So...this is the new Ettercap?:(

[Klaus]

Hey, that tiefling has itty-bitty horns! All is good in the world!

 

[Mortellan]

the fire elemental and nightmare are cool though, along with the demon weapon swarm and the blade spider, but most of these lack a feeling of the kind of fantasy that excites me.

Yeah when they are using a 'special effect' mini they seem to be better in general. Maybe it's because you know they are trying harder. But just regular run of the mill monsters and races must lose quite a bit from concept sketch phase to modelling phase.

 

[Moon-Lancer]

sahuagin is kindof cool in the "i wanna fight 100s of these cute little guys" kindof way. Its a really good sculpt with a good paint job. yay!

 

[ColonelHardisson]

A Manticore Sniper? Oh well, at least that thing doesn't look like that horrible freak from the 3rd edition Monster Manual.

I liked the 3e revamp of the manticore a lot. It made what I'd always considered a slightly silly and fairly boring monster more interesting. It reminds me of how seals could be mistaken for mermaids. Seals look nothing like people, but I can say from personal experience that you can mistake them for a swimmer or surfer from a distance. The same principle applies to the 3e manticore - up close it doesn't look much like a human at all, but from a distance or in a quick glimpse, it may seem to have the face of a man.

Anyway, I like this new ettercap look - except for the wrong number of limbs.

 

[CleverNickName]

Er...no thanks. On all counts except ogre. (I wonder if I can still use my 3.x Edition minis with the new 4E rules?)

Just kidding, of course. But it would only slightly surprise me if someone claimed otherwise.

EDIT: Okay, I suppose the naga isn't too terrible either. But the rest can stay on the shelf.

 

[Aldarc]

The ettercap looks like it has an extra right back foot underneath its body, so maybe it does have four sets of appendages, just two sets for walking and two for fighting.

 

[grimslade]

These minis look worse than the Harbinger set. The paint jobs are awful and most are featureless blobs. Is the ettercap a new type of formian? Looks more like an ant man than spider-man. The yuan ti looks awful, kind of a melted red crayon. The harpy is just bad. The sauhuagin looks like a cute and cuddly little critter. We have had good sculpts of sauhuagin in the past why go for the cartoonish over sized head deal.
The ogre, fire elemental, nightmare and naga look good though.

 

[Wormwood]

I really don't see what's wrong with the ettercap. Sorry, but it looks just fine to me.

 

[hazel monday]

Bfugly.

 

[Hairfoot]

Ironically, the ettercap is the only miniature in the range I don't dislike. The dwarven brawler looks like a tanked-up System of a Down fanboy looking for a hipster to punch out.

EDIT: and since when can a dinosaur with a brain the size of a walnut become lawful good? Does it have a second, morality-oriented, brain in its tail?