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While the crate and barrel are nice the problem remains that 1 or 2 of them are of very limited use.
Personally i have over 30 crates - the pegasus hobbies 8-pack is very cool, as half of them double as tubs or throughs - but these here have their use - not for a warehouse as you would need a dozen cases to fill even a small room - but as tables or to sit on.
Ranzak looks cool and he is of great use for PACG players but personally i have about 50 pathfinder goblins and don't need more.
Still these minis will be useful to a lot of people and The Rusty Dragon Inn set will provide a great versatility of PCs, NPCs, humanoid adversaries and animals as well as some cool monsters.
Also it is the set with the fewest small minis yet (4) which i like because medium minis allow for more detail.
Lets just hope the next set won't have quite as many humanoids as this one to allow for more variety between sets.
Now i'm good and ready for the bar and King Irovetti and Feiya!
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Congratulations Erik and Mike. Overall a remarkable set. These dressing pieces will be very popular, I truly hope some repaints are possible like the brazier from DD, I can see me needing many of each.
Thanks for Ranzak, sure he's a little niche, just a goblin pirate is always a plus in your collection. I'll need more than one, not sure why, but I know it will happen. Maybe we could get a repaint in classic goblin green? Man we are going to need more conventions for all these repaints.
Eric, On behalf of all the PACG players, THANKS!
What an amazing set! Can't wait to get my case and the incentive. Erik, do you know if Iconic Heroes IV is still being released later this month or has it also been delayed?
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What an amazing set! Can't wait to get my case and the incentive. Erik, do you know if Iconic Heroes IV is still being released later this month or has it also been delayed?
Iconic Heroes 4 will begin shipping on november 30th.
That means people who ordered it from paizo will have it as early as december 1st, maybe later.
The street date will be december 16th most likely. But that is not official.
I don't expect to see them in stores this year here in germany.
As simple as they are, I'll be looking to acquire multiples of the crate and barrel. And a pirate goblin with a parrot as nearly as big as he is on his shoulder? What's not to love?
Now that this set has been fully revealed I know for certain it will be one of my favorite sets. While I know its not everyone's preference, I really do like having lots of player character and non-player character options. In my campaigns, most of my adversaries are humanoids and not monsters. This set really delivers well on that account.
As for the dungeon dressing items, these have really hit the mark on this set. I really like all these items and look forward to receiving them -- and my only disappointment with them is that they are rares. (But I suspect/hope we may see 1 or more of these produced as promo items in the future *cough* *cough* *table*)
As for Ranzak... Well my preference for minis is always for minis that I see being used on the gaming table. I dislike having minis sit in my cabinet that I know will never see the table top. While I feel Ranzak may be one of these... how do you not like a goblin pirate with parrot on his shoulder??? To me this will be more of an art-piece than a game-piece, and one that I will be happy to have. This is a unique and original sculpt that I believe is going to get a decent amount of paint steps applied to complement it. Of course the OCD part of me requires a green-skinned goblin pirate, so it looks like I will be buying an extra one to repaint :)
My question is why is he blue? Am I missing something here? I thought Pathfinder goblins were green?
I guess the dungeon dressing pieces are OK for those that have none, but most would need many, many crates and barrels. Not a fan of such simple dungeon dressing pieces not being common. Should have made more intricate pieces represented as rare for the dungeon dressing.
How to get tons of crates and barrels. There are similar papercraft ones available through sets made by Fat Dragon Games and Dave Graffam. Dave Graffam also has nice sets with cargo bales of various types and lumber and haystacks. For little price and a bit of effort you can print and glue together whole warehouses' worth of trade goods.
Edit: Let me add, I also use lots of solid crates and barrels from Hirst Arts, Mage Knight, and Dwarven Forge. But if you need tons, the solid ones get expensive really fast, and papercraft becomes a very attractive option (with very attractive results, too.)
A-HA! I've found the solution to the 'no chairs in the Rusty Dragon'!
Buy crates and barrels for people to sit on!
Excellent!
I like this!
SOLD!*
*SOLD indicating 'when finances are set for PaizoCon, Gencon, family reunion, travel to all above, lodging for all above' (must have priorities)
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So no chairs one table one barrel one bed and maybe two crates. Not exactly dressing in my opinion. These started as an experiment and I think it's been proven they are a hit so let's either get them in numbers that make them useful ( which in this set they are not!) or get rid of them and replace them with figures we can use just one of. At 5$ a pop singles are not an option so realistically the table bed and barrel will just sit in a tray somewhere and seldom is ever get used. Sorry but I feel these were a miss.
At 5$ a pop singles are not an option so realistically the table bed and barrel will just sit in a tray somewhere and seldom is ever get used.
At $5 "a pop", Paizo would sell out fast. Subscribers are paying $300+ for basically one of each. (yeah, we get a few PC and monsters with those). So as part of a case they're about $2.50 each. To be able to buy singles at $5 each is a good deal. Understand, IF you can find them, the dungeon dressings from Dungeons Deep are selling for $10+ on Ebay and the repaints about $6+ each.
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My question is why is he blue? Am I missing something here? I thought Pathfinder goblins were green?
They have a pretty wide range of skin tones, though Erik has generally kept the minis in a pretty narrow range of skin tone so that the little critters mostly look like they're from the same tribe.
Thanks Vic. I appreciate the response and pic!
I hope that parrot comes off easily, would be pretty cool all by itself.
The parrot was not designed to be removable.
Well, that doesn't need to stop someone with an Exacto knife and some superglue :-) It looks like it would be relatively easy to make the cut, though some of that will depend on where the tail feathers fall on the back.
The parrot was not designed to be removable.Well, that doesn't need to stop someone with an Exacto knife and some superglue :-) It looks like it would be relatively easy to make the cut, though some of that will depend on where the tail feathers fall on the back.
I bet the Deinonychus wasn't dsigned to be taken apart either, and yet it came apart just fine with little force.
Same with the head of Gnome Fighter (H&M)Makes repainting much easier.
This one looks lke:
- remove goblin head (probbably an easy pull)
- cut off parrot with scalpel or thin saw
- resculpt goblin shoulder, hiding a little magnet
- repaint goblin shoulder
- glue other magnet to parrot feet