javasquirrel
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 | | 06/25/2008 3:58 PM |
| | I'm just curious how many people out there like to get a mini from one of the many supplies, and do up your own for games? I myself find just as much joy out of painting up minis for the game, that with my groups all the new people get one done of their character. Though I'd be intrested in knowing if you prefer the WOTC minis too. | |
If I kill off a 5th level party with only 3 kobolds that were based off Spartans, have I failed or succeeded at my job as a DM? | |
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zenthrus
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5104 Posts
SLC, UT
| | 06/25/2008 5:43 PM |
| I paint WotC minis. How's that for best of both worlds? 
I'm finding that painting minions takes a wee bit too much effort. Don't think I'll repaint minions anymore. | |
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| | 06/25/2008 10:11 PM |
| | I use pre-painted minis. Painted minis and pre-painted minis that I've painted. | |
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Bert the Troll
Commander
3964 Posts
Adelaide
| | 06/25/2008 10:56 PM |
| I like the idea of doing one for each character that plays. I like to give a mini of character to players when the campign ends up.
Lack of skill and general time poorness has stopped me from buying unpainted. | |
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5690 Posts
| | 06/26/2008 5:31 AM |
| | PPPM alll the way. I do occasionally paint minis, but PPPM will always be on the game table. | |
Originally posted by Schooly_D
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True_Blue
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2386 Posts
| | 06/26/2008 7:18 AM |
| I end up liking all of Wizards prepainted minis over what I paint almost every time. I'd rather just have all D&DM then mix metal with plastic.
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Teflon Jeff
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| | 06/26/2008 12:20 PM |
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javasquirrel
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29 Posts
| | 06/27/2008 7:53 AM |
| | As I was looking through the AtG set of minis I noticed that yet again the Dragonborn are rare...given I'd rather find a pewter mini of a dragonborn esqe character, but I can't help but think of the stupidity of making a PC race rare everytime it comes up in the set line. I mean would it have been a problem to just make a Dragonborn Warrior Common for people that play dragonborn? | |
If I kill off a 5th level party with only 3 kobolds that were based off Spartans, have I failed or succeeded at my job as a DM? | |
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Falrinth
Skirmisher
14 Posts
| | 06/27/2008 10:08 AM |
| | I use both but as I have limited time for painting so the balance of my collection is pre-painted. I also really like to paint\enhance the prepainted minis from DDM and even old mage-knight stuff.   | |
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5690 Posts
| | 06/27/2008 11:11 AM |
| Posted By javasquirrel on 06/27/2008 7:53 AM
As I was looking through the AtG set of minis I noticed that yet again the Dragonborn are rare...given I'd rather find a pewter mini of a dragonborn esqe character, but I can't help but think of the stupidity of making a PC race rare everytime it comes up in the set line. I mean would it have been a problem to just make a Dragonborn Warrior Common for people that play dragonborn?
I can't ever see needing a Common Dragonborn. I can go with Uncommon, but not Common. Personally, I hope they always stay rare (I have no love for the Dragonborn).
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Originally posted by Schooly_D
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Luisjoey
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1704 Posts
Caracas Venezuela
| | 06/29/2008 12:07 AM |
| You could repaint some heroes to resemble your own heroes
minions and monsters from WOTC rox a lot! | |
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True_Blue
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2386 Posts
| | 06/30/2008 8:56 PM |
| Posted By Username on 06/27/2008 11:11 AM I can't ever see needing a Common Dragonborn. I can go with Uncommon, but not Common. Personally, I hope they always stay rare (I have no love for the Dragonborn).
I would like to see a common for each player handbook race. While I can understand there's a lot of people who do not need that, I'd still like it to happen :) | |
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Bert the Troll
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Adelaide
| | 06/30/2008 10:44 PM |
| Posted By True_Blue on 06/30/2008 8:56 PM Posted By Username on 06/27/2008 11:11 AM I can't ever see needing a Common Dragonborn. I can go with Uncommon, but not Common. Personally, I hope they always stay rare (I have no love for the Dragonborn). I would like to see a common for each player handbook race. While I can understand there's a lot of people who do not need that, I'd still like it to happen :)
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Vrecknidj
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10446 Posts
United States
| | 07/01/2008 5:03 AM |
| I enjoy painting minis, but I'm really not very good at it.
I have some friends that are good with painting minis, and I like when they paint stuff for me, and, I like them more than pre-painted ones for my PCs.
For monsters, and for NPCs when I DM, I prefer the pre-painted plastic minis. Cheap, tough, plentiful...what's not to love?
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Warlord
5690 Posts
| | 07/01/2008 7:11 AM |
| Posted By True_Blue on 06/30/2008 8:56 PM Posted By Username on 06/27/2008 11:11 AM I can't ever see needing a Common Dragonborn. I can go with Uncommon, but not Common. Personally, I hope they always stay rare (I have no love for the Dragonborn). I would like to see a common for each player handbook race. While I can understand there's a lot of people who do not need that, I'd still like it to happen :)
But are Dragonborn supposed to be common? I was under the impression that they were a remnant of a long ago race....
(Haven’t got my books in yet!)
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Originally posted by Schooly_D
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javasquirrel
Skirmisher
29 Posts
| | 07/01/2008 7:41 AM |
| | The books talk of their empire being gone, but they are plentiful enough not to be considered an uncommon race in the world of D&D. It would be great if they just did one common for all the pc races, preferably (for me anyway) each set from here would have 1 common for each race as a different class. So each set every knows ahead of time 8 of the minis just not the combonation they use.....until the 8th set. | |
If I kill off a 5th level party with only 3 kobolds that were based off Spartans, have I failed or succeeded at my job as a DM? | |
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zenthrus
Warlord
5104 Posts
SLC, UT
| | 07/01/2008 2:13 PM |
| I would have no problems with a common dragonborn mini. Since dragonborn can serve as monsters as well as PCs I would like enough to fill the ranks of an encounter or two (including some minions) so a common mini would be very useful.
Of course, I tend to prefer PC races as rare minis. The secondary market prices tend to be reasonable (for buyers) and normally I don't need a huge variety (I have hundreds of different types of human minis and about a dozen get used regularly). | |
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Bail Ohmar
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68 Posts
Black Country, UK
| | 07/02/2008 3:38 AM |
| Pre-painted DDM minis for me.
Firstly it's just easier because I'm lazy, and secondly my painting of miniatures is terrible. I have a decent collection of DDM and a complete set (minus promos) of Star Wars minis. | |
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yack
Commander
3270 Posts
Gatineau Canada
| | 07/02/2008 5:06 AM |
| | I do both I use pre-painted, reaper and then paint them, or take the pre-paint and paint them also. All around good. Best part of RPG minis you can use anything. | |
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