Monstrous Mini's -- where do I get 'em?
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Olgar Shiverstone
Legend
Reaper's pretty good, though their PC selection is better than their monster selection.
I've gotten a lot of monster minis by ordering Chainmail and D&D mini boxed sets through Amazon.
I've gotten a lot of monster minis by ordering Chainmail and D&D mini boxed sets through Amazon.
Psion
Adventurer
If you click on the "shop" button at the top of the page, that should take you to the enworld store. Once there, click miniatures on the left hand side, and the recent releases will be shown, and more specific options will appear on the left, like fantasy, etc.
The ENWorld store has reaper and ral partha IIRC (though ral partha is fairly recently back into minis.) I have purchased a lot of the reaper minis and they are very nice. For example, I have this great marilith mini I plan to spring on my players soon, and I see on the reaper page they have a glabrezu coming soon, as well as some demon lords.
The ENWorld store has reaper and ral partha IIRC (though ral partha is fairly recently back into minis.) I have purchased a lot of the reaper minis and they are very nice. For example, I have this great marilith mini I plan to spring on my players soon, and I see on the reaper page they have a glabrezu coming soon, as well as some demon lords.
frankthedm
First Post
Well Some mage knight minis make ok monsters, thier paintjobs tend to be poor but you can strip and repaint them if need be.
www.pjccmall.com has some very nice prices on commons.
Just clip them off thier original base exacto blade or flat edged wire cuters \ / and pop them on a 1 inch metal washer or a plastic GW base.
Look through the mage spawn first.
shadow
Mage spawn List
then try the rest.
Heroclix has a handfull of minis usefull to modern day games as well.
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Taking factory paint off a mage knight /heroclix.
I found a reliable way to take the paintjobs wizkids slaps on their minis. Acetone, nail polish removers main ingredient will remove the latex paint wizkids uses on their latex minis. Beauty supply stores sell acetone in quarts [$ 4us ] and gallons[$10 us][I buy in gallons]
Best way to do it [this causes the least damage to the fig]is take a close-able glass jar with a lid, fill jar with acetone 1/3 full. [the more minis you plan to clean the more acetone you will need]
Drop in a few mage Knights WITHOUT THEIR BASES! Cut away all of the hard plastic base. Acetone will swiftly destroy bases! Also I DO NOT know what acetone does to the solonavi clear green plastic! th plastic of the bases becomes a damnable mess if it gets into the acetone.
Close jar tightly and swirl the mage knight in the [quickly darkening] acetone. Give the minis a good spin cycle. [spin them around quickly]You will start to see the paint falling off the mage knight revealing the figure beneath.
Now take the figs out of the acetone, you will see they will have soften and expanded THIS IS ONLY TEMPORARY! If the figure is clean enough for you wash it off and let it dry for a week. Not clean yet ? if the are is a crevice heavy one like a face; scrub with old toothbrush with the acetone. If the mage knight has a full layer of paint left then throw it back into the now blackened acetone. Repeat the process.
www.pjccmall.com has some very nice prices on commons.
Just clip them off thier original base exacto blade or flat edged wire cuters \ / and pop them on a 1 inch metal washer or a plastic GW base.
Look through the mage spawn first.
shadow
Mage spawn List
then try the rest.
Heroclix has a handfull of minis usefull to modern day games as well.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Taking factory paint off a mage knight /heroclix.
I found a reliable way to take the paintjobs wizkids slaps on their minis. Acetone, nail polish removers main ingredient will remove the latex paint wizkids uses on their latex minis. Beauty supply stores sell acetone in quarts [$ 4us ] and gallons[$10 us][I buy in gallons]
Best way to do it [this causes the least damage to the fig]is take a close-able glass jar with a lid, fill jar with acetone 1/3 full. [the more minis you plan to clean the more acetone you will need]
Drop in a few mage Knights WITHOUT THEIR BASES! Cut away all of the hard plastic base. Acetone will swiftly destroy bases! Also I DO NOT know what acetone does to the solonavi clear green plastic! th plastic of the bases becomes a damnable mess if it gets into the acetone.
Close jar tightly and swirl the mage knight in the [quickly darkening] acetone. Give the minis a good spin cycle. [spin them around quickly]You will start to see the paint falling off the mage knight revealing the figure beneath.
Now take the figs out of the acetone, you will see they will have soften and expanded THIS IS ONLY TEMPORARY! If the figure is clean enough for you wash it off and let it dry for a week. Not clean yet ? if the are is a crevice heavy one like a face; scrub with old toothbrush with the acetone. If the mage knight has a full layer of paint left then throw it back into the now blackened acetone. Repeat the process.
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Random thought: Bug a MK player for his commons. MK players don't need many MK figures to play and these commons pretty much gather dust. Get the knife out, cut off the figures, and remount. MK figures make fine "one foot away" figures, and you can repaint them at your **leisure.** When you're done cutting off the dials **give them back to the person who sold the figures to you.** In MK, only the bases cannot be modified, and he can stick his own figures on the base, just for fun.
Cedric.
aka. Washu! ^O^
Cedric.
aka. Washu! ^O^
NiTessine
Explorer
And wherever you buy your minis from... Never, ever order fron New Wave. They have a... reputation. They're just lousy at delivering the miniatures, taking many months, if the stuff appears at all. I've heard of them being sued for mail fraud, too. Their site is pretty, yes, and it's got lots of pictures... But just don't ever order from them.
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