There are several war games miniature companies that make pulp figures,which would certainly work. The aptly named Pulp Figures by Bob Murch, Copplestone Castings, Artizan miniatures has a line also. 1st Corps has cars and drivers from that time period. 4Ground has miniatures and terrain/buildings. That is just a small sampling.
If you’re still looking for some 1920’s miniatures, Reaper has a line for Dead Lands Noir, which takes place during the Great Depression, so 1932. Close enough to take a look at.
There are quite a few Heroclix that fit the bill, think Kingpin, J Jonah Jameson, muggers and thugs etc. They just need to be rebased which is not difficult to do. That Oddjob was called Tasker Henchman and it was part of Reaper's Chronoscope line. For some reason I also own that miniature.
I've been on a channel binge recently and found this off of the reccomended of your more recent miniatures video. It's pretty amazing to see how your style of video has evolved since this video was posted, and I enjoy your content a lot.
Id suggest picking up mansions of madness by fantasy flight. With all the expansions you'll get tons of investigators and monsters along with tiles. Its a fun game in itself.
And their new plastics are fantastic. I just picked up one box each of their male and female cowboys from the Dead Man's Hand line for some weird west games.
That one is Yig near the end. My favorite miniature for COC is from Grenadier Champions called "Normals" There is a middle aged lady holding a book who is just so perfect as a female investigator or librarian. She rocks. It's a 3 set and there is a Dilletente looking chick and a modern lady with a boom box (sucks) that is not useful for 1920's. Another favorite is Rafm's Professor who is checking out occult tome and is also decked out with his trusty dog but I use them as different folks.
Great collection. I must have about half of these lead models plus a few others for PCs and NPCs, I've clipped some old Batman and Superman heroclix from their bases (police, thugs, mobstrers, thugs, reporters, etc) they are not so off scale, for monsters I have a few old cast lead deep ones and a few D&D Lovecraft inspired monster/abominations minis plus some I've crafted myself, only one card though, now I know what to hunt for.
Some grenadier Miniature ranges are still in production. Look for the italian company Mirliton. They do fantasy and cosmic horror stuff, look for the Nightmare category. I also like the "back of beyond" range from Copplestone Castings and the "Pulp by Bob Murch" ranges (both still in production) which have a lot of interwar, pulp, Indiana-Jones style stuff which perfectly fits Cthulhu. But I am from Europe, so I don´t know if these are avaible in the US.
You can still get the Grenadier minis through Mirilton Miniatures including the Call of Cthulhu ones, they are just renamed now and sold individually, Cthulhu for example is called Hellbeast now. You can find them in the 'nightmares' category in their website. www.mirliton.it/
Just as a slight correction or aside(and I could be wrong), Grenadier miniatures are generally 15mm scale to about 20mm in modern terms. Scale is normally relative to base size and the proportions of the figure, as opposed to just the height, though some companies(gw) mess this up as well. 25mm-28mm today is called Heroic scale, and the stuff from Reaper is made to look normal on a 1 inch base. In comparison, Grenadier looks a lot closer to 15mm offerings from the Flames of War lines than anything 25+mm. Scale creep is a factor for sure, but miniatures in that era weren’t really scaled right to begin with. I actually have some modern minis in plastic that are meant to be in Grenadier scale, as well as my father’s metal minis from AD&D. They’re almost bang on at ~18mm, though the proportions of the newer models are more accurate. Just bringing this up because I think it’s important when talking about figure scales. If you’re super concerned about heights clashing, you can always add extra height with basing material then stick the figures to washers before painting, bringing them closer to modern Heroic.
Hi Seth, great show. I've been GMing in the UK for over thirty years now. Can't seem to let it go. Someone has probably pointed this out, or you know already. but just in case, there is a miniature supplier on ETSY, doing 28 to 30 mm figures that are very nice (especially the lady with pistol and leather flying helmet), called Mick's Bits; just right for 20s Cthulhu I think. Just wanted to get this out there. Thanks for some great entertainment and tips (I'm still learning) - Chris
I've been looking at the plastic Pathfinder, D&D miniatures, they have a good Gug, Moon beast, Yithian, Elder Thing and Mi-Go and a few others. They are prepainted too and only a few bucks. Also check out Heroclix for Occultist. Cut them off their Heroclix base and glue them to small wooden disc from craft store. They look decent enough.
