Against the Giants picture gallery is up!

[naturaltwenty]

Compared to the paint jobs on this D&D Mini's set I'd bet any average 7 year old with an old set of Testors and a crappy brush could do as good. For monsters and encounters the D&D mini's are fine but for characters - give me metal every time.

Will they paint them for me too?

 

[Xyxox]

Compared to the paint jobs on this D&D Mini's set I'd bet any average 7 year old with an old set of Testors and a crappy brush could do as good. For monsters and encounters the D&D mini's are fine but for characters - give me metal every time.

Even the old lumps of lead I painted with Testors enamels back in the 70s looked better.

 

[JoeGKushner]

They are rares because players will want them. Simple marketing.

Haven't we heard that the game is not based on the RPG aspect being it's main support but rather people playing the mini game itself?

If so, that line of thinking would be incorrect no?

Me? I think that's dead on but at the same time may throw people into other game lines. No point paying for a plastic mini the same you can for a metal one for some.

 

[phil500]

making both the dragonborns rare was really rude.

i want my player to have one, im not gonna pay 20 bucks for it.

 

[Waldorf]

I see some huge uncommons that will fit nicely into my collection. Other than that, this set blows.

 

[Leatherhead]

First, people complain that there are too many PC race minis (MORE DWARVES?? ARGH!!!) and now the opposite. WotC can't win....

Well to cover things superficially for every race they need at least a male and female of the following:

Heavy melee (meaning heavy armor with a martial weapon) This covers
fighters, paladins, warlords and even clerics to an extent.

Light melee (meaning light armor and smaller weapons) This covers your rogues, rangers and fighters that don't want to use heavy armor.

Light ranged (meaning light armor and a ranged weapon) For rangers and rogues that don't use melee weapons.

Casters (meaning robes and implements) For the warlocks, wizards and some clerics.

So we are looking for 8 figures of each race to start with. Then maybe the minor details like hammer users, holy symbol users, and orb users can be filled out.

 

[Quantarum]

Why does the paint job on the white dragon look decent but the red dragon looks like a playskool toy? Dungeon of Dread had a lot of figures that looked like throwbacks to Harbinger the painting was so bad, this is more of the same. Disappointing.

-Q.

 

[megamania]

Okay folks- the paint jobs will never be as good as if you did them yourself. Why? We paint for the love of it. We place in the minut details that make them "special". The painted figures you buy.... some poor guy has to paint a few dozen every hour as quickly as possible. Generally in an assembly line mode- four colors- four painters.

Appreciate the figures for what they are. Nothing is keeping you from repainting them.



Now for the new set choices-

There are some figures I will defiantly want but after 15 sets I am at the stage of not needing certain creatures. But for new players, these creatures are a welcomed addition. I even want the fire giant. He looks like a good general for the 6-7 normal fire giants I have. Its not War of the Dragon Queen which was frankly a great set but its still good.

 

[ProfessorCirno]

Okay folks- the paint jobs will never be as good as if you did them yourself. Why? We paint for the love of it. We place in the minut details that make them "special". The painted figures you buy.... some poor guy has to paint a few dozen every hour as quickly as possible. Generally in an assembly line mode- four colors- four painters.

Appreciate the figures for what they are. Nothing is keeping you from repainting them.

That's just it though. Nobody is saying "The paint jobs aren't perfect like I make them." We're saying "What the hell? The paint jobs are worse then my three year old son can do with his fingers."

We are appreciating the figures for what they are. Or rather, we're insulting the figures for what they are. Even without the paint taken into account, these are flat out horrible.

 

[WhatGravitas]

We are appreciating the figures for what they are. Or rather, we're insulting the figures for what they are. Even without the paint taken into account, these are flat out horrible.

Nah, the sculpts on the uncommons or better are usually acceptable. With a decent paintjob (even on my level), and some basework, they get a lot of appeal - quickly. On 50% of them, even a simple wash can help to define the details (which are often there, surprisingly!).

I like the DDM because of three reasons:

1) They're D&D critters.
2) They're cheap.
3) They're sturdy.

That's stuff metal minis cannot do that well: D&D critters are partially hard to get, the plastic guys are dirt-cheap compared to metal (even for a booster, I could only get three metal minis for the money, the booster gives me eight with good chances of a large guy). And sturdy: I don't want to drop any metal miniature from my table - it will either mess up the floor or the mini or both. DDMs are cheap plastic - I could hurl them through the room without bad conscience.

Perfect for DM critters!

Cheers, LT.