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Lots of human miniatures out there can be converted easily enough. Try looking at:
Foundry (pricy. ~2.50 a figure for most ranges, sold in blisters of 7-8.
Shields & spears extra. They have "Reinforcement packs" of ~32 figures for
$35)
Historicals from the Bronze Age to Near-modern (Colonial Africa and India).
Try looking in the colonial native ranges for variety. The figures have
perhaps the best sculpting out there, but they know it & charge for it.
Old Glory ($30 for 30 foot or 10 horse, supply your own spears.). Again, good historical coverage, a large Biblical and Dark Age line. The figures are less well sculpted than Foundry, but for the price can make up your "Rank and File" if you are building Armies like I do.
Gripping Beast (haven't bought them recently, but figures were ~1.75 a couple years ago, sold in packs of 4 foot or 1 mounted, shelads & weapons provided)
Ral Partha - not nearly the selection they had before being bought out by FASA. Some individual figures look good. ~2.50 a figure
Harlequin Miniatures (I think they are still producing) - some of the Arabic figs are quite nice. I don't have a current price
Raven's Forge. individuals- not much info
Check the discard bins for values - Games Workshop has some nice but *very* pricy figs (at 1/2 off they are scraping the high end of what I will pay)
Non-humans are much harder to find. The old Ral Partha Runequest ones were the best, but are no longer available to my knowledge (but Rick Meints might have bertter info there). Look at orc(k)s for trolls, Dwarves are dwarves the world over, no-one makes Gloranthan leafy elves as far as I know.
Roderick
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