A First Look at Crown of Fangs

Cat-thulhu wrote:

If it matches the art in CotCT then I'll happily take one

Do you mean the art from the original CotCT AP which is now the Bestiary art or the new art from the CoTCT hardcover (page 91)?

While i like both illustrations, i prefer the classic one, which is more general, over the named version.

But ultimately we need one done in PFB to complete the "group" (im not writing the more obvious word as not to spoil some people).

Original. I like the new art but the original, as you say, is a little more generic. Wouldn't mind some merrows ass well, although without the half eaten fish in their hands.

So i´m gonna post all the minis news i find here to help bridge the gap till Erik returns hopefully freshly rested next year. ;-)

Well come on then, where are my minis Marco? :) it's been 7 hours.

Bearded Devil is now the 5th single from Deadly Foes to sell out on Paizo

There are three vowels and nine consonants in "Crown of Fangs".

A picture of the first actual mini from the unpainted "D&D Nolzur’s Marvelous Miniatures", which presumely uses the same material as the "Pathfinder Deep Cuts" unpainted minis has been released in the latest issue of the Dragon+ app/online magazine.

It is the Human Female Monk.

The minis come actually without base, but all stand on a "skateboard", a piece of plastic molded to look like a piece of earth.

As i can´t put in pictures here and the Paizo software somehow prevents me from posting an actual link, i´ll just list an adress and leave it to people more versed than me to linkify it:

http://plasticrypt.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=5721&sid=87d1b92db 974ebc4d3b689e0973f55bd&start=75

please remove all spaces in the adress. ;-)

PS:
These two miniature lines have some minis that look VERY similar to already produced or upcoming prepainted miniatures (For instance: D&D Icons 6:MMII: Human Wizard, Pathfinder Battles: Rusty Dragon Inn: Allevrah, Elf General) and i am very sure that most of them will see the light as pre-painted minis sooner rather than later.
Erik wrote, that the next set (CoF) will have a great looking (female?) Half-Orc and Pathfinder Deep Cuts has this one:

https://www.magicmadhouse.co.uk/wizkids-pathfinder-deep-cuts-miniatures-hal f-orc-female-barbarian-p245869 (remove spaces)

Both lines are supposed to be in stores in january 2017, with no exact date given.

First link

Second link

the Paizo software somehow prevents me from posting an actual link

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then your link, then:

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Here is one example, where i think the same sculpt may have been used for a "Pathfinder Battles" painted miniature and an upcoming "Deep Cuts" unpainted one:

Iconic Heroes Valeros

Deep Cuts Valeros

I´ll post more examples every day. ;-)

Miniature Market has the "Pathfinder: Deep Cuts" minis up on their site:

Deep Cuts

They are not yet in stock, but they probably will be available in 2 weeks on wednesday 4th of january 2017.

Price is $3.49 per pack which contains 1, 2 or 3 unpainted minis.

The D&D unpainted minis are also available.

Iconic Heroes Set 2 Kyra

Deep Cuts Kyra

The arms are different and the head looks in the other direction, but the torso sculpt seems pretty much identical.

Iconic Heroes 2 Biter

Badger Familiar

Erik, how are the chances of including HUGE minis in the Pathfinder Battles sets coming after "Crown of Fangs"?

VERY high.

2 weeks till release of the next three miniatures sets on january 4th:

-D&D Icons: Monster Menagerie II

-Pathfinder: Deep Cuts

-D&D: Nolzur's Marvelous Unpainted Miniatures

Marco Massoudi wrote:

Erik, how are the chances of including HUGE minis in the Pathfinder Battles sets coming after "Crown of Fangs"?

VERY high.

You just made a lot of people very happy.

Marco Massoudi wrote:

Erik, how are the chances of including HUGE minis in the Pathfinder Battles sets coming after "Crown of Fangs"?

VERY high.

I cannot like this enough!

No preview the second week in a row?

Come on Erik, it´s only 19 weeks till release! ;-)

Yeah, sorry. No blog this week, either on account of it being Christmas.

