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Title: Beastmen figures/proxies
Post by: OSHIROmodels on July 07, 2022, 07:09:19 AM
Any suggestions for GW beastman proxies (not interested in 3D prints)?

Either plastic, metal or, at a push, resin.
Title: Re: Beastmen figures/proxies
Post by: Hobgoblin on July 07, 2022, 07:40:09 AM
Frostgrave gnolls are an obvious option, along with Frostgrave demons.

GW Ungor arms work well with the gnolls, which indicates how interchangeable they are:

(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2oBk1bU-FXo/XM8pzemSFtI/AAAAAAAAA-A/QJhOcprW5p4qFhwBeipnKuY6sOwBwluYQCEwYBhgL/s1600/Gnoll%2Bwith%2Bspear%2B3.JPG)

There are some gnolls with GW heads among this lot:

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TYFf7RKdZK4/XnP2ZymzbMI/AAAAAAAABfE/Yyc-K6FeyX8aR4JIVIrjwpGmED-eqa83gCEwYBhgL/s1600/Horde.JPG)

The demon heads are quite a good way to create instant beastmen out of pretty much anything - lots of spares on the sprue.
Title: Re: Beastmen figures/proxies
Post by: Cubs on July 07, 2022, 07:53:30 AM
Conquest Games Fenodyree.

http://www.conquest-games.co.uk/index.php?cPath=41_60&osCsid=flp5sj2mh91l4rmls80bjhh6f4
Title: Re: Beastmen figures/proxies
Post by: Hobgoblin on July 07, 2022, 08:18:41 AM
Oh - and Frostgrave snakemen too! There's one with a Kroot head in the photo above, and the Iron Mitten blog has some great kitbashed Fomorians using snakemen bodies.

With the gnoll, demon and snakemen sprues and a decent bits box, you'd be able to create a pretty diverse bunch of beastmen very easily.
Title: Re: Beastmen figures/proxies
Post by: Belgian on July 07, 2022, 09:21:56 AM
Any suggestions for GW beastman proxies (not interested in 3D prints)?

Either plastic, metal or, at a push, resin.

Crusader Miniatures recently released some beastmen. They are named Brood Slaves and come in several packs see below. DGS Games has some hard-plastic Fauns that might be of interest. Think Fenris Games also has some cool ones in Runequest style. Then also Alternative Armies' classic warriors see below, think they have two packs.
Title: Re: Beastmen figures/proxies
Post by: Diablo Jon on July 07, 2022, 09:23:20 AM
Crusader miniatures brood slaves

https://www.crusaderminiatures.com/prod.php?prod=1181 (https://www.crusaderminiatures.com/prod.php?prod=1181)

Foundry ( Warmonger)

https://www.warmongerminiatures.com/collections/beastmen (https://www.warmongerminiatures.com/collections/beastmen)

Ral Partha Europe for Bob Olley beastmen

http://www.ralparthaeurope.co.uk/shop/ral-partha-fantasy-c-37/fantasy-armies-c-37_39/chaos-imperium-c-37_39_45/?sort=20a&page=2 (http://www.ralparthaeurope.co.uk/shop/ral-partha-fantasy-c-37/fantasy-armies-c-37_39/chaos-imperium-c-37_39_45/?sort=20a&page=2)

And if you like Bob Olley ones Midlam have some more Bob beastmen

https://www.midlamminiatures.co.uk/beastmen.html (https://www.midlamminiatures.co.uk/beastmen.html)

Title: Re: Beastmen figures/proxies
Post by: Hobgoblin on July 07, 2022, 09:47:56 AM
Reaper Bones do some pretty decent beastmen (one shown below).

Also, the Mantic ratkin sprue is good source of hunched, bestial bodies (also below), even if you don't like the ratty heads (though they're quite generically bestial - they look like mustelids or canines as much as rats!). They'd take snakemen or Ungor heads readily, or gnoll heads without much effort:

Title: Re: Beastmen figures/proxies
Post by: Hobgoblin on July 07, 2022, 10:03:41 AM
Oh - and the Mantic Lower Abyssals are Ungor-sized:

(https://www.manticgames.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Lower-Abyssals-Sprue-nowebex.jpg)
Title: Re: Beastmen figures/proxies
Post by: OSHIROmodels on July 07, 2022, 10:09:25 AM
Great suggestions so far chaps, thanks  :)
Title: Re: Beastmen figures/proxies
Post by: Diablo Jon on July 07, 2022, 10:14:00 AM
Almost forgot. If money is no object Mierce do some very nice ( and large) guys who make good leaders or elite types.

https://mierce-miniatures.com/index.php?act=cat&cre=dkl-fmr&sou=cat (https://mierce-miniatures.com/index.php?act=cat&cre=dkl-fmr&sou=cat)
Title: Re: Beastmen figures/proxies
Post by: Hobgoblin on July 07, 2022, 10:47:20 AM
It might also be worth looking at the Mantic salamander, nightstalker and naiad sprues - plenty of beastliness there, and good opportunities to mix and match.


If you combined all of the suggestions so far, you'd end up with a gloriously chaotic army!
Title: Re: Beastmen figures/proxies
Post by: eilif on July 07, 2022, 12:59:37 PM
Great thread. I've been wondering about this myself.