I agree, the Mi-Go, Gug, Elder, and moon beast are all good. There are a several very applicable from the DreamBlade mini game that could be very applicable to CoC, as well... like the various mad scientists, zombies, skeletons, the Gutsoup Golem, Whispering Imp, Bloodsucker, and, one of my favorites of all time, the Octorilla! A gorilla with an enraged octopus as a head!
I’m surprised that you didn’t mention the Mansions of Madness game from FFF. There are lots of nice monsters and a few investigators in the box. FFF also released a now discontinued line of prepainted monsters and investigators that are quite nice as well.
Reaper Bones Chronoscope makes a cheap source now... And the fantasy lines have easily CoC'd minis like robed cultists, a Shoggoth, a smaller (four tiles) Cthulhu demon and a huge $40 actual Cthulhu.
This is four years late, but, Deep Madness (Diemension Games) has Lovecraft-esc figures that could be used for deep ones. The Rashaar faction from the game CARNEVALE (TT Combat) has some deep ones and cultist figures. Horrorclix (wizkids) had a Cthulhu figure whose size would be perfect for star spawn. Sometimes you can find them on Ebay. Strange Eons (Uncle Mike’s Worldwide) has some good figures and scenery pieces, but I don’t know if they are still in business. The web site is still up.
Thanks a lot for sharing your experience and Call of Cthulhu reviews. I was looking for cool and affordable 1920s to 1940s vehicles for my Pulp Cthulhu game without success. The Lesley Matchbox Model of Yesteryears are perfect. I got some good deals on eBay. Thanks again!
I had a set of old CoC minis that were the same character in 3 poses. One was the professor with book, professor looked haggard, and professor looking crazed holding a gun to his own head. If you want some CoC beasties, I would look at the Cthulhu Wars game. Lots of minis, and they are big and chunky for the monsters. Also you get a good game.
@@TheSmart-CasualGamer RAFM's approach to PC minis was to depict a slow descent into madness. The final stage was usually darkly comedic in some sense. The investigator running away with the tentacle chasing after him was one such mini with the final stage of madness. It's kind of a spin on the 3-Stage Player Characters fantasy minis Ral Partha did, showing an adventurer leveling up and sporting better gear as a result.
Just looking at this, it reminded me of an easy option for a lot of the more pulp era minis for the characters that are more "normal" people rather than the pulp heroes and quite good for investigators is to look at the O scale railroad miniatures meant for setups. There's a lot of them that fit the 1920's and are extremely cheap. You might end up with a pile of multiples, but it's normally still extremely cheap (Sure, you might have 5 of each mini in the set, but you're paying something like $20 for 50 of them).
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I recently picked up a lot of Reaper minis for PCs, NPCs, cultists, and Eldritch horror monsters. I haven’t had much luck finding battle maps to play on that fit the time period. Something like Paizo’s flipmats for Pathfinder (fantasy) and scifi (Starfinder). Do you know of anyone who makes those, either as a mat or a printable pdf?
The middle miniature at 7:27 is from Space: 1889, I think. A ship's captain. Doesn't he have a telescope in one hand and a sword on his belt? Nice painting on these. The three packs from RAFM usually were meant to be three versions of the same investigator at different points in their investigative career. I also use Matchbox Models of Yesteryear. Love em! I like the ones that are 1:48 scale personally, which also goes with the model planes I sometimes use in scenarios. I got a 1:48 scale PT boat I hope to use at some point too. Great information. Thanks.
I just use 25 mm Peeples board game pawns for full sized humans and 16 mm Meeples for half sized ones like Tcho-Tchos. That gives me more time to focus on monsters, and let's players project their character better on them.
