So what are your 2010 hopeful huges?

Phew, this is tougher:

1. Tendriculous
2. Huge Giant Skeleton
3. Huge Giant Zombie
4. Huge 3.5 Style Green Dragon
5. Huge Blue Dragon
6. Hydra
7. Nalfeshnee
8. Huge Snake or Centipede

Runner ups for me:

1. Male Storm Giant (normal weapon)
2. Treant (with leaves)
3. Greater Stone Golem
4. Death Knight on Undead Dragon

1) Black Pudding
2) Water Titan/Elemental (EDIT: added after N333's post. Good idea, that.)
3) Giant Space Hamster
4) Aspect of Asmodeus
5) Aspect of Orcus
6) Black Dragon WITHOUT Rider
7) Frost Giant/Titan WITHOUT Cheesy Ice Weapon (EDIT: apparently confirmed in Aug. set?)
8) Hydra

This is an extremely tough problem.  I have a great set of 8 huges for Legendary Evils; I'm really looking forward to that set.  Next years hasn't quite gelled for me as well as the first one.

I'm especially looking for monster examples for late heroic/early paragon tier.

One I'm currently on the fence is the Winterclaw Owlbear (mostly because I *really* want to do an owlbear that looks like a friggin' owlbear...) but I don't want it to turn out like the huge carrion crawler, so it's currently on my chopping block.

One problem is all the rares will ultimately get compared with Dragons.  I have an assumption that every consumer for this product will want to buy 1 dragon.  (There will be some that buy 2, and those that buy 0 -- I'm not really sure they're playing Dungeons and DRAGONS anymore...  ;)  )  Therefore, a miniature needs to be either a solo creature as popular as a dragon -- the huge Beholder may count as that -- or one that half the audience wants two copies, like the titans.  (I hope!)  I think demons are strong, I like the Balor, Goristro, and Nalfeshnee; maybe the Bebilith, but the Huge Fiendish Spider caused me to delay on that one.

I don't think the Tendriculous or the Black Pudding are particularly strong choices for visible huge figures.  While some of you might like one, it's not something the majority of consumers want.   Do you want to buy a dragon or something that looks like a melted pile of black plastic?

The second choice.

There are already tons of Dragon sculpts, but no melted piles of black plastic; if it's a visible (ie. uncommon), it can be avoided, and it doesn't take up a rare slot. I suspect there are might be more fans of 'dungeon desserts' that you think...
Besides, every mini doesn't have to be what the majority wants, does it? Some monsters would never get made, and it seems some of the ones that have been made already aren't what the majority wanted. Everyone has their 'pet' monsters.
Now, where's the Blink Dogs at?

Another 2 cents brought to you courtesy of freedeath; let the rebuttals begin...

 

- Gray Lynnorm
- Dread Linnorm (colossal)
- Corpse Tearer (gargantuan)

Oh hell, if I got these three I need nothing else :) But they need to be uncommon, right?

I'd buy a Black Pudding, but most likely only 1.

• - Water Titan (we've got huge "elemental" types for fire, earth, and air already)
• - Whatever Huge Chromatic Dragons that still need done (black, green, blue)
• - Bebilith
• - Kraken (since we likely won't see an icon of this)
• - Treant (with leaves please!)
• - Athach
• - Glabrezu
• - nalfeshnee

Peter, there's 3.0 MMII Bronze Serpent. That would fin an uncommon and could be used for things like a normal serpent, a golem serpent, etc. Maybe a Huge crystal golem.

Don't think uncommon huge.  The visible huges can kick ass -- they should be figures you previously saw as rare.Â

I didn't realize 'ass kicking' was related to rarity (LOL). 

I'll still call them UC's until I see the rarity symbol once the set is released; after all, the visibles coming in May are listed as UC.

They'll be listed with uncommon symbols (as there will be more of them made than the rares in the set) but expect things with the complexity of dragons and beholders, not nightwalkers and armored guulvorgs.

Black Puddings can be complex...

