Dungeons of Dread...disappointing

Zaukrie · Apr 12, 2008

I think I read somewhere that this set was CAD for the sculpts, not human sculpted. That may have influenced some of the minis' sculpts, but it does not explain the paint jobs.

Ebon Shar · Apr 12, 2008

Zaukrie said:
I think I read somewhere that this set was CAD for the sculpts, not human sculpted. That may have influenced some of the minis' sculpts, but it does not explain the paint jobs.

How is the painting process done? Are they hand painted in China? Machine painted? I really have no idea.

Ogrork the Mighty · Apr 12, 2008

They were (and I think still are) hand painted in China.

From what I recall, the painting process is very much structured. So it's not like a particular mini is going to have a bad paint job; all of those same minis will have the same (bad) paint job. The rarer the mini, the more labour-intensive the paint job.

Ghostwind · Apr 12, 2008

Ebon Shar said:
How is the painting process done? Are they hand painted in China? Machine painted? I really have no idea.

Hand painted in China I believe.

Jhaelen · Apr 12, 2008

Simplicity said:
And you know that those are the best versions of the minis that they could get.

Untrue. In another here on these boards, a WotC representative mentioned they stopped using the masters for the screenshots since Night Below. So what you see IS representative of the quality you can expect.

Having just bought a starter and two boosters I can say this:

The minis from the starter are painted very well - better or at least as good as most rares. And the green dragon doesn't look quite as goofy as on the pictures.

I've not been overly happy about my boosters - three duplicate commons and only a single Large (the bulette - which is awesome, btw.!).

The rares (spectral magelord & emerald orb wizard) would have been fine as uncommons but not so as rares (however, I am a bit biased since I feel cheated whenever I get a non-Large rare...).

The paint job on the uncommons was good. They're also nice sculpts, so nothing to complain there.

The commons were mostly ugly. The grick is really a bad sculpt - very 2D. And I don't like the cartoony look of the new trog at all. The gnoll actually looks better than on the gallery and the deathjump spider is neat.

I never buy more than three boosters of a set. I only bought two of 'Desert of Desolation', but I'll get a third one for this one. I want a Large rare!!!