Thanks for this review of older miniatures out there and their size differences! Are you thinking of a new one using miniatures from Arkham Horror / Mansions of Madness, Cthulhu: Death May Die, The Godfather: Corleone's Empire, Crooked Dice, Cthulhu Wars, more new RAFM, and anything else that you might now be sourcing?
Here's a couple links to 2 female miniatures by black tree design, one with a smg, one with a rifle. eoeorbisuk.com/collections/ww2-soviets/products/ww2100-russian-partisans-with-lmgs-4?variant=4539426115 eoeorbisuk.com/collections/ww2-soviets/products/ww2107-russian-partisans-with-rifles-i-4?variant=4539427267
RAFM made some "Jersey Barriers" for miniatures. For the life of me, I cannot figure out of all items, why make these for COC?? Do you have any insight on this?
So nowadays we have Cthulhu Wars as a source for monsters and cultists. But if you thought the RAFM deep ones looked to much like frogs, man you will not like the Cthulhu Wars ones. (a lot of the designs, IMO, are very tryhard and lame, but some manage to be solid) Your Proto-Shoggoth was an old Metal Magic piece from their Dunwich Detectives range. The line is still in production by EM4 Miniatures if you ever want more investigators and monsters.
Size might be an issue but wyrd miniatures have a late 1800s early 1900s aesthetic, and one of their teams is journalists many of are female and would look good in 1920s setting imo
hi mate I need some adivec im about to start playing in a game of what I think are new player and I've been told that most of them are going to be using Evil character I was going to play like a fighter there to guilded the un expriced character thought the fist cupple of characters. os its DnD 5th edi what should I do play an Lawful evil character to help keep them on track?
My best advice is just to come up with a fun character with a personality and whatever quirks or backstory you think would be fun in the long run (some ideas are fun for 1-3 sessions but get old once the novelty wears off, so find something you believe will be long-term fun). Make sure the personality would work well with other PCs who happen to be evil. Once done, figure out what alignment fits that character. Essentially, don't start with alignment and then build a character around it, but focus on making a fun character and figure out what alignment they are.
i kinda just wish that places like reaper would take the defects and just sell them per pound. like they just take a scoop and sell them for like 40 or 50 bucks.
There are several war games miniature companies that make pulp figures,which would certainly work. The aptly named Pulp Figures by Bob Murch, Copplestone Castings, Artizan miniatures has a line also. 1st Corps has cars and drivers from that time period. 4Ground has miniatures and terrain/buildings. That is just a small sampling.
Kinda cool to see how much has changed over the course of a few years in regards to Cthulhu miniatures from when you first posted this and now. 🤔
If you’re still looking for some 1920’s miniatures, Reaper has a line for Dead Lands Noir, which takes place during the Great Depression, so 1932. Close enough to take a look at.
There are quite a few Heroclix that fit the bill, think Kingpin, J Jonah Jameson, muggers and thugs etc. They just need to be rebased which is not difficult to do.
That Oddjob was called Tasker Henchman and it was part of Reaper's Chronoscope line. For some reason I also own that miniature.
I've been on a channel binge recently and found this off of the reccomended of your more recent miniatures video. It's pretty amazing to see how your style of video has evolved since this video was posted, and I enjoy your content a lot.
The Mansions of Madness board game is a great source for Call of Cthulhu miniatures.
Id suggest picking up mansions of madness by fantasy flight. With all the expansions you'll get tons of investigators and monsters along with tiles. Its a fun game in itself.
1920's appropriate miniatures, vehicles, and buildings are available from The Chicago Way miniatures game www.greatescapegames.co.uk/chicago-way.html
And their new plastics are fantastic. I just picked up one box each of their male and female cowboys from the Dead Man's Hand line for some weird west games.
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I unleash my blue eyes white dragons. Only one more, and your're DONE for Yugi!
I think that one serpent person looking miniature is Yig.
I was lucky enough to get a couple of sets from eM-4-Miniatures, Dunwich Detectives, that are 28mm
I have a selection of 6 cars
Dunwich Detectives has been 25mm in my experience.
