Favorite Mini Maker????

[frankthedm]

I was going to try HeroClix this weekend, but my friend was more into giving Mage Knight a try. I'm impressed. I'm also someone who doesn't have time or patience to assemble and paint minis (that black dragon is still not done).

I like Reaper, but I'm a Ral Partha guy from way back. The new WotC minis are hit and miss, but the hits are quite good.

I like SOME of wizkids sculpts, it is nice they have a few monsters to use as minis [once you pop them off thier clicker bases]. while the sculpts& paint jobs could usually be better they can be had cheaply if you find a player who is in a severe money pinch or you go to www.pjccmall.com the'e single prices are great!

If you look closely you may find a few ral partha sculpts! Also the later sets have had large improvements in quality. These quality improvements still don’t satify those who are overboard on mini quality, but for a DM on a tight budget they will do nicely

MK1 Rebelion Blade Golem

MK5 Unlimited Blade Golem

MK 2

vs
MK5

always check for the resculpt in later expansions. MK 5 & 6 have a few real winners

Good Mage Knights for monsters;

Minotaur mage, werecat, werewolf, wearbear, deepspawn[[great sahaugin], MK5 Centaur Lieutenant, WAR bear, corrupt priest,lizard man,gnoll fletcher[ good for kobolds if yours are dog faced], Hydra serpent and manticore [make nice baby monsters.]

 

[frankthedm]

oh if you want to take the paint off a heroclix scrub it with acetone [full strenght nail polish remover], the mini will soften but it will harden again in a few days

wear rubber gloves and do this outside!

 

[Alejandro]

On Barendd's recommendation, I spent a good long time looking over minis and agree that Sandy Garrity's sculpts for Reaper are superb. Her women aren't butt-ugly, either.

I picked up her gnome sorceror, halfling archer, and tomb wraith to denote a dwarven wizard (4'5"), his half-orc brother (5'0") and a priest of Wee Jas (5'11"). Though the races aren't quite right, the scale works wonderfully.