arathar said:
So, you would like more generic miniatures? Better than characters from the books? Is anything planned about this? Which is Mongoose official plan?
I think more generic models are a safer bet! Lets say Mongoose do produce a miniatures based battle game.

What time period are they going to set it in? It may be that they leave the time period wide open in which case there are other charcaters as well as the ones in the books. If they do concentrate on the books setting you only get one Kai. :?
They may well sell more packs of Generic models as people will buy multiple packs but once you have one model of a specific character you wont buy another. For example I will only buy one pack of each of the Character Packs but had Mongoose released each character as a three pack blister like the Kai I would have bought a pack of each and at least two packs of Sommelending Knights, Dwarven Gunners and Buccaneers Of Shadaki. As it is I would like to have at least six of each of these types but not if all of the models are exactly the same.
Don't get me wrong I would love to see Gaurd Captain D'Val, Rygar, Captain Kelman, Vonator..... I guess if there was a pack with these in I would buy them in a moment. Barraka, Zakhan, Nolrim, Gwynian, Roark. They would be very cool! What about a boxed set with 8-10 characters for the Kai Books and something similar for the Magnakai? I would buy this but only once. So for me it would be miniature game and supporting models first then special character.
It's also worth noting that it is quite easy to find historical proxies for standard Sommelending troops Stornlanders, Vassagonians so if you want some generic troops these can be a good option. Prehaps Mongoose are aware of this and this is why there has been a slew of the more unique types form the Darklands.