Comments on: Legendary Encounters second wave coming soon

By: nanite (Seth)

nanite (Seth) — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:04:06 +0000

I just wonder what a shot of matt sealer would add to the overall cost/process?

You can do it yourself, but again, I don’t think that’s what the target demo is going to do.

By: CPBelt

CPBelt — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:20:06 +0000

I meant paint masters. ;-)

By: evernevermore (John)

evernevermore (John) — Sun, 11 May 2008 15:10:49 +0000

Well I think having them all look like they came out of a D&D Monster Manual as thats pretty much the target audience. Line one wasnt fantastic but when you need orc no 34 for tonights RPG they are perfect (and they look better IRL rather then the online photos. Just remember they arent there for the great looks or important characters, just letting you have the number of minions you need for a RPG session is the goal.

By: Bughunt

Bughunt — Sun, 11 May 2008 07:23:10 +0000

They actually look better in person and the more recent releases look a lot better than the first wave that came out.

By: gavroche

gavroche — Sun, 11 May 2008 07:18:06 +0000

The ghost & worm look decent enough (both in sculpting & paintjob). The elf looks like it got timewarped from the eighties, unexpressive face, very flat wooden pose, only the basic colours blocked in, hardly any shading or highlighting. In fact they all look like they came directly out of those old AD&D monster manuals, which strikes me as profoundly uncreative, but to others is probably the main point of attraction.

By: artbraune

artbraune — Sun, 11 May 2008 03:50:44 +0000

I am impressed by Reaper’s “truthiness” in showing both photos.

Might pic a few up - again - if it looks good at arm’s length it will work most of the time for me.

By: Zac

Zac — Sun, 11 May 2008 03:34:01 +0000

They are aimed more at RPGers in any case. The market appears to be those people POed at buying random packs of D&D Miniatures boosters to get the figs they want.

By: Trent McCaffrey

Trent McCaffrey — Sun, 11 May 2008 03:23:32 +0000

The ‘dirty’ figures look ok, like the undead and the purple worm. But PPP elves are still the real test, and in this case I don’t really think they get a passing grade.

By: Zac

Zac — Sun, 11 May 2008 03:11:19 +0000

Those aren’t promo pieces. They are paint masters that are sent to the factory as examples of the colours.

It is the reason why Wizards doesn’t post photos of the paint/production masters for their minis any more. It makes the final versions look like heck.

By: CPBelt

CPBelt — Sun, 11 May 2008 03:08:03 +0000

I love how the promo minis at the bottom of the page look nothing like the horrid paint jobs of the real product! I’ll pass.