Minis reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 197 Reddit reviews across 24 subreddits and 36 posts to rank the best Minis brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/wargaming, r/minipainting, r/bulletjournal, r/onepagerules, r/Warhammer. Top-rated brands include Perry Miniatures (4.9/5), Canon (4.0/5), LA's Totally Awesome (5.0/5).
Stats
Reviews197
Subreddits24
Posts36
Brands90
Products41
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#1
Perry Miniatures
4.9
(14)
"Victrix and perry have fantastic 28mm historicals over a wide range of periods"
"Perry make really great simple well proportioned sculpts."
"IMHO the best first 28ish figs for conflicts they cover are going to consistently be Perry Miniatures."
"Perry Miniatures for late medieval and Napoleonic."
"Perrys make excellent figures across their whole range."
"The Perry brothers worked for GW for decades until 2014 on miniature design and now make historical miniatures with a specialty in the Napoleonic Wars."
"I like Perry Miniatures, Artizan, Copplestone Castings and Gripping Beast for historical figures."
"The Perry Twins do a great range of minis, mostly in metal at a pretty fine level of detail."
"For 28mm Perry miniatures are about the best out there for everything from about ACW back."
"Perry miniatures, Warlord Games, Victrix all have great plastic minis that are well sculpted."
#2
Canon
4.0
(13)
"I have the Canon Selphy and I can sign its praises enough."
"Canon Selphy forever. I spent years researching mini-printers. If you want your photos to last and be of the best quality for home prints, get a Selphy."
"I LOVE the SELPHY!"
"The Canon SELPHY is amazing quality! It’s not as easy as some of the smaller printers to whip out but that’s OK because the quality."
"I really like my canon ivy printer! it has the sticker paper like you mentioned too :) "
"I have a Canon Selphy, and I’m really happy with it. Love just being able to use them as fauxlaroids in an album or sticking them directly into a journal, and the print quality is actually decent."
"I was gifted a Canon Ivy for my birthday a couple years ago, it's a zink printer that comes with sticky backing photo paper so it makes it very convenient for bujoing."
"I also have the Ivy and I really like it! My 1 qualm is how quickly the battery drains."
"The Canon SELPHY is overall cheaper and the pictures actually look really good however it is annoying to cut/tape all of the photos."
"I’ve used the canon ivy and HP Sprocket."
#3
LA's Totally Awesome
5.0
(8)
"LA was the only thing able to eat through Rustoleum primer."
"LAs totally awesome"
"LA’s awesome"
"LA's will work better in most cases."
"~48hrs in LA's and same scrub after and they were completely paint free."
"For plastic, LA's Totally Awesome works very well, undiluted."
"LA's totally awesome is amazing"
"LA Totally Awesome if you live in USA, Biostrip 20 if you're in Europe, or soaking in >80% isopropyl alcohol."
#4
Victrix
4.2
(9)
"I really like Victrix. They are nice looking, reasonably scale without being impossible to paint."
"Victrix and perry have fantastic 28mm historicals over a wide range of periods"
"I also like Victrix, Warlord Games, North Star, Brigade Games."
"Victrix for ancients, Dark Ages, and Napoleonics."
"Victrix are excellent, especially their Norman/Saxon/medieval ranges."
"Victrix are nice and the models quite easy to personalise."
"Victrix sell a range of 54mm Napoleonics."
"Perry miniatures, Warlord Games, Victrix all have great plastic minis that are well sculpted."
"Victrix Vikings are my current favorite."
#5
Isopropyl Alcohol
4.1
(8)
"Either Isopropyl Alcohol or Super Clean. I've used both and work amazing"
"I soak mine in isopropyl alcohol for like 40 mins and the paint just falls off"
"91%-99% Isopropyl Alcohol. Try and lay them out as evenly as possible to increase how much surface area gets permeated."
"Isopropyl 91-99%. Let soak for couple hours at least"
"La has an extremely hard time removing retributor gold primer where isopropyl will remove it."
"Isopropyl alcohol or methylated spirits are both extremely good and plastic safe."
"Isopropyl"
"Just get isopropanol and a toothbrush, just washing the minis in iso wont do anything, you need to scrub them too"
#6
Wargames Atlantic
4.0
(7)
"For value I like Wargames Atlantic."
"Fireforge Games, Warlord Games and Wargames Atlantic also make historical miniatures but I find many of their ranges to be too stylized and not as realistic."
"Wargames Atlantic have a varied and eclectic range."
"Wargame atlantic is great for both mideval and ww1 and sci-fi stuff."
"[Wargames Atlantic Great War] and [Age of Chivalry] lines are great for a lot of new antioch and heretic legion guys."
"Wargames Atlantic Ooh-Rah box is very good."
