Mercurius
Legend
Hi, my name is Mercurius and I'm fast becoming a Miniature-o-holic. I am 35 years old and have spent about $100 on little metal fantasy toys in the last couple months and want to spend more. Is there something wrong with me? Is this impending mid-life crisis?
Seriously though, whathafuh? I've been into gaming for decades and bought some miniatures back in the Early "Golden Age" Period (9-18) of my career, but during the Middle "Latency" Period (19-33) I didn't buy any minis; I played sporadically and, for the most part, kept in touch with the hobby, buying choice books here and there. But now, in my Late "Revival" Period (34+), after not playing D&D for about six years, I've just started a 4ed campaign and am buying miniature figures. I'm even thinking of painting them, although time is relatively precious.
At first I was embarassed to show my very non-gamerish wife, but she thinks it is kind of cute, or at least pretends she does and tolerates it. However, I haven't told her yet that I just dropped $25 on a single figure, my first time in double-digits.
So this thread--two questions:
1) What is your relationship to miniatures? Tell me about it.
2) I've been shopping through Miniature-giant.com (at the recommendation of a poster here, Ethandrul) and been very impressed with their service: good prices, nice selection, and very fast (and free) shipping--the package always comes 2-4 days after I place my order. But I want to branch out from Reaper; I've browsed the internet but haven't found a comparable D&D-esque miniature line. Ral Partha, Grenadier, Citadel...they all seem to have gone the way of the dodo. What else is out there? Any comparable lines to Reaper in terms of quality and D&D themes? And what about other online stores?
Help me feed the addiction!
Seriously though, whathafuh? I've been into gaming for decades and bought some miniatures back in the Early "Golden Age" Period (9-18) of my career, but during the Middle "Latency" Period (19-33) I didn't buy any minis; I played sporadically and, for the most part, kept in touch with the hobby, buying choice books here and there. But now, in my Late "Revival" Period (34+), after not playing D&D for about six years, I've just started a 4ed campaign and am buying miniature figures. I'm even thinking of painting them, although time is relatively precious.
At first I was embarassed to show my very non-gamerish wife, but she thinks it is kind of cute, or at least pretends she does and tolerates it. However, I haven't told her yet that I just dropped $25 on a single figure, my first time in double-digits.
So this thread--two questions:
1) What is your relationship to miniatures? Tell me about it.
2) I've been shopping through Miniature-giant.com (at the recommendation of a poster here, Ethandrul) and been very impressed with their service: good prices, nice selection, and very fast (and free) shipping--the package always comes 2-4 days after I place my order. But I want to branch out from Reaper; I've browsed the internet but haven't found a comparable D&D-esque miniature line. Ral Partha, Grenadier, Citadel...they all seem to have gone the way of the dodo. What else is out there? Any comparable lines to Reaper in terms of quality and D&D themes? And what about other online stores?
Help me feed the addiction!
