Sunday, preach on brother.
For someone like me, with limited painting skill, the quality of the miniature is less important. While some people can eek out all of the minute detail on some brilliant miniatures --- I'm simply not that good. So a quick paintjob and some dip and I'm done. I've used heaps of plastic pre-paints and I'm always looking for them online. Particularly for big beasties. I admit the Bones line is essentially non-painted pre-paint style minis. They're great for monsters and the occasional smaller figure.
They're dirt cheap on ebay and have been recycled in several forms. You can find some of the same miniatures in D&D sets, Chronoscope or whatever, etc.
They may not be the best miniatures, but some re-painting, re-basing, re-arming can really make some of them shine.