Hats are important. I'd steer clear of Phrygian caps for THIS reason: Just sayin'.

Also... no reason the lock might not be some odd fantasy or science fiction thing that's not actually percussion cap. The hammer might break a crystal cylinder that causes an explosion. Or annoy a...

All this was like $6.70

Well, I went to the dollar tree after work.. Managed to get some good stuff, but none of the modern scenery stuff... :( though I did snag the last 3 doll houses... I saw @BS Kitbasher  mention...

@William Redford  The best option around is to turn some Halfings -adding beards, motorhead tatoos, etc..- into Gnomes thanks to GreenStuff. Former WFB halfings could be easily turned into sh...

@William Redford  I could ... I could order 25 times the same object at once -25 is the min one can order + shipping. So almost as expensive than going to a DT shop in Ont.😬

@Red Rowan  Picture of the Germans: https://www.facebook.com/725117571180909/posts/1632760500416607/?app=fbl A good looking kit.  And again it has doggos, which people always seem ...

@Steven StGeorges Yeah... the Gnome guard... those gnomes look funny and kind of cool. I would consider buying one to play in an RPG... but would probably never make an army of them. Though having ...

It looks like you can order Dollar tree stuff online.    dollar tree toys

@Grumpy Gnome @William Redford  And what's about: Late Pledge is still available I think (here), the Lawn Darts models are so groovy...  Essex is still producing some models -but pri...

@William Redford  Ontarian Dollartree or any other Dollar store there are far less expensive... but gas is still a problem (almost 2$CAN/liter, so 1,59$US/0.26 US gal... ), especially for som...

@Steven StGeorges Yeah... that sounds like the world we live in... :(

Well, Diego De la Chin is dead... murdered in his sleep by his Aztec translator girl...  I replaced his head with a standard WA morion head... and made a second one... I tried to find a more ...

@JTam   Good old Ratskins ... the best -underrated- Necromunda gang with Scavvies -mmm Ghouls and Zombies. A pity still MIA in current game setting like Spyers -but alternatives do exist for ...

@William Redford  Dollar stores over here (Quebec) are now more like 5 or 6$CAN... Crossing the Lines to pay a visit to shops in Plattsburgh is quite expensive thanks to gas pricetag. A pity!!!

I have definitely seen wildly different quality levels on Mantic minis. It is too bad that the badgers are not good then. As for Gnome model size, originally I was pretty open minded on size but l...

@Grumpy Gnome I havent seen the Mantic halflings in person, but heard that they are larger than WA halflings. Would size be an issue to you with gnomes?  I do have to say, It looks like the m...

I have been looking for inexpensive 2nd hand Mantic Halflings to pop up on eBay with an eye to converting them to Gnomes. Top hots and mutton chop beards work for Gnomes for me when in the right co...

@Blutze Yeah... I think that head was from the empire militia set. But I am likely gonna change it out... As far as the arms... looking at my Empire Greatswords, they have matching arms, so I thin...

@Frank Reischmann Yes my friend that is one big wish of mine, Eileen and myself missed the kickstarter, and started when we were traders. We both fell in love with the Lieviathans, alien creatures ...

If chins could kill. Do the original GW parts have one puffy and one armored arm?

@Grumpy Gnome I was not fond of the Mantic Halflings when they came out, their Victorian dress and equipment looked too modern and militarised for Hobbits, and the English Setters look beyond silly...

And the Warcraft gnomes are pretty cool, though maybe that should be done for the dwarves. This one. I think in most settings, gnomes end up encroaching on either dwarven or halfling topics and ...

Depends. If it is really just crossbows and halberds, it may indeed not be worth the effort. But even just swords tend to be rare in historical kits (WGA conqs are a welcome exception here), and mo...

Perhaps as SOCOM weapons rather than general issue? 29,000 weapons is a small fraction of force wide replacement. "In its proposed 2023 budget, the force is requesting 29,046 new weapons. But that...

As for folks using miniatures for D&D, no... not everyone does but Dwarven Forge for example is very successful in providing premium terrain for those that do. So it is a big market. I am const...

I will use my Gnomes for skirmish games such as Frostgrave but some folks will use them for bigger battle games like Oathmark, Saga Fantasy, Kings of War, 9th Age, and Dragon Rampant.  Mantic...

@JTam Depends on the edition, D&D 4e and 5e should be played with minis cause rule wise it is less of a headache (to be honest 3.5e player/GMs should probably use minis too) and a lot of peop...

Really fascinating podcast on chariot warfare.  The subject matter expert (SME) has actually driven a chariot on the plains of Troy!  All types of chariot warfare is discussed.  The ...

Hmm. The only real flaw I see with a fantasy upgrade sprue is that you can get the same effect simply by kitbashing spares from different historicals, plus the existing plastic fantasy kits with lo...

@Mark Dewis  Reference: Can they be festooned with mutant space wolf furs and skulls?  

So I gave this some thought.... What are people going to use a 28mm plastic Gnome kit for? D&D?  I know very little about that.  How many Gnomes would one need?  (Don't most pl...

Just to show what it could look like without changing feet, my Persian Headed Halflings that I plan to use as Gnomes  

@William Redford 

The little buildings come in pieces, so you can build them as pictured, or kitbash with them:

https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2022/04/19/army-chooses-sig-sauer-to-build-its-next-generation-squad-weapon/

@Benjamin Hayward Oooh. Looks like a Dollar Tree run is in order. Though the Dollar store is now more like teh $1.19 store.... 

@JTam Yeah... 35mm... But not exactly sure what they mean when they say 35mm... as it looks like board game minis (Conan, Zombicide, etc) that are 35mm are really more closely matching 32mm...&nbs...

I am actually debating dropping my Bones 6 pledge to back this... Or forget about the Fireforge Samurai... The only thing that makes me hesitant is its 35mm... Which, if it matches Zombicide (which...

The miniatures and game looks really good. Do they say what scale the minis are? I love Parente's work:

Hello there!  This stuff isn't trash, but I didn't want to start a whole new topic on Dollar/thrift store finds. I picked these bad boys up at Dollar Tree here in the US (Tau for size referen...

The US Army has finally (supposedly) adopted a new rifle and squad automatic weapon. New Rifle and SAW The rifle seems to offer no real capability increases over the M4 other than the new round...

@JTam A blackpowder RPG, you mean like the ones in Disney’s Animated movie Mulan?  Actually for gnomes I would be okay with a bunch of 15mm high static pose minis armed with gardening...

@Yronimos Whateley  The Trigonists are actually just one of several training simulation enemies and while we are at it nations the US military has created (they even fought zombies once😉). @...

Its wednesday... decided to play with some GW greatsword bits on a conquistador body. Not a bad fit, though I dont really like the head... may replace it. 

@Slow Painter  Using a Skaven Warlock Bombardier to depict some Cawdor Redemptionnist model is quite a brilliant idea.. 

No, sorry... 😢 Unfortunately, I am a latecomer to the Iron Core Universe and only became aware of it after the Kickstarter.I hope Mark starts his project again... it would be nice if there were bo...

saw these on Etsy Etsy link

@Grumpy Gnome  A sincere Well Done!  Convincing conversions. @Caratacus   I prefer the traditional Gnome: If they were going to have a twist.....   Well I can't thi...

Pedicures are what sets us apart from creepy weird squibbly things that crawl out of drains. Thank you! There was a lot of back and forth before I hit it with the yellow. I'm terrible at getting r...