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Hello all, this is my first discussion post so sorry if the formatting isn't what you're used to.
As I study the Pathfinder Bestiaries during my freetime I notice the scores of great monsters that are gargantuan and colossal. The artwork in particular is spectacular, but because they're so large very few get produced in the pathfinder boxes/pathfinder battles.
I'm sure this has been discussed before, and it might be a general consensus that these big monsters are overkill, or hard to produce minis for; but given the great lore and stat blocks, especially since many of them could be considered mythic tier, I wonder if Paizo will create a miniatures line for these monsters.
My idea/thought would be a pathfinder pawns box of just gargantuan and some colossal monsters. It could be called The Big Box or something. If pawns aren't the best idea, a small line of notable colossal/gargantuan Pathfinder Battles could work instead.
For the sake of not having whole pieces of cardstock be a single monster, these monsters could be large and huge to utilize space, though this cuts down on the wow factor from size, it still gets the artwork out of the pages onto the table. However, I do think there is room to make a gargantuan sized pawn.
I think there is an interest in monsters like the Roc, Cthulu, or the Tarrasque; not for the sake of putting a gargantuan mini on the table, but for having the artwork and the monsters from the books represented at the table.
What are your thoughts on colossal and gargantuan monsters (other than kill me now)? Has this been discussed before? Do you care if a colossal/gargantuan mini is represented as seen in the books? Would scaled down gargantuan/colossal monsters be an issue?
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If you're using pawns, you need that footprint on the combat mat for proper spacing.
If only Google could find images, printers could spit them out and glue could attach them to cardboard.
Damn our lack of technology!
But seriously, yes, I would pay for something produced professionally.
This is something that has been brought up every few months since pawns debuted. As creative director James Jacobs points out here, it is simply not cost effective to make bases bigger than huge. And as Turin pointed out, you need that big base for proper spacing.
If you are just wanting the artwork, I'd suggest utilizing an image editing program, and creating your own pawns or tokens. Or just printing out a picture.
Thanks for the link to that, this is what I figured, but man how I wish they'd produce something for the big monsters.
Me too, but do you wanna pay $60 for a piece of cardboard? Me neither.
I'll spend 2 bucks on ink and paper.
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I really wish they would release a set of bases at least of the two larger sizes and then do Huge Pawns with the cool art and then put them on the colossal/gargantuan bases. The bases would be expensive but I think any one who uses pawns would at least by one or two of each
Sure would buy a gargantuan and colossal base or two.
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There's always the Pathfinder Paper Minis.
While they don't use the painted Bestiary art, they do produce many Huge and Gargantuan monsters. And they're a reasonably priced alternative in the absence of pawns and minis.