The Player's Handbook Miniatures

fanboy2000 · Apr 28, 2009

Sammael said:
My plastic bins are labeled as follows:

Generic Fighters
Unique Fighters
Priests
Archers
Rogues & Monks
Mages
Halflings & Gnomes
Dwarves
Cavalry
Air Elementals
Fire Elementals
Earth Elementals
Water Elementals
Lesser Fiends
Demons
Devils
NE Fiends
Celestials
Golems
Sentient Constructs
Hobgoblins
Gnolls
Bugbears
Goblins
Kobolds
Orcs
Cadaverous Undead
Skeletal Undead
Spectral Undead
Unique Undead
Chromatic Dragons
Metallic Dragons
Plants
Fey
Gargoyles
Misc Aberrations & Oozes
Beholders & Mind Flayers
Beasts
Small Animals
Large Animals
Flying Animals & Reptiles
Small Insects
Large Insects
Lizardfolk
Yuan-Ti & Nagas
Giants
Ogres & Trolls
Drow
Misc. Underdark Humanoids

Whew... I think that's all of them.

So, ummm, do you live near San Diego? Because if you do, can I have you organize my minis? Right now I just dump them into a huge thing with a handle. I think, despite the large number of minis I have, I've used the same six orcs to represent the last five encounters. None of them had orcs....

Olaf the Stout · Apr 29, 2009

Echohawk said:
Ah, the joys of collecting, sorting and storing minis. First you have a box labeled "Monsters", then you have a box labeled "Aberrations", then "Tentacled Aberrations", and finally one just for "Ropers" .

This would be funny if not for the fact that your experience pretty much is exactly the same as mine!

Olaf the Stout

P.S. Good to see you around still Ant, I haven't seen or heard from you in quite a while.

MerricB · Apr 29, 2009

Echohawk said:
Ah, the joys of collecting, sorting and storing minis. First you have a box labeled "Monsters", then you have a box labeled "Aberrations", then "Tentacled Aberrations", and finally one just for "Ropers" .

...

I have had to resort to a "Miscellaneous Bipeds" box, and another one labelled "Things That Defy Easy Categorization and Which I Will Thus Never Be Able to Find When I Need Them During a Game"

That last one... yes, I really relate to that. I've always had problems with humanoid creatures in 3e that weren't humanoids. Grimlocks are Aberrations... why?

Cheers!

Ktulu · Apr 29, 2009

MerricB said:
That last one... yes, I really relate to that. I've always had problems with humanoid creatures in 3e that weren't humanoids. Grimlocks are Aberrations... why?

Cheers!

Because only an aberrant could find use for them...

Mark · Apr 29, 2009

Ktulu said:
I'm sort of OCD when it comes to categorizing minis. I have them all sorted for RPG use in baggies, then organized in storage containers.

(. . .)

Every bag is labled with type, and placed in a larger bag for race (drow, for example), then placed in the container labelling what creatures are in the container.

Makes it very, very easy to find what I need on the fly.

Sammael said:
My plastic bins are labeled as follows:

(. . .)

Whew... I think that's all of them.

Yoink!

Sammael · Apr 30, 2009

Echohawk said:
Where do your Fang Dragons and Shadow Dragons go?

Well... I cheated and put them with Chromatics. If/when we get more non-color-coded dragons, I'll probably have to come up with a box for them.

fanboy2000 said:
So, ummm, do you live near San Diego? Because if you do, can I have you organize my minis? Right now I just dump them into a huge thing with a handle. I think, despite the large number of minis I have, I've used the same six orcs to represent the last five encounters. None of them had orcs....

Unfortunately, I'm half the world away from you... but if I ever come to CA, I'll be glad to help.

Mark said:
Yoink!

Glad to be of assistance!

Nebulous · Apr 30, 2009

Sammael said:
My plastic bins are labeled as follows:

Generic Fighters
Unique Fighters
Priests
Archers
Rogues & Monks
Mages
Halflings & Gnomes
Dwarves
Cavalry
Air Elementals
Fire Elementals
Earth Elementals
Water Elementals
Lesser Fiends
Demons
Devils
NE Fiends
Celestials
Golems
Sentient Constructs
Hobgoblins
Gnolls
Bugbears
Goblins
Kobolds
Orcs
Cadaverous Undead
Skeletal Undead
Spectral Undead
Unique Undead
Chromatic Dragons
Metallic Dragons
Plants
Fey
Gargoyles
Misc Aberrations & Oozes
Beholders & Mind Flayers
Beasts
Small Animals
Large Animals
Flying Animals & Reptiles
Small Insects
Large Insects
Lizardfolk
Yuan-Ti & Nagas
Giants
Ogres & Trolls
Drow
Misc. Underdark Humanoids

Whew... I think that's all of them.

Damn. I'm...impressed.

Logan_Bonner · Apr 30, 2009

Categories of monsters that don't have that many minis can be tough to classify. I have a drawer with goblins, plant creatures, and ... githyanki/githzerai.

However, I found the "stuff with wings" drawer really useful.

Mad Mac · Apr 30, 2009

However, I found the "stuff with wings" drawer really useful.

Oh, that's a good one.

(Is it just me, or does your avatar look like it's about to push someone off a boat?)

mearls · Apr 30, 2009

Mad Mac said:
Oh, that's a good one.

(Is it just me, or does your avatar look like it's about to push someone off a boat?)

As we found out on the WotC fishing trip last spring, Logan has an obsessive-compulsive urge to push people off boats.

It was a sad day.

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