Dungeons and Dragons FINALLY got Hard Plastic Minis. D&D Sprues! Wizkids Frameworks Review. 

More people should paint DnD minis... in real life and on here on RU-vid! :-) Question: Who are your favorite RU-vidrs who already paint a lot of DnD minis? let's give 'em some love!

"You know what's better than ale? Reading!" Never change, Brent.

“You know what’s better than ale?………READING!” I’m dead. 😄

I'm really glad you've vocalized the lack of content focus on DnD miniature painting. I love mini-painting and I do so exclusively for dungeons and dragons so seeing more mini-painters tackle the same stuff would be very interesting and engaging.

I’ve painted a lot of Nolzur’s because I like the designs and price point but those damnable bendy weapons drive me insane. It’s nice to have an alternative.

I've always treated D&D as a miniature agnostic game using all brands of minis. Nice to see this new line of figures though.

I actually got into mini panting because of D&D. I wanted minis to add to our game. Went to Warhammer for the better sculpts. Very excited to see what wizkids comes up with!

This was a great watch Brent. I’m in the category of not super into painting minis, but I really love the looks of these and can see myself getting excited to pick some up when my hobby shop gets em in and give em some paint 🎨

It's always nice for another company to advance in what they offer, they do look nice and if any of the monsters are a nice fit for the Frostgrave Beastialry I'll pick it up providing theirs not a Reaper bones black (the stiffer plastic) version that's half the price

I dig that they're doing models on sprues with all the extra options. Really makes for good value. I also like Nolzur minis and, while I've come across bendy weapons, they're pretty easy to fix with a little heat (though I've totally cut off a few and customized weapons myself). My only real complaint is with the mold lines. Like you stated, they're definitely harder to clean and end up leaving a good amount of unprimed areas that need to get covered.

You can fix the bendy swords with a little heat, and after heat treatment they even harden. I just use a regular lighter, put the part I want above the flame for about a second, it gets even softer and I just pull it by the tip in the direction I want it to be, it quickly cools down and hardens into position. it is easier to pull it than to "bend" it into position.

"You know what's better than Ale? Reading." I spit out my OJ. Great review, thank you for doing this Brent. :)

Great review of a vendor product. Unbiased and no 'strings' attached by the vendor. This is the way reviews should be. I'm pretty jaded by the reviews of others who are unable to criticize a product good or bad. Good job Brent and in my view your credibility is top notch!

Its me. I've been playing tabletop RPGs for about 17 years and got into mini painting like 6 years ago. Last year I got a 3D resin printer and I have more stuff to paint then I have time to paint it or room to properly store it. I've been trying to upgrade my painting abilities and love your videos. Thank you!

I've been playing dnd for a little longer then 20 years. I have only recently gotten into painting minis. While a friend had the biggest influence in getting getting to try. Another big reason, was I had intimidated myself out of even trying. Between cost, and the fact I didn't know anyone who painted to ask for advice or tips, I guess I just felt afraid of wasting my money on something I wasn't going to be happy with. But I'll tell you, channels like yours have really helped me. Learning techniques and having a place you know you can look for help took a lot of the anxiety away. And you Brent, as a presenter and host, are great. You speak plainly and your sincerity is apperant. You're informative, and seem to present as many aspects and or views as you can think to include. Thanks for all of the great content.

I really like that you unbox, assemble and paint the products you review before giving a verdict. Good stuff!

These look great! Thanks for the review Brent, i love your painting style and your voiceover, no one speaks or sounds like you and it's a joy for my ears :)

When I used to work at a games store, before the wizkids minis came out, the options for dragonborn/gnomes/tieflings/etc were so limited! It's great how many good D&D minis there are now, and the fact that these have variant options is also great!

I like everything about these except the price. Personally I find it’s hard enough to get players to pick up minis to begin with, and I think a lot of people will scoff at a price point that starts at $15, especially when 5e can be played with TotM or with digital tabletops. I do think it’s kind of weird how there’s almost no d&d miniature painting on RU-vid. Especially when you consider how many of the landmark terrain youtubers got their start doing d&d terrain.

Thanks for extolling the love of painting minis for D&D. I started playing and painting in the late 1970s, and now I’ve got my grandson into playing…he’s not into painting….yet :-)

Framework Minis do look amazing! But I will personally always love the unpainted Wizkids sentiment. There are indeed often bend parts but it takes less than a minute and very low effort to fix them. Wiggle the bend part in hot, almost boiling water, straighten it and put it in cold or running water - fixed. Learned this quite recently, and it has changed my painting life, so I really wanted to share this tip! Happy painting =)

I think the main issue is to be a DnD player/painter you are generally painting stuff for outside of DnD (except for the games master). Paints, brushes, practice are all pricy if all you use is one model.

Its so good to have your content back, highlight of my week.

Ohhh I'm excited for this. Definitely enjoy polystyrene models. Details looks great. I love customizable pieces and extra bits!

One thing that often works for bendy weapons is super familiar to anyone who has a large Reaper Bones collections, but immerse in hot (nearly boiling) water for about 20-40 seconds (longer for larger models) then pull out with a utensil of some kind (hot water is hot) bend to the right shape and immerse in ice water.