"Wargames Atlantic has warehouse in au iirc, so their medieval or dark age ranges could serve you well too."
#7
HP
3.5
(6)
"Sprocket and Phomemo for me. No fading yet, but also inside of old closed journals and notebooks."
"I have a Sprocket too and I have exactly the same experience! Started using it in 2019 and the photos are still exactly how they came out in the first place."
"I bought the hp sprocket because of the sticker feature and I love it. It works fast, it’s convenient and the app interface is super easy."
"I have a Sprocket, a sprocket panorama and a Kodak mini retro 2."
"I have both an HP Sprocket and a Canon SELPHY. The Sprocket is definitely easier and more convenient to use however the photos look like ass and the paper is super expensive."
"I have the Sprocket, it's actually a Zink printer- they do use heat but not in the same way as older black and white thermal printers. So far mine have held up."
#8
Warlord Games
4.0
(5)
"I also like Victrix, Warlord Games, North Star, Brigade Games."
"Fireforge Games, Warlord Games and Wargames Atlantic also make historical miniatures but I find many of their ranges to be too stylized and not as realistic."
"Warlord Games newer ranges are excellent."
"Warlord Games pretty much has the market cornered for WW2 in 28mm."
"Perry miniatures, Warlord Games, Victrix all have great plastic minis that are well sculpted."
#9
Yoto
5.0
(4)
"We own 3 minis with 3 different colored jackets."
"So yeah, two. ☺️"
"The answer is 2! My dudes actually have 2 each. 2 minis & 2 regular sized."
"Definitely 2… I have 2 kids (not twins) and bought a mini for my oldest, regular for the youngest and they still fight over the mini."
#10
Simple Green
5.0
(4)
"Simple green works great. Plus it's nontoxic."
"Simple Green to work its way deeper. I've found that primer may not be dissolved away, but will usually soften."
"This is the only thing I use. It's amazing!"
"Simple green"
#11
Super Clean
5.0
(4)
"After watching his vid i switched to Super Clean. i find iso alcohol to finicky."
"I used it for some miniatures and left it a week? or a couple days at least. and it works wonders."
"I’ve had good results with Super Clean."
"I use an enzyme based cleaner. Super clean, purple power, la totally awsome."
#12
Biostrip
4.8
(4)
"Bio strip is my go to"
"I treated them with Biostrip and then restored hair with professional conditioner."
"Just get nontoxic, solvent-free gel paint stripper. In the UK and EU home strip or bio strip are pretty common."
"Another vote for Biostrip here but for the love of GOD wear gloves."
#13
Kill Team
4.5
(4)
"Nemesis claw for sure - you get 15 heads for the night lords plus all the legionnaires heads, and weapons… the amount of extra stuff you get is actually amazing"
"Kill team nemesis claw and the Jump Lord (when released) or a converted Haarken are good options."
"Kill team or combat patrol I would recomend."
"Cause you can see wheather you like painting 'em, building 'em or whatever!"
#14
Reaper
4.0
(4)
"Otherwise I do Reaper for higher fantasy."
"They're cheap, fairly durable, and there's a lot of variety to choose from"
"Etsy or Reaper minis usually. I also keep an eye on ebay."
"Reaper Miniatures is currently running a trial with Michael's craft stores, that have a number of their Bones line of minis available."
#15
HeroForge
5.0
(3)
"Hero forge has a lot of great modern options and the STLs are relatively cheap and easy to print."
"Highly recommend HeroForge as well."
"HeroForge is probably the best one out there."
#16
Dunkeldorf
5.0
(3)
"Dunkeldorf miniatures are excellent, the perfect aesthetic."
"The Dunkeldorf minis by King Games are also appropriately low fantasy."
"Dunkeldorf and Knightmare are great for PCs."
#17
Necrons
5.0
(3)
"Necrons as they’re pretty simple, tyranids as they’re all skin and scale with no clothing, nurgle daemons as you can be as messy as you like and nurgles rot covers all sins."
"Necrons by far the easiest to paint."
"I recommend necrons, tyranids, custodes and space marines as basic factions in both gameplay and painting."
#18
Apple
4.7
(3)
"We have two minis in our bedroom and love it!"
"I recently swapped it for two HomePod minis and I am delighted."
"I’d argue the minis have better sound. Both are excellent though."
#19
Spectre Miniatures
4.3
(3)
"Spectre miniatures makes some really nice moderns with a wide variety of countries represented."
"I second spectre miniatures."
"Spectre Miniatures are worth a look."
#20
Stargrave
4.0
(3)
"Hey! Cheapo version for Grimdark Firefight: Stargrave. They are decent sculpts with less details."
"Stargrave and Frostgrave kits are fairly affordable and really fun to build and paint."