That one is Yig near the end. My favorite miniature for COC is from Grenadier Champions called "Normals" There is a middle aged lady holding a book who is just so perfect as a female investigator or librarian. She rocks. It's a 3 set and there is a Dilletente looking chick and a modern lady with a boom box (sucks) that is not useful for 1920's. Another favorite is Rafm's Professor who is checking out occult tome and is also decked out with his trusty dog but I use them as different folks.
Holy crap, that is Yig. Sweet. Thanks.
www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/index.php?title=Image:G-champions-309c.jpg
Great collection.
I must have about half of these lead models plus a few others for PCs and NPCs, I've clipped some old Batman and Superman heroclix from their bases (police, thugs, mobstrers, thugs, reporters, etc) they are not so off scale, for monsters I have a few old cast lead deep ones and a few D&D Lovecraft inspired monster/abominations minis plus some I've crafted myself, only one card though, now I know what to hunt for.
And the serpentman like monster you have is Old One Yig from the original Grenadier CoC back from the day.
Some grenadier Miniature ranges are still in production. Look for the italian company Mirliton. They do fantasy and cosmic horror stuff, look for the Nightmare category. I also like the "back of beyond" range from Copplestone Castings and the "Pulp by Bob Murch" ranges (both still in production) which have a lot of interwar, pulp, Indiana-Jones style stuff which perfectly fits Cthulhu.
But I am from Europe, so I don´t know if these are avaible in the US.
You can still get the Grenadier minis through Mirilton Miniatures including the Call of Cthulhu ones, they are just renamed now and sold individually, Cthulhu for example is called Hellbeast now. You can find them in the 'nightmares' category in their website.
www.mirliton.it/
Also i found that Reaper has a "cowboy" mini who is The Shadow
Just as a slight correction or aside(and I could be wrong), Grenadier miniatures are generally 15mm scale to about 20mm in modern terms. Scale is normally relative to base size and the proportions of the figure, as opposed to just the height, though some companies(gw) mess this up as well. 25mm-28mm today is called Heroic scale, and the stuff from Reaper is made to look normal on a 1 inch base. In comparison, Grenadier looks a lot closer to 15mm offerings from the Flames of War lines than anything 25+mm. Scale creep is a factor for sure, but miniatures in that era weren’t really scaled right to begin with. I actually have some modern minis in plastic that are meant to be in Grenadier scale, as well as my father’s metal minis from AD&D. They’re almost bang on at ~18mm, though the proportions of the newer models are more accurate.
Just bringing this up because I think it’s important when talking about figure scales. If you’re super concerned about heights clashing, you can always add extra height with basing material then stick the figures to washers before painting, bringing them closer to modern Heroic.
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That diving mini is awesome! :D Thanks for the vid!
Hero forge does custom miniatures and has the capacity to make some nice pulpy ones
Thanks for the video, I'm just starting out my mini collection for CoC 7e games so this is a great primer.
I will warn that it does have some addictive properties when you really get onto the hunt for the rare ones. :-)
Hi Seth, great show. I've been GMing in the UK for over thirty years now. Can't seem to let it go. Someone has probably pointed this out, or you know already. but just in case, there is a miniature supplier on ETSY, doing 28 to 30 mm figures that are very nice (especially the lady with pistol and leather flying helmet), called Mick's Bits; just right for 20s Cthulhu I think. Just wanted to get this out there. Thanks for some great entertainment and tips (I'm still learning) - Chris
Etsy is amazing for us in the UK. I just find it hard to choose and stay under my budget!
I've been looking at the plastic Pathfinder, D&D miniatures, they have a good Gug, Moon beast, Yithian, Elder Thing and Mi-Go and a few others. They are prepainted too and only a few bucks. Also check out Heroclix for Occultist. Cut them off their Heroclix base and glue them to small wooden disc from craft store. They look decent enough.
I just purchased the Gug one (hasn't come in the mail yet) Looks pretty cool from the pics, though.
