DropBearHunter |
just how much trouble would it be to make parts of minis more interchangable?
A good example of a missed opportunity is the Reclamation Cavalry and Reclamation Sky. The riders are nearly interchangable.
if a wee bit more attention/effort had gone into it the torsos would have been perfectly interchangable.
Since you are working with digital renders I wonder if this is on purpose or if it just never ocurred to the designers.
Marco Massoudi |
just how much trouble would it be to make parts of minis more interchangable?
A good example of a missed opportunity is the Reclamation Cavalry and Reclamation Sky. The riders are nearly interchangable.
if a wee bit more attention/effort had gone into it the torsos would have been perfectly interchangable.Since you are working with digital renders I wonder if this is on purpose or if it just never ocurred to the designers.
The very first PFB set had an "Ice Giant" with two interchangable arms (axe & sword).
After that - nothing.I think it's both cheaper & not what the PFB series is aiming for, even if i would like it to be.
Wizkids is kinda doing it over in the D&D line, where some minis use the same body, but different limbs for variant versions.
DropBearHunter |
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DropBearHunter wrote:just how much trouble would it be to make parts of minis more interchangable?
A good example of a missed opportunity is the Reclamation Cavalry and Reclamation Sky. The riders are nearly interchangable.
if a wee bit more attention/effort had gone into it the torsos would have been perfectly interchangable.Since you are working with digital renders I wonder if this is on purpose or if it just never ocurred to the designers.
The very first PFB set had an "Ice Giant" with two interchangable arms (axe & sword).
After that - nothing.
I think it's both cheaper & not what the PFB series is aiming for, even if i would like it to be.Wizkids is kinda doing it over in the D&D line, where some minis use the same body, but different limbs for variant versions.
I can understand not having extra parts, but with a series like the Reclamation Knights...
as a lazy engineer I'd have expected easy interchangeably of body parts.DropBearHunter |
danielc wrote:There is a Kick Starter right now with magnetic parts for figures.Hand of Glory: Modular Magnetic Gaming Miniatures
It's in Kickstarter with 18 days to go. Good to check out.
I think this will be a start of more and better designs to come later, I hope.
That's whole level further than what I was thinking about. It looks quite interesting but since I don't paint minis it would cost me a fortune to get them painted.
When you take wizkids minis apart at the joints you'll notice the juctions have different shapes.
For example:
Reclamation Knight has rectangle peg/hole to keep the rider on the horse*
Reclamation Sky has a 'D' shape peg/hole to keep the rider on the hippogriff**
Lazy design would have been one shape for one purpose, on all minitures.
*and the torso on the legs, with another size rectangle
** and is a single piece torso+legs