Now that I'm doing my own in-house printing, I've also been providing pre-printed paper miniatures with the new miniatures games like New World Disorder and the Zombie Apocalypse add-on -- just cut and fold. I already offer a big book of pre-printed fantasy figures (640 all-together), but I'm considering small sets that can be ordered separately. For example, a regular downloadable set (30 figures) could be purchased as a pre-printed set with two of each figure for a total of 60 figures for perhaps the same price--$3.95 (+S/H). You could then add-on 30 plastic bases for $8.95.

What do you think? Too few minis? I've been wracking my brains trying to figure out what would work best.

In case you're not familiar with what I'm talking about, you can find out more here.

Oh...OH!!!  

 (Now the sleepy Klingon-guy gets it)

 You are referring to what SJ Games calls CARDBOARD HEROES!!

 Cool.
Very cool.

I like those kinds of things - just don't get to use them so much. There seems to be a snobbery of gamers preferring pre-painted plastics and pewter miniatures and the like.

ADDED at 2:18am: If I came up with a picture or sketch - could you do minis/heroes set for that Martian rebellion idea I had a while back?

- Ed C.

I think it would be cool. Especially for the budget conscious, but I might thematically tie together some. (Heck publishing some "adventure" synopsis pamphlets with them might add to their value.)

I like the idea of 60 figures for that price, its not much, and mailing shouldn't be too high for cardboard minis. What's in the big book?

Koltar, they are basically Cardboard Heroes, but the original versions are available as downloadable/customizable sets. Much more economical and flexible, especially if you have a nice color printer.

I'm either not familiar with or don't remember your Martian rebellion idea, Koltar. If you PM me with the data or provide a link, I'll look into it...

Silverlion, the "big" book includes five fantasty sets (four copies of each figure) -- heroes, undead, humanoids, villains, and HARP(tm) for a total of 160 unique figures and 640 in total. The book is spiral-bound, so you can open it flat when cutting out figures, and the binding keeps all the pages intact. Could you explain more about adventure synopsis pamphlets -- I understand the gist of what you mean, but I'd like a little more clarification if you could.

I printed out a test set (WWII Soldiers) in a variety of ways, but the best is essentially a four-paged, bagged set. All figures all duplicated, except for four, of which there are four copies of each (sniper and three machine guns). So in this instance, the printed set would actually include 68 figures. Then $3.95 sounds OK to you guys?

Quote from: brettmb;239591Now that I'm doing my own in-house printing, I've also been providing pre-printed paper miniatures with the new miniatures games like New World Disorder and the Zombie Apocalypse add-on -- just cut and fold. I already offer a big book of pre-printed fantasy figures (640 all-together), but I'm considering small sets that can be ordered separately. For example, a regular downloadable set (30 figures) could be purchased as a pre-printed set with two of each figure for a total of 60 figures for perhaps the same price--$3.95 (+S/H). You could then add-on 30 plastic bases for $8.95.

What do you think? Too few minis? I've been wracking my brains trying to figure out what would work best.

In case you're not familiar with what I'm talking about, you can find out more here.

Fantastic idea, as far as I'm concerned. I would be a buyer.

Quote from: jswa;239747Fantastic idea, as far as I'm concerned. I would be a buyer.

Excellent. Any particular set(s)?

ooo... I might have a new D&D game starting up soon and don't have minis. $27 for a bunch of pre-printed paper fantasy minis is a great deal.

I'm working on getting some 4E sets done -- you know, with the serial numbers filed off

Quote from: brettmb;239785Excellent. Any particular set(s)?

Anything I can tailor for a sci-fi game, so I guess the sci-fi set

Quote from: jswa;239888Anything I can tailor for a sci-fi game, so I guess the sci-fi set

That's rather specific to HardNova, although some figures can be used as generic. I've got some more sci-fi sets in the queue.

I need some pulpy SF ones...and of course Star Wars with numbers filed off, and then again, some D&D 4E ones..(going to try it out, but next month I'm buying some..)

I've nerver found a good set of paper minis (or any other minis) for a modern Horror game (think WoD, vampire, Mage, Werewolf...stuff like that). I would totally buy a set of modern horror minis.


Although a decent set of modern minis would probably suffice.

I'd buy for that price, depending on how much it would cost to ship to .au (always a killer for me)

Here's a further question. The Disposable Heroes downloadable versions come in three formats--a-frame stand-up, tri-fold stand-up, and flat counter. The a-frames would be the only version available in print, since they are the most common and I really recommend the plastic bases to give them excellent stability.

However, I know some people use flat counters - I can print these as cardboard counters that you you just have to cut out. Is there any interest in this or is it primarily in stand-ups?

Quote from: tellius;239989I'd buy for that price, depending on how much it would cost to ship to .au (always a killer for me)

Assuming you mean Australia, it would be approximately $5US.