Need help finding historical minis

[evil tendencies]

I'm planning on doing a father's day project for my two dads (biological and in-law) and since they both love history, I want it to be a historical mini from their favorite period of interest.

I'm looking for Napoleonic-era British sailors and American Mayflower Pilgrims (or something similar). I found some very poor quality stuff that wasn't intended to be painted, but my google-fu has failed me past this point.

Any suggestions, ideas for search parameters or (ideally) links to places you know and trust?

 

[generulpoleaxe]

Andrea miniatures, or try historex.

 

[Wyrmypops]

Foundry would be my first stop, just cos I've heard of 'em. The Perry Bros of GW fame did loads for them.

 

[EldinTux]

This any good for the americans?

http://www.fandsscalemodels.co.uk/i...tegory_id=130&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=26

 

[BPI]

A friend of mine uses these guys a lot http://www.euromodels.co.uk Perhaps not much use for you to buy from with them being UK based but they stock a good range, so helpful as a catalogue to flick through.

Try Figures/Miniatures section, Hecker & Goros Zinfiguren for a good example. I tried a link but it just redirects to the home page!

Good look finding something nice!

Cheers, B.

 

[elgreco]

Hello there,
We stock a lot of historical minis but it depends on the scale you're after. Most historicals on our site are in 54mm scale (1:32). The closest thing in stock we have for Mayflower period is this Puritan Hunter from La Meridiana:
http://www.elgrecominiatures.co.uk/contents/en-uk/d37.html

http://www.elgrecominiatures.co.uk/contents/media/FR54-19-Puritano.gif

As for British sailor Napoleonics, there are quite a few here from El Viejo Dragon:
http://www.elgrecominiatures.co.uk/contents/en-uk/d17.html, including this British Navy Captain:

http://www.elgrecominiatures.co.uk/contents/media/C4F33.gif

Hope this helps.
Cheers
Celine

 

[stone_monkey]

Try these chaps http://www.michtoy.com/ might be good for your side of the pond. They have a good selection of historical (mostly in 54mm)
Cheers

 

[Vern]

Foundry is pretty good if you 'gaming scale'

http://www.wargamesfoundry.com/main.asp

Redoubt do some decent civilians

http://www.redoubtenterprises.com/s...&category_id=468877d33d7f2ae36fc2c5a544fee8e9

& Steve Barber does some Naps (haven't seen these irl though)

http://www.sbarber-models.clara.net/html/28mmnapoleonicnaval.html

 

[cleen X]

How about Latorre models (http://www.coolminiornot.com/shop/miniatures/latorre-models)? Not sure if they have the models you are looking for but they sure are wonderful sculpts!