Working on Dungeons Saga Minis

[Braxandur]

Hi guys.

Considering the discussion taking place with regard to Dungeon Saga and if it's worth buying I though it could be a good idea to take a picture of the miniatures I'm working on.

Was the kickstarter worth my money? For me yes. I So far I like the game and I also like painting the models. Sure the level of detail is not as good as with metal of resin models, but good enough for a board game. Most of my models were bent a bit, but the hot water (didn't even need to be boiling) trick worked very well (beter than with my Reaper Bones miniatures) and even made it possible to reposition the models a bit.

Beware, the following picture is still work in progress, shot under bad conditions, purely here to give you guys an idea of what to expect:


In a few days if I have managed to get a bit more work done on these guys, I'll post better pictures.

[frenchfever]

cool bonies ! keep them coming !

[Elbows]

Mine still hasn't shown...

[robh]

Mine were so bent those skeletons (which in my set all have no ends to the scythe) were laying flat out on the tiles and the zombies had been stuck into the base facing the wrong way so they were overhanging the edge and would not stand up.

BUT, I was able to fix them as I have been modelling and gaming since the days of soft plastic figures, plasticine and banana oil.  However Mantic claimed this product was the new Heroquest, a starter set designed for kids to get into the hobby, buy a box, open it and get gaming straight off.
How many parents do you know that will give the box to a child for chistmas along with a scalpel, superglue and a glass of boiling water.

The only thing I can say to prospective buyers is do not buy this sight unseen, make sure you see how bad the pieces are in a given box before accepting it as the quality varies from acceptable to extremely poor.

[Maccwar]

It took me a total of about two minutes to fix all the miniatures in the base box.

[Elbows]

As modelers/gamers...we understand this.  But as someone who just buys the box for their 10-year old kid thinking it's a board game?  That's a serious cock-up.

No child ever had to fix a Hero Quest miniature.  We all know what we're buying when we buy a Mantic product, but an off-the-shelf purchase could really dissuade a casual purchaser.