Things have been... very, very busy for me (and everyone else) this month. Look for the regular weekly blog to be more, well, regular in early 2017.

Marco Massoudi wrote:

No preview the second week in a row?

Come on Erik, it´s only 19 weeks till release! ;-)

Yeah, sorry. No blog this week, either on account of it being Christmas.

Things have been... very, very busy for me (and everyone else) this month. Look for the regular weekly blog to be more, well, regular in early 2017.

It´s ok, i´ll cover for you till january 6th. ;-)

You probably could! You know more about release dates for this line than I do! :)

Bearded Devil is now the 5th single from Deadly Foes to sell out on Paizo

Looks like the warehouse goblins have been working extra hard. Trying to look good and nice for Santa. All Deadly Foes singles are now available again.

limited time offer ...
while supplies last ...
till a computer glitch is found and they go missing again ...

Marco Massoudi wrote:

Erik, how are the chances of including HUGE minis in the Pathfinder Battles sets coming after "Crown of Fangs"?

VERY high.

That is awesome news Erik, I cannot begin to tell you how happy this makes me. Enjoy your christmas.

Marco have you seen any images of the actual production minis on the unpainted line? Curious to see how they look.

Erik Mona wrote:

Marco Massoudi wrote:

Erik, how are the chances of including HUGE minis in the Pathfinder Battles sets coming after "Crown of Fangs"?

VERY high.

That is awesome news Erik, I cannot begin to tell you how happy this makes me. Enjoy your christmas.

Marco have you seen any images of the actual production minis on the unpainted line? Curious to see how they look.

Only this one:

Female Monk

You have to scroll down to almost the end of the page.

Wizkids also posted a picture of the actual "Half-Gold Dragon Sorcerer" miniature from the upcoming "D&D Icons: MM2" set on it´s twitter account. It could be used for the "Dragon Disciple" prestige class.

Half-Gold Dragon Sorcerer

What is half-gold?

It's referring to a sorcerer who is half-dragon; specifically, half-gold dragon. The hyphens are just weird. ^_^

Marco Massoudi wrote:

Erik, how are the chances of including HUGE minis in the Pathfinder Battles sets coming after "Crown of Fangs"?

VERY high.

You just made me a VERY happy camper. <3

NEWSFLASH:

Pathfinder Battles™ Deep Cuts™ Unpainted Miniatures

and

D&D Nolzur’s Marvelous Miniatures

have been pushed to a march 2017 release date!

Source: Wizkids

Happy X-Mas to all of you.

X-Mas Miniature

Click on the second image ;-)

The "Bearded Devil" mini from DF sold out.

The "Book of the Damned" & "Cage" dressing pieces have sold out (again).

In february 2017, Wizkids will release two versions of the "Assault of the Giants" boardgame one fully painted, one color injected).
Both will contain 12 giant minis on large bases (60mm - 90mm in height), that will be smaller versions of the HUGE giants from the "D&D Icons: Storm King´s Thunder" set.
Eight of these (2 Hill giants, 2 Stone giants, 2 Frost giants & 2 Fire giants) could be used either for D&D 3.5 or Pathfinder, where giants (with the exclusion of Cloud and Storm giants) are only large.

X-Mas is over, time to show the presents: ;-)

Monster Menagerie full set picture

Four flying large minis close-up

One flying & three groundbased large minis close-up

Three mediums and one large mini close-up

This set includes 11 larges:

It is interesting that one of those has also been in the "Deadly Foes" set, namely the

The nine (probably common) miniatures we have two different versions of (same sculpt with different weapons and additional details:

Excellent find Marco. Not a half bad looking set, although I imagine illl still cherry pick. Wonder what the rarities are like in this one.

Thanks for linking the pictures, Marco.

The 19 miniatures that are one of a kind:

One error on my side: there is only one human male.

There are ACTUALLY 47 different miniatures in "D&D Icons: MM2" plus 10 invisibles for a total of 57.