I agree, the Mi-Go, Gug, Elder, and moon beast are all good. There are a several very applicable from the DreamBlade mini game that could be very applicable to CoC, as well... like the various mad scientists, zombies, skeletons, the Gutsoup Golem, Whispering Imp, Bloodsucker, and, one of my favorites of all time, the Octorilla! A gorilla with an enraged octopus as a head!
I’m surprised that you didn’t mention the Mansions of Madness game from FFF. There are lots of nice monsters and a few investigators in the box. FFF also released a now discontinued line of prepainted monsters and investigators that are quite nice as well.
Reaper Bones Chronoscope makes a cheap source now... And the fantasy lines have easily CoC'd minis like robed cultists, a Shoggoth, a smaller (four tiles) Cthulhu demon and a huge $40 actual Cthulhu.
This is four years late, but,
Deep Madness (Diemension Games) has Lovecraft-esc figures that could be used for deep ones.
The Rashaar faction from the game CARNEVALE (TT Combat) has some deep ones and cultist figures.
Horrorclix (wizkids) had a Cthulhu figure whose size would be perfect for star spawn.
Sometimes you can find them on Ebay.
Strange Eons (Uncle Mike’s Worldwide) has some good figures and scenery pieces, but I don’t know if they are still in business. The web site is still up.
Thanks for sharing with us. Love your channel.
Thanks a lot for sharing your experience and Call of Cthulhu reviews. I was looking for cool and affordable 1920s to 1940s vehicles for my Pulp Cthulhu game without success. The Lesley Matchbox Model of Yesteryears are perfect. I got some good deals on eBay. Thanks again!
I had a set of old CoC minis that were the same character in 3 poses. One was the professor with book, professor looked haggard, and professor looking crazed holding a gun to his own head.
If you want some CoC beasties, I would look at the Cthulhu Wars game. Lots of minis, and they are big and chunky for the monsters. Also you get a good game.
Holding a GUN TO HIS HEAD? Jesus, that's a bit morbid, even for Lovecraftian legends.
@@TheSmart-CasualGamer RAFM's approach to PC minis was to depict a slow descent into madness. The final stage was usually darkly comedic in some sense. The investigator running away with the tentacle chasing after him was one such mini with the final stage of madness.
It's kind of a spin on the 3-Stage Player Characters fantasy minis Ral Partha did, showing an adventurer leveling up and sporting better gear as a result.
Mirliton.it has bought the original casts from Grenadier Call of Cthulhu series and you can find many interesting monsters and investigators.
Just looking at this, it reminded me of an easy option for a lot of the more pulp era minis for the characters that are more "normal" people rather than the pulp heroes and quite good for investigators is to look at the O scale railroad miniatures meant for setups. There's a lot of them that fit the 1920's and are extremely cheap. You might end up with a pile of multiples, but it's normally still extremely cheap (Sure, you might have 5 of each mini in the set, but you're paying something like $20 for 50 of them).
Just bought some dunwich miniatures from EM4 miniatures just waiting for them to arrive 25mm look great
The miniature at 17:40 on the right is YIG
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📝 Note i switched to this new channel and swapped all my Tabletop gaming subscriptions to it .
📝 My old channel was Wolfphototech Entertainment .
Neato little figures...🤘🏼💯✔
Another recommendation for Great Escape Games's Dead Man's Hand and The Chicago Way for investigators and NPCs.
I recently picked up a lot of Reaper minis for PCs, NPCs, cultists, and Eldritch horror monsters.
I haven’t had much luck finding battle maps to play on that fit the time period. Something like Paizo’s flipmats for Pathfinder (fantasy) and scifi (Starfinder).
Do you know of anyone who makes those, either as a mat or a printable pdf?
Wonderful collection.
The middle miniature at 7:27 is from Space: 1889, I think. A ship's captain. Doesn't he have a telescope in one hand and a sword on his belt? Nice painting on these. The three packs from RAFM usually were meant to be three versions of the same investigator at different points in their investigative career. I also use Matchbox Models of Yesteryear. Love em! I like the ones that are 1:48 scale personally, which also goes with the model planes I sometimes use in scenarios. I got a 1:48 scale PT boat I hope to use at some point too. Great information. Thanks.
