Pathfinder 1E Randomized Pathfinder Minis from Paizo and Wizkids

[cyderak]

So, the Paizo Business Model really is 'steal ideas and models from everyone else after they discarded it and put on a new coat of paint'?

You forgot the part where Paizo does it wayyyyyyy better.

 

[Dice4Hire]

Well, Paizo is not really doing this, are they?

Which may be a good or bad thing.

In the end, this is not Paizo or WOTC, it is Wizkids, which seems ot be a rather unreliable company thus far, quality and product-wise.

 

[Maggan]

"Do what WotC did, back in the 3E era, but better and smarter" seems like it's been a pretty good business model so far.

Especially if one can do that and get away with charging more than WotC did, and still keep the fans happy.

/M

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Especially if one can do that and get away with charging more than WotC did, and still keep the fans happy.

That's the definition of business success.

 

[CasvalRemDeikun]

Four dollars for something that looks as if it was made from Play-Doh, sculpted by an eight-year-old, and covered in crayon? No thanks.

These are an insult to the D&D miniatures they are so desperately trying to rip off.

 

[TheAuldGrump]

Four dollars for something that looks as if it was made from Play-Doh, sculpted by an eight-year-old, and covered in crayon? No thanks.

These are an insult to the D&D miniatures they are so desperately trying to rip off.

Actually, while stylized, the sculpts themselves are decent, with Small and Medium largely superior to the same for DDM.

For Large and Huge I think that the DDM look better, by and large.

However the big unshaded blocks of color detract enough to make that less than apparent. Those paint jobs are terrible. Even a simple brown dip would help.

The Auld Grump

 

[Bluenose]

Actually, while stylized, the sculpts themselves are decent, with Small and Medium largely superior to the same for DDM.

For Large and Huge I think that the DDM look better, by and large.

However the big unshaded blocks of color detract enough to make that less than apparent. Those paint jobs are terrible. Even a simple brown dip would help.

The Auld Grump

I'm not sure it's possible to judge the quality of the sculpts. Partly, that's because of the paint jobs, which could be obscuring an a lot of quality. Mostly though that's because, well, plastics. You can have wonderful basic sculpts but the casting is a very different matter, and it's absolutely certain that moulds for plastics can't deliver the same quality as moulds for metal figures.

 

[TheAuldGrump]

I'm not sure it's possible to judge the quality of the sculpts. Partly, that's because of the paint jobs, which could be obscuring an a lot of quality. Mostly though that's because, well, plastics. You can have wonderful basic sculpts but the casting is a very different matter, and it's absolutely certain that moulds for plastics can't deliver the same quality as moulds for metal figures.

I'd argue with you if I could, but you are right, so I won't. Especially since those are CG sculpts not actual sculpts. There are some amazing sculpts being done with CG these days, not just for plastics - Raging Heroes has a few that are pretty danged awesome.

And now resin is entering the fray, in part because the price of white metal has been skyrocketing.

The Auld Grump, who likes painting minis....

 

[TheAuldGrump]

The pricing for the random boxes are on this page.

3.99 for one medium/two small
5.99 for one large.

Overall it's a bit higher than I'd like. I'll probably see what prices are like on the secondary market.

Ah, I did not see that. I stand corrected.

$4 for a medium, given that I would be repainting... probably not.

$6 for a large, probably, from a reseller - it's cheaper than metal.

The Auld Grump

 

[dmccoy1693]

Remember that those images are jpgs of the autocad files. They're not photos of the minis themselves. So if they look like it was painted by a computer drafting program ... it was. The actual minis will be different.