@JTam "If you didn't want to go the file print route you could probably use a regular A-10 model painted blue with appropriate decals would get you to a 86% solution." An 80% solution is more tha...

@JTam  Yeah, seen them on FB last night. Looks like there are going to be lots of options on the sprues!

I went with "other" - I'd rather see WA's artists and sculptors let their imaginations go someplace unique that nobody else has done before. At the bottom of my list of things I'd want to see is t...

I like the Gnome Guard sculpts but the do not lend themselves to blending well with other Gnome models, particularly those converted from WGA Halflings.  I also like Midlam Miniatures Gnomes....

Two weapons just for “close combat forces” seems a lot like more the Rangers getting SCARs than the US Army changing its main rifle. Ammunition commonality will be an issue not just wit...

Looking good.  Nice basing! I base everything pre WW1 and fantasy on square bases too.  Just gives you more options. Looking forward to seeing the more Hoplite style ones....

@Grumpy Gnome  I wasn't tracking the UK Rangers either.  Seems like a very recently formed formation.  Strange to start a new unit (if I'm understanding everything correctly) when t...

@Grumpy Gnome  These weapons are supposedly to be fielded to all US Army "close combat forces."  I would assume that translates to grunts, cav scouts, FISTERS, and SF.   It to...

There is another dollar tree Close-ish, so I plan on going Saturday to see if I can find some more of the houses. 

@William Redford  Hate you... especially for all that Final Faction stuff (Kharn Synthoid is an absolute must-have for kitbash, same for all these accessories kits) .. and look at those littl...

@Slow Painter get some narrow masking tape. That helps with that look a great deal - paint and shade the base yellow, let it dry, then put tape strips where you want the yellow stripes to be and pa...

Finally managed to get one of my box o' skelleis finished. A few more are close to completion. Here's an archer - the square base is to allow him for use in Wargods or Dragon Rampant (or whatever ...

One possible option for Gnomes is to look at 20mm ranges.  These guys from Copplestone's Gaslands range would convert to tech Gnomes fairly easily: Or 10mm or 15mm for lawn ornament sized ...

A box of fantasy accessories is £15 from NorthStar. Your choice of two kinds of Wizard stuff or one of Non-Wizard stuff. Plus you get 8 male or 8 female Wizards or 10 non-Wizards as a bonus....

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/