beermotor wrote: I saw some dragonlance miniatures (the heroes of the lance) on ebay but they were going for more than I wanted to pay to take a look at them - anyone know if they are any good or not? They were TSR branded, as I recall.
stormber wrote:Howdy All,You guys have really stumbled on to my critical folly. I have been collecting miniatures over the past 6 years to represent every kind of creature in the AD&D MM, FF, and MMII! I have even tried to collect enough to represent maximum numbers encountered but capped it at 70 figures (the max encounter for orcs is 400 so I have 70).DO NOT GO DOWN THIS PATH!!! It is forsaken! There are 1009 different creature types that can be represented by miniatures (some overlap, e.g. nilbog looks exactly like a goblin, and some don't need miniatures, e.g. cerebral parasites). My collection is up to 5,453 figures, accurately representing 533 AD&D creature types or 53% of the species found in the three monster books, MM, FF, MMII (including individual monsters such as demon lords, devil princes, deities, etc).It is quite likely, that my collection constitutes a hazardous materials zone!Anyways, it is sheer madness but I can't stop. The final battle in the Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl they faced 22 male frost giants, 14 female frost giants, 4 polar bears, a pack of 8 winter wolves, 1 cloud giant, 3 fire giants, 8 ogres, and 4 ogre magi. All were there on the table, all painted. I had 195 figures painted for G3 Hall of the Fire Giant King - every creature that could be encountered therein! When my players faced the 56 trolls in G3, I actually had 56 trolls, painted and numbered on the table.At one point I even hired a full time painter at $400 a month to get the job done.Futures Bright,Paul
beermotor wrote:What sort of "old school" miniatures do folks prefer? I have been amassing a small horde of mainly grenadier / ral partha oldies. Some of the grenadier ones are charming, and have a very old school feel, but uh, are kind of lacking in the detail department. Some of the older Ral Partha models are more my speed, although I wish they had some of the "primitiveness" of the grenadier models... the grenadier dwarves, for example, are really cool, and I really like their viking-style fighting-men (although the detail is sub-par compared to even the early Ral Partha models that I've seen). Just wondering what opinions folks have about miniatures. I saw some dragonlance miniatures (the heroes of the lance) on ebay but they were going for more than I wanted to pay to take a look at them - anyone know if they are any good or not? They were TSR branded, as I recall.
stormber wrote:It is quite likely, that my collection constitutes a hazardous materials zone!Paul