D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Unpainted Minis: W8 Young Copper Dragon

I had a blast painting this guy. Easily the party's new favorite npc. It's a great model with lots of detail, but the wing was bent a bit.

Ready to paint out of the package. This mini had almost zero flashing or visible seams. Metallic acrylics adhere easily and the mini is sturdy. The clear stand does require glue as the fit is a bit loose. Overall, a great action pose and worthy addition to any game or collection.

I like dragons. Bought 7 of them. The detail is amazing and are good, solid figures. Can't wait to paint it.

These Dragons look like their Monster Manual artwork, easy to paint, and beat the heck out of the Reaper ones, Sold off my entire reaper collection to get the whole line of these minis available.

These Dragons look like their Monster Manual artwork, easy to paint, and beat the heck out of the Reaper ones, Sold off my entire reaper collection to get the whole line of these minis available.

This WizKids Miniature is yet again very detailed and crazy cheap. The base isn't the right scale, and I see some buyers find this problematic. For me, it's no issue at all. I actually love how large and intimidating this figure looks, even though it's only a young dragon. I'm very excited to see where WizKids' Unpainted series is headed next.

This WizKids Miniature is yet again very detailed and crazy cheap. The base isn't the right scale, and I see some buyers find this problematic. For me, it's no issue at all. I actually love how large and intimidating this figure looks, even though it's only a young dragon. I'm very excited to see where WizKids' Unpainted series is headed next.

This is in response to the first review on the young dragon... Use a different base? I seriously don't even see a problem here. I don't even use the bases that come with WizKids figures. I use the "reaper" bases which are about 1/8" thick and "hollow". I stick some magnets in there to make them stick to metal and add weight. I have piles of 2" bases sitting around. WK don't even keep it a secret that the base is oversized, so it isn't even a case of false advertising. Ideally they should have included the proper base and the larger base, but as it's a difference of maybe 50 cents, I can't get upset about this, never mind be "extremely disappointed". I would have been disappointed if I got a 2" scale figure, which normally sells for $5. Anyway, he's a beautiful figure. Can't wait to paint him and his bros. I'm tempted to get his dad, the Pathfinder "gargantuan" red dragon, which is 4 inches, but that might be too big to paint in a reasonable timeframe and he costs more than double.

This is in response to the first review on the young dragon... Use a different base? I seriously don't even see a problem here. I don't even use the bases that come with WizKids figures. I use the reaper bases which are about 1/8 thick and hollow. I stick some magnets in there to make them stick to metal and add weight. I have piles of 2 bases sitting around. WK don't even keep it a secret that the base is oversized, so it isn't even a case of false advertising. Ideally they should have included the proper base and the larger base, but as it's a difference of maybe 50 cents, I can't get upset about this, never mind be extremely disappointed. I would have been disappointed if I got a 2 scale figure, which normally sells for $5. Anyway, he's a beautiful figure. Can't wait to paint him and his bros. I'm tempted to get his dad, the Pathfinder gargantuan red dragon, which is 4 inches, but that might be too big to paint in a reasonable timeframe and he costs more than double.

I really have enjoyed Nolzur's DnD Minis, they add some nice visualization to the game. But I'm extremely disappointed in the young dragons they just released. I picked all 4 available up at my FLGS, took them home and hit them with a layer of paint. It wasn't until after the base layer of painting I realized there was an issue with the size: https://imgur.com/Flq6pMN Young dragons are "large" sized, and for comparison, I have placed a beholder next to one of the minis: https://imgur.com/xjzOwl3 One more comparison for good measure: https://imgur.com/UZTBMxv The left base is for a large mini, the right is the base that came with "young" dragons. I think my biggest issue with all of this is that this places them at a fine size to be "adult" sized. The point of minis for many groups is to have the battle tactics that come with size - with that in mind why release a mini that isn't properly sized? It just makes me wary of future purchases from them.