Comments on: Fistful of Lead: All the Monsters on a Budget

By: Jonathan Drain

Jonathan Drain — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:38:06 +0000

The Caesar miniatures link has changed. The new link is here.

By: Grace Elvington

Grace Elvington — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:21:55 +0000

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By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:17:30 +0000

@Noumenon, I have the Adventurer pack of the Caesar minis and they’re 1:72 scale. They’re in scale with the original D&D minis made by Grenadier, but smaller than Reaper minis if that helps.

I use Papo and Safari figures to stand in for monsters and giants and they work beautifully!

I too was hoping to see the other sets, because if I can pick up orcs, dwarves, and elves–well then I can convert everything over quite nicely and inexpensively.

Alas, as the previous post cites, the links are dead.

By: Ramone

Ramone — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:13:32 +0000

Many of the links in the appendix are broken.

(Amazon and Caesar)

By: hobgoblin

hobgoblin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:58:03 +0000

I would also add slime in a can which you can find it in just about any Toy Store.

By: Nick Buhr

Nick Buhr — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:46:06 +0000

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By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:12:01 +0000

Thanks so much for this list! I’ll definitely be combing through each one of these.

Too bad none of them are in Japan… :-\

By: Noumenon

Noumenon — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:22:17 +0000

The Caesar Miniatures look great, and they are a great price, but, being 1/72 scale, they seem a little small. Does anyone have experience using these in conjunction with a standard 1-inch battle map? How do they look?

Can anyone confirm this? The Caesar minis are basically as tall as a regular mini’s base is wide? That would make them too short next to D&D minis, I would think.

Sadly, the bag o’ knights to use for giants is out of stock and basically not available on the Internet any more.

I mainly use the Fiery Dragon Counter Collection. I rotate two to face each other and print them on 3×5 card stock. They stand up like an easel and don’t blow away, and look awesome! I’ll mail a Word doc to anyone who wants to try it.