His Dark Materials - Mini Suggestions?

[sabersedge]

Hi,

I have zero sculpting skills, but I'm capable of basic conversions (head swaps, etc.), so I'm looking for suggestions for existing figures to stand-in for characters from the His Dark Materials books (Golden Compass-Northern Lights/Subtle Knife/Amber Spyglass).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_His_Dark_Materials_characters

What I've found so far/need help with:

Daemons - Reaper familiars, for the most part. The snow leopard from https://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/leopard/sku-down/60020 is great for Lord Asriel's daemon. Any other sources would be welcome.

Lyra Belacqua - Haven't found a good option here. Maybe the girl from the Reaper pack below, but would prefer one in a dress/northern clothes. Lyra's a bit too old (12-13) for me to use the girl from the Hasslefree 3 kids pack, which was my first inclination.

Will Parry - Either of the boys from: http://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/townsfolk/latest/50042

Lord Asriel - ?

Iorek Byrnison - The Willy BB Warbear: http://willy-miniatures.blogspot.ca/2013/11/warbear-1695.html

Mrs. Coulter - ?

Dr. Mary Malone - ?

John Faa - Any suggestions for the gypsy king? The Westwind ones are too "gothic"...
Farder Coram - Older gypsy - ?
Ma Costa - another gypsy - ?

Serafina Pekkala - This is pretty good: https://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/witch/sku-down/60149 I'll also need to find a good daemon.

Lee Scoresby - Was thinking of one of the many Foundry cowboys I've got, maybe with some goggles (since he's an aeronaut from Texas). Any other ideas?

John Parry - Maybe a Foundry DA explorer?

Thanks very much for any help you can offer.

Cheers,

Paul K.

[Mr Tough Guy]

It's ben a while since I've read the books so I can't really recall what they all are supposed to look like, but I can give you a suggestion for Daemons as The Random Platypus recently did a critter showcase that might be helpful:
http://www.randomplatypus.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=1261

good luck with the rest, are you also planning to do the weird wheeled creatures from the second book? would love to see what you do with them because I had a hard time imagining what they are supposed to look like

[sabersedge]

Thanks for the link - very useful!

Not sure about tackling the Mulefa, think I'll get the humans covered first...   

[Hobbit]

Have you looked at Copplestone Castings for characters? There are some nice females in there that would do for Mrs Coulter. I also think his Siberians (paired with wolves) would make for perfect Tartars.