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Author Topic: Doom the Boardgame- painted figures  (Read 8378 times)

Offline Cherno

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Re: Doom the Boardgame- painted figures
« Reply #15 on: May 22, 2012, 08:53:11 PM »
If you mean the Reaper stuff, yes. But they are long OOP and go for very high prices on ebay etc. Complete sets wil probably cost 150 EUR+.

Offline Dolmot

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Re: Doom the Boardgame- painted figures
« Reply #16 on: May 22, 2012, 09:56:59 PM »
If you mean the Reaper stuff, yes. But they are long OOP and go for very high prices on ebay etc.

Yep. You'll be bidding against miniature collectors (who are quite crazy) AND Doom collectors (who are outright crazy). There's one guy who basically bid on every such item all through the 00s. The last figure I heard was from 2009. By that time he had over 500 Doom minis, including...

- several rejected cyberdemon prototypes from the studio
- the only arachnotron prototype cast in the world
- a full set of unopened blisters signed by the appropriate sculptors
- Ed Pugh's private collection, painted by Ed himself :o

...and so on, you get the idea. So...happy bidding? Even loose minis can go for $100 or something like that, unopened for more. Maybe not all of them. I just don't dare to look.

If only they could renew the licence and cast a new batch for us silly gits who just want some simple toys for gaming...

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Re: Doom the Boardgame- painted figures
« Reply #17 on: May 22, 2012, 11:00:42 PM »
Interesting... How about the new plastic Doom Figures?
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Offline Michka

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Re: Doom the Boardgame- painted figures
« Reply #18 on: May 23, 2012, 04:34:23 AM »
I have some of those Reaper Doom miniatures. I've even painted up a couple. They look great, but suffer from the "Chorus Line of Doom" effect, since there's only one pose per monster type. On the other hand it's not like I'll ever have a complete collection. I've got an Arachnotron on card that may never see paint. It's kinda daunting to put an irreplaceable $100 + miniature under a can of $5 can of primer.

As for the plastic minis from the board game, they look great. Unfortunately I'm more interested in the pre-Doom 3 stuff. Doom 3 takes the game too seriously for me.   

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Re: Doom the Boardgame- painted figures
« Reply #19 on: May 23, 2012, 03:53:36 PM »
The plastic minis from the boardgame are 28mm scale.

I don't have them at hand, but if I remember correctly the marines are exactly 28mm to eyeline. Some monsters (fat zombies, for example) are the same height, but most are taller (the more powerful the bigger). So they should work a treat with 30mm minis, and most with 32mm too. Using them with 35mm, except for the bigger guys, would make the monsters (imps, for example) look too small to be menacing.
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Offline Cherno

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Re: Doom the Boardgame- painted figures
« Reply #20 on: May 23, 2012, 04:34:04 PM »
I'd say the Marines will look a little smallish compared to heroic 28mm miniatures. With the monsters it's not much of a problem apart from the fat zombies which would have the same problem. The more realistic and classic sculpting is in line with FFG's other games like Descent and Gears of War :)

 

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