This section will be to suggest proxies for future (and present) Chronopia miniatures. Please mail me all you suggestions and ideas (which I will accredit to you.)

A large part of the problem, though it's not actually negative, is that the Chronopia figures have a very unique look to them. It's a pain finding a figure that looks like the Firstborn or the Elves. However, we can still try.

I fully support Target and their endeavors, and realize that they make the majority of their money off the miniatures. However, they don't have all models available immediately, and in some cases, we players might not like the current official model, or might want a little variety.

All miniature company URLs listed at the bottom of the page.
A number of the pictures were taken from 1999's Reaper Miniatures Painting Contest.

Please note that all Ral Partha numbers are from the old numbering scheme before they were bought by FASA. Most if not all the figures will remain in production, but the numbers will change to the new scheme. Just fair warning.

GENERAL:

• Banners: Want a banner for the back of one of your models? Here's one easy method.
  

DEVOUT:

• Risen: OK, this should be a section unto itself. Target's Risen, while very nice looking, are not economically viable considering how many Risen most players field. So it comes down to which companies' proxies you prefer.
  
  • Swordsmen: Reaper, Skeletons with Scimitars (5034). Catalog Picture.
    
  • Archers: Reaper, Skeletons with Bows (5002). Catalog Picture. "I got some absolutely fab skellie archers from Harlequin." [Manos] Old Heartbreaker Fantasy Army skeletons with bows. [Sniper]
    
  • Skeletal Knight: RAFM, mounted skeleton with sword and shield. Sniper also suggests the Famine horsemen, from Reaper. Catalog Picture. "Mounted GW Wraith Champion and Mounted GW Wraith (the first is better but more expensive, like 12 bucks, yes he is GW priced to sale.)" [Horned God]
    
  • Greater Undead: The niftiest is Reaper's Dire Dead Eradicator (#2270) Catalog Picture. Contest Picture.
    I also have Ral Partha's Skeletal Giant (11-496) and I will probably also grab Ral Partha's Skeletal Giant (02-940) when I can find it.
    
• Necromancer: Reaper, Kothmar, Evil Priest (#2153). Catalog Picture. Contest Picture.
  
• Dusk Realm Warriors: "I picked up some GW Beastmen. only one of the 4 designs has a sword, but they all have shields and some nifty horns for that Ram attack. they look prety good painted up in the same scheme as your DR Demon." [Stroh] "Converted Dark Eyes... remove one sword and add a shield." [Sniper] Personally, I use a bunch of OOP GW Chaos Warriors I nabbed at an auction, the Devout symbol looks so nice on their shields...
  
• Dusk Realm Demon: ?
  
• Greater Demon of the Twillight: Ral Partha's Mizor, Demon Lord (with rebasing, of course.) #01-186. Catalog Picture. Until recently, I also used Reaper's Zombie Werewolf, #2132. Catalog Picture. Sniper also suggests the Zenithian Slaughtermaster, from Target's Warzone line. "Used Legend of the Five Rings Oni no Kamu (the ones with no head but just a mouth and thus had two claws, since it's hard to find demons with no weapons.)" [Horned God] Picture from Plains of Amaterasu
  
• Demon of the Twillight: "Used smaller Oni of the a different type and they too had just claws as per the chronopia stats. They look great and work fine but my friend has a demon (either Ral Partha or RAFM actually) which made a demon kneeling and when painted an evil bloody red like my friend painted him this model (if Target put out one) would probably be better than anything they could do or at least equal it as it really IS the Demon of the Twillight." [Horned God] Sniper again recommends the Zenithian Soulslayer from Warzone.
  
• Demon Knight: I use one of Harlequin's miniatures, a mounted Drakul Knight. Necromancer, from the forum, prefers a GW Archaon.
  
• Forgotten: "I use 4 Devout swordsmen as The Forgotten for LoTR because their description fits them perfectly. I'm starting to think they used them for the swordsmen instead because the original swordsmen looked like the greatswordsmen... bad. :) [Bill Forst.]
  
• Blood Hunters: "Current or OOP GW Dark Elf Cold One riders. They have lances, but they could pass as javelins. The OOP riders held crossbows." [Bill Forst.]
  

ELVES:

• Skyrider (Flying Dragonbane): I may try a conversion using Reaper's new Wyvern, Blacksting. Catalog picture. Also check out Ral Partha's War Dragon with Knight, #01-083. Catalog Picture.
  
• Archers: Ral Partha, High Elf Regulars, Firing Bow (02-009). Catalog Picture.
  

Obsidian Elves:

• Obsidian Guard: I have an old Chaos Lord from Warhammer. Spikey armor, with two snakes on his helmet. Accursed Picture.
  
