Blackmoor wrote:I am a big collector of mini's. I buy multiples of packs and try to get at least one mint example of each one. Preferably I get one in the pack and one out of the pack; the one out of the pack may eventually get painted by my very talented wife (check out mini painting website Blackmoor Miniatures Home)Do painted mini's go for more than unpainted mini's? You bet, we get between $80.00 - $220.00 for each one either by auction or consigment.After obataining virtually a complete D&D and AD&D collection, branching to miniatures was a natual progression for me and personally I like the Rallidium/Pewter ones better, they tougher and stay shiny while the lead ones eventually turn very dark if left unprimed/painted!!
dbartman wrote:Blackmoor wrote:I am a big collector of mini's. I buy multiples of packs and try to get at least one mint example of each one. Preferably I get one in the pack and one out of the pack; the one out of the pack may eventually get painted by my very talented wife (check out mini painting website Blackmoor Miniatures Home)Do painted mini's go for more than unpainted mini's? You bet, we get between $80.00 - $220.00 for each one either by auction or consigment.After obataining virtually a complete D&D and AD&D collection, branching to miniatures was a natual progression for me and personally I like the Rallidium/Pewter ones better, they tougher and stay shiny while the lead ones eventually turn very dark if left unprimed/painted!! So how do you get your wife to paint hot nude/semi-nude miniatures? Or does she like painting them?Here's an example:AcrobatEither way, you are one lucky guy! Anyway, I've seen her work before and it's great.Just to add to your comments, well-painted high-quality minis go for good money...
Ralf Toth wrote:So this has become the miniature collecting thread. Then I might as well post my questions here...I am sometimes adding miniatures to my AD&D collection. Not seriously, minis are not in my collecting focus (yet). However, I noticed that with most of the blisters I bought or saw on eBay, they were far from mint condition. I doubt that mint condition even exists for the old (15+ years) miniatures. Have you ever seen such condition?
Ekim Toor wrote:I also noticed the $70 death knight. That helped the average I bet, huh Frank? I also noticed the red & gold dragons going for cheap ($20)
I only went after one blister this time, and I was shocked to see that I got the Sahugin I for only $32...saw a blister of those buggers go for about $70 a couple of weeks ago.
Is anyone up for swapping doubles lists? I think we could help each other out. I need about 100 to complete the entire 11 series.....anyone else close?
frankfromgermany wrote:I just listed some new auctions on ebay. So hopefuly here goes another bidding frenzy!!!Also check out my post in the classifieds boards for a list of the 01-xxx 02-xxx and Imports mins i have available. Those are gonna be a bit cheaper that the 11 series overall. The backlist for the 11 series is still acurate, here`s the links again:LUH - Error404LUH - Error404I`m still waiting for that want list Mike, let me know!BTW there`s some 9xx minis on ebay ATM.Oh and my favorite 11-series mini is probably the Marid (as djinni, in blue) and the Erinyes (demonic, angelic )(Found those pics somewhere on the net, I didn`t paint them yet..)