Bones used for D&D/Roleplaying

[Kormydigar]

Yup, sure do. Running two campaigns of 5E.

[etherial]

A...dozen...ogres...

 

You don't play 5th, huh?

Maybe he just doesn't play fair.

[Stormhowler]

I've been slowly setting up a Gamma World game. Reaper has so many monsters/creatures/critters that work for mutants for both players, NPCs and encounters. And the Bones line is my first choice because of price, ease of conversion, and for mass enemies.

[gothikaiju]

We use our (mostly) bones minis in our 18 month old 13th Age game.

The bones our good for paint-to-order PCs as well as the hordes of mooks and big monsters mentioned earlier.

[prophetic_joe]

I use them whenever I run a campaign. That's not nearly as often as I would like though.

[terminalmancer]

I've been using bones for Pathfinder pretty consistently. For a PC I often go with metal--not because I prefer the material but because there are so many more minis in pewter that I can find a closer match to the intended character that way--but for monsters? Redshirts? Boring NPCs? Totally bones, all the way.

[cycnet]

I've been using pre-painted miniatures for my pathfinder game. I decided I'd like to make my consumption a little more creative by painting the figures myself, which is why I backed Bones II. Also, I didn't even know bones existed until a video game friend posted about the kickstarter on facebook. Seemed like a better way to collect miniatures to get more fun out of them!

[etherial]

I've used Reaper minis for Earthdawn roleplaying for over a decade. I'm starting a new campaign shortly and will be painting my Bones to use against the players.

[Dr.Bedlam]

I got into minis because of roleplaying. Nowadays, I paint more than I game. I prefer metal, but the Reaper peeps are enough of a bear about quality control that I find their plastics worthy.

 

And it's hard to hate the prices.

[Adept Legacy]

Well. Truth be told, D&D was what they were for. Now I have been finding more uses.

For some reason people who are completely uninterested in table top still seem to like what I paint as a gift.

I can't explain this phenomena. I haven't made things people were happy with for gifts before.

*cue flashback of someone spitting cookie chunks everywhere*

Also, I guess I'll be using some of the Chronoscope ones for unhallowed metropolis this year.

[etherial]

Also, I guess I'll be using some of the Chronoscope ones for unhallowed metropolis this year.

Yay Unhallowed!

[Dahak]

You'll find Savage Worlds stat blocks for most of the Bones in the link in my signature.

[Decoyfate]

Thanks to all the bones, I now have a respectable collection of monsters and mooks for any encounter I can think of.

[cycnet]

True fact, should be buying chips for pathfinder right now but... obsessing about mah bones instead.... WAAAAANT.

 

(I really ought to go get some chips now)

[Dr.Bedlam]

Truth is, I'm not crazy about Wizards' latest. I WANT to like their plastic prepaints. 

The first of their prepaints, I thought, "Dang, those sculpts [are inferior to other manufacturers' products at comparable prices].

 

But they got better, as more and more sets came out. You'd still get individual figures that weren't great, but the whole line was, as a rule, at least acceptable. And some of their later and larger pieces were quite good. So naturally, they suddenly stopped supporting the skirmish game and quit making the figures.

Now the prepaints are back... with new sculpts... that look largely like renders that went straight to a 3-D printer without ever touching human hands. [i'm not real impressed.]

I still prefer metal, but I'd rather have Bones than the new Wizards sculpts.

Edited by Dr.Bedlam to avoid being exiled to Beekeepers or worse.