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[thepodger]

And it keeps getting bigger and bigger.  Wouldn't be surprised to see this finish over $1.5 million and each vampire with over 200 models.

[Neonivek]

You could also just print out some and stick the paper together: like so. Though it depends on what you're using them for. Wargames tend to want specific base sizes, but with RPGs it doesn't really make a difference.

If you wanted to actually try sculpting your own you'd probobly need some green stuff, some sort of armature (Reaper sells some I think, and I've seen people make their own out of paperclips), and some sculpting tools. Also a lot of patience I imagine.

edit: also holy crap. I was still on the fence a bit with this, but that's a lot of minis for 100 dollars!

Boardgame. with 1x1, 1x2, 2x2, 2x3 creatures.

[fenrif]

Boardgame. with 1x1, 1x2, 2x2, 2x3 creatures.

You can still do paper ones then, you jsut need to cut out a paper base for it. Which boardgame is it, if you don't mind me asking? Descent?

[thepodger]

And we're almost at a WHOPPING 200 miniatures for $100, plus TONS of huge optionals at 1/2 to 1/4 retail.

This has officially become one of the 10 largest kickstarters ever.
It is brilliant.

To folks on the fence: figures can sell for between $4-10 each, with large figures costing many many times more than that.  This project not only gives you basically an entire collection for only $100, but it opens up the market for a line of inexpensive minis with the same level of detail found in metals.  Quite simply, this has not been done before.  There are lines of cheap hordes of figures like 15-25 for $15-20 but they are universally poorly detailed in comparison, and require assembly from a sprue.  These are single piece, ready to go, no primer needed for painting, high quality models for an incredible $.50 EACH and getting cheaper and cheaper as more people join and more figures are added to the base level pledge as freebies!

[Sirus]

BUT I DON'T HAVE $100 TO SPEND D8

[nenjin]

To put this into perspective, I just got 20 figs and a small tank model, all plastic and requiring assembly, from GSW for about $140.

The math on the figs is kind of staggering.

[thepodger]

If you don't have $100 to spend you can pledge $1 and then get the awesome ORCOPALYPSE or the DUNGEON pack oth of which have a stupid amount of minis for a low low price.

[Sirus]

Pledge $1, plus $25 more or whatever the packs cost.

[fenrif]

I really wanna see what that last stretch goal is!

The guys over at Reaper Minis must have one hell of a party planned for the weekend.

[Neonivek]

Boardgame. with 1x1, 1x2, 2x2, 2x3 creatures.

You can still do paper ones then, you jsut need to cut out a paper base for it. Which boardgame is it, if you don't mind me asking? Descent?

That is the one... Which I given up playing (after spending too much money) because I realised that all my friends don't take boardgames seriously enough to properly play.

When I am the ONLY one willing to look at the rules, cards, and items... The game breaks down. It actually destroyed the game for me. I was the Overlord and winning so easily I just didn't want to play anymore.

I guess it is back to Arkham Horror for me. It may be a game where only I read the rules but at least players who don't know what they are doing isn't a detriment.

still makes me sad though.

[Sirus]

I played Descent once. It was fun, other than one of the other players making a racist remark about my choice of character (he looked vaguely Arabic).

[fenrif]

That is the one... Which I given up playing (after spending too much money) because I realised that all my friends don't take boardgames seriously enough to properly play.

When I am the ONLY one willing to look at the rules, cards, and items... The game breaks down. It actually destroyed the game for me. I was the Overlord and winning so easily I just didn't want to play anymore.

I guess it is back to Arkham Horror for me. It may be a game where only I read the rules but at least players who don't know what they are doing isn't a detriment.

still makes me sad though.

Haha, I know your pain man. I have to buy, learn the rules, teach everyone the rules, and set the game up for every boardgame I play with friends. Once you've done it enough times though it gets much easier to teach people a game, provided it's not something like Android.

Also it can be very easy for the overlord to win Descent, especially if you're playing the campaign and it's early on. That's what I found anyway.

Why did you need paper minis for Descent though? My copy came with a ridiculous amount of plastic ones. Is it the new second edition printing?

[Neonivek]

I bought the second edition with the conversion pack.

So I have a lot of extra monsters (characters I can just use other minis) and some minis just seem innapropriate for them.

Using the Hellhound for the Blood ape just looks wrong.

Mind you my favorite conversion monsters are the Golem and the Shade. My favorite new monster is the Elemental.

Mind you to tell you HOW absolutely terrible the "I won't read the rules" is... There is a card that TELLS you how turns work... and I said "Read the card" and the people I was playing with absolutely refused.

Also inspite the fact that there were two players... there were really just one... And three heros on the field (One player would not play anything less then two heros... and the other player had no will of her own and didn't even try to play).

I won so easily... Three rounds into a map... (The first one I lost.. but that is because the very first mission doesn't matter except for search spots... which I happened to ensure the heros got no reasure... crippling them)

[fenrif]

I bought the second edition with the conversion pack.

So I have a lot of extra monsters (characters I can just use other minis) and some minis just seem innapropriate for them.

Using the Hellhound for the Blood ape just looks wrong.

Mind you my favorite conversion monsters are the Golem and the Shade. My favorite new monster is the Elemental.

Mind you to tell you HOW absolutely terrible the "I won't read the rules" is... There is a card that TELLS you how turns work... and I said "Read the card" and the people I was playing with absolutely refused.

Also inspite the fact that there were two players... there were really just one... And three heros on the field (One player would not play anything less then two heros... and the other player had no will of her own and didn't even try to play).

I won so easily... Three rounds into a map... (The first one I lost.. but that is because the very first mission doesn't matter except for search spots... which I happened to ensure the heros got no reasure... crippling them)

Ah, that sounds more like you have people who don't really want to play. I don't think I could manage to get through a game with people like that.

[Neonivek]

Ah, that sounds more like you have people who don't really want to play. I don't think I could manage to get through a game with people like that.

I think they weren't expecting the game to be very hard and were in a sort of "It is like monopoly, you don't have to play". They outright invited me over to play it.

My friend even asked me "How was I supposed to beat the Shadow Dragon?" and in a single character's action managed to almost kill it.

It is just that yeah... they are completely unwilling to "play" it. If that makes sense.