I saw a thread earlier about what mini's to use for various Cauldron chapters. Starting Demonskar tonight and thought I would pass along what I am using for various encounters. My group uses miniatures only. I scan in the maps from the magazine and blow them up to scale for miniature use. So mini's are extremely important in my game. If there are no mini's available, I switch it out with something I have. I'll add to this list as I go along if it helps anyone.
Chapter one:
—Chaos in the streets (Only using miniatures for the key players)
• Maavu Arlintal: using a generic wizard, nothing too fancy
• Sgt. Skylar Krewis: Human Crossbowman (Dragoneye set)
—Fire in the Night
• Large Fire Elementals: Reaper #2779: Fire Elemental
• Pilok Minuta: Reaper barkeep 2583: Townsfolk I
• 1/2 orcs & Rokewko: Reaper 14043: Lurg, Half Orc, 2514: Kang, Half Orc, 2669: Oberon Kane Half-orc & 2708: Janara, Fem Half Orc
D&D mini's: Rask, Half-Orc Chainfighter (22/60 R Deathknell), Krusk (26/80 U Harbringer), Half Orc Fighter (43/80 C Harbringer), Half-Orc Barbarian (26/60 U Archfiiends)
Chainmail miniatures: 1/2 orc fighter, 1/2 orc assasin (good luck finding them)
• Asfelkir Hranleurth: Cleric of Kord (13/60 U Archfiends)
• Kristof Jurgensen: Switched him to a cleric of St. Cuthbert— Cleric of St. Cuthbert
(04/60 U Abberations)
Chapter two:
• Jenya & Tygot— no miniature used (in Jenya's case and others like her I use the faces of Cauldron picture, in the case of Tygot, the picture from the magazine)
• Chisel members— same deal, no mini's. if someone is not needed for a fight, most likely I do not worry about a mini.
• Gnoll Hunters: Chainmail made a gnoll ranger. I've got 4 at my disposal.
Gnoll Archer (52/60 C Archfiends)
• Gnolls: Reaper 2467: Gnoll Marauders / D&D mini's Gnoll (51/60 C Aberrations)
and of course Chainmail released a few different gnoll warriors
• Forest Sloth: Nope, got nothing so I swapped it for another CR11
Fomorian (69/72 UGiants of Legend)
HUNTING TRAIL ENCOUNTERS:
• Gnolls (see above)
• Dire Boars: I'm using the dire boars released for Chainmail but there are others
Reaper 2527: Dire Boar / D&D minis: Dire Boar (34/80 R Harbringer)
• Dire Tiger: Swapped for Dire Bear D&D mini: Dire Bear (26/60 U Deathknell)
Reaper 2878: Dire Bear
• pair of Megaraptors: Swapped for 4 Velociraptors from Ironwind Metals
• 3 Bar-Igura demons: I don't even own the Book of Vile Darkness sooooo swap it for D&D mini's Blue Slaad (41/72 R Giants of Legend)
• Baboons & Werebaboons: Swap 'em! D&D mini's— 4 Forest Trolls (55/60 U Deathknell)
• Allosaur/Ankylosaur: swap time! and yes I'm aware of the CR rating being higher (it's only 1 point higher CR)! D&D mini's Fiendish Tyrannosaurus (68/72 U Giants of Legend)
That's as far as I've gotten ... I'll take any sort of input on my choices and would dig suggestions too.