• Dragonskull Warriors: Leviathan, Elven Swordsmen. Accursed Picture.
  
• Crusher: From Reaper Miniatures, the Earth Elemental (2250). Catalog Picture. Contest Picture.
  

Crystal Elves:

• Blue/Silver Lotus Eater: Ral Partha, Male and Female Fighters/Magic Users, #02-606. Catalog Picture.
  
• Dream Warriors: The Phoenix Void Guard [10-510] from AEG's Clan War.
  
• Ice Warriors: "I don't play elves because I don't like their bows, but if I did, plastic Dark Elf warriors from GW work well for the ice warriors from the Summon Ice Warriors spell. [Bill Forst.] I personally followed this advice, and for a leader, I'm using a Elven Swordsmen (since I don't use swordsmen, and they're getting changed anyways.)
  

House of Helios:

• Red Lotus Eater: From Ral Partha's Birthright line, Quirad Al-Dinn (11-754). Catalog Picture. I gave him a sword from one of Reaper's Weapons packs in his outstretched hand.
  
• Warrior of the Golden Mask: I've been using some Leviathan spearmen. Pictures in a bit.
  
• Daughter of the Phoenix: From the Forum: "Some I've seen are FB Black Sister Leader painted in all orange and gold, and a Blade Maiden Leader, again painted in orange and gold-tone brown." [BlueRat] "I'm Thinking about doing something like this, although I want to add some wings to mine. I'm thinking of using those on that there Eldar model from GW (I forget what it's called). Might as well put it some use right? :)" [NetSapiens] I myself intend to take the wings off the new Repulsar Knight figure, give him the BS's backpack, and she'll get the wings, get painted up as a DotP. [me] "Actually, Reaper Miniatures makes an EXCELLENT proxy for the DOTP. It's a succubus fig. She's got a sword and wings. With a slight modification, you can add a shield to her other arm." [Kelis aka Shep]
  
• Fire Demons: "Ral Partha Elementals (4 different types they are great for this purpose as they look like firy demons.)" [Horned God] "OOP GW Khorne Bloodletters (extremely thin, have thin blades, look awesome painted in fiery colors). Since Fire Demons are delicate (A15), they could work well." [Bill Forst.]
  

House of Jade:

• Jade Lotus Eater: Again, might get Ral Partha's Goddess of Evil, #01-607, once I check out how tall it is. Catalog Picture.
  

FIRSTBORN:

• Repulsar Knight: Since I converted all my Macemen into Swordsmen, I'm taking the Greatmaceman (one of my favorite Chronopia figs) and am jazzing it up a little to be my Repulsar Knight (that Mace *is* big enough to be a Polearm.) However, Reaper just came out with a new figure: #2311, the Black Legionnaire. It's a treat. Catalog Picture.
  

BLACKBLOODS:

• Troll: Will take some conversion, but Ral Partha's JuGurtha - Four Armed Titan, #01-176. Catalog Picture. Same goes for Borogon the four armed Titan, #01-166. Catalog Picture.
  
• Orc Swordsmen: Reaper, Orc Swordsmen (5011). Pretty Eastern, if not middle eastern. Catalog Picture.
  
• Orc Archers: Reaper, Orc Archers (5012). See above: not exact, but good enough. Catalog Picture.
  
• Myrmidon: MicroMachines had a Bantha for their Star Wars line that's the perfect size. Slap on some Goblins, and you're ready to roll.
  
• various: Harlequin has a line of Saracens. Once again, their webpage lacks many pictures, but with some minor work and a clever paint job, these humans would fit right in with a Blackblood army.
  

DWARVES:

• Vulture Totem: Ral Partha, Vulture Dragon (10-360.) Pictures courtesy of Valdric. Large, but nice. Right view and left view. Valdric also suggests the Ral Partha Hook Horror. "A bit small, but the totem is pretty weak anyways. Plus, it is good for hiding."
  
• Horned One Totem - "I use a Devout Damned cuz he's got horns, is Size 2, and has a 'Ram Skull Flail.' I know it's supposed to be a mace, but eh." [Bill Forst.] "Grenadier had two appropriate figures in a boxed set 3006 Minotaurs of the Horned God." [bioarch@ntrnet.net] (These are relatively appropriate, I will scan them in once I get them mostly painted.) Chris Keil [cjkeil@primenet.com] and Valdric also suggests the GW Vermin Lord, which is relatively appropriate and a fine figure to boot. "GW Minotaur Lord. Also pricey, but it is smaller." [Valdric]
  
• Wolf Totem: "Reaper's Cerberus. It has three head and these annoying snakes on it, but it is also nice and sized well." [Valdric]
  
• Blood Bone Totem: "I use a hard rubber model of a polar bear that I found at a Zaney Brainey. Many stores have natural looking representations of bears that can be used." [Valdric]
• various: I've heard tell the old, old Warhammer Chaos Dwarves bear some resemblence to our beastly friends. If I can get my hands on them, I'll let you know.
  
