Pathfinder 1E Pathfinder Mini Set by WizKids

[Twowolves]

My apollogies, I skipped over the pic of the GL Corps and didn't confirm my outdated pricing on the LE minis. However, here in the US, when the 3 pack of skeletons were first available, it was $6 for skeletons, $7-ish for orcs. DDM started out at $10 for 8, then $12, then $15 for the non-huge packs. I had bought a ton of HeroClix back before Wizkids had been sold (twice), but I can't remember how much they were. I didn't much care, as I mainly used the sculpts to represent characters in my homegrown supers game, and the difference between a common/uncommon/rare/ultra-rare mini was often just stats or a different paint scheme. The $13 GL Corps pack looks like a starter set and possibly a loss leader, but I dunno, maybe not.

At any rate, Mr Mona has put my worries at ease regarding the future of the Reaper metal mini Pathfinder line, so it looks like a win all the way around.

 

[sheadunne]

Do we know if they're using the "clix" style hard plastic, or the more durable soft plastic that WOTC used? I find that the 'clix' plastic requires more attention otherwise they break. At least in my experience. That probably won't stop me from purchasing a set. Love my pre-painted plastic minis. I just may have to store them differently than I do my WOTC minis, which take an amazing amount of punishment.

 

[Urlithani]

This may be a dumb question, but are these minis going to be the same size as the D&D minis? I would spend an idiotic amount of money on them as long as I can add them to my gigantic pile of D&D minis. I would have done that with WoW minis but they're a bigger scale...

I'd probably buy them anyway if the quality is as good as the picture, regardless of the size. Then I would have to memorize enlarge person on every character though when I wanted to use them!

 

[Stormonu]

I've got a few the old Wizkids Mageknight figures, and for the longest time they had the quality edge over WotC's line, up until about the time WotC started doing transparent minis - then they sorta leapfrogged each other until Wizkids vanished for a while. So I greatly admire the new Wizkids made minis.

With that said however, I'm really looking more for creatures minis that PC minis. That would be where Paizo would get my money. I passed on the D&D hero mini sets because I'd already had so many "hero" minis I didn't care for more. I have even more minis these days, so that stance hasn't changed.

I'm hoping Paizo will release monster packs somewhat like what WotC did with the beholder set, though with a bit more variety among the figures. Something like, say, a gnoll warpack with a couple gnolls, a flind, a few hyenas or hyenadon and a barbed demon. Stuff that would work together, but wouldn't all be the exact same creature with different poses/weapons.

Lastly, though I doubt very much it would be possible, I'd love to see a super deluxe/limited edition version of the pathfinder boxed game with minis instead of tokens. Even if the minis were unpainted!

 

[Alaxk Knight of Galt]

I'm hoping Paizo will release monster packs somewhat like what WotC did with the beholder set, though with a bit more variety among the figures. Something like, say, a gnoll warpack with a couple gnolls, a flind, a few hyenas or hyenadon and a barbed demon. Stuff that would work together, but wouldn't all be the exact same creature with different poses/weapons.

Agreed. I think randomized themed monster packs could work. You'd have more SKUs then a normal pure random set, but less then what a purely non-random pack. You have a really good idea of what you are buying but still have room for a random odd monster or two.

Take Undead (always a good monster type). The common figures would be skeletons and zombies. The rarer figures might be transparent wraiths or stiched together abominations. If you need udead, buy a few packs and you'll have enough for most encounters.

Really looking forward to what Wizkids and Paizo produce.

 

[Stormonu]

Take Undead (always a good monster type). The common figures would be skeletons and zombies. The rarer figures might be transparent wraiths or stiched together abominations. If you need udead, buy a few packs and you'll have enough for most encounters.

...you could even put a necromancer, evil cleric or some other being who might animate/control the undead as a rare odd figure.

 

[Glade Riven]

The prepainted Pathfinder miniature looks pretty well done, if it looks like that when you buy it in the stores I'll eat my hat ;-) And buy a set (i'll probably buy it if it looks as good as the D&D miniatures anyway). The coloring does look a little flat, but a quick dip should solve that problem...

I'm curious to know how many miniatures that first pack will have, will it be only the four hero's or also monsters.

Looks like a 3D rendered mock-up, but that doesn't mean it is inaccurate - common industrial practice of plastics molding means you have to design the mold in a CAD program first (unless you're making "garage molds"). I can tell it's a 3D render because first, the lighting doesn't quite look right and second, just look at the base - I see polygon edges. The edges of the disk are far too sharp, too.

My guess is that a sculpture was made, then 3D scanned (yes, the technology exists), but it could have easily been done completly in the computer, too.

 

[Cergorach]

My apologies, but while the coloring of the miniature doesn't look realistic, the image does look realistic. And while I know that 3D renderings can look 'photo realistic', there are often indicators that something is a 3D render and I'm not seeing it. That the edges of the disk look 'too sharp' could be due to poor photoshopping to make the image ready for publication (which often happens when folks want to use a transparent background).

 

[FoxWander]

I agree with Transbot9- the Kyra pic is a 3d render. It's a very good render, though, and obviously one designed to look like a plastic figure. You can see it in the bottom curve of the base which isn't rendered with as many polygons as the rest of the figure. There are short straight edges- especially at the ends of the curve- that show the polygons.

Now, as I said, they obviously have a 3d-renderer designed to recreate the look of plastic minis, which makes sense given their business, but they're actual minis don't look that good. For instance, take a look at the bigger version of the Green Lantern set ad that Cergorach posted. You'll see the same sort of excellent quality as the Kyra pic. Now look at either of the links frank thedm posted and click on any pic of the minis on those pages. Those are obviously the actual minis as compared to the 3d renders in the ad. While the minis are still pretty good, they don't compare to the renders.

 

[jedijon]

The preview is so obviously a computer generated image used for their casting process (and subsequently colorized), pretty much par for Wizkids course, that I'm actually very leery of how these will actually turn out. I certainly will need to see production photos of the actual thing before any pre-orders, orders, or purchases of any kind to this line.

Plus, my collection is almost 100% DDM, and whatever else is there will need to be aesthetically compatible with what I've already got--or so unbelievably awesome as to warrant a purchase.

Good luck Mona!