D&D 5E What is my best bet for some cheap, decent miniatures?

catenwolde · Feb 23, 2015

If you're not already invested in 28mm figures, there are two (at least) 15mm wargaming companies that are busy expanding their D&D type lines:

Khurasan:
http://khurasanminiatures.tripod.com/15mmfantasy.html

Splintered Light:
http://khurasanminiatures.tripod.com/15mmfantasy.html

If you take a look around their various lines, there is a bunch of interesting stuff for various genres.

Cheers,

Christopher

Doc_Klueless · Feb 23, 2015

Greenstone.Walker said:
I shudder to think what D&D monster you'd use the rubber flamingo for.

LOL. I only use the actual Roly People Pawns, none of the others. They come in 9 different colors, so I can portray 9 different kinds of monsters or nine different monsters or a combination there of with no problem. Since they're so generic, I'm actually finding that some of the players are becoming more immersed in the games I run here-and-there because there isn't, for example, an orc mini with a sword that's representing an orc mini with a bow or some such. It's a small thing, but an interesting phenomenon.

Edit: Plus I've glued to the bottom with contact cement magnetic strips so that my Alea Markers easily attach to them. This makes it even easier to keep track of conditions, who's who, etc.

SkidAce · Feb 23, 2015

Greenstone.Walker said:
I shudder to think what D&D monster you'd use the rubber flamingo for.

A giant flaming flamingo of DOOM of course.

miniaturehoarder · Feb 23, 2015

catenwolde said:
If you're not already invested in 28mm figures, there are two (at least) 15mm wargaming companies that are busy expanding their D&D type lines:

Khurasan:
http://khurasanminiatures.tripod.com/15mmfantasy.html

Splintered Light:
http://khurasanminiatures.tripod.com/15mmfantasy.html

Very good suggestion. It also lets one use normal dragon minis so dragons are as big as they DESERVE to be (Something 2E got right).

[MENTION=7706]SkidAce[/MENTION] you know of any easy to find images that show how big Shooting Star is in RoLW?

Tormyr · Feb 23, 2015

miniaturehoarder said:
Very good suggestion. It also lets one use normal dragon minis so dragons are as big as they DESERVE to be (Something 2E got right).

The reaper dragons are decent (not perfect) for size comparison with 25-28mm. I am finishing up Ebonwrath, and it is slightly too large for the 3" Huge Adult Black Dragon that I will be using it for...so perfect.

If the group was heavily into 1" maps, I would think that 15mm would be better for actual scale with the map (as no adventurers are actually 5 the feet wide that 28mm suggests). The difficulty with going 15mm I imagine is that there are not a lot of monsters available at that size.

SkidAce · Feb 24, 2015

miniaturehoarder said:
Very good suggestion. It also lets one use normal dragon minis so dragons are as big as they DESERVE to be (Something 2E got right).

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[MENTION=7706]SkidAce[/MENTION] you know of any easy to find images that show how big Shooting Star is in RoLW?

Shooting Star is way bigger than any DnD dragon. I don't know of any images, I would have to research.

miniaturehoarder · Mar 2, 2015

SkidAce said:
Shooting Star is way bigger than any DnD dragon. I don't know of any images, I would have to research.

Really? About how big would you say he is? The 2nd Edition AD&D Red Dragon topped out at 354 feet end to end.

miniaturehoarder · Mar 2, 2015

Tormyr said:
The difficulty with going 15mm I imagine is that there are not a lot of monsters available at that size.

Just use bigger monsters. Heck many older minis for monsters were kinda small IMHO, so if you have older Ral Partha figs, those should be fine.

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