• various: From Bill Forst. "I used to play Chaos Dwarves (until I learned early that they were becoming extinct) and I can agree that they could work for some units. The ones in particular:
  • Dark-Axe Warriors - OOP Chaos Dwarf warriors had huge axes, and big armor.
    
  • Dark-Tusk Hero - OOP Chaos Dwarf heroes had big axes, ornate hats... and Tusks!
    
  • Blood-Bone Axemen - same as dark-axe warriors.
    
  "The extremely old Chaos Dwarves make good proxies as well as the just recently discontinued ones. The 3rd? edition crossbowmen make perfect jackal crossbowmen, too bad I sold them just before getting into Chronopia. There was also a Chaos Dwarf Hero boxed set that had about 6 special characters in it. I still have it I do believe, and they could be used as individuals."
  
• War Totem of Horned Ones - "Convert an old Chaos Dwarf Great Taurus and add some crossbowmen, or use the old Lammasu (same body, less generic head)." [Bill Forst.] I still recommend the MicroMachines Bantha from their Star Wars line. Right size, more or less, and furry!
  

STYGIAN:

• Ophidian: Everyone does Wyverns. Like Reaper's Blacksting. Catalog picture.
  
• While I realize that the Tree Devil doesn't carry weapons, the Harlequin Khameleon Hero is too cool and appropriate. Catalog picture.
  
• various: Harlequin does an excellent line of lizardmen in Egyptian headresses and trappings. Their webpage is woefully lacking in pictures, but it's worth a look at the local store.
  

SONS OF KRONOS:

• various: Reaper has a line of Highlanders that works wonders. Many of the examples presented here are from that line.
  
• various: Ral Partha has a line of Barbarians called Reavers, done in their new (matching Chronopia and Warhammer) 28mm scale.
  
• various, Standards and Hornsmen: Instead of using their hornsmen, you could opt out for Reaper's Bagpiper, #2271. Just give him a weapon, and you're good to go. Catalog Picture.
  
• Tribal Warriors: Reaper, #2257 Highlander with Spear. Give him a sword at his belt, and he's good to go. Catalog picture.
  
• Hearthguard: Hokay, a bunch from Reaper's Highlander line:
  • #2208 Catalog Picture.
    
  • #2242 Catalog Picture.
    
  • #2276 Catalog Picture.
    
  
  
• Hearthguard Leader: Again, from Reaper, the Robert O'Mannon figure, #2243. Catalog Picture. Or, for a little more character, try the Reaper "Mason Rowan" figure, #2303. Catalog Picture. Contest Picture.
  
• Wyrd: Why not a female Wyrd? Try Reaper's Shannon, Barbarian Queen (#2183). Catalog Picture. Contest Picture.
  
• Hunter: Take the Reaper Highlander with Spear (#2257) if you aren't using it as a Tribal Warrior above. Catalog Picture.
  
• War Hounds: I'm probably going to use Ral Partha's Wolf Pack (02-508) as it gives me the most dogs for the buck. Catalog Picture.
  

SWAMP GOBLINS:

• Sentinel: Warhammer has a 'Forest Goblin Spider Rider' which is the conventional proxy for it these days.
  
• Swamp Fiend: "There is a big spider with it's front legs extended upward as if to climb a wall and using goblin spearman and a blowpiper and put a base with some flock on it is the best solution. I don't know the company who makes the spider but it does exist and I have seen it painted like the SF and it is great." [High Goblin]
  
• various: I am quite seriously considering running a Swamp Goblin army using the chimps from Raven's Forge.
  
• various: "As for Swamp Goblins like the novice shaman, I gave up looking for anything goblin like with a tribal look, instead I'll just wait. But like I've said before there is an old RAFM or someother company which put out a Giant Spider and if you put 2 spearman and blowpiper on it it looks great and then mount it on a base." [Horned God]
  

GOOD COMPANIES TO WATCH FOR PROXIES:

• Reaper Miniatures: Their Dark Heaven line can't be beat, for quality or price.
  
• Ral Partha: Most of the figures are in true 25mm scale (whereas Chronopia uses 28mm instead.) You will want to overlook this, however, due to their excellent quality (and you can do a lot with basing.) A bulwark of the industry.
  
• Harlequin: They're a little hard to find sometimes, but have a great look to them.
  
• RAFM Miniatures: slightly higher prices, but good eye for detail. The "Death in the Dark" line is shaping up to be a winner.
  
• Raven's Forge is small, but has some quality work at a low price. And monkeys!
  

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