Cheap Sprue Review: WGA Halfling Militia and a Classic Hobbits Roundup.

[Eilif]

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I recently discovered that McDougall Designs sells Wargames Atlantic (WGA) sprues separately. There are alot of Wargames Atlantic figures that interest me but I have no need for a whole box of 24-40 of them. So, I purchased a variety of single sprues and I'll be reviewing them over time. Note that at this point I have paid the McDougall Designs price for all sprues. If I receive free product to review I'll always note that at the start of the review. The first one on the bench is the Halfling Militia Sprue. Generic Halflings seemed to be a notable missing ...

[manic _miner]

Wargames Illustrated and Miniature Wargames magazines are good sources of free sprues from time to time.

Might be a good idea to buy boxes that you like then sell off the seperate sprues to others in your wargaming circle.

I know that some who collect the 1/72 scale plastic figures have this same problem of not wanting loads of the figures.But at least with the plastic sprues you have many options to make each figure different.

For me the Halfling Militia are on the larger side compared to other makes of Halflings.

Midlam miniatures do a large range for anyone interested in doing an army of the little people.

[Eilif]

Thanks!
Good to know about Midlam Miniatures. If you have it, what's the to-the-eye-measurement on them? Folks reading this article might like to know. You're right that the WGA hobbits have very few compatible ranges. In a future article I'll show how Eccentric miniatures parts can be used to expand this kit into even more types of troops.

As for sprues, splitting boxes is a good idea, but I haven't had much luck finding folks interested. Luckily, there's dealers like McDougall and others (I bought Stargrave sprues separately from Recreational Conflict) who will sell you separate sprues for only a modest increase in the price-per fig.

[manic _miner]

I wonder what the Halflings would look like with Dwarf heads and arms used.

Here is a link to the Midlam Halfling range.

https://www.midlamminiatures.co.uk/half ... cters.html

As to size of them i am not sure.

Midlam did get quite a bit of the old Metal Magic range when they were sold off by Mega miniatures.So they would match thier size if you have any of them?Maybe around the 18mm to eyes level at a guess.

[Eilif]

Thanks for the info about Metal Magic Fantasy and Midlam. I had wondered where many of the Mega-Minis figures went. They Mega Minis range was a contemporary of many of the earlier figures and on the smaller end of size, so my guess is that the size is closer to 16-17mm, but I don't know for sure. They sure do make alot of them!

As for the WGA halflings, I don't think they'd play well with most dwarves figure parts who tend to be larger and much stockier. The halfling arms and hands are quite small. Might be worth trying with the Oathmark dwarves though if you've got a sprue lying around. If you're looking at converting these guys, I think you'll like an upcomign review of the Eccentric minis parts.