
http://essexminiatures.co.uk/frames25fan.html

they look quite good to me - quite "charicturey"

vT
Title: Re: Looking for 28mm Hobbit / Halfllings as D&D villains
Post by: assi on 14 September 2009, 01:10:54 PM: Quote from: Luthaaren Von Tegale on 14 September 2009, 12:38:33 PM
Essex Miniatures do a good range of halflings in 25mm with a range of weaponry including dogs!
check their website here;
http://essexminiatures.co.uk/frames25fan.html

they look quite good to me - quite "charicturey"

vT

Goodie, these are quite what i'm looking for. >:D
Title: Re: Looking for 28mm Hobbit / Halfllings as D&D villains
Post by: JollyBob on 14 September 2009, 02:30:55 PM: Hasslefree and Heresy also do some nice halflings, many of which are not your traditional bucolic fat faced bumpkins. They may work for villains.

http://www.hasslefreeminiatures.co.uk/range.php?range_id=49&subcat_id=46

http://www.heresyminiatures.com/hh021.htm
Title: Re: Looking for 28mm Hobbit / Halfllings as D&D villains
Post by: assi on 14 September 2009, 04:07:19 PM: Quote from: JollyBob on 14 September 2009, 02:30:55 PM
Hasslefree and Heresy also do some nice halflings, many of which are not your traditional bucolic fat faced bumpkins. They may work for villains.

They have to be fat faced bumpkins, that makes them even more villain :D
Title: Re: Looking for 28mm Hobbit / Halfllings as D&D villains
Post by: JollyBob on 14 September 2009, 04:35:15 PM: Ah, I get it. All the more evil for looking so harmless. ;)
Title: Re: Looking for 28mm Hobbit / Halfllings as D&D villains
Post by: Helen on 14 September 2009, 09:08:02 PM: You could look at "The Goblin Factory" for your Hobbits as I'm currently painting up a Hobbit pike unit for Michael Broadbent the designer of the range, but owned by Don Beseny who is always on TMP as I noted on his TMP profile.

Michael has also designed bowmen, spearmen and swordsmen for the hobbits.

http://www.thegoblinfactory.com/home.htm

Does seem that the Halflings are coming soon alongside the Kobolds which I'm also painting up some samples for a show next month.

Helen
Title: Re: Looking for 28mm Hobbit / Halfllings as D&D villains
Post by: black hat miniatures on 15 September 2009, 12:22:08 PM: Quote from: assi on 14 September 2009, 12:30:57 PM
Has anyone a good Idea where to get nice 28mm Halflings with melee and bows and stuff like that.

I already know:

- There are the GW Lumpin Croot Halfling Mercs
- Stuff from the GW LotR Range
- Reaper has also some Stuff, but these are more Heros than villains.

We do some halfling spears, but they aren't really that evil.... :-)

http://www.blackhat.co.uk/online_shop/index.php?cPath=121_123_166&osCsid=5010371c249c2636d7d05b63e4bb68dc

Mike
Title: Re: Looking for 28mm Hobbit / Halfllings as D&D villains
Post by: assi on 15 September 2009, 12:46:34 PM: really nice, it's a shame there're not more Weapon Options
Title: Re: Looking for 28mm Hobbit / Halfllings as D&D villains
Post by: Funghy-Fipps on 15 September 2009, 05:34:39 PM: I've always thought that these guys ranked amongst some of the best 28mm halflings that cash can buy:

http://www.mirliton.it/index.php?cName=fantasy-2528mm-half-men

Pretty chubby in the old cheek department, too...
Title: Re: Looking for 28mm Hobbit / Halfllings as D&D villains
Post by: Lowtardog on 15 September 2009, 05:53:54 PM: Rackham Dwarves would make good evil halflings (the figures are alittle big perhaps ;D) but evil none the less
Title: Re: Looking for 28mm Hobbit / Halfllings as D&D villains
Post by: Arthadan on 17 September 2009, 02:04:10 PM: Enigma miniatures will release this evil hobbit:

(http://www.enigmaminiatures.com/image/wip/wip-1.jpg)

Alionas has what they call 'Gobbits', really fat and barbarian-like:

(http://www.alionas.com/shop/shopmichel_online/data/img/103-001-all_max.jpg)
Title: Re: Looking for 28mm Hobbit / Halfllings as D&D villains
Post by: Chairface on 18 September 2009, 11:03:06 PM: Reaper has this great pirate

(http://www.reapermini.com/pages/figure_finder_image.php?sku=03261_G_1.jpg&image=3)

http://www.reapermini.com/FigureFinder#detail/03261

And some great halfling thiefs:

(http://www.reapermini.com/pages/figure_finder_image.php?sku=65004_w_1.jpg&image=3)

http://www.reapermini.com/FigureFinder#detail/65004

(http://www.reapermini.com/pages/figure_finder_image.php?sku=03071_G.jpg&image=3)

http://www.reapermini.com/FigureFinder#detail/03071

Although for my money the greatest halfling of all time, Van Halfling from the already mentioned Heresy.

(http://www.heresyminiatures.com/images/hh016_vanhalfling_front.jpg)

Such a great mini.

http://www.heresyminiatures.com/hh016.htm
Title: Re: Looking for 28mm Hobbit / Halfllings as D&D villains
Post by: JollyBob on 19 September 2009, 09:51:03 AM: OOooh, I like that pirate, I've never seen him before! Thanks Chairface, one more for the list!
Title: Re: Looking for 28mm Hobbit / Halfllings as D&D villains
Post by: manic _miner on 19 September 2009, 02:51:47 PM: The Heresy one is very cool and you get a few arm options with him too.They have a sale on now so you can get him cheaper.
Title: Re: Looking for 28mm Hobbit / Halfllings as D&D villains
Post by: assi on 22 September 2009, 09:59:36 AM: Quote from: Funghy-Fipps on 15 September 2009, 05:34:39 PM
I've always thought that these guys ranked amongst some of the best 28mm halflings that cash can buy:

http://www.mirliton.it/index.php?cName=fantasy-2528mm-half-men

Pretty chubby in the old cheek department, too...

After some Pro and Con: I think these'll be my Villains :D

thx @all