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Message: <blockquote data-quote="shady" data-source="post: 1970780" data-attributes="member: 13536">As a Warhammer player I would say that the advantage of the GW plastic minis is that they come in components and you can individualise them as a result. So a regiment of 12 or so troops could  with most of the latest mini lines include 12 differentiated individuals - this is great with, for example, militia. GW typically use metals for special characters these days, which also works. And painting is a great hobby - I actually restarted doing it for non-WH because the WotC minis drove me back to using minis for RPG, while providing an insufficient range to do so.  My general take on it would be: - the randomisation is terrible, and particularly uneconomic with Giants of Legend, which was an extremely uncollectable set if you weren't heavily into trading. I gave up at that point. - the latest WotC models aren't so bad, either in sculpt or paint quality. So it's achievable at a certain scale. In general the latest minis from anyone are better than they were 5 years ago, so if you go down the Mage Knight route of reusing old Ral Partha minis (presumably from another supplier) try to get recent ones. Reaper for example might be a good partner. - I'd recommend 28mm as a standard scale these days looking at the industry - the plastics used for WotC are far better for this market than Mage Knight or even GW ... if you buy these things in large numbers you'll keep them in a shoe box, and they need to be able to stand up to that - if your guys in China can't get the eyes right, tell them not to bother.</blockquote>

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