cheap minis

[coreydm676]

As miniatures become more and more expensive I have been looking for other options, and I found exactly what I was looking for! I have seen many paper miniatures before, but these are beyond what even I expected.

OneMonk is a really incredible company that has a growing array of Fantasy and Sci-Fi miniatures that can be used for roleplaying and wargaming. Each set includes 8 individual miniatures, complette with independant stances, and full front and backs. The sets can be bought individually, and as bundle packages that include both 4 sets and 8 sets.

The best thing about them is really the fact that they are downloadable as a PDF and printed imediately. The figures are made to be cut out around the edges and OneMonk also supplies amazing textured bases that come in many many different sizes, colors, and shapes.

You really must check out these figures, you will not regret it! Also they make a great altrenative to buying those D&D miniatures, and my brother uses them for full complette 40k Armies.
Http://www.OneMonk.com

[coreydm676]

i just bought 4 sets

[Zebulon]

They look interesting. The way I see it, I would use painted normal minis for PCs and important NPCs, and then use these paper minis for orc raiding parties, bandits, armies, etc. They would help distinguish what happens on the battlemat, save on painting time, are lighter to carry to the gaming place (important point!).

Now, I would like to know if they are difficult to cut out, and if they are sturdy enough and stand well. It would be great to see a photo of those minis assembled and standing on the battlemap.

[CoryKhouri]

Zebulon wrote:
They look interesting. The way I see it, I would use painted normal minis for PCs and important NPCs, and then use these paper minis for orc raiding parties, bandits, armies, etc. They would help distinguish what happens on the battlemat, save on painting time, are lighter to carry to the gaming place (important point!).

Now, I would like to know if they are difficult to cut out, and if they are sturdy enough and stand well. It would be great to see a photo of those minis assembled and standing on the battlemap.

For photo-quality npc's that you don't have to paint up, you might try Arion Games Fantasy Heroes line.

I got a bunch of stuff, including monsters and NPC-people. Only drawback is that they print out pretty muddy at the 25mm scale they're designed for.

You can work them in a paint program, though to get groups of specific characters set up, resized, etc. and they come in a-frame, flats, and 'tri-view' formats.

The other drawbacks are that they don't work well if you want to cut out the background or use bases (don't come with any) but they are really nice looking overall.

I'm looking into OneMonk and a couple of other places as well to round out my collection.
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[serleran]

I used to not bother with this kind of thing, but a foray into using the freely available ones from WotC made me change my mind. They are fun to build, and can be customized, if you want, and aren't too terribly expensive to print out (cardstock paper and ink is about it).

[Tadhg]

Nice. I like the minis, they look real good!

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[Indigo Rose]

In this same vein, there's going to be a cool little article in Crusader #9 (plug plug plug) about doing cardstock modeling. Another nice option if you just can't afford those DwarvenForge products...
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