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I've finished cataloging the cards and here's the final tally.

The list
There are 416 unique minis and 886 in total. I still have to do a visual check to make sure I have each mini. As I do, the checked column will fill up, and I'll figure out which minis I have without cards. Then I'll add those to the list.

Nate, and any others can send me preliminary offers. Paypal is preferable, but I'll consider other methods once a deal is reached. Since Nate started this, he has priority. I know this isn't ebay, but anybody looking for references on me as a seller, here's a link to my ebay feedback.

Wahoo! Thanks, man! I sent you an email.

Cheers.

Hi all,

Have a question about repainting plastic miniatures: is it necessary to strip the existing paint off the miniatures? I intend to prime them with black/white, and am not opposed to doing a layer or two of primer in order to kill the old colors.

These are WoW minis and some DnD miniatures, so I'm not terribly worried about messing up the details with too many layers of paint.

I suppose my question is this, then: Will the old paint job cause the new paint to adhere improperly? Anyone have any experience here?

I've tried a couple of different strategies for stripping the paint, but haven't had any luck yet. If you think the paint needs to come off, what would you suggest to remove it?

Haha yup that's already a problem. The WoW minis are significantly larger than the DnD minis. I have a dwarf that stands a full head taller than a human guard.

It looks a little goofy, but it doesn't bother me. My players are all brand new, so I could easily convince them that he's a dwarf with giantism and rp him like Andre the Giant.

I definitely want the bases to be the right size, though, for obvious reasons. I spent a good hour and a half cutting off two hundred WoW bases (along with a few fingers).

We'll see if it was worth it. =)

Thanks for the advice.

My experience with Mage Knight miniatures is that the quality is highly variable. Some of mine are as good as anything I ever saw from Wizards of the Coast. Some of them are quite lame though. But to be fair, there's a good bit of lameness in the D&D minis too. Overall though I would say the average quality of a D&D mini is slightly better, and the plastic they use is more flexible and less prone to breaking than the Mage Knight minis.

I don't see any deals like I got a few months ago, but that may just be timing. And as I said before, if you are willing to de-sprue, clean up and paint miniatures, your options expand considerably.

Definitely willing. I just purchased a bunch of 25mm and 40mm bases from GW, as well as a beginner paint kit. I watched some painting tutorials on youtube. Should be set to go. I'm convinced I can do a better paint job than the factory!

It seems as though the price of most miniatures has bumped up a bit recently?? Anybody have any idea why? No more WotC minis flooding the market?

People have mentioned getting DnD minis for $.50 per. Can't find that anywhere on Ebay right now.

Woohoo! Thanks to all for your help!

I've looked at a few mage knight miniature sets on ebay. Are they really similar in quality to the DnD minis? They look kinda bleh. SOOOO cheap though.

I shoot for a price of 50 cents per mini in the lot. If it goes above a dollar a mini, I quit bidding.

Great advice. I'll see what I can find. Right now, it looks like just over $1 per mini is a good price rule of thumb on ebay. Could be that the prices jumped a bit with the cancellation announcement. I'll bide my time.

I bought a bunch of super cheap WoW miniatures ($0.20 per mini) that I'm going to repaint and rebase. The quality of the plastic on the miniatures is perfectly good, and they are sculpted pretty well. The paint on them is atrocious, however. Should take up plenty of miniature brain time.

Plus, I just like collecting things!

Thanks for the help, guys.

I have been scouring ebay daily for the last few weeks to find any big lot deals. I think I will start there, now that I have some better insight into the average pricing.

It looks like most of the deals are little lots, though, in the 20 monster range. I'd love to find a large collection for sale, like 100+ miniatures.

Oh well, I'll keep looking!

Hello all,

I just got the chance to DM for the first time. I wanted to add miniatures to my game.

What with the DnD miniatures becoming increasingly difficult to find (especially in larger quantities), and the Pathfinder Battle's miniatures still a few months away, I was wondering if anyone has any extra/unwanted pieces in their collections they are interested in selling.

Shoot me a message if you do!

Thanks for the help,

-Nate