benjoshua wrote in Miniatures - Good quality, current and available:The first thing you have to decide is what is important to you about a miniature collection. For example, whether having everything the same scale is important to you. Do you want to paint your own or have everything pre-painted or don't care one way or another? Do you want a collection more to show or use? If the answer is to use, does it need to be portable or will you always use it at home? Is price important to you or not? Do what works for you and don't assume the answers you get from other people are based on your priorities.The most important thing for me was price. After that, it was usability meaning they needed to be portable. In order for my collection to be portable, it had to be 25mm scale. 28mm scale, especially in metal, is way too big and heavy to carry around. I was willing to paint my own so they didn't need to be pre-painted. Finally, I wanted a collection that had most every monster from the Monster Manual that wasn't found in a US zoo.For me, the main way I bought minis was on eBay and by buying large lots. I would buy a larger lot, cherry pick what I wanted, and then sell the rest back in smaller bunches. Through this buying large and selling back smaller, I'd actually end up with an average cost of less than a dollar per mini. One problem with ebay is that you usually can't get what you want quickly and sometimes you run into challenging transactions. It took me years to get most everything I wanted, and I'm still wanting just a few more minis. However, the wait for minis really was not that big an issue for me because it took me forever to paint whatever I had available at the time.If I were starting all over again, I'd probably go with Bones minis sold by Reaper. The price is one big reason, but the other two important reasons are that you can drop them and they probably won't break, and you can transport a lot of minis without a lot of weight. The variety of miniatures they offer is about to go way up as they are about to complete a Kickstarter. Price, durability and low weight is an amazing combination.If you want to see my actual collection, it's right here:Dragonsfoot • View topic - My Latest Batch of MinisAgain, first figure out what is important to you in a miniature collection and then base your purchases off of those priorities.
TollHouseGolem wrote in Miniatures - Good quality, current and available:Hello and welcome to the community, Belisarius.Good luck and have fun!
Belisarius wrote in Miniatures - Good quality, current and available:As I say, I have seen the Reaper "Warlord" or "Dark Heaven Legends" seem ok, are they good value for money in your opinion?
Sardan wrote in Miniatures - Good quality, current and available:I cannot recommend Otherowrld miniatures highly enough. Otherworld Miniatures
Belisarius wrote in Miniatures - Good quality, current and available:"Bones" Minis seem to pretty limited in scope and range sadly :( ? Unless i'm missing something?
benjoshua wrote in Miniatures - Good quality, current and available:Belisarius wrote in Miniatures - Good quality, current and available:"Bones" Minis seem to pretty limited in scope and range sadly :( ? Unless i'm missing something?Yeah, they are in the process of wrapping up a Kickstarter which increased their lineup considerably. It also gave them the capital they needed to increase their line-up further. Their line-up is indeed limited right now.
JasonZavoda wrote in Miniatures - Good quality, current and available:I don't know if now would be a particularly good time to order from Reaper for anything. They have massive numbers of their kickstarter minis to ship out and are about to start their Reapercon as well.
