Well Paul, the easiest thing to do is as you look through the gallery look up top and see who the miniature manufacturer is.. Write down your favorites.
Buy from Hasslefree! They give you free sweets and you know who your money is going to as opposed to a massive faceless corporation that eats babies for breakfast.
Reaper are good for a HUGE range of characters. Any character you can think of Reaper will probably make a mini that easily matches it.
Privateer Press, giant steam powered robots. What more do I have to say?
Rackham, Lovely minis with lots of detail.
Thunderbolt Mountain. Tom Meiers own company. Beautiful Elves and stunning stuff coming out for the A Song of Ice and Fire range. I love the Wood Elf Champion on horseback and the Noble Lady.
Darksword Masterworks. I had a set of these 2 years ago and I havent summoned the courage to paint them yet. They\'re that good!
I\'ll find pictures of some minis from each company in a bit.