[3.5] In the Works - Miniature pictures

Yeah, I think the paint jobs on these figures is actually pretty good. If the real paint jobs looked that good I would pretty happy to buy them. Unfortunately the actual production mini's we saw were much, much worse as far as the paint jobs go.

I'll slide this over to the miniatures forum.

MerricB said:

So am I.
*SNIP*
I do hope that when the mass-combat book comes out that they'll seriously consider making a large preconstructed boxed set of figures.

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I am too.
As for preconstructed boxes...I think WotC MIGHT try it, but it would depend on how well the line does on its own. It will be interesting.

Anyone else hearing 'Riverdance' when they look at that centaur?

Well, I have to say that on a generic scale, these look quite well done, and indeed will fill the niche for pre-painted figs for folks not interested in painting their own.

Hell, they deserve to game with painted miniatures too.

However I'd surely plead for a better looking centaur figure. I've drawn them, and yes you have to know humanoid/animal anatomy well, but that thing is positively embarassing.

No musclature to speak of at all (Might be the photo, granted, and the GLOT of paint they put on it). The stance makes him look a little odd, the hind legs are MUCH to thin at the first joint to support the bulk of weight of the body, and note the right arm's elbow seems.. Uh.. A bit too thin, like it has been squeezed or something.

It is SO hard to find a good centaur figure. The chainmail one was the first good one I had found since Ral Partha's original line. I'm not a carver, so its likely that these things are so mindlessly hard to carve.. Either that, or the artists are too focused on Elves to know what to do with a duo-anatomy creature.

Damn ogres are big..

Foundry of Decay said:

the hind legs are MUCH to thin at the first joint to support the bulk of weight of the body

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Umm, the leg joints are fine, it's the way the upper thigh bends on the back legs that looks painful.

As a comparison, view the attached pic of our stallion. Note how thin his back ankles look. He weighs about 1000 lbs (450 kg for you metric system types) and his ankles/leg are just fine, no health problems.