Yes he does. I'd always assumed that it was a night stick under his arm, but now that you mention it, I can see that it's a telescope. Thanks.
I just use 25 mm Peeples board game pawns for full sized humans and 16 mm Meeples for half sized ones like Tcho-Tchos. That gives me more time to focus on monsters, and let's players project their character better on them.
Reaper Bones has a bunch of good ones. Men, woman, monsters, you name it. And you can generally get them on the cheap.
Amazing video, made my day. Keep up the good work!
Actually, the Mi-Go wings are glued on backwards... Also, the unknown serpent man miniature is actually Grenadier's figure for Yig.
Thanks for this review of older miniatures out there and their size differences! Are you thinking of a new one using miniatures from Arkham Horror / Mansions of Madness, Cthulhu: Death May Die, The Godfather: Corleone's Empire, Crooked Dice, Cthulhu Wars, more new RAFM, and anything else that you might now be sourcing?
Some Heroclix figures would work too.
Here's a couple links to 2 female miniatures by black tree design, one with a smg, one with a rifle.
eoeorbisuk.com/collections/ww2-soviets/products/ww2100-russian-partisans-with-lmgs-4?variant=4539426115
eoeorbisuk.com/collections/ww2-soviets/products/ww2107-russian-partisans-with-rifles-i-4?variant=4539427267
RAFM made some "Jersey Barriers" for miniatures. For the life of me, I cannot figure out of all items, why make these for COC?? Do you have any insight on this?
I'm as lost as you are on that one. Never made much sense to me.
So nowadays we have Cthulhu Wars as a source for monsters and cultists. But if you thought the RAFM deep ones looked to much like frogs, man you will not like the Cthulhu Wars ones. (a lot of the designs, IMO, are very tryhard and lame, but some manage to be solid)
Your Proto-Shoggoth was an old Metal Magic piece from their Dunwich Detectives range. The line is still in production by EM4 Miniatures if you ever want more investigators and monsters.
Size might be an issue but wyrd miniatures have a late 1800s early 1900s aesthetic, and one of their teams is journalists many of are female and would look good in 1920s setting imo
4:02 fella in the middle looks like Kochak!
Arcknight makes FPMs for call of cthulhu they're really pretty.
Will you ever get any Arkham Horror or Cthulhu Wars minis?
copplestone do some gangster models and there are some other useable ones in their range
what about minis from mansions of madness boardgame?
FJ A3 Yes, the default board game has a TON of minis and tiles!
hi mate I need some adivec im about to start playing in a game of what I think are new player and I've been told that most of them are going to be using Evil character I was going to play like a fighter there to guilded the un expriced character thought the fist cupple of characters. os its DnD 5th edi what should I do play an Lawful evil character to help keep them on track?
My best advice is just to come up with a fun character with a personality and whatever quirks or backstory you think would be fun in the long run (some ideas are fun for 1-3 sessions but get old once the novelty wears off, so find something you believe will be long-term fun). Make sure the personality would work well with other PCs who happen to be evil. Once done, figure out what alignment fits that character. Essentially, don't start with alignment and then build a character around it, but focus on making a fun character and figure out what alignment they are.
@@SSkorkowsky thanks man was worried I was going t walk in to a murder hobo campaign. ill try and pull them in to soilded rollplay
you can call Odd Job...Hat Chop...because you know.....
Of course even your case was from a kickstarter lol
What is that background image you used in your photos? Thanks.
I think he used the Call of Cthulhu Keeper’s screen.
@@tabletopgamer1595 Yes, thanks for the reply. I didn't have it then, now I do.
A human sized mini?
what is the scale for the cars you said its the right scale but what is that??
Also, not user if you know about these guys pulpfigures.com/ but they do alot of pulp miniatures
i kinda just wish that places like reaper would take the defects and just sell them per pound. like they just take a scoop and sell them for like 40 or 50 bucks.
Nice.
It's alot cheeper
Dude just use roll 20
Great for long distance. But this is for in person.