Ideas for a 1/72 bird-man?

[Hobgoblin]

This is an appeal to the hive mind. I'm toying with the idea of 'dropping' my D&D party's miniature representation to 1/72 for certain circumstances - outdoor encounters, for example, or the Against the Giants modules. We're using a really good document camera over Zoom, which allows us to swoop right into the action or pull back for a bigger view. Obviously, smaller figures provide a great deal more room on the table.

Now, I can already cover dwarfs (very small old Ral Partha), a big lizardman (a Tom Meier lesser troglodyte/lizardman), elves and humans (various 1/72 historicals I already have - including some female civilians who'll do for magicians and thieves). But they also have a bird-man. In 28mm, we use this figure:



Can anyone thing of something (perhaps very large 15/18mm or true 25mm) that would at least provide a starting point? The character has some armour at the moment, and I'm fully prepared to sculpt the head.

I think I might have part or all of an old Ral Partha windlord somewhere. But is there anything better out there? Any pointers much appreciated!

[Pattus Magnus]

There’s a bird man thingummy packaged with a harpy in the current plastic D&D range. They’re very slim figures (as you’ve noted on your blog)  and the bird man might pass for 1/72. Might be worth a look.

[Hobgoblin]

Ah - now that's pretty much perfect! I think I walked past a whole stack of them in Blackwell's yesterday too. I'll investigate tomorrow. The 28mm figure is quite big, so there's plenty of room for manoeuvre.


Many, many thanks - that should accererate the project significantly!

[Pattus Magnus]

Glad the suggestion was useful. I’ve benefited over the past year from applying the ‘Hobgoblin method’ to painting my rank and file mooks, so it’s good to be helpful in return!

[M.P.]

Maybe 3d printing could be the solution (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3726607)?

I've struggled for years to find wild animals (moose, otter, wolves, bears etc.) in 1/72 scale, now I have every creature I need - one of my friends has high resolution 3d printer ;p.

[DivisMal]

How about using the Lord of Change model from Games Workshop(a large demon) in the epic (6 mm) and Warmaster (10mm) scales.

The former is relatively often available on ebay. Pic below. Sizewise it should be on the smallish 28mm (25mm) size, so fitting.

[DivisMal]

Here is the warmaster version, but its very expensive on ebay, and an old familiar (ca 15mm size) from good old Oldhammer times.

http://www.collecting-citadel-miniatures.com/wiki/images/0/00/Chaos_Familiar_Cat_91_04.jpg

[102-year-old-man]

we also play D&D in 1/72 scale, as the battle maps can be much larger than with 28mm

Here are some Harpies, maybe they are usefull:
https://www.alternative-armies.com/products/he06-the-harpies

[Hobgoblin]

Thanks for all the suggestions - very helpful!

I'm definitely going to go down the 1/72 route: it'll be useful to be able to switch scales as the session demands, and I think our Hue camera will have no problem with that scale. I'm hoping to pick up the D&D figure today, though I'll have  a quick hunt for the windlord before I go out. The only advantage it has is that its wings could be attached to its arms, as is the case with the character. But the D&D figure is perfect in every other respect.