Miniatures and Your Character

[Psychic Warrior]

I have to admit I am a little anal about finding the right mini for the right character. it probably comes from owning thousands of the damned things so I figure I should a miniature for all occasions. And I usually do!

 

[Mouseferatu]

Huh. I'm quite happy to use a purple d10 for the fighter, a black d6 for the rogue, and a larger die or perhaps a coaster for the monster. (Or whatever the appropriate party composition may be.)

Then again, when I'm DMing, I only use minis for the most complex of battles anyway.

 

[Riggs]

I choose the character concept and then go looking for a close mini. I have an Artificer from House Cannith currently and I use a Warmachine mini with a wrench in one hand. He has some bits that are not really workable in Eberron but he's really close so good enough for me. Looks cool+close in equipment=good enough.

 

[Crothian]

You get a character idea in your head. You go out and look for a miniature. How close does that mini need to fit your character idea? Or do you do it the other way around?
Do you pull a Ken (from Dork Tower) and constantly mod your mini toperfectly reflect your character? Or do you just use a bottle cap? Probablly somewhere in between I would imagine, so what it is? And how do you find it?

I can care less if the mini represents my character. I'll use a die, a piece of lint, whatever I have to represent my character. Normally though people who use imins have lots of them and I get to use one of theirs. They are more likely to demands that my mini represent the character then I am.

 

[MrFilthyIke]

I *prefer* having a mini "close" to my character, but it is not necessary.

Sometimes, I see a mini that INSPIRES my concept. That's cool, because then both match

 

[IamTheTest]

Our group uses Lego (tm) people with weapons. Buildings are easy to make. Id like to get into painting minis someday though.

 

[Allandaros]

I'm the DM for my group, and I'm getting minis to represent each of them. Since they've already got characters, it's just a matter of finding minis that match them closely enough. Besides, if I ever go into Mordheim, I'm going to have the coolest warband EVER.

 

[shilsen]

I prefer pick a mini which has some resemblance to my character concept, but that's about it, and it's not a requirement. Since the mini only represents and isn't actually my character (good thing too, since I've never played an inch high PC yet), I'm quite happy to represent the PC with a mini which looks grossly different, a die, a rock, etc.

 

[pdkoning]

It doesn't matter if the mini that represents my character does not look like the character. I even played with a Warg mini on a grid while my character actually was a human Bard.

I do however like it if the mini fits the character, As we play in the FLGS there are plenty of minis around.

 

[MrFilthyIke]

Our group uses Lego (tm) people with weapons. Buildings are easy to make. Id like to get into painting minis someday though.

There's a gamer in orlando who showed use an entire minis case full of Star Wars legos for the Living Force game. I cried when I was not at his table. I loves me some Legos.