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kbrookman 12-23-06, 01:09 AM	I have been thinking about starting a home-brew campaign and DM'ing a couple of times a month. I have most of the things I need, but one of the things that keeps me from starting, is my lack of miniatures or tokens. I have the battle mat - but nothing to go on it. Is there some way I can get the basics to start a lower-level group fighting many of the creatures in the MM1? I have tried looking on e-bay but most of the sets there are rares and newer stuff - I just really need the basic types like: Ogre, Orc, Goblin, Hobgoblin, Ruffian, Gnoll, Rats, etc.... In other words the basics. Are there sets or places that I can pick and choose the minis I need? I don't want my lack of tokens (which I find a really cool part of the game when used right) to keep me from trying a campaign and DMing. I suppose I could spend up to a few hundred on a picking up the beginner stuff. Is it possible to do? Thanks in advance!!
swallowyersoul 12-23-06, 01:30 AM	dude... don't worry too much. you don't need that stuff to play. but if you want to... you can just print out a bunch of squares of appropriate size, label them 'dragon', 'rat', 'jingo the barbarian'. it helps to glue those the some cardboard. if you want to buy the minis -- they're fun -- go to ebay. you can always find some good sets, order a few to spec, or wait for some poor schmoe to sell his whole collection cos he just got married. it's a good deal.
im_robertb 12-23-06, 02:07 AM	This has some stuff. Not comprehensive, though. http://dndcounters.tripod.com/
Kimokeo 12-23-06, 09:23 AM	At a very popular bookstore in the US they keep D&D materials, and in that section is the current box set that comes with a basic set of figurines. Try fleamarkets. I have quite a number of the metal ones - check the ones near colleges. Unfortunately, some D&D players chose to dump their D&D materials at the nearest pawn shop, bookstore, etc. I bought many a book and module near a college. I use sculpy. With a base paint and then the real stuff, voila, I have my own figurines (I prefer enamels). It takes some time to get good at creating your own. Keep it simple - doesn't need great details. The oven works but the smell takes some getting used to. I suggest a cooking stone (I use a pizza stone) instead of glass for your cooking surface (it also works as your modeling table, too so no transferring it to another surface). Don't use your own personal cookware. I used a glass breadpan of my wife's - big mistake. You can't use it for food later. I can't get the stuff off the glass so now I own one and she has a new one. After you do a figurine you like, press sculpy on both sides to create a mold and put it in the oven. Now you can make more of the same figurine. Thin Wire can be bought at the hobby stores. This'll hold arms, long necks, and such to your sculpture.
kbrookman 12-23-06, 03:01 PM	Excellent ideas - I hadn't thought of the flea market and I might try to make my own (although I'm not very crafty - though I'm willing to try). Thanks the color counters - that should be good enough to get started - at least the group will know what they are looking at and provides some realism.
jagraham 12-23-06, 05:09 PM	Check the D&D Miniatures Tradehouse forum on this site. The pursuit of rare minis, mean a lot of common and uncommon ones are out there cheap. My favor seller is Cyriss, who has a lot of minis as low as .40 each. Great for loading up on multiples of basic humanoids and undead that you will use a lot. If you buy any randomized minis by the box, set the rares aside for trade, since there are folks who need them to complete their collections who have lot of extra commons and uncommons to trade.
IronFistMonkCerberlain 12-23-06, 07:48 PM	Check the D&D Miniatures Tradehouse forum on this site. The pursuit of rare minis, mean a lot of common and uncommon ones are out there cheap. My favor seller is Cyriss, who has a lot of minis as low as .40 each. Great for loading up on multiples of basic humanoids and undead that you will use a lot. If you buy any randomized minis by the box, set the rares aside for trade, since there are folks who need them to complete their collections who have lot of extra commons and uncommons to trade. could u give me a link to the tradehouse, cause i cant find it, and i need common minis, like skeletons and zombies too
Kullak-Kobold Sorcerer 12-23-06, 08:11 PM	I have been thinking about starting a home-brew campaign and DM'ing a couple of times a month. I have most of the things I need, but one of the things that keeps me from starting, is my lack of miniatures or tokens. I have the battle mat - but nothing to go on it. Is there some way I can get the basics to start a lower-level group fighting many of the creatures in the MM1? I have tried looking on e-bay but most of the sets there are rares and newer stuff - I just really need the basic types like: Ogre, Orc, Goblin, Hobgoblin, Ruffian, Gnoll, Rats, etc.... In other words the basics. Are there sets or places that I can pick and choose the minis I need? I don't want my lack of tokens (which I find a really cool part of the game when used right) to keep me from trying a campaign and DMing. I suppose I could spend up to a few hundred on a picking up the beginner stuff. Is it possible to do? Thanks in advance!! I purchased all my 'tokens' online from a game called Mage Knight. The common figures sold for between $0.10 and $0.15. Common figures are also sold for D and D on websites. Some gaming shops also sell bulk common figures. IF you go to a gaming stop and they don't sell figures, you could ask someone if they know of anyone who sells common figures. I picked up 100 figures for $10. This should be more than enough for most campaigns.
Tevish Szat 12-23-06, 08:35 PM	I use mage knight minis as well, when its conveinant:" i get new ones fr the PCs in each campaign irun, and have a general stock of monsters. most of the time, though, i rely on my gigantic dice collection to stand in for various, especially homebrew, monsters.