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Miniatures Adventure => VSF Adventures => Topic started by: Doug ex-em4 on December 22, 2011, 08:41:08 PM

Title: Tub of Dinosaurs at Poundstretcher
Post by: Doug ex-em4 on December 22, 2011, 08:41:08 PM

I've posted on Pulp about a tub of dinos at Poundstretcher. It may also be relevant here so here's a link:

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=36116.0

Doug

Title: Re: Tub of Dinosaurs at Poundstretcher
Post by: gloriousbattle on December 22, 2011, 10:16:08 PM

Thunder lizards are definitely both pulp and vsf, and one of the least expensive ways to start a campaign in either genre.  Buy maybe half a dozen vsf or pulp character types, and a couple of bags of dinos, and get ready to adventure in the forgotten palaces and temples of the lost world.  A few bags of giant spiders, bugs and snakes won't hurt either. 

It also helps that there seem to be two fairly popular sets of mold for dinos, one that works fairly well in 25mm, and a smaller set that works for 15.  They work as is, though they can be made to look quite nice with a little additional shading and highlighting.

Title: Re: Tub of Dinosaurs at Poundstretcher
Post by: mysteriousbill on December 23, 2011, 12:24:45 AM

I'm a big fan of the cheap platic dinos. I actually prefer them over the metal cause of their weight.

Title: Re: Tub of Dinosaurs at Poundstretcher
Post by: gloriousbattle on December 23, 2011, 12:44:43 AM

Quote from: mysteriousbill on December 23, 2011, 12:24:45 AM

I'm a big fan of the cheap platic dinos. I actually prefer them over the metal cause of their weight.

Cosign.  Some things just really don't need to be improved on, and a cheap plastic dinosaur with a nice paint job looks, IMHO, every bit as nice as an expensive metal one.