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Message: <blockquote data-quote="John Crichton" data-source="post: 929296" data-attributes="member: 4779">Paint Jobs and In General:I've done some mini painting in my time and I have to say that I'm pretty good.  However, it takes me WAY too long to paint just one and have it look the way I want to.  I use that time now to plan for my games or do some other campaign related activity.  My time is somewhat limited as it is and I want to make the game run as smoothly as possible.  That and I just simply don't feel like painting any more minis.Many have been complaining about the quality of the paint jobs.  Some of these minis don't look all that hot in the pictures.  Well, the 2 that have been posted in this thread aren't exactly actual size.  They are blown up and of course we are going to see flaws.  And no, they aren't fantastic.  But they are good enough to spill on to the table for a few minutes for the PC's to hammer on them.  And if any PC really wants a good looking mini to represent them there is nothing stopping them from going out and buying one that suits them.  Painting one mini is no big deal.  But painting a ton of minis is something that I have no plans for anytime in the near future.Random Packaging:I didn't like it either until I thought about it.  Besides the secondary market which I know will pop up in my area and online there is another advantage to it (which has been eluded to already).  Folks have already mentioned shelf space and basic price which leads me to my point:  Keeping these things cheap enough to warrant buying one and WotC to keep making different lines.  If they are talking about rarity and making sure people get what they want.  But making them random and relatively cheap it makes sure that don't HAVE to pay a higher price for a particular mini that I want.  Sure, I will probably be somewhat unlucky and not get every single one I want but it's better than having to pay a higher price right off the bat for a rare that I want.Overall:I'll be buying a few packs right off the bat just to make sure I don't get burned.  But if they are halfway decent I'll certainly be investing more into them.  I'm not looking for high-quality minis here, just something that looks like the critter or possible NPC the PC's will run into.  Plus, if this works I'm sure WotC will make it better with different critters, variants and maybe even all the base PC class/race combos with a few choices here and there.  And if it keeps them in business, so be it.  I think they have done a fantastic job with 3e and on so far and hope they continue to do so.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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