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The Spawn of Tiamat probably came from someone in R&D thinking, "Wouldn't it be cool to have a new type of monster related to dragons?" The Dragonborn probably came from someone in R&D thinking, "Wouldn't it be cool to have a new type of PC related to dragons?" Now -- tell me how many...

There are lots of reasons a miniature might not get made. Concepts change. Sketches don't turn out or are forms that can't be produced. Sculpts look bad, or the size ends up being extremely far off. It's certainly not rocket science -- it's aesthetics. At least rocket science has...

I can count more Dragonborn sculpts that didn't turn out than did, and as a result, they weren't produced. For example, Dungeons of Dread would have had 3, but the concept art didn't turn out. There would have been a fire-breathing one in Feywild/Heroes1 but the concept didn't work out. This...

Sure. First, an art order is written, revised, and approved. Sketches are drawn, reviewed, revised, and approved. Sculpts are made, reviewed, revised, and approved. Production tools are crafted while a prototype is painted as a master. Painting tools are created. Painted samples is reviewed...

Before passing too much judgement, I recommend waiting until seeing it in person. It's not an easy creature to photograph. Colorations are based on pictures of previous aboleth art, such as: Also note the 4e art. Unfortunately, what you're seeing is a photograph from below, which...

I started painting back in 1990 with Ral Partha and Citadel (Mainly Advanced Heroquest/Warhammer Quest and Eldar from WH40K.) I got semi-serious with painting around 2000. For a while I was the forum moderator at coolminiornot.com, and I've participated there for most of the decade. (My...

While using colored plastic would potentially save a lot of potential deco, the problem is there are multiple figures in a single mold. This is the ultimate reason why I can't do transparent commons -- all the commons need to fit in one mold, so if I were to have transparent commons, all of...

Yup, you're right. I'm working on it. Here's the problem: The miniature path is close to 18 months to go from concept to your FLGS's shelf. The path for getting a module from concept to your FLGS's shelf is a lot shorter. Skalmad was put into the pipeline before the module was written --...

These are actual production models. Note that I'm not actually painting any of the paint masters at this time, but I am working with the art director on what to tell the painter. There are definitely techniques that just can't be economically done with the production models. The inside cloak...

I do think this set is better painted than the previous two, but I am trying to make the next one as good as I can. What sort of monster figures catch your eye? If you could create your own miniatures, what would you pick? (PC ideas are also welcome, but realize that I'm from 18 months in the...

I'm so disappointed in you. ;)

You've never been able to collect a full set from a case. If you buy one case, we try to have all 12 rares be different. If you buy two cases, you should on average have 2 copies of 6 rares, 1 copy of 12 rares, and 0 copies of 6 rares. Three cases: 3 copies of three rares, 2 copies of 9...

The roleplaying side for the Dungeons of Dread cards are based on the 4th edition rules.