It does make one question why no one besides GW has done a plastic Beastmen kit.  We've got a plethora of Orcs, Halflings, goblins and even lizardmen.   

Why no kit for goat people?
Title: Re: Beastmen figures/proxies
Post by: Diablo Jon on July 07, 2022, 01:54:16 PM
Great thread. I've been wondering about this myself.

It does make one question why no one besides GW has done a plastic Beastmen kit.  We've got a plethora of Orcs, Halflings, goblins and even lizardmen.   

Why no kit for goat people?

https://rgdgaming.com/en-gb/products/faun-warband
Title: Re: Beastmen figures/proxies
Post by: Hobgoblin on July 07, 2022, 02:03:47 PM
This range (https://cpmodels.co.uk/product-category/28mm-ranges/28mm-fantasy/fantasy-creatures/) from CP Models could add quite a bit of variety.

Citadel/GW beastmen used to be wonderfully diverse (in line with their Moorcockian and Gloranthan antecedents):

(http://solegends.com/citc/c027beastmen/fly198407r2-c38x-02.jpg)

(http://solegends.com/citc/c027beastmen/fly198509f-c27x-02.jpg)

Those were the days ...
Title: Re: Beastmen figures/proxies
Post by: JollyBob on July 07, 2022, 02:07:45 PM
Warmonger (Foundry Fantasy) do these:

https://www.warmongerminiatures.com/collections/beastmen
Title: Re: Beastmen figures/proxies
Post by: Cubs on July 07, 2022, 03:06:12 PM
https://rgdgaming.com/en-gb/products/faun-warband

That one genuinely brought a tear to my eye - painted by the late great Andy Zeck. I do miss that old fart.
Title: Re: Beastmen figures/proxies
Post by: eilif on July 07, 2022, 03:57:44 PM
https://rgdgaming.com/en-gb/products/faun-warband

Those are quite good!
I'm not sure why I never realized before that Beastmen  of the Warhammer tour are basically just angry Fauns!
Title: Re: Beastmen figures/proxies
Post by: Belgian on July 07, 2022, 04:03:44 PM
Forgot that I reviewed those, for those interested

https://wargameterrain.blogspot.com/2021/01/rgd-gaming-plastic-centaur-and-faun.html?m=1
Title: Re: Beastmen figures/proxies
Post by: Plisken on July 07, 2022, 05:27:44 PM
Lucid Eye have recently added beastmen:
https://www.lucideyepublications.com/product-page/the-brash-horde
They're pretty expensive compared to plastic boxes but very nice Steve Saleh sculpts.

Knightmare Games has really beautiful beastmen in their Pantheon of Chaos range. Tim Prow and Kev Adams sculpts in there that are very reminiscent of the some of the better early Citadel beastmen.
https://knightmareminiatures.com/category/3/troops
Really expensive if you're building an army but they really are beautiful.
Title: Re: Beastmen figures/proxies
Post by: commissarmoody on July 07, 2022, 05:59:30 PM
If these guys are still active, might be good to add a few to what ever you go with.
http://members.optushome.com.au/cynan/FERAL_MINIS.htm
Title: Re: Beastmen figures/proxies
Post by: Blackwolf on July 07, 2022, 10:49:24 PM
Lucid Eye has some,just released  :)

I’d try and find some original Broo from Citadel,as Hobgoblin points out,they’re lovely though hard to find and pricey.
Title: Re: Beastmen figures/proxies
Post by: Diablo Jon on July 08, 2022, 05:56:27 AM

I’d try and find some original Broo from Citadel,as Hobgoblin points out,they’re lovely though hard to find and pricey.

They are also tiny by modern miniatures standards though I guess beastmen/broo wouldn't all be the same size.
Title: Re: Beastmen figures/proxies
Post by: Dolnikan on July 08, 2022, 09:25:16 AM
I have a bunch of the hard plastic fauns by Rober Dunham games. They're pretty small and thin, which makes them work well for ungors and the like.
Title: Re: Beastmen figures/proxies
Post by: Hobgoblin on July 08, 2022, 10:26:51 AM
They are also tiny by modern miniatures standards though I guess beastmen/broo wouldn't all be the same size.

I think they're OK sizewise - it's more the rarity of the broo that's the problem!
Title: Re: Beastmen figures/proxies
Post by: Garanhir on July 09, 2022, 10:26:22 AM
Midlam Miniatures do a nice range, too. Sheep-folk, pig-folk, minotaurs, even plant-folk.

https://www.midlamminiatures.co.uk/beastmen.html
Title: Re: Beastmen figures/proxies
Post by: Robosmith on July 12, 2022, 02:19:41 AM
Oh - and the Mantic Lower Abyssals are Ungor-sized:

(https://www.manticgames.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Lower-Abyssals-Sprue-nowebex.jpg)

If you're going cheap and cheerful you can make these work with a little trimming but they suffer from the classic Mantic problem of a blurry bum. The detail just sort of smudges together and it's hard to tell what's going on.
Title: Re: Beastmen figures/proxies
Post by: Hobgoblin on July 16, 2022, 09:37:02 AM
True about Mantic - but a bit of arbitrary blacklining usually sorts it out!

Just came across these from a link posted on the undead cavalry thread:

https://www.battlezone-miniatures.co.uk/shop/category/2315 (https://www.battlezone-miniatures.co.uk/shop/category/2315)