Harpies are made from plastic dinosaur models.
The trick is to get some of reasonable scale for your figures.
I use figures about 9cm nose to tail and which stand about 5cm high alongside Army Men which are about 55mm or so.
It is possible to pay a lot of money for wonderful dinosaur replicas which you will then melt, glue and cut into an alien mess. Look for the cheapest suitable. Make silkpursuriusosauruses out of sowsearuses. Some of the cheapest are made of intractably hard plastic which cannot be burnt bent or glued - beware.
If you find a good model you should buy enough to make your game at once. Otherwise you can find it has gone out of stock and cannot be obtained again, ever.
I found the following candidates on Amazon and Alibaba. You should not pay more than a few dollars for a dozen. Of one set I got 7 out of 9 suitable. Very suitable.
AMAZON
DINOSAURS - hard plastic - delivery may be slow - check reviews. . HERE
and HERE 3 pounds for 6 useable figures is not excessive.
ALIBABA
DINOSAURS - Basic and useable HERE
SKELETONS - Eminently useable HERE
DRAGONS - For flying types - lovely - HERE
Alibaba have an untold range of animals, insects and sea creatures for making aliens from. Next project is to cross lizards, frogs and beetles and crabs.
The best I found were imported by Aldi but vanished quickly - these cost 10 dollars for 12.
The dinosaurs you want for Harpies are the two-legged upright walkers. The very best are balanced leaning forward with their tails held out horizontally.
Stegsoaurs, ceratopians, sauropodians, ankylosaurs and their ilk are for another project. Most sets have about half and half with useable models.
The trick is to get some of reasonable scale for your figures.
I use figures about 9cm nose to tail and which stand about 5cm high alongside Army Men which are about 55mm or so.
It is possible to pay a lot of money for wonderful dinosaur replicas which you will then melt, glue and cut into an alien mess. Look for the cheapest suitable. Make silkpursuriusosauruses out of sowsearuses. Some of the cheapest are made of intractably hard plastic which cannot be burnt bent or glued - beware.
If you find a good model you should buy enough to make your game at once. Otherwise you can find it has gone out of stock and cannot be obtained again, ever.
I found the following candidates on Amazon and Alibaba. You should not pay more than a few dollars for a dozen. Of one set I got 7 out of 9 suitable. Very suitable.
AMAZON
DINOSAURS - hard plastic - delivery may be slow - check reviews. . HERE
and HERE 3 pounds for 6 useable figures is not excessive.
ALIBABA
DINOSAURS - Basic and useable HERE
SKELETONS - Eminently useable HERE
DRAGONS - For flying types - lovely - HERE
Alibaba have an untold range of animals, insects and sea creatures for making aliens from. Next project is to cross lizards, frogs and beetles and crabs.
The best I found were imported by Aldi but vanished quickly - these cost 10 dollars for 12.
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| These are beautiful and in soft plastic. Watch in Aldi for another chance ! |
The dinosaurs you want for Harpies are the two-legged upright walkers. The very best are balanced leaning forward with their tails held out horizontally.
Stegsoaurs, ceratopians, sauropodians, ankylosaurs and their ilk are for another project. Most sets have about half and half with useable models.
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