I just dropped $30 on an unpainted miniature. I've wanted to add a Dracolich to my lineup for a while now; and I thought the Unpainted Pathfinder Deep Cuts Gargantuan Green Dragon had a good enough look. Certainly passable for a Dracolich; if I tell the players, that's what it is.
Or it's a White Dragon, a Dragon Statue, a Ghost Dragon, a Zombie Dragon, or an Albino Dragon?
There really are a silly number of different Dragon types.
I play Wallet-hammer...I mean Warhammer.
I've dropped $50 on a pro-painted monster or general. But $50 is two cheap dinners out, or one good dinner. So if I get more pleasure over time with that shiny new toy than that one or two meals, I can't really complain. Especially as I can't put the dinner on eBay afterwards. Or at least, I really, really shouldn't do that! Whereas, old minis usually get sold at equal or higher than my purchase price.
£30 on a nicely painted and based huge Reaper blue/black dragon from the Orc's Nest shop window. Before that £25 for a pewter hydra, likewise.
Unpainted I think I've not paid more than about £10.50, for the Reaper giant/titan skeleton mini. For larger minis getting them pre-painted for an extra £12 or so seems way better value, they are better than I can do, comparable to what my friend Kimberly can do - and she's free, but the gratification is delayed. :D
Edit: Kimberly sells cool prop type stuff - wands, jewelry, Steampunk gear - for on Etsy for the cospplayer in your life - https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/MagicalMiscellany
I bought a warforged wizard miniature off ebay for like $6 including shipping for the 4th ed D&D game a friend was running. I don't really get into miniatures, and am fine for using a coin to represent my character most of the time if we HAVE to have minis.
That said, I have been getting the mega-construx single pack figures because not only are they highly possible, but they would also work pretty well as miniatures IMO.
(honestly my opinion on miniatures is that gamers buy them because they were told that they are too old to be buying action figures, so miniatures lets them scratch that itch. when I was told I was too old to buy action figures by my parents, I pointed out that my dad still buys trains, and my mother buys dolls, so if I was too old for action figures at 12, what did that make them? that shut them up fast.)
Remial, you are a dirty, filthy truth teller!!!
My 40k figs are absolutely NOT tiny He-Man dolls!!!
Nope. Nope. Nope. Not gonna admit it.
I know some people own thousands of miniatures. I have seen the pictures. I am in the mid hundreds, even counting 2D pawns.
I have focused more upon sheer numbers, than upon having the highest quality. Most, but not all of my 3D miniatures are Unpainted Reaper Bones. Most of my painted miniatures are Dragons, or Dinosaurs.
On my Unpainted Minis, I have at least highlighted the blades of their weapons, their horns, their claws, their teeth, etc
Most so far was on a 2nd gen Keeper of Secrets because GW staff actually listend to my advice and added a second head closer to the classic Keeper. The box is in storage but believe payed either 20$ or 50$ for it. This was also the last time I did business with Ryders as they refused to honour a discount coupon and were by then thoroughly in GW's pocket and had removed all other non GW gaming material. And were gouging customers by jacking the prices. Though that last may have been mandated by GW.
Prior to that most payed was 15$ I think for a Vermin Lord to use with Warhammer Quest.
40K Knight Castellan for $145
For RPG only minis, I've got a few resin singles and larger monsters in the $20 range but mostly use the Reaper figs and the mini sets from the "cool mini or not" style board games.
Quote from: Razor 007;1101769I just dropped $30 on an unpainted miniature. I've wanted to add a Dracolich to my lineup for a while now; and I thought the Unpainted Pathfinder Deep Cuts Gargantuan Green Dragon had a good enough look. Certainly passable for a Dracolich; if I tell the players, that's what it is.
Or it's a White Dragon. Or a Dragon Statue. Or an Albino Green Dragon.
The one on the left is the Green, the one on the right is the White. They both look great, but I really like the White's stance.
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Quote from: Aglondir;1101853The one on the left is the Green, the one on the right is the White. They both look great, but I really like the White's stance.
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Yes, they are good sculpts.
Quote from: Spinachcat;1101805Remial, you are a dirty, filthy truth teller!!!
My 40k figs are absolutely NOT tiny He-Man dolls!!!
Nope. Nope. Nope. Not gonna admit it.
so you don't take your miniatures (usually your newest and/or favorite ones) over to a friend's house, make up complex stories and battles between 2 or more sides, and occasionally make sound effect noises with your mouth during the battles? I suppose you don't make vrooming noises for the land vehicles or frwooshing noises for the air vehicles either?
and they don't all have names and personalities that you know by heart?
Middle Earth Balrog.
pricey from GW, plus I had to pay a buddy to paint it well.
so total around $110
Quote from: Spinachcat;1101805Remial, you are a dirty, filthy truth teller!!!
My 40k figs are absolutely NOT tiny He-Man dolls!!!
Nope. Nope. Nope. Not gonna admit it.
Own it, Spinach. Some of us still buy
actual He-Man dolls. :D (I can see my Super7 5.5" He-Ro and Eldor from where I'm typing this, and I'm eagerly anticipating MotU Origins next year.)
EDIT: Oh, and Remial? Mega Construx MotU figures exist ... including Castle Grayskull. :)
On a single mini? Not much. I have some larger lead RPG minis (e.g., dragons), but I don't remember how much I paid for them. It was years ago.
But on an armies? I've put more than I care to think about (or admit to my wife) into various 15mm armies and their basing.
Quote from: Armchair Gamer;1102906EDIT: Oh, and Remial? Mega Construx MotU figures exist ... including Castle Grayskull. :)
yup. I know, I have all of them except Teela and Beastman (my walmart never got that wave) and I don't have the room for Grayskull, otherwise I'd order that. I do have a bunch of the WoW Mega-blox, and those are cool too.
