D&D 5E (2014) Storm King's Thunder Miniatures

[pukunui]

The new giants are larger. For the most part, they are larger than the huge giants from the older WotC D&D huge giants from Giants of Legend and from Against the Giants.

Really?! Wow! Guess I'd better get the new frost and stone giants then.

 

[Mirtek]

Anyone likes to share pictures so tht we can judge the real deal rather than the CGI renderings?

 

[Sacrosanct]

Anyone likes to share pictures so tht we can judge the real deal rather than the CGI renderings?

I got 3 boxes yesterday (those who got cases, man that must have been expensive lol). Here they are in comparison to the rest of the giants I have. I'm not really a fan of making them bigger, because now it throws off the scale of all the other giants. Minor, issue, I know.

 

[MrHotter]

I usually go here http://www.minisgallery.com/dnd/ or to Minature Market to see what is in the set.

 

[wicked cool]

I dont like the size creep of frost giants. Even the new giant from tyranny is much smaller. New hill giant is much bigger than older hill giants/older fire/frost but the fomorian is a lot smaller than previous 2

Going to be silly to mix/match old/new giants

 

[abirdcall]

I am really happy that we are finally getting huge giants (well we had them before but not for a long time...I only have 1 of the older huge ones).

Disappointments include that the Formorian is only large, even though they should be huge like the rest. The winter wolf is out of place in a set which is otherwise full of huges. 14 of the 16 'big' ones are huge. The Winter Wolf is tiny in comparison. I am also not a big fan of the decision on the commons. Some of them I really don't want multiples of.

Overall I think it is a great set. These last few D&D sets have been very good both with sculpt/painting as well as set decisions such as rarity and now including huges in the regular boxes.

I much prefer these sets over the Pathfinder ones.

 

[Mirtek]

I got 3 boxes yesterday (those who got cases, man that must have been expensive lol). Here they are in comparison to the rest of the giants I have. I'm not really a fan of making them bigger, because now it throws off the scale of all the other giants. Minor, issue, I know.

Thx

 

[AngryTiger]

Not really a fan of these miniatures. Way too expensive for such bad quality. I much prefer Bones for my miniature needs, more detailed sculpts at affordable price. Bones require much more work though, since they come unpainted, but the paint job on D&D miniatures is so horrible that any self respecting miniature hobbyist is going to have to repaint them anyway. At least the sculpts are not bad.

 

[fjw70]

I picked up a pack today. The stone giant looks really nice but it quite a bit bigger than the older sculpts. Also the stone giants average 18' tall so the minis should 3-4" tall but looks to be around 6 inches (not measured yet, just estimating). Maybe I can use it for a stone giant chieftain.

The other 3 minis were just meh (githzerai monk, dark mantle, and some guy names Crag something with a massive sword).

 

[thalmin]

Not really a fan of these miniatures. Way too expensive for such bad quality. I much prefer Bones for my miniature needs, more detailed sculpts at affordable price. Bones require much more work though, since they come unpainted, but the paint job on D&D miniatures is so horrible that any self respecting miniature hobbyist is going to have to repaint them anyway. At least the sculpts are not bad.

Fortunately, these minis are not designed for miniature hobbyists, they are designed for D&D role players and DMs. I like to run my game using lots of minis, and I prefer to spend my time planning the adventures, developing my own campaign, and prepping for the next game session. (I am running my home-brew D&D world).