Now we are talking! Do you have any limitation, such as "must be on a 4E product before miniature is produced" or you can produce and later 4E stats are done? Unfortunately Wotc can't use another products but consider taking a lot at 3.0 Creature Collection I and II for some inspiration... I posted on Enworld for more suggestions/ideas... http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/253241-suggestions-10-huge-miniature-set.html#post4728989

Actually, I'd like to get several sizes of Black Pudding, and I'd like to see more Ooze/Slime/Jelly minis in general.

Would these be the only huges in the set or would there be hidden ones as well?

Assuming these are basically the rares, then I would avoid stuff like black pudding and tendriculosis or whatever. I want them as minis but not as my only picks and they would hurt sales by sitting on the shelf while dragons get snatched up. Boosters that sit means cases don't get ordered.

My 8.
1. Huge Blue maybe runecarved or something to make him special
2. Huge Green
3. Beholder Hive mother
4. Frost Titan
5. Balor
6. huge sized Giant Skeleton - Looking closer to a Death knight then a stripped down skelly, damaged full plate, bad ass sword, etc
7. Drow Spell Sword riding Huge Spider - Give him a sword though and light armor so he can work as a mage or fighter type.
8. Dragonborn riding a rage drake like lizard mount

I want a black pudding. I would get a couple.

I would want the Huge Green Dragon to be 3.5 style

I like the idea of a huge water elemental.

I also think a huge skeleton is a good idea. I have no interest whatsoever in huge demon/devil types. If there were one, no biggie, but several would be a turn off for the set.

No mounted minis, please.

A huge kraken would be cool, even if a gargantuan is the right size, unless there are plans for a garg kraken.

A huge blue dragon would be great.

Huge Water Titan/Elemental I would be down with.
I agree with the Kraken, if it can't be made Gargantuan, a Huge like the Purple Worm would be cool.
Can't the Puddings be made up of medium sized creatures like swarms and Ochre Jellies?

Just a note, everything on my list I would buy more than 1 of... I would only buy 1 Huge Beholder though.

So, there will only be 8 Huges, and they will ALL be visible?

Lessee...top 8 Huges...That aren't dragons...And what the hey, I'll list quantity I'd want afterwards:

Late Paragon - Epic:
1. Chuul Juggernaut - 2-3
2. Godforged Colossus 1-2
3. Goristro 2-3
4. Soulspike Devourer 2-3
5. Gibbering Orb 1
6. Discord Incarnate 1
7. Pit of the Abandoned Regiment 1-2
8. Bone Collector 2


Late Heroic - Mid Paragon:
1. Frost Worm 2-3
2. Thrym Hound (with 2 extra heads...yeah, I'm not subtle...) 2
3. Yrthack 2
4. Spider Eater 2-4
5. Greater Spawn of Juiblex 2-3
6. Nightwing 1-2
7. Mordent Hydra 2
8. Madcrafter of Thoon 2-3


...And just cus...

Huge Dragons: (1-2 of any of these)
1. Deep
2. Brown
3. Green (3.x or earlier appearance, I know it probably won't happen but I feel I should put my voice in, failing that a Huge silver I can repaint Green.)
4. Blue
5. Black
6. Shadow
7. Elder Deathmask Dragon
8. Elder Dragon Eel

There's my votes for now till I can remember more huges...

I'm confused why we're discussing the 2010 huge set, as there is a 2009 huge set coming up first (Dungeon Lords), but what the heck:

2009 - Dungeon Lords:

1. Remorhaaz (confirmed) - yay, I want at least 2!
2. Beholder Hive Mother (confirmed) - good call, really want one!
3. Frost Titan (confirmed) - I think I do want 2, depends on the sculpt, I can imagine a couple of BBEG to go with my Frost Giant army.
4. Elder Black Dragon - no rider, I want 2!
5. Elder Silver Dragon - I want one, Aspect of Bahamut just won't do as a proxy.
6. Huge Skeleton - something else than a Dragon and I'll take it.
7. Chuul Juggernaut (great idea Maou) - would be a nice proxy for a Kraken as well.
8. Water Elemental/Titan - Simply make a huge version of the Bloodwar water elemental and we're fine

2010:

1. Balor - I'd like a huge balor!
2. Elder Blue Dragon - a live one would be nice
3. Elder Green Dragon - but no corny nose spike!!!
4. Treant with leaves - I'd want 4!
5. Black Pudding - I'll gladly take 3 lumps of molten black plastic.
6. Huge Hydra - because it's cool, 1 please
7. Huge Zombie giant - A Formorian Zombie perhaps? I'd take a couple.
8. Some Huge Giant comparable to the GoL Storm Giant in type and quality - too bad actual Storm Giants have shrunken (sp?).

