D&D Minis - Wow, these are tiny!

[trancejeremy]

I just got an entry pack today (I bought it on ebay for $12, total).

While I'm actually very impressed by the paint job on them (all of them have the face and/or eyes painted on the face, not the shoulder!), they are really really tiny figures. I was expecting something on the scale of Mage Knight. But most of these are really tiny.

Azer Raider
Hyena
Gnome Recruit
Human Commoner
Crested Felldrake
Elf Archer
Halfling Veteran
Ghoul
Wolf Skeleton
Hell Hound
Elf Ranger
Zombie
Orc Warrior
Drow Fighter
Werewolf (Hybrid Form)
Mind Flayer

Only the Orc Warrior is comparable to a Mage Knight figure in size. Granted, I'm sure many of them are meant to be tiny. But many of the larger figures (at least in D&D terms) are crouched over, which makes for small figures.

I dunno if I like that. Maybe I'm just getting old, but these are almost too tiny for me to use, because I have squint to see what they are.

 

[Eternalknight]

I understand what you mean about them crouching. However, the miniatures are pretty standard size, on a scale with the popular Warhammer models, which I believe is 28mm.

Unless, of course, you are talking about the gnomes and halflings

 

[HellHound]

They are to the standard minis scale these days. MageKnight are quite a bit bigger than standard mini size - they don't fit on a one-inch grid, you have to upgrade to a 1.5 inch grid to use them - whereas these minis fit perfectly on a one-inch grid, and are the same scale as 'standard' lead or pewter minis that you buy at gaming stores.

BTW - I've seen the Mind Flayer sell for nearly as much as you paid for the whole box...

 

[LcKedovan]

They are to the standard minis scale these days. MageKnight are quite a bit bigger than standard mini size - they don't fit on a one-inch grid, you have to upgrade to a 1.5 inch grid to use them - whereas these minis fit perfectly on a one-inch grid, and are the same scale as 'standard' lead or pewter minis that you buy at gaming stores.

BTW - I've seen the Mind Flayer sell for nearly as much as you paid for the whole box...

Yeah. because let's face it... we all want more than just one miniature with tentacly goodness!!!! It's a shame you can't just buy what you want.... looks like I'll be tracking down the Reaper mini "mindflayer" minis.... oh well

Also, I think one of the standard mini sizes is 25mm? or?

-W.

 

[haiiro]

I actually like the size -- particularly when you put one of the Small creatures next to one of the Large ones. Halfling veteran, meet fire elemental.

 

[AeroDm]

What really shocked me was the round bases. I mean this is D&D, with battle grids. They give monster's movement in squares now. Why round bases? Come on people, rise up against this circular tyranny!

 

[Kesh]

Circular bases are good for a couple reasons:

1) Sometimes, it's difficult to tell which side of a square is the 'front' of the mini. I've had quite a few that the figure faces a corner, rather than a side! Making it circular lets you 'face forward' the mini no matter what.

2) If you get rid of the grid, circular bases are tremendously better. Chainmail discovered this, as it allows for clusters of figures to come into contact easier than square bases.

 

[Holy Bovine]

What really shocked me was the round bases. I mean this is D&D, with battle grids. They give monster's movement in squares now. Why round bases? Come on people, rise up against this circular tyranny!

No, I would suggest you give up your feeble squares and embrace the good ness that are hexes! Hexes solve all problems with diagonal movement and you can draw real cicles on them for blast radi without annoying arguements over which squares are blasted and which aren't!

Giant-hex-map-owning Bovine

 

[Ace]

No, I would suggest you give up your feeble squares and embrace the good ness that are hexes! Hexes solve all problems with diagonal movement and you can draw real cicles on them for blast radi without annoying arguements over which squares are blasted and which aren't!

Giant-hex-map-owning Bovine

You are a most wise Bovine

Those of us who GROK GURPS understand the value of hexes so well

 

[ced1106]

Yep. SMALL. Tiny. Miniscule.

Call it mininiature inflation. Miniature's haven't been true 25mm for ages! The standard (thanks GW!) is something like 28mm. Bummer.

OTOH, the D&D mini's don't look too bad on the dungeon terrain pieces. Dark, moody, and stuff. I'm revising my general comment of the D&D mini's paint job from "crap" to "acceptable".

But that orc paint job. Boo-yeah.

Mini-review posted awhile back:
http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=63747&page=1


Cedric.
aka. Washu! ^O^