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Other Stuff => General Wargames and Hobby Discussion => Topic started by: Kikuchiyo on 07 July 2023, 08:05:50 PM
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I've been trying to track down some rats and spiders that would fit a fantasy setting, so far the smallest I've been able to find are 15mm from alternative armies but I think they might be a bit too big.
Does anyone else have any suggestions
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Laran miniatures in France has rat swarms in their not-skaven range https://laranminiatures.bigcartel.com/
Spiders - there are small(ish) ones on the sprues of the wargames Atlantic giant spiders - which make giant spiders in 10mm. These are about the same size as the Pendraken ones, but more 3d and more animated.
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Thanks I was looking at Laran the other days but missed them I'll take a look
I thought the Pendraken spiders were massive I wanted dog rather than horse size
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I’ve not seen any spiders that small.
Some of the 15mm ranges have swarms - one of my group has some of the beetles - they might have spiders too. I’m struggling to remember the name though.
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Pendraken have some spiders (of the giant style) - some have riders some do not https://www.pendraken.co.uk
Magister have giant rats https://www.magistermilitum.com/fmc620-giant-rats-x12.html but they may be too big (they pull chariots or have riders).
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Swarms for the rats might work but I'm thinking the alternative armies spiders are the smallest aroud
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Reaper miniatures make some swarm bases with multiple rats or spiders, but they’re piles of critters, rather than individuals and probably not ideal for dungeon crawls.
I wonder if sculpting some with green stuff and making a press mould with green stuff or the blue meltable stuff would be feasible. They turn out a bit rough, but a tidy paint job should sort things out.
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Perfect Six (https://perfectsixscenics.co.uk/shop) have 6mm RS1 Rats & Spiders @ £1.20.
Bit big for 6mm IMHO but should do for 10mm.
(https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/7601c86d-fc8d-4f32-90fe-b01d22985b39/ols/6mm%20Rats%20%26%20Spiders.jpg/:/rs=w:196,h:121)
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Perfect Six (https://perfectsixscenics.co.uk/shop) have 6mm RS1 Rats & Spiders @ £1.20.
Bit big for 6mm IMHO but should do for 10mm.
(https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/7601c86d-fc8d-4f32-90fe-b01d22985b39/ols/6mm%20Rats%20%26%20Spiders.jpg/:/rs=w:196,h:121)
Certainly worth a closer look
Thanks
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Irregular Miniatures do a base of 5 rats in their 6mm range.
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Also check out CP Models creature swarms https://cpmodels.co.uk/product-category/28mm-ranges/28mm-fantasy/creature-swarms/
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Both alternative armies (massive even for 15mm) and the perfect 6 stuff (need to be double the size) we're a bust
The search continues...
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I was recently after 15mm rats - I found Etsy had what I wanted from 3D printers. I'm pretty sure that many of the printers I looked at had the option of different sizes
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Great minds ; :D
Having recently picked up some rescaled beastmen I thought of that too, reached out to a couple in the UK but no luck so far
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Looks like I may have a winner, they are also happy to scale down some terrain too