"Look into brands like stargrave, wargame atlantic, and other brands."
#21
Games Workshop
3.3
(3)
"I'm hard pressed to name a company that produces better looking miniatures than Games Workshop."
"Probably Games Workshop honestly, but I really wish they would go back to making modular kits."
"Games work shop have a house style that's over festooned with details and they champher all the edges that are supposed to be sharp."
#22
Medbury Miniatures
5.0
(2)
"Medbury is making some of the best new figures."
"Medbury Miniatures might float your boat because they are low fantasy / historical, affordable and great quality."
#23
mz4250
5.0
(2)
"Mz4250's collection of minis has been amazing. If you are looking to print a bunch to start your collection I would recommend paying the like $8(cad) for access to the patron mega drive for a month."
"Mz4250 is your guy. Check his work out and enjoy it. You definitely can cancel any of thr other subs if you start using his work. And it's all free!"
#24
Monstrous Encounters
5.0
(2)
"I'll second Monstrous Encounters. They do mostly HeroQuest looking stuff, but I also like a lot of the other things they've done."
"Monstrous Encounters is great if you want something that looks like Heroquest."
#25
Arturia
5.0
(2)
"I use a minilab 3 with my Digitone 2. It has 25 keys, 8 encoders, 4 faders, 8 pads."
"Arturia Minilab 3 has a Midi out and has 25 keys."
#26
Vermilion Miniatures
4.5
(2)
"Vermillion minis does gods work."
"Not sure if they have a printing option but Vermilion Miniatures does good designs."
#27
Kodak
4.5
(2)
"Canon mini retro 2. It uses the same technology as print shops so the prints are durable."
"In my opinion, the Kodak is better quality."
#28
Wildspire
4.5
(2)
"Wildspire are amazing for kids. Decent detail, fun models, around a dollar each if you buy a box of them."
"Wildspire (can find them on Amazon) is generally like $1 per mini and frostgrave/stargrave are generally pretty cheap for what you get for the price."
#29
Empress Miniatures
4.0
(2)
"Empress Miniatures have some that would work in these ranges."
"Empress Miniatures makes an extensive range of 'ultra modern' miniatures."
#30
Anvil Industry
4.0
(2)
"Anvil industry have excellent stuff."
"Anvil industry does contemporary female military armour wearing units, but while the quality is good, I'm not a huge fan of the sculpts as I find they a little bland."
#31
Printable Heroes
4.0
(2)
"I quite enjoy using Printableheroes.com with a Silhouette cutter."
"Printableheroes.com... Printable heroes are great if you have nice thick paper and a color printer."
#32
Space Marines
4.0
(2)
"Space marines, tyranids, and Tau are the easiest to paint."
"Space Marines are really easy to paint."
#33
North Star Military Figures
4.0
(2)
"North Star Military Figures also makes great quality minis and is inexpensive."
"I'd suggest having a look at North Star Military Figures, specifically the FrostGrave range."
#34
Fireforge Games
3.0
(2)
"Fireforge Games, Warlord Games and Wargames Atlantic also make historical miniatures but I find many of their ranges to be too stylized and not as realistic."
"Otherwise I do Fireforge, Onmioji and Signum Games."
#35
Pendraken
5.0
(1)
"Lots of variety. Inexpensive. Easy to base and use."
#36
Windsor & Newton
5.0
(1)
"Windsor & Newton sable hair brushes, size 1, 2, 0, 000 (incredible high end brushes."
#37
Cult of Paint
5.0
(1)
"Cult of paint airbrush"
#38
Raphael
5.0
(1)
"A couple of kolinsky sable brushes are excellent and everyone needs a new one."
#39
Warhammer Underworlds
5.0
(1)
"The Warhammer Underworlds warband boxes make for great encounters / player figures."
#40
Frostgrave
5.0
(1)
"Buy yourself a Frostgrave cult box to use for heads and you’ll have Cawdor!"
#41
Atlan Forge
5.0
(1)
"Design great 3D print Black Templar proxy models."
#42
Splintered Light Miniatures
5.0
(1)
"If you are willing to scale down to 15mm or just just prefer smaller minis, splintered light minis are phenomenal."
#43
Twistweald
5.0
(1)
"For something smaller I'd probably go with the Twistweald which are on preorder currently. They're really cool models."
#44
Avatars of War
5.0
(1)
"I love avatars of war and highland miniatures."
#45
Creality
5.0
(1)
"I strongly recommend buying a 250$ 3d printer like a Creality Ender 3."
#46
Dungeons and Lasers
5.0
(1)
"Dungeons and lasers do high quality adorable plastic mini well worth a look."
#47
Dark Sword Miniatures
5.0
(1)
"Dark Sword Miniatures and Westfalia Miniatures. Both are fantastic."
