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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shin Okada" data-source="post: 1536088" data-attributes="member: 1956">*What do you use your D&D Miniatures for?For playing DDM Skirmish game and for playing D&D RPG.*How many of them do you really use, compared to how many you have (%)?Hmm. It is very difficult to estimate. I own about 800-1000 minis I guess. I guess 60%-70% of my minis are in my "maybe usable for constructing warbands" boxes. And most others are in my "not good for skirmish, but maybe usable for D&D RPG" boxes. And 30-40 minis are in my "trading goods" box.*Do you use them for the same reason that you bought them in the first place, or has it changed after buying?Before I bought the first starter, I did not know much about DDM Skirmish Game (of course). So I have been thinking "Yeah, new skirmish game. Maybe not bad. But even if that is bad, I can still use them in my DnD sessions". But after I have opened the set and tried first few games, I have found that DDM is the best skirmish miniature game ever made. So now I am playing DDM Skirmish intensively. And using them for D&D sessions either.Now my impression on this product line. I have been using metal (and some plastic) miniatures for playing DnD for about 20 years. I like to paint minis. And I do play other miniature games such as Warhammer.Of course, most metal minis have finer detail. And hand-painted minis look better than pre-painted D&D minis. Still, I found this product line is very useful for playing D&D RPG.First of all, though I have 500+ hand-painted minis, my collection is still not perfect. I never had that many Kuo-Toas, Drows and such. And by purchasing DDM, I got some monsters which I did not have, such as Carrion Crawler, Shambling Mound, Xill, and such.Unpainted metal/plastic minis took much time to prepare. So plentiful of already painted minis never too much even for a metal miniature lover.And, PVC minis are tough! This is very important when you play not in home, especially with the boys and girls you have first met. I have DMed in a hobby store convention last week. It was a very good thing that I did not need to worry about those lads ruining my minis.And PVC minis are light and easy to carry with. The shop is an hour from my house. I have brought all the PC minis, and 30+ monsters who appears in the adventure, 3 core rulebooks, dice and other tools, all in a single backpack!I love this product line.*editOh by the way. I have used Sage as a village old man in the session. Also, I am planning to use Human Commoners as Nerull cultists, under command of Cleric of Nerull.</blockquote>

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