The invisibles seem to be:

A strange number of miniatures.

11 larges is a first.
We mostly had 12, one time 13 and one time 14 (16 with invisible larges).
Even SKT had 14 HUGE and 2 large minis.

On the other hand 57 is 2 more than the largest number we had before.

Also this is the first D&D Icons set that doesn't have a dwarf in it.

Four New close-up pictures of MM2 minis from Wizards.com:

#27 (large uncommon)

#29 (large uncommon)

#34A (medium rare)

#34B (medium rare)

Back up to 7 singles sold out:

Dressing: Book of the Damned, Cage, Hellgate
Creatures: Bearded Devil, Erinyes, Torrent Hellknight, Pit Devil

Complete officil MM2 set list with rarity and size:

I will forever love Pathfinder Battles for not including ultra-rarity.

I will forever love Pathfinder Battles for not including ultra-rarity.

So very much this.

Me too.

auggiesgamestore has singles in stock!

For me the acceptance of ultrarares boils down to what comes of it.

If it's a way for Wizkids to boost profit, I'm not a fan. If the extra revenue (or other accounting-related effect) is why they can include a variety of huges in the D&D line, then I'm a supporter. (I think the huge figures in Storm Kings Thunder were an absolute bargain).

Either way, I'm glad the philosophy appears to be "two variants of the same figure" or "an invisible repeated figure" rather than the old days of including "chase minis" in each set.

So far the TWO/FOUR "ultra-rare" minis observance relies on the opening of ONE CASE, so it may be that it was just a packing error.

The miniatures in question are:

33A

Also here is a picture of #33A from Wizkids twitter account:

33A

8 Deadly Foes minis are sold out: Giant Crab is gone too.

This may be a little off topic, but I was wondering if the rarities of the dungeon dressing items differ per item?

For example, with Rusty Dragon Inn, would I have the same chance of getting 2 wagons in a case, as I would of getting 2 crates?

From an economical point of view I suspect WizKids may limit the production runs of the larger items like the RDI wagon or the Deadly Foes' cage.

I'm doing a review on rarity percentages, so if any information is known/releasable about this it would be greatly appreciated.

(Also if anyone did get 2 wagons or 2 cages in their respective cases, could you please let me know as this might help to immediately confirm if these larger/more complex items are being limited in their distribution.)

This may be a little off topic, but I was wondering if the rarities of the dungeon dressing items differ per item?

For example, with Rusty Dragon Inn, would I have the same chance of getting 2 wagons in a case, as I would of getting 2 crates?

From an economical point of view I suspect WizKids may limit the production runs of the larger items like the RDI wagon or the Deadly Foes' cage.

I'm doing a review on rarity percentages, so if any information is known/releasable about this it would be greatly appreciated.

(Also if anyone did get 2 wagons or 2 cages in their respective cases, could you please let me know as this might help to immediately confirm if these larger/more complex items are being limited in their distribution.)

I had 2 cages and 2 Rope Tricks in my Deadly Foes case but no Hellgate.

I had 2 tables and 2 crates in my Rusty Dragon Inn case but no cart.

I may not be the best reference. ;-)

I wish all of you a happy new year!

One day till release of "D&D Icons: MM2".

The "Assault of the Giants" boardgame now has a fixed release date of february 15th.

The "D&D Epic Level Starter" release date has been moved from april 2017 to june 2017.

Source: Wizkids.

That said, i´m glad when Erik returns with his weekly blog on friday. :-)

MM2 should be in north-american stores in a few hours.

I advise buying the remaining singles cheap here:

Auggie´s Games

Because initial prices here are ridiculously high:

Miniature Market

Also: There is an 11th invisible miniature not shown anywhere else:
#19i

I really like the "Pathfinder Battles Dungeon Dressing" much better than the "D&D Invisibles". That said some "Invisible Iconic Heroes" or "Large Iconic Heroes" (for the martial characters) and "Small Iconic Heroes" would be nice too. ;-)