# What happened to D&D miniatures? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 6, 2017, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-d-d-miniatures/800912 "2017-11-06T20:38:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-d-d-miniatures/800912/21 "2017-11-09T13:41:04Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > But you have to admit, the plastic era and the pewter era were a lot more affordable. We are not cave people, we must have standards. > [@Chimera](#): > > On of the people who DMs PFS for us uses starbursts (the candy) for bad guys. Different colors for the different types on the board. Kill the baddie, you get to eat him. I’m thinking gummy werebears. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-d-d-miniatures/800912/22 "2017-11-09T15:34:08Z")
> [@Johnny\_Angel](#): > > I’m thinking gummy werebears. 😃 I’ve seen Starbursts used, too, as well as Hershey Kisses and animal crackers. ---
**Author:** ![bauble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@bauble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bauble)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-d-d-miniatures/800912/23 "2017-11-10T23:19:09Z")
Thanks for all the replies! I’m glad to see the (niche) hobby is still going, even if I don’t have the hand or eyes for it anymore! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2017, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-d-d-miniatures/800912/24 "2017-11-12T01:00:20Z")
I don’t know what you can do if your hands aren’t steady, but I find that a magnifier headpiece helps a lot with seeing the details well enough to paint them. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2017, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-d-d-miniatures/800912/25 "2017-11-12T01:14:50Z")
There are some really excellent super hi-res unpainted minis available now. Nolzur’s Marvelous Unpainted Miniatures. [Miniature Market](https://www.miniaturemarket.com/table-top-miniatures/nolzur.html#/?page=2)is a good place to find them. As a kid I had maybe 200 lead figures, most unpainted or poorly painted. Then as my kids started playing D&D, we started collecting the plastic pre-painted. Along the way we started custom painting these and making mods to them. Between myself and the kids there are well over 1000 figures in the house. My daughter is really artistic and is actually molding mini with a modeling clay that bakes in the oven. The unpainted Nolzur’s is the latest thing as we enjoy the hobby of painting them. Oh, among the huge number of minis we have now, many are superhero minis cuts, glued and repainted into fantasy figures. We use acrylic paints mainly and this is the one this I regularly need reading glasses for now at age 51. Fine brushes are a key need but I bargain shop nearly everything. Early on several large lots came from Ebay and 10 years ago there were still many 10 cent figures out there. Its great to have 200 goblins for large battles. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-d-d-miniatures/800912.md?page=1)