I expected the Elves to be easy, I mean, how difficult can it be to find fantasy Elves? Apparently very, when you're speaking about rank and file units. Gamezone is great as always, Mantic is... well, cheap and West Wind is rather nice, but the rest was either luck to find a single unit (MOM Phoenix Guard, Russian Alternative and Thunderbolt Mountain elves) or desperation (Black Tree and Mirliton stuff).
A few comments first:
- The models listed here are not perfect and many are not on the same
level as the original ones (those are usually way older than the current
GW range). I am not saying losing GW models won't be a pity, if anything this work
is making me appreciate them even more. I am just saying that a solution
exists. The important part is, the models are out there.
- This is not only my work. I have used ideas and suggestions from
various places and am very grateful for the collective wisdom of the
internet communities.
- In many cases I was unsure about the size of the models and was
forced to go on guesswork only. I hope at least some of them will work.
- When possible, I have tried to link to groups of models and larger
units, if only to show multiple sculpts at once. Most of the companies
sell the individual models as well, should that be preferred.
- I am quite a chaotic person and may have overlooked something
awesome. I usually try to link sites that offer greater number of useful
models or the ones I know I have not exhausted, but searching around
the linked models might yield even more fruit.
- If you know about something useful not linked here, please let me
know and I will add it. This is by no means an exhaustive list and can
never be, but I would like to list as many possibilities as possible.
CORE
Archers
Sea Guard
Spearmen
Ellyrian Reavers
Silver Helms
SPECIAL
Dragon Princes
White Lion Chariot
Phoenix Guard
Shadow Warriors
Lothern Skycutter - I would combine an eagle with a chariot with removed wheels (or keep them there to make it able to land?)
Or a converted toy boat instead of the chariot to keep the Lothern theme?
Swordmasters
Tiranoc Chariot
White Lions of Chrace
RARE
Great Eagle
Bolt Thrower
Flamespyre/ Frostheart Phoenix
Sisters of Avelorn - I haven't been able to find magical bows, but maybe these would do?
MOUNTS
Dragon
Griffon
CHARACTERS
Mage
Anointed of Asuryan
Loremaster of Hoeth
Prince/ Noble
Lothern Sea Helm
Handmaiden
I also recommend Gamezone
Elves range, Mantic
Elf army, going through
Darksword miniatures (
seach for elf)
Russian Alternative elves,
Mithril Miniatures elves,
MOM Miniatures elves, West Wind
Good Elf range, Red Box
Elves, Fenryll
Elves,
Black Tree and
Mirliton High Elf ranges and doing
a search for elf on Reaper website.
Ulthuan.net also has
a list of alternative miniatures.
