Last night after our game session when repacking my pawns, I found a product-flaw on them. On the bottom part where the pawns meet the bases, the layer of the picture are sort of ripped off. I have to put some glue on them to stick the layer back, my Valeros pawn get the worst of it. Still, it sort of reduce of the Pawns' value in my eyes now. And now I have a doubt on the durability of the pawns on the long run. I was thinking of buying several sets of it but now I'm not sure.
This is such a ashame because this pawns suppose to be a perfect solution for the need of minis for those with low budged like me. I still like to think so, but how bout the durability? Especially after that flaw that I found.
Has anyone have the same experience with your pawns?
I have a couple questions. How often are you putting the pawn into the base and pulling it out? It sounds like you are getting normal wear and tear from putting the pawn into it's base.
If the pawns are not of sufficient quality for you, you might look into paper minis. They are cheaper (and less durable) than the pawns but you can just print out new ones when the old ones start looking too worn. Taping pennies (Medium), dimes (small) and quarters (large) into the bottoms of the paper minis gives them a lot of stability.
@uriel222: I know they are alot cheaper and I love the illustration. That's why it pisses me off so much.
@Itchy: I only used them for 3 sessions. The Valeros (which one of my fav) pawn, I only used it twice. I've tried paper minis before. But this Pathfinder Pawns require no work at all and ready to use out of the box. That's why I prefer the Pawns better than paper minis. And again, the illustration of this pawns are gorgeous but the durability? I don't know.
@HangarFlying: That could be a good solution. Although doing so for 300+ minis could be daunting.
I'm curious if this case also happen to other pawns from different product like Warhammer Fantasy RPG or Arkham Horror. My point is Paizo should give more attention to this flaw of their Pawns. It's a ground-breaking product for RPG and I love it. But there is that need to be improved.
I want to use my pawns for a long long time, not only for few months before they need to be replace with the new one, because the durability issue. And I'm still waiting for Seltyiel pawn, dang it!
Tape works well, I did that with my Cardboard Miniatures from SJG in the 80s.
@HangarFlying: That could be a good solution. Although doing so for 300+ minis could be daunting.
If you do them all at once, yes. But if you just put tape on them as you use them, you'll wind up with them all taped eventually, and you don't have to drive yourself insane doing so.
Hey, they're also flammable! For shame!
If you do them all at once, yes. But if you just put tape on them as you use them, you'll wind up with them all taped eventually, and you don't have to drive yourself insane doing so.@HangarFlying: That could be a good solution. Although doing so for 300+ minis could be daunting.
I think it's another good solution too.
Taping pennies (Medium), dimes (small) and quarters (large) into the bottoms of the paper minis gives them a lot of stability.
I use cardboard for mine.
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I don't plug them back into the frames for this reason. They aren't smooth bore edges they're cardboard. This isn't a flaw in the product. It's how cardboard works. Go to staples and pick up some Business card holders. They're cheap. I assume you're using the NPC codex (which I own as well). That's exactly what I did because I was having the same problem you had. It also allows you to organize them into race.
On the subject of why they aren't created to be stored better (because I feel like that will come up): This is a mass produced cardboard product. The "frame" isn't meant to be used to store them. It's just pictures printed on cardboard with white coats and wax covers and the pressed out. Storage solutions vary between people.
With that in mind, the pdf may suit you better because then you can also cut around the frames to include the weapons or other body parts that are excluded during the cutting process.
