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

[Fifth Element]

Ever since the announcement of 4E, all new WotC things are bad. Am I right, guys? Let's hear it!

Seriously, there are some stinky sculpts in there...just like there is in every set. Most of them are good, or at least adequate.

 

[Ant]

Very disappointed with what I've seen here. Sure, all sets have some questionable minis but this is just ... wow.

The "new" manticore, ettercap, harpy and naga also get the thumbs down.

And yes, mhacdebhandia, the similarity between the sahuagin the murloc didn't escape me either. No doubt a coincidence. No doubt ...

On a more positive note, I really like the nightmare, large fire elemental and ogre brute (in particular).

 

[Jinete]

Is the tiefling cleric wielding his tail in his off hand?

 

[Wolfspider]

Is the tiefling cleric wielding his tail in his off hand?

Yes, I believe she is.

Kinky.

 

[Klaus]

I may have to look for that one. I haven't seen an ettercap yet that looked remotely spooky or spidery, despite absolutely loving the monster itself.

 

[Nebulous]

The ogre brute is hands down the best mini in the set. But i have so many ogres from different games i hardly need a new one, especially a pricey rare (i'll still get it though).

Anyone ever played or bought the game Descent by Fantasy Flight? Well, i have it and it comes with 3 or 4 large ogres, 3 large giants, 3 large manticores, 3 large nagas, four or five large spiders, 3 large demons, 3 large dragons, and handfuls of beastmen, skeletons, necromancers and maybe something else i'm forgetting. Oh yeah, 12 player characters. Oh, and hellhounds and gargoyles.

Anyway, my point being that they look great. Not painted, but easy to paint and the sculpts are way better than most of these from WotC. Even just primed they look amazing.

Check them out here to compare: Just keep clicking around to see different models and paint jobs, there's varying degrees of talent.

manticores:

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/211428

ogres:

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/211430

demons:

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/211431

whole set

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/256845

Oh, and new ogres, apes and abominations in the expansion

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/235444


And really, why the hell did they put a RARE anklyosaur in this set? Who was really clamoring for a rare dino? You can pick that up for a buck in a Big Lots bargain bin.

 

[Elphilm]

I like the new ettercap concept picture way better than the 3.0 and 3.5 versions, but I mildly dislike the changes to the ogre and the sphinx (tolerable), and totally hate the minis of the dryad and the harpy, hoping they are not going to be the new standard concepts!

I seriously doubt the dryad at least is going to be anything close to a standard one in 4E. Seems like a wicked variant of some kind - perhaps the Black Woods are a particularly nasty place in Feywild.

I don't really have any other comments about the minis since I have no experience on minis in general, other than that the Shadar-Kai Assassin is apparently wielding what can only be a spiked chain.

 

[D.Shaffer]

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?

That's the fault of the (alignment based) faction system for DnD minis. When everything has to belong to a faction (And the choices are LG, CG, LE, CE), you get some wierd results.

 

[hazel monday]

I think Hasbro was aware they'd sell less stuff during the edition transition. So they stuck all the doo-doo sculpts into this interim set. Yep, that's the impression that I get.

 

[Nebulous]

Well, we also have to consider that the poster linked in this thread only has 35 of the 60 miniatures. There's a lot more we haven't seen.