First New Monster Minis Previewd

[Shazman]

I'm really not seeing the increase in quality that was supposed to come with the price increase per miniature.

 

[Zaukrie]

I'm not talking about prepainted, but if you're asking a serious question, check out Reaper's Legendary Encounters line. They were a bit more expensive than DDM on release, but an average of ~$3 is comparable now.

I have. Most of them were of vastly lesser quality than their DDM counterparts.

So what you are saying is that they don't compare to things that they aren't comparable to - they aren't as detailed as more expensive metal sculpts that need to be assembled and painted, for example. I'm not very familiar with many plastic, unpainted minis.

 

[Sammael]

Legendary Encounters are vastly superior to the last 5-6 DDM sets in terms of sculpt and paint quality.

 

[Zaukrie]

The skeletons pale compared to those that they "copied" from the DDM line. The ogre wasn't that good at all. I don't know what you guys are looking at.

 

[Sammael]

The last good classical DDM skeletons were in Angelfire and War Drums. How many sets ago was that?

The ogre was fine. At the very least, it wasn't as big as (or bigger than) DDM hill giants, unlike many DDM ogres.

 

[Droogie]

I'm still underwhelmed by these. They're going to break down to $3 each, which is comparable to metal or plastic that are far better sculpts. The cyclops is okay and probably worth $3-6, but $3 for the awful gnoll? $3 for those orcs?

The distribution plan does sound really smart though.

Its true metals have better sculpts and (depending on your skill) better paint jobs, but I don't mind paying 3 bucks for a mini that is lightweight, easy to store, and durable. Nor do I mind saving the time and labor of painting them all.

 

[AngryMojo]

Legendary Encounters are vastly superior to the last 5-6 DDM sets in terms of sculpt and paint quality.

I'm going to have to disagree with you on this. The sculpts from the entire Legendary Encounters line were all early Dark Heaven models, and none of them are particularly exciting. They're more expensive, and have a much lower variety. That's the trade off for having non-blind assortment.

 

[Mark]

Legendary Encounters are vastly superior to the last 5-6 DDM sets in terms of sculpt and paint quality.

LE are hit and miss, too.


Reaper Miniatures :: LegendaryEncounters


Oh, and I agree that the gnoll is the weak link in the recent preview. Whoever likes it will probably be able to get a handful of them in trade for the orcs or others.

 

[JustKim]

The skeletons pale compared to those that they "copied" from the DDM line. The ogre wasn't that good at all. I don't know what you guys are looking at.

What do you mean by copied?

 

[doppelganger]

Legendary Encounters are vastly superior to the last 5-6 DDM sets in terms of sculpt and paint quality.

I would say that the best of the LE minis are better than the worst of the last 5-6 DDM sets, but for averages I would say that DDM (even recent ones) have LE stuff beat hands down. Painfully so.