In a message dated 12/19/99 11:18:12 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
asiddall@... writes:

<< Hello!
     I was wonderin' if you fellows (or Ladies) paint and/or use miniatures
 for your DragonRaid (or otherwide) games? And if so which miniatures
 company do you prefer? I was always partial to Ral Partha miniatures
 myself. Mostly because of the elegant detail. I've been facinated with
 miniatures ever since I learned of their existence, waaaay back in the 80's
 when this hobby was new and my neighbor showed me his (unpainted) lizard
 men, and shambling mound figurines.
     Have any of you folk's seen the Mordheim game put out by Games
 Workshop? It's designed to use small scirmisher units instead of the huge
 army's Warhammer is so renouned for. I dont really like the Warhammer
 setting for Ive always found it a bit too grim and occultic for my
 taste's.(nor do I much like many of their miniatures) Its one of those
 games that if you dont use sorcery, demons, and the like you get
 annihilated by the forces that do(ie every other player).
     But still, I think that scirmisher combat is a nifty concept for
 miniature games. I dont know if such a system would be appropriate for
 DragonRaid, but it might be an interesting thing to mull over. Especially
 for those of you out there who were so interested in mass combat awhile
 ago, scirmisher units might be better suited to the DragonRaid setting.
 
                             May the Lord bless and keep you always!
                                                                      Aaron 
  >>

Hello Raiders,
I have been collecting minitures for my games since like 78. My group and I 
have gotten to the point that we like using them so much we find it hard 
using games that don't have a lot of miniture support. Supers, Swashbucklers 
and stuff like that. Like Aaron I really like Ral Parther figures, although 
the latest figures I have seen from their line have lost alot of their 
detail. Put one of your RP figures from even last year next to the same 
figure from this year and you'll see what I mean. I work at a local game 
store and run the instore demos. So I see alot of figures. The best ones for 
the money that are out right now IMHO are the ones from Reaper Minitures, 
Dark Heavan line. The poses are so life-like and action orrianted. And the 
detail is fantastic. You have to see their Templar. Now that is a Light 
Raider. Their priced right in there with RP. 

As for Warhammer. I have an army of Bretonnian Knights mounted on horseback 
with two units of Archers, and not a spell caster in the bunch. Yes my army 
commander has a "Magic" sword and "Magic" armor. But its funny how just 
wording it as "Holy" sword and Armor on the unit record sheet can do wonders 
for your peace of mind. :-)

If your ever in the Somersworth NH area, stop in the Paperback Bazaar and say 
hi.

God Bless,
Rod