#48
Dettol
4.0
(1)
"I find that a soak in Dettol (for a day or two) followed by a scrub with an old toothbrush works very well on plastic miniatures."
#49
White Dragon
4.0
(1)
"White Dragon have some, maybe Spectre, Anvil was mentioned and they are great!"
#50
North Star
4.0
(1)
"I also like Victrix, Warlord Games, North Star, Brigade Games."
#51
Brigade Games
4.0
(1)
"I also like Victrix, Warlord Games, North Star, Brigade Games."
#52
Oathmark
4.0
(1)
"Oathmark is one of my favorite fantasy ranges"
#53
Rubicon
4.0
(1)
"My pick though would be Rubicon as they are the best 28mm scale tanks."
#54
Artizan
4.0
(1)
"I like Perry Miniatures, Artizan, Copplestone Castings and Gripping Beast for historical figures."
#55
Copplestone Castings
4.0
(1)
"I like Perry Miniatures, Artizan, Copplestone Castings and Gripping Beast for historical figures."
#56
Gripping Beast
4.0
(1)
"I like Perry Miniatures, Artizan, Copplestone Castings and Gripping Beast for historical figures."
#57
Star Wars: Legion
4.0
(1)
"Star Wars: Legion is another great game that has gorgeous miniatures."
#58
Arbiter Minis
4.0
(1)
"Arbiter minis has some classic looking minis that might work. Oh and brite minis!"
#59
WizKids
4.0
(1)
"For fire giants, WizKids have pre-painted ones that aren’t too expensive."
#60
Marvel
4.0
(1)
"The miniatures are good quality and a nice size"
#61
Dungeons and Lazers
4.0
(1)
"Very cute and most look pretty durable."
#62
Paper Minis
4.0
(1)
"I also recommend paper minis; I use them all the time for armies I can't afford to buy."
#63
Proacryl
4.0
(1)
"Higher ends paints like proacryl that have various lines and special groupings."
#64
Kickstarter
4.0
(1)
"A good Kickstarter ends up with a ton of miniatures for around 2 bucks per."
#65
Miniatures
4.0
(1)
"Used minis are good minis"
#66
Etsy
4.0
(1)
"Etsy has a lot of miniatures with a fairly solid price."
#67
Perry
4.0
(1)
"I would recommend the different boxed sets from Perry, Oathmark, Fireforge, Wargames Atlantic and North Star."
#68
Army Painter
4.0
(1)
"Army painter works great for beginners and has a lot of cheap starter sets."
#69
Reaper Bones
4.0
(1)
"They're good, and relatively inexpensive--around 4€ a piece."
#70
Contemptor Dreadnought
4.0
(1)
"The contemptor dreadnought is also a really neat kit."
#71
Titancraft
4.0
(1)
"Titancraft lets you make minis and download the STLs for free."
#72
Fallout Wasteland Warfare
4.0
(1)
"Try looking for vendors and creators making minis for Fallout Wasteland Warfare, Necromunda and the Zone Wars miniatures games."
#73
Frost
4.0
(1)
"You can buy single sprues of frost/star grave minis on eBay."
#74
MyMiniFactory
4.0
(1)
"You should checkout these; https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-sg-team-156553."
#75
Card Stands
4.0
(1)
"Get these card stands print out your minis on some thick card stock and cut them out."
#76
Enemy Spotted Studios
4.0
(1)
"Enemy Spotted Studios has what you need."
#77
Anvil Industries
4.0
(1)
"Anvil industries do an unofficial line of Stargate minis."
#78
Footsore Miniatures
4.0
(1)
"Footsore miniatures."
#79
BLKOUT
4.0
(1)
"BLKOUT minis will work for the more sci-fi aspect of it."
#80
North Star Figures
4.0
(1)
"I quite like the official models for Frostgrave."
#81
Scibor
4.0
(1)
"I like Scibor for Dwarfs."
#82
King Room
3.0
(1)
"King room k3ps pro V2 could also be a cheap option"
#83
Black Spray Primer
3.0
(1)
"So my answer to OP is black spray primer"
#84
The Silver Bayonet
3.0
(1)
"The Silver Bayonet is what you might want to check out."
#85
Onmioji
3.0
(1)
"Otherwise I do Onmioji and Signum Games."
#86
Signum Games
3.0
(1)
"Otherwise I do Signum Games."
#87
Dollar Store
3.0
(1)
"You could get army men from the dollar store to try it all out."
#88
Oak Bound
3.0
(1)
"Oak bound minis has the failed reisan."
#89
Temu
3.0
(1)
"Temu isn’t to bad for leader models."
#90
em4 Miniatures
3.0
(1)
"Em4miniatures has the cheapest minis I am aware of."
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