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<blockquote data-quote="Scott Christian" data-source="post: 9863118" data-attributes="member: 6901101"><p>Not sure if anyone mentioned this site, and while it is not a shop, it is awesome in my opinion. </p><p><a href="https://www.minisgallery.com/index.php" target="_blank">Miniature Gallery</a></p><p></p><p>As for miniatures, I am with Morrus in that I like mine prepainted and assembled. I like to collect all sorts of heroes and monsters, this way players have a choice, and I have a choice as GM. I used to try to buy exclusively in game stores, but two things happened:</p><p>1. Their selection kept getting thinner and thinner, and</p><p>2. I found out someone in the game store was opening them, taking out the most valuable rares, and then resealing the package. (I know this is probably a one-off thing, but now every time I buy a randomized box or block from a game store, I can't help but get a bad draw, and think, Hmmm....</p><p></p><p>So now, since I have a good selection, I generally just buy individual miniatures from miniature market. These are almost always based on the campaign I am running. What I don't have, but what I think I <em>might</em> need. It's that might that gets you into trouble. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>As far as companies are concerned, I really like WizKids. There are others out there that look pretty sweet, and I have dabbled, but in the end, I just like the classics. I can say this, when running with maps and miniatures, I have found it helpful to have all my NPCs non-painted, and all the monsters and PCs painted. I think it helps people visually.</p><p></p><p>Lastly, I have built quite a few miniatures using Hero Forge. They are great for very specific concepts (I need a bunny rabbit pulling a smaller rabbit out of a hat with a lute on its back). But they are still too expensive for what you actually get, especially since the "painted" ones are about 1/2 as well painted as WizKids or similar company.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scott Christian, post: 9863118, member: 6901101"] Not sure if anyone mentioned this site, and while it is not a shop, it is awesome in my opinion. [URL='https://www.minisgallery.com/index.php']Miniature Gallery[/URL] As for miniatures, I am with Morrus in that I like mine prepainted and assembled. I like to collect all sorts of heroes and monsters, this way players have a choice, and I have a choice as GM. I used to try to buy exclusively in game stores, but two things happened: 1. Their selection kept getting thinner and thinner, and 2. I found out someone in the game store was opening them, taking out the most valuable rares, and then resealing the package. (I know this is probably a one-off thing, but now every time I buy a randomized box or block from a game store, I can't help but get a bad draw, and think, Hmmm.... So now, since I have a good selection, I generally just buy individual miniatures from miniature market. These are almost always based on the campaign I am running. What I don't have, but what I think I [I]might[/I] need. It's that might that gets you into trouble. ;) As far as companies are concerned, I really like WizKids. There are others out there that look pretty sweet, and I have dabbled, but in the end, I just like the classics. I can say this, when running with maps and miniatures, I have found it helpful to have all my NPCs non-painted, and all the monsters and PCs painted. I think it helps people visually. Lastly, I have built quite a few miniatures using Hero Forge. They are great for very specific concepts (I need a bunny rabbit pulling a smaller rabbit out of a hat with a lute on its back). But they are still too expensive for what you actually get, especially since the "painted" ones are about 1/2 as well painted as WizKids or similar company. [/QUOTE]
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