That depends if you define a mini as a player proxy in an rpg (in that case about $10) or a bigger monster miniature.
I know I've spent probably $35 on a metal Giant from Reaper, only to see it a few years later in their plastic Bones range for a lot less.
Depending on scale. Assuming any scale, unpainted and unassembled... $250 (Forgeworld Bloodthirster Greater Daemon of Khorne)
$25 for a Rackham figure I wanted for one of my NPCs.
you guys paying triple-digits for figures... damn. Warhammer players, I get it. That's some dedication.
Wow. I figured my $30 one time splurge on a Dragon would easily be topped, and I was right. Truth is, I bought a nice Adult / Elder size painted Dragon figure at Walmart for $2 the other day. Compare that to $30 for an unpainted Ancient size Dragon, and the latter seems like a bit of a rip off.
Not sure I would call that a rip off, you are getting something quite different. For hobbyists that actual paint and build mini's, you are looking at a lot of factors. Whereas, if it is strictly a piece to put on your table for gameplay, then yeah buy the cheaper prepainted ones. I bought a whole tube of monsters that were like plastic soldiers for about $20 for table use. But my modeling activities are a different story, I want highly detailed, specific miniatures in kits. My goal here is entirely different.
Yeah, tenbones, sadly at the time, Forgeworld was the only thing going that produced something of that size and quality. I do believe GW/Forgeworld are largely overpriced compared to most others, but you are often paying for the IP as much as the actual mini, and fortunately, I am in a position to pay that when a mini really strikes my fancy.
If you don't count the resin Cthulhu kit from John Dennett:
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(very-large, full-sized image @ https://www.moondevilstudio.com/images/gallery/Cthulhu-1.jpg and details @ http://www.moondevilstudio.com/gallery/info/cthulhu if you're curious), which was $177 shipped, then the lot that included this TSR-staff promo miniature from Grenadier in 1977 was $181.50 shipped:
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Allan.
Does Dwarven Forge count? Because that's an ongoing bleed out tipping the scales at around $2000+/-
But if we're talking about individual single pieces of metal or plastic...I think $50 or so for the Demon Idol sculpt from Otherworld.
Quote from: Armchair Gamer;1102906Own it, Spinach. Some of us still buy actual He-Man dolls. :D (I can see my Super7 5.5" He-Ro and Eldor from where I'm typing this, and I'm eagerly anticipating MotU Origins next year.)
EDIT: Oh, and Remial? Mega Construx MotU figures exist ... including Castle Grayskull. :)
We're not including premade figures are we? If so my $450 PX 2001 Godzilla tops my list... as does my PX Ghidorah.... aiya!
Ok, to bring a little humor to the thread.....
I have a colossal T-Rex figure that is the perfect scale for a Tarrasque. That's the only reason I bought it. When I took it out of its box, I wrote Tarrasque on each side with a black sharpie. I can show players a picture of the Tarrasque; but they will grasp the true scale of the creature better, when I set that Collosal T-Rex on the table. It makes the PC miniatures look like bugs at a picnic.
Quote from: Razor 007;1103440Ok, to bring a little humor to the thread.....
I have a colossal T-Rex figure that is the perfect scale for a Tarrasque. That's the only reason I bought it. When I took it out of its box, I wrote Tarrasque on each side with a black sharpie. I can show players a picture of the Tarrasque; but they will grasp the true scale of the creature better, when I set that Collosal T-Rex on the table. It makes the PC miniatures look like bugs at a picnic.
That's why I picked up the Dennett Cthulhu---it's 18" tall, so it will dwarf any 25mm investigators, PCs, Deep Ones, etc. when I put it on the table =)
Allan.
Quote from: grodog;1103450That's why I picked up the Dennett Cthulhu---it's 18" tall, so it will dwarf any 25mm investigators, PCs, Deep Ones, etc. when I put it on the table =)
Allan.
My Cthulhu figure is only about 4"- 4.5" tall, but it's quite bulky for that size; and still looks intimidating, compared to the PC miniatures.
Quote from: grodog;1103450That's why I picked up the Dennett Cthulhu---it's 18" tall, so it will dwarf any 25mm investigators, PCs, Deep Ones, etc. when I put it on the table =)
Allan.
Speaking of which, just received the Kickstarter Cthulhu Death May Die stretch goal, and it's humongous... darn near 2' tall at 22.5 ".
about fiddy cents
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Hey, I'm not opposed to theater of the mind. You obviously don't use miniatures much. Tonight I picked up a Quetzalcoatlus, and a Mosasaur. I like to have Dinosaurs be some small part of my settings. There are at least a few remnants left from the old world.
About twelve years ago I got super into Rackham miniatures, spending a couple thousand bucks in about six months (at the displeasure of my now ex-wife). The most I spent on a single figure was about $150, I think, for the Dragon Titan of Aarklash. I still own the thing - never even put it together. A lovely piece of resin, though.
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Probably $50 - $60 for the colossal red dragon from Wizards several years back. My wife accidentally locked me out of the house one Saturday morning while she and her mom went shopping, and she let me get the dragon to make it up to me.
Quote from: Tait Ransom;1105675Probably $50 - $60 for the colossal red dragon from Wizards several years back. My wife accidentally locked me out of the house one Saturday morning while she and her mom went shopping, and she let me get the dragon to make it up to me.
My family used to do that to me all the time when I was younger living with them. In no time at all I learned all sorts of ways to break my way back in. :p Though I can't say I ever got any reward out of it...
As far as minis, I'm with several others in the thread who spent a disgusting amount on Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40k minis (most expensive probably being one of the more elaborate pewter Tyranid models or perhaps some type of Eldar vehicle). Thinking back, I also probably spent a good deal on Mage Knight, although that's more quantity-related.