D.

"1. Balor - I'd like a huge balor!"

Same here.

That would be because the 2009 set is already being made (the decisions of what is in it have already been made).  He's looking for feedback/suggestions that can alter the next huge set he will be putting a list together for.

Mine

1. Nalfeshnee (Rare)
2. Remorhaz
3. Bebilith (Rare)
4. Athach
5. Water Elemental
6. Retriever  (Rare)
7. Deepspawn  (Rare)
8. Black Pudding  (Rare)

Posted by Temperence
Do you want to buy a dragon or something that looks like a melted pile of black plastic?
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Melted black wax works MUCH better than plastic.  -_0


Melt black wax over a wire frame and maybe use Cleargloss-spraypaint to seal.

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1. Tendriculous (I need more then anything)
2. Huge Giant Skeleton
3. Huge Fog Giant
4. Huge 3.5 Style Green Dragon
5. Huge Blue Dragon
6. Phaerimm
7. Nalfeshnee
8. Huge Eagle (young roc)

1) Aspect of Gruumsh - need of mine since day 1 (a whole campaign waiting on it)
2) Balor - could be really awesome, the best Holy #^%# monster out there
3) Aspect of Asmodeus - lots to work with here
4) Huge Giant Skeleton - Absolute Must need 3-5
5) Huge Giant Zombie - Absolute Must need 3-5
6) Athach - been missing
7) Tendriculous - could be done really well and I would definitely want 1
8) Bebilith - missing for quite a while, easy to proxy but well I'd like 2 anyways

Others I agree we could use
Treant with Leaves (I'd buy 3)
Nalfeshnee
Greater Stone Golem
Death Knight on Undead Dragon - might be really cool
Elder Blue Dragon

Lemme help ya out there.

I don't mind those pics being at full size, but they were meant just to be URL
links to not be cruel to those with dial up. Also they make reading posts difficult
since the big one makkes the whole web page wider. Keep them up if you like,
but I would have gone with hotlinked thumbnails, but they were not showing
up properly in post preview for me.

Ah, fixed.

-Cindergrove Spirit [Open Grave] (Could double as a really awesome looking fire elemental {complete with black, charred skeletons within}, would make good use of transparent plastic while allowing for a relatively simple paint job.)
-Kyuss [Open Grave] (Yep, it's listed as a huge creature, and I can definitely imagine that anthropomorphic mound of worms being an autobuy for many people. Assuming, of course, a suitably awesome sculpt could be produced.)
-Ancient Gray Dragon [Draconomicon I] (This would be an opportunity to pump a lot of sculpt detail into a very impressive looking dragon, while fleshing out the array of minis suitable for the varieties introduced in Draconomicon I. For all you 3.5ers, it would be a huge fang dragon.)
-Huge Trebuchet (Siege weapons sound very, very appealing, and if you already have plans for this one... well, may as well test the waters.)
-Balor (Could indeed make for one impressive demon, and I imagine one of the Epic-Tier adventures might feature one. {Given recent focus on creatures like... Orcus.})
-Chuul Juggernaut
-Winterclaw Owlbear (I do dig Owlbears... plus, it feels like I may be running more wilderness adventures now that the Primal classes have been released. Just make sure the sculpt is up to par or yes, it will be another huge carrion crawler...)
-Brass Dragon (To let people play with their new toys from Draconomicon II, continue to provide dragon sculpts for the 3.5 players, and produce my favourite metallic. =) )

As for late heroic huges, the Zombie Throng in Open Grave would be interesting indeed... =)