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Post by **Hoboman** » Thu Sep 15, 2011 3:30 pm

james+burgundy wrote:got a few collector figs today

What did you end up with?

We picked up a few of them as well. The Zook Keeper torso would make a good trooper torso. And I love my "Evil" Dwarf.

Post by **aoffan23** » Fri Sep 16, 2011 11:06 pm

I got a new debit card because I lost the one I had... only to find it in the one pair of pants I didn't look in.

Post by **Keldoclock** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 8:47 pm

That plus a pound of dice, marker, 3 kickass poster maps of various locations in the campaign, the Gamemastery modular Jungle map pack, and a wet-erase marker.

Post by **BFenix** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 8:51 pm

I think I have that Bard mini...

Post by **White Nun** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 9:26 pm

Are they D&D figures? At one time I used to modify a lot of plastic D&D and Mageknight figures for Warhammer because it was a cheap way to put together an army. Most of the plastic figures were really nice mouldings and with a little careful retouching on their factory paintwork they could be made to look really good.

Post by **BFenix** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 9:31 pm

White Nun wrote:Are they D&D figures? At one time I used to modify a lot of plastic D&D and Mageknight figures for Warhammer because it was a cheap way to put together an army. Most of the plastic figures were really nice mouldings and with a little careful retouching on their factory paintwork they could be made to look really good.

Yeah they are, but some Wizards screws up their mini when packing and since they're made of a slightly moldable plastic it tends to bend when compacted, giving minis boneriffic poses or twisted weapons. But I agree that with some work they can look great.

Ill never forgive you Wizards for that bent sword on my War Troll. Never.

Post by **Keldoclock** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 9:38 pm

White Nun wrote:Are they D&D figures? At one time I used to modify a lot of plastic D&D and Mageknight figures for Warhammer because it was a cheap way to put together an army. Most of the plastic figures were really nice mouldings and with a little careful retouching on their factory paintwork they could be made to look really good.

Until the new Paizo Heroes and Monsters line comes out, Wizards is my choice for plastic minis. Quality is pretty variable, but they are cheap, and don't need painting, great for the GM without an income.

For monsters, I've got 3 skeleton spearmen from Asylum, and use Paizo's paper minis for everything else.

That reminds me, need to get moar cardstock at Staples tommorow.

Post by **White Nun** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 10:00 pm

Keldoclock wrote:
White Nun wrote:Are they D&D figures? At one time I used to modify a lot of plastic D&D and Mageknight figures for Warhammer because it was a cheap way to put together an army. Most of the plastic figures were really nice mouldings and with a little careful retouching on their factory paintwork they could be made to look really good.
Until the new Paizo Heroes and Monsters line comes out, Wizards is my choice for plastic minis. Quality is pretty variable, but they are cheap, and don't need painting, great for the GM without an income.

For monsters, I've got 3 skeleton spearmen from Asylum, and use Paizo's paper minis for everything else.

That reminds me, need to get moar cardstock at Staples tommorow.

Cool bananas! I like cardstock minis too. I still have my large Elf army for Warhammer which is all cardstock figures made from my own artwork.

Post by **Ham** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 10:04 pm

You actually spend money on DnD figures? We take bottle caps and paper for ours. A recurring joke is that my dwarven fighter is larger than everyone else.

Post by **Hoboman** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 10:25 pm

Ham701 wrote: You actually spend money on DnD figures? We take bottle caps and paper for ours. A recurring joke is that my dwarven fighter is larger than everyone else.

For the longest time I drew small figures on 3/4" square paper and that is what we used. Worded great and we had fun doing it too.

Post by **Keldoclock** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 10:31 pm

I think at least the player characters should be plastic or metal. Paperminis are nice, but they are ways to fill in obscure monsters and things you need thousands of. The BBEG should be 3d, as should the players.

It's worth it, because you are gonna be looking at the minis for liek seven-eight months.

Post by **Hoboman** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 10:36 pm

Keldoclock wrote: It's worth it, because you are gonna be looking at the minis for liek seven-eight months.

One of the issues we had witht he metal figures is I have yet to find one that could change over time like our hand drawn paper figures could. My character finds a cool staff, I draw it on, he lost his sword, I take it off. Can't always do that ith minis. Also drawn paper does nto require paint and thus those of us who lack painting skills did not have to be stuck with crap paint jobs for months.

Post by **Keldoclock** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 10:40 pm

^ It's a abstract. Draw your character as it would be idealy, with endgame armor and glorious oversized weapons.

Or, buy a bitz box and keep modifying and repainting your figure.

Post by **White Nun** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 10:50 pm

Once I had the artwork sorted I found it really easy to arm and equip my cardstock figures pretty much how I pleased, change their banners & etc. Printing off a regiment took no time at all. It was the cutting out and basing up that was the tedious part.

On the other hand I'm a good painter but a slow one and it can take me a very long time to paint a regiment of metal or plastic figures to a good standard. And then if you've got really good quality painted figures you've got to handle them soooooo carefully so they don't get damaged......

Post by **Keldoclock** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 10:57 pm

White Nun wrote: On the other hand I'm a good painter but a slow one and it can take me a very long time to paint a regiment of metal or plastic figures to a good standard. And then if you've got really good quality painted figures you've got to handle them soooooo carefully so they don't get damaged......

Painting is time consuming and expensive but not too hard.

Base. Assemble. Prime. Brush on main colors. Magic Wash. Highlight&Shadow. Black/tan/dark green ink wash. Touch up. Paint base. Matte Varnish. Admire.

Time consuming but not hard, and the varnish toughens up the figure.

* To those not in the know, Magic Wash is a blend of only the finest tap water and floor polish.