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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MerricB" data-source="post: 1159358" data-attributes="member: 3586">Well, I've finally got some of the new miniatures. There is some problem with contrast of colours, but it's not a big one for me - I would draw your attention to the Lizardfolk miniature, which is vibrantly coloured and has the coolest shield (a turtle shell) you could imagine. <img src="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/dnd_minis/Lizardfolk_tn.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /> This is, of course, the initial run of the figures. We can hope that the sculptures, scale and painting get better as they go along. The designers have indicated that such will be the case.  Isn't that always the way? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> In truth, there have been a fair number of pictures of the minis floating about (including some in Inquest) which looked absolutely horrible.  I didn't - I've run over 200 sessions of 3E and 3.5E, and I've used miniatures for fewer than 10 sessions. Metal miniatures are just way too much trouble for me to cart around, and those cardboard tokens are too fiddly. I don't know if I'll use the miniatures overmuch, but I appreciate having them. I'm in Australia, but because of the various factors and discounts involved I get them at aus$15 per booster. (About US$9.50). The shelf price where I am is aus$16.50, on top of which I get a discount for being a really good customer of the store. That's under aus$2 per miniature. Chainmail averaged out to about aus$7 per miniature... on top of which I had to assemble and paint them. Chainmail was overpriced for my money. I still haven't painted any of the 25 miniatures I have for that game, two years after I bought them. This line is not for those who like metals and have the time and skill to paint them - except for those who want a large number of cheaper figures to represent hordes. The line works best for those:* Who don't like painting miniatures, and/or* Who don't have a large collection - it's a very good way of getting a wide range and large number of miniatures very cheaply. This isn't you? You have the money to spend on Reaper? No worries! Reaper hasn't suddenly been put out of business!I would far rather have the alternative way of getting miniatures rather than not having it. Cheers!</blockquote>

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