I love Next Level Miniatures. Nice detail, they paint up pretty well and they're super cheap. The lack of packaging allows them to keep their cost super low. As far as actual production they're made via an injection mold thermoplastic resin
They were fun to paint up and super cheap. I understand they had some early production issues, but in their current state I was pretty happy with them.
So the texture on the Illithid cape is part of the sculpt, actually. All I did was a base coat in Rubber Black, a light dry brush with a medium grey, and then used Tamiya Panel Liner Black to pin wash in the shadows.
After their initial offerings of tiny/undersized miniatures, I am out on them. I know they rescaled them, but backers still would have to purchase the new "correct" sizes. Sorry, but you only get one chance to earn my business, and they blew it.
Wow, that's totally fair. I had no idea about that - this was literally a random pick-up from a company I had never seen before. This should definitely be considered a review of the product as is, and not at all a review of their business practices. Thanks for the heads-up.
@@badgermaniac1 The ones I’ve gotten recently off of Miniature Market were only about 3-4mm off-scale far as I can tell with my naked eye. Something a proper basing would likely fix most of.
It was the same for me. I backed the kickstarter and was incredibly disappointed by how small the minis were. The "huge sized dragon" they promised for backers is barely the size of a large dragon in D&D, and could just as easily fit on a medium-sized base. Then their initial response to complaints about the size was basically "Did we make them smaller than promised? No, it's the backers who are wrong." The modeling is all well and good, but after all that, they fell to the bottom of my unpainted pile and I opted not to spend more to get them in the right size or back their next campaign.
I love Next Level Miniatures. Nice detail, they paint up pretty well and they're super cheap. The lack of packaging allows them to keep their cost super low. As far as actual production they're made via an injection mold thermoplastic resin
They were fun to paint up and super cheap. I understand they had some early production issues, but in their current state I was pretty happy with them.
@dungeonsanddrybrushing Yeah, they had some scale issues, but that's long been fixed and they mix in well with any 28 mil minis
Illithing. BOO THIS MAN
That does seem to be a pretty good cost/benefit for this model line. Very cool, and I love the idea of a goblin drider.
Excellent painting my friend 👍
Can you do a video on how you textured that Illithid’s cape? :0
So the texture on the Illithid cape is part of the sculpt, actually. All I did was a base coat in Rubber Black, a light dry brush with a medium grey, and then used Tamiya Panel Liner Black to pin wash in the shadows.
@@dungeonsanddrybrushing Oh, wow! That’s some super nice texture in the sculpt. :D
Thanks for the info~!
After their initial offerings of tiny/undersized miniatures, I am out on them. I know they rescaled them, but backers still would have to purchase the new "correct" sizes. Sorry, but you only get one chance to earn my business, and they blew it.
Wow, that's totally fair. I had no idea about that - this was literally a random pick-up from a company I had never seen before. This should definitely be considered a review of the product as is, and not at all a review of their business practices. Thanks for the heads-up.
I know they’re off-scale slightly, but they’re nicely-detailed and fun to paint, and that’s enough for me!
@@Sanguivore I don't know about their most recent releases, but their initial releases were ridiculously mis-scaled.
@@badgermaniac1 The ones I’ve gotten recently off of Miniature Market were only about 3-4mm off-scale far as I can tell with my naked eye. Something a proper basing would likely fix most of.
It was the same for me. I backed the kickstarter and was incredibly disappointed by how small the minis were. The "huge sized dragon" they promised for backers is barely the size of a large dragon in D&D, and could just as easily fit on a medium-sized base.
Then their initial response to complaints about the size was basically "Did we make them smaller than promised? No, it's the backers who are wrong."
The modeling is all well and good, but after all that, they fell to the bottom of my unpainted pile and I opted not to spend more to get them in the right size or back their next campaign.