Fantasy Flight Arkham Horror Monster Miniatures & Minis in General (spoilers)

[Drakli]

I'm running a game of Carrion Crown that just got to Wake of the Watcher.

I've been sorting through my D&D Miniatures, weighing the options of using a Treant from Giants of Legend against a Beholder Ultimate Tyrant from Dangerous Delves to represent the Dark Young of Shub-Niggurath. The Treant captures the tree-like aspects and has the thick trunky legs; and the Beholder has the body shape, and the the eye-stalks pass for tentacles.

But it wasn't quite gelling, so I went online and did a search.

Then I happened across Fantasy Flight's Arkham Horror Monster Miniatures and found they have a Dark Young figure.

I was wondering if anyone had any experience with the figure line and could tell me how well the fig would work in a Pathfinder game. I read that it was the right size to be a huge creature for a 25mm game. I can't remember if the D&D and Pathfinder Battles minis are 25mm or 30mm scale... well... no, to be honest, I know nothing about Mini scales.

I was also considering grabbing a Gug and perhaps a Mi-go or two, but the bases look a bit big... at least for the mi-go it looks like it'd be large for a medium creature.

Anyone have experience with their figure line in general and their suitability for use in the Pathfinder RPG? Thoughts on the look of the figures would help too. Everyone has a different idea of how Mythos monsters look.

While we're on the topic, does anyone have suggestions on what I should use for minis for:

Hounds of Tindalos

Shantak

Moit of Shub-Niggurath

Gug

Dimensional Shambler

Mi-Go

Dark Young

Any other Mythos Monsters from Wake of the Watcher I forgot.

Wizards of the Coast miniatures are the ones I have the most of, and I'm toying with Fantasy Flight figures, but I could swing other ones in a pinch if they were good.

[Helaman]

I have played - not owned - with a set of the character minis and it was cooooool. The price is steep. Not sure I'd pay for monster minis

[cibet44]

I've looked but never found anything that was the right combination of price and usefulness.

I'm pretty sure Paizo will be filling the "mythos monsters miniature gap" at some point in the future.

[Nathonicus]

RAFM is your friend. Some of these classic minis are quite good, including a fine Hound of the Tindalos, Byakhee, and Dark Young:

www.rafm.com

[stuart haffenden]

Hounds of Tindalos

Shantak Manticore?

Moit of Shub-Niggurath Any snake?

Gug Girallon

Dimensional Shambler ?? Zombie/babau

Mi-Go ????

Dark Young Treant?

Any other Mythos Monsters from Wake of the Watcher I forgot.

[Drakli]

stuart haffenden wrote:

Suggestions

Thanks for the good suggestions!

So far, for the Moit, though, I'm using mind-flayer minis, since they're masses of tentacles emerging from a humanoid torso.

[Justin Franklin]

The Arkham Horror Dark Young is the perfect size. Anything that is medium however is on a large base.

[Drakli]

I just got the Dark Young and it is fabulous. Looks better in person than in the online photos, and the base is just perfect.