Thursday, September 14, 2006

Q&A with Wizards staff

Gathered from maxminis:

Can you only make clear plastic in blue and red?

Paul Barclay: It's all done with paint, and we can do many colors. For example, SWM features a lot of green (lightsabers). Dreamblade (which has more clear minis) features clear red, blue, yellow, orange, purple, green, pink, and brass.

I was just wondering what the reasoning is behind the Colossal Red Dragon's 8x8 base instead of 6x6. Is it under the influence of a spell/feat? Has it taken some sort of prestige class? Or, is it just the awesome factor of an 8x8 base dragon?

Stephen Schubert: Colossal is 6x6+. The base was increased to 8x8 to enhance stability.

We need a new gargoyle!

Stephen Schubert: A new gargoyle? we'll have to work on the licensing. Good idea, though.

Which previews are production figures?

Linae Foster: They're all production figures. Mind you, I did notice some slight differences here and there. Some of it has to do with lighting. Ex: the staff on the Ice Devil appears darker in the image due to shadows but it's actually silvery in person. My Vlaakith has more details than you can see in the article. Some of it has to do with mass production: my succubus could use some lipstick. My Elf Warmage looks cleaner in person than in the pic. I was actively looking for differences, trying to find an image that was obviously different than the production figure. There wasn't even one image that made me doubt I was seeing the real deal.