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Reaper prepainted minis - how was the result?
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<blockquote data-quote="jdrakeh" data-source="post: 4085765" data-attributes="member: 13892"><p>I think the ease with which large quantities of DDM Commons can be found is overstated here. It seems that most of the people posting about this may already own large quantities of such minis. Obviously, they're not the intended market here. In my experience. . . </p><p></p><p>Creating a whole Orc/Skeleton/Zombie army with <em>new</em> DDM minis in their randomized booster packas will actually cost you far more than building the same army several times over using GW metal figures. You can buy the whole army at once from GW, rather than being forced to pick through nearly 1k worth of randomized blister packs to peice said army together (don't laugh -- I learned this the hard, really expensive, way). If you're loaded to the gills with time or money, this may be an option. If not, it really isn't. </p><p></p><p>Buying used DDM minis, you're a bit better off - if you have loads of free time to kill. I'm not certain that I've ever seen more than twenty or so Commons of a given creature type for sale in one place before. While it's true that you can browse eBay and such for Common DDM minis, assembling enough to build a proper army of any sort requires multiple purchases from multiple sellers and, at the end of the day, a lot of silent prayers and crossed fingers hoping that everything falls into place in time for your game. </p><p></p><p>With the boxed lots of Reaper minis, OTOH, you get the benefit of being able to buy everything that you need in one go <em>and</em> it won't set you back very much. i think that this is the demographic that Reaper minis aim for -- people short on time and money that want to build awesome armies quickly and on a tight budget. These are two things that DDM and metal minis typically don't let one do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jdrakeh, post: 4085765, member: 13892"] I think the ease with which large quantities of DDM Commons can be found is overstated here. It seems that most of the people posting about this may already own large quantities of such minis. Obviously, they're not the intended market here. In my experience. . . Creating a whole Orc/Skeleton/Zombie army with [i]new[/i] DDM minis in their randomized booster packas will actually cost you far more than building the same army several times over using GW metal figures. You can buy the whole army at once from GW, rather than being forced to pick through nearly 1k worth of randomized blister packs to peice said army together (don't laugh -- I learned this the hard, really expensive, way). If you're loaded to the gills with time or money, this may be an option. If not, it really isn't. Buying used DDM minis, you're a bit better off - if you have loads of free time to kill. I'm not certain that I've ever seen more than twenty or so Commons of a given creature type for sale in one place before. While it's true that you can browse eBay and such for Common DDM minis, assembling enough to build a proper army of any sort requires multiple purchases from multiple sellers and, at the end of the day, a lot of silent prayers and crossed fingers hoping that everything falls into place in time for your game. With the boxed lots of Reaper minis, OTOH, you get the benefit of being able to buy everything that you need in one go [i]and[/i] it won't set you back very much. i think that this is the demographic that Reaper minis aim for -- people short on time and money that want to build awesome armies quickly and on a tight budget. These are two things that DDM and metal minis typically don't let one do. [/QUOTE]
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