Cergorach
The Laughing One
Amnuxoll seems hardly new (7.5 years registered). If he hasn't picked up his core DDM monsters by now, he never will, no matter wether DDM is in print or not.
As a GM that uses minis, I've got oodles of older DDM miniatures, usually 12 from each common, 4-6 ftom each uncommon, and 1-2 from each rare, across multiple sets that makes for a large selection (maybe to large). DDM is ideal for 'cheap' (because if you know where to buy they really are cheap) and I can actually throw them in a bag and not worry to much about them getting damaged. The prepainted is nice enough, some of their rares are indeed great 'end bosses' but for that I usually go for something unique (usually metal or resin that needs to get painted), I sometimes want that extra WOW factor from the players.
But to be honest, I stopped buying DDM a while ago, as I already had most of the iconic monsters, and a lot of the monsters were getting less and less mainstream. I might have a look at the range in the near future, have to seriously look at what I have and what I don't and fill in some of the holes...
I think we'll see some interesting collectors sets in the future (still need to get my hands on that Beholder set)....
As for alternatives, Rackham did decent prepainted fantasy plastics, they are out of business. It seems that WizKids is going to ressurect MageKnight, so depending on quality and range, that might be interesting to keep an eye on. Personally I found most of the early MK minis horribly painted and most of the miniatures to specific to be useful in my D&D games, there were some 'gems' but the MK secondary market was pretty horrible around were I lived and most of the interesting miniatures were 'very rare' and often cost a ton online.
Heroscape also went belly up, besides Reaper and the WotC collectors sets (if we'll ever see those) there's no one producing pre-painted plastic fantasy miniatures at the moment. With the restructuring and rebranding at Reaper we might see some more prepainted Reaper miniatures, but I seriously doubt it.
As a GM that uses minis, I've got oodles of older DDM miniatures, usually 12 from each common, 4-6 ftom each uncommon, and 1-2 from each rare, across multiple sets that makes for a large selection (maybe to large). DDM is ideal for 'cheap' (because if you know where to buy they really are cheap) and I can actually throw them in a bag and not worry to much about them getting damaged. The prepainted is nice enough, some of their rares are indeed great 'end bosses' but for that I usually go for something unique (usually metal or resin that needs to get painted), I sometimes want that extra WOW factor from the players.
But to be honest, I stopped buying DDM a while ago, as I already had most of the iconic monsters, and a lot of the monsters were getting less and less mainstream. I might have a look at the range in the near future, have to seriously look at what I have and what I don't and fill in some of the holes...
I think we'll see some interesting collectors sets in the future (still need to get my hands on that Beholder set)....
As for alternatives, Rackham did decent prepainted fantasy plastics, they are out of business. It seems that WizKids is going to ressurect MageKnight, so depending on quality and range, that might be interesting to keep an eye on. Personally I found most of the early MK minis horribly painted and most of the miniatures to specific to be useful in my D&D games, there were some 'gems' but the MK secondary market was pretty horrible around were I lived and most of the interesting miniatures were 'very rare' and often cost a ton online.
Heroscape also went belly up, besides Reaper and the WotC collectors sets (if we'll ever see those) there's no one producing pre-painted plastic fantasy miniatures at the moment. With the restructuring and rebranding at Reaper we might see some more prepainted Reaper miniatures, but I seriously doubt it.
