What Is A Good D&D Mini Set To Start On?

[Zaukrie]

I responded, but I don't check my e-mail from work, and we are on other sides of the world from each other

I'll put a long list together for you. And since I want the hobby to grow, well, I'll give you a good price....

 

[Olaf the Stout]

I responded, but I don't check my e-mail from work, and we are on other sides of the world from each other

I'll put a long list together for you. And since I want the hobby to grow, well, I'll give you a good price....

Zaukrie,

I didn't get an e-mail from you. I checked my junk/spam mail to see if it has got caught in there but to no avail.

Could you please try to send me another e-mail. My e-mail addresses are ac(underscore)marafioti(at)hotmail(dot)com AND ac(underscore)marafioti(at)yahoo(dot)com

Thanks,

Olaf the Stout

 

[Nightfall]

Olaf,

So have you opened your boxes yet? What did you find?

 

[Olaf the Stout]

Olaf,

So have you opened your boxes yet? What did you find?

I'm just about to leave work and go get them now (it is nearly 4:30pm where I am in Australia). I have a game session tonight. Depending on what I get I may even be able to use some of the minis tonight. I'll let you know what I got tomorrow.

Olaf the Stout

 

[frankthedm]

Olaf, Auggie seems willing to do an international order so shoot him an email.

championgamesaug{a}hotmail{dot}com

 

[Jefe Bergenstein]

He saw the days when pewter hill giant would have been about that much?

That doesnt make him right, and he should realize that, GASP, prices will rise over 30 years. I remember paying a dollar for a poorly sculpted partha fig as well.

He can see how even cheap minis can add up to high costs?

And metal figures dont? This is about value compared to metal figs. Presumably if you're buying figures in the first place, you've determined that minis as a whole are something that you want to add to your game. Otherwise I guess the player's handbook is a bad value compared to just making up rules yourself, and a car is a bad value compared to walking.

He is a painter of metal figs and knows how much the pre paint plastics take a bite out of the metal mini market?

Not a particularly good argument for why a cheap figure with a decent sculpt is a bad value compared to a more expensive figure now is it? My budget is about half and half for metal and plastic figs, but I recognize that I get more mileage out of plastic ones than my rackham pieces, particularly due to ease of transport. I get a lot of joy and relaxation from painting and modding, but for someone just wanting to plunk down some monsters, plastic figs are a good deal.

 

[Olaf the Stout]

Olaf, Auggie seems willing to do an international order so shoot him an email.

championgamesaug{a}hotmail{dot}com

Thanks for that FranktheDM.

Olaf the Stout

 

[Olaf the Stout]

I got my first taste of plasticrack yesterday. I got a WotDQ booster, an Angelfire booster and an Aberrations booster. I originally was just going to get 2 WotDQ boosters but the fact that my LGS had the older Angelfire and Aberrations boosters changed my mind.

My first impressions were that they were a lot smaller than I expected (I guess I am used to the Games Workshop sized minis) and the plastic was a lot softer. I thought that the paint jobs were ok but a few of them needed some improvement (Fiendish Giant Praying Mantis - who threw up on that mini! :\ ).

So what did I get?

Angelfire Booster
Common
Wrackspawn
Hobgoblin Impaler
Xeph Warrior
Kobold Soldier

Uncommon
Justice Archon
Werebear
Imp

Rare
Steel Predator

Aberrations Booster
Common
Myconid Guard
Silent Wolf Goblin
Hill Dwarf Warrior
Gnoll Skeleton

Uncommon
Bladebearer Hobgoblin
Half-Illithid Lizardfolk
Orc Sergeant

Rare
Fiendish Giant Praying Mantis

War of the Dragon Queen Booster

Common
Witchknife
Cleric of Laogzed
Twig Blight
Whitespawn Hordeling

Uncommon
Bonded Fire Summpner
Small Fire Elemental

Rare
Tordek, Dwarf Champion

Huge Rare
Sorcerer on Black Dragon(!)

Overall I was very happy to score the Sorcerer on the Black Dragon. Out of all the huge minis it was my second choice so I was very happy to get one. On the other hand, the Fiendish Giant Praying Mantis and the Steel Predator (both large rares) from the other 2 boosters are about as useful to me as a third nipple. I hope that they are good for people who play the minis game because they aren't too useful for my D&D game. That's all part of the randomisation I guess.

I ended up not getting much useful in the way of potential PC minis like I was hoping. One of my players took the Bonded Fire Summoner as his mini. The rest didn't really have anything close to suitable. I guess I'll see what I can trade some of my less than useful minis for. Would maxminis be the best place for this?

I can definitely understand people's dislike of the randomness. I was happy with most of my WotDQ minis but a lot of the ones I got from the other 2 boosters won't see a whole lot of use. I think that picking up the singles for the minis that I really want will be the best way to go. I will probably get the remaining Angelfire and Aberrations boosters that are left at my LGS though because I think that these 2 sets are now out of print.

Olaf the Stout

 

[Olaf the Stout]

After having a look at maxminis.com I feel a lot more confident at getting more of the minis that I'm after. It helps that a lot of them are either common or uncommon.

Olaf the Stout

 

[Lalato]

You should also try hordelings.com.

--sam