I still don't understand how anyone can give the nicest guy on the planet a thumbs down...🤔

A typical way to fix bent parts on plastic parts is put the piece in really hot (previously boiled) water, bend it in place, then stuff into ice water to freeze it into position. That should work, I tried this for many different molded models. BTW the first miniature model figure I painted was a pewter D&D wizard, it was a logical change from working on scale models like airplanes. It was easier to demonstrate my character's position in the group or in melee. The rest of my group got the models and I offered to paint them. All were happy with the resultant "tools" for the game. Monsters got painted up shortly after.

I entered this hobby as a DND player, and have made lots of cool terrain. I really wanted to get into mini painting, but as was said in the video, most RU-vid mini painters are painting war game minis. I watched tons of warhammer 40k videos and now I know how to play it, even though I haven’t bought any 40k boxes. I’ve recently become a fan of Malifaux, and am excited to start painting some of those, but seeing these DND minis is very exciting for me and I fully intend on picking some up when I find them. Thanks Brent, for another great video!

And here I just finished painting my resin warlock from Heroforge! :D These look cool, though, and much better than the current Nolzur's; if they release all the Modrons as Frameworks minis, I'll jump straight in!

Brent, those are really great minis. I'm looking forward to their release. As usual you make them look specially great. You are correct that there are many terrain crafting vids compared to painting vids, which is why your vids are extra spacial. Keep up the good work

100% agree Brent. I only print, paint and play D&D - yet the best painting videos are from the Wargame community. More Please!

Great review. I'm looking forward to these hitting the market. The PVC D&D minis are just terrible to paint. They are usually too shallow in details and too great in flashing / miscasts.

I started playing d&d when I was 16. My 1st dm never used minis or terrain. It was just us, dice, paper, and pencils. It's funny that those are the most vivid memories in my gaming life. Love this review Brent! Cannot wait to try my 1st sprue d&d minis!

Customization is something I've always found sorely lacking from the Wizkids line. If these all turn out to be similar quality and price, I'd be happy to pick up a few kits for my players.

Love this video! I paint minis exclusively to DnD, I don’t play any tabletop game. I started painting my player characters, then as a DM started painting monsters and NPCs, love the hobby!

very stoked about this line of minis coming out

I've bought 2 3d printers exclusively for D&D minis. Though there is not many painting on RU-vid, there are many patreons that cater to the hobby

YES I'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THESE!

A very cool concept to release RPG characters in plastic with a bunch of options. The only thing that could improve it would be if the weapons were easily magnetized/interchangeable through pegs, to aid you as your character develops.

Long live Dr Faust, painting dnd minis for the last 10 years

Love getting a sneak peak at this new line of D&D minis. The customization it offers players is super enticing! D&D was how I got into the hobby, created a metal mini on hero forge, first mini I ever painted. That was over three years ago. 🤘Some of my favorite mini painters on RU-vid: The Pickle Jar, Benji’s Hobbies and Elstonation.

Can't wait to see what you're planning for good ol Drizzt there!

Ah, now a whole new generation of players are going to learn the joys of a bitz box

Lol that little yellow clamp was so adorable to me. It's the perfect mini clamp. Also these look like such an upgrade from the soft plastic D&D minis - can't wait for my local gaming store to get some!

Very cool models. $25 a monster is a little steep for me as a DM but maybe they'll be fun conversion bits for other games too!

I like that they give us extra options, the leftover bits are perfect for kitbashes.

Splendid way to get in to it. Good job sir! Knep The brush wet!

I NEED THESE IN MY LIFE

can't wait to pick some up ..been looking for them on line.. Thanks for the cool video!

i love the end presentation on the online gameboard!

I am legit stoked about this!

Actually, bein a DM made me dig out my old GW models and now I have new paints and a 3d printer and started printing OPR armies with loads of fun 🙂

Your nighthag look superb! Fantastic job as always Brent!

Wow! I can't wait to get my hand on theses!

Great models..and awesome paint job!

I actually got into mini painting because of D&D! And now I'm the painter for the whole group lol. It's fun to get to know my friend's characters before I meet them at the table. Our DM certainly doesn't mind having a live-in painter/terrain crafter either. Great review! I was really curious about these when they got announced and I'm happy that they seem worth the money. I love hags so I'm deffo gonna pick her up when she hits my LGS.

I just started on a mini for a new DnD character, but gosh those look cool, I will still check them out. As any dnd player knows, you can't have enough character ideas (and minis)

I had asked my neighbour to give me a lift to my flgs today and on the way he was telling me stories about how he used to play D&D in his youth. This makes me want to try to find a paladin model to paint for him as a thank you.

Hopefully this will mean more videos for fantasy/dnd stuff in general. Especially if it brings kitbashing to DnD. Love seeing people doing conversions and stuff with 40k, but would be nice to see that branching out and resulting in cool minis for other things too.

I've painted my minis since 1980, starting with Testors Model paints on lead. I LOVE playing D&D with minis! If I had the voice and time for it, I'd start a channel for both...

I began my painting journey with the old pewter reaper minis for my dnd games back when I was a kid and up until very recently have gotten into some warhammer minis because of channels like yours and miniacs channel

I just got a few of the $15 kits and I love them. I like the idea of a a kit that can let you have a basic idea for a character, and the more you get let's you have spare bits to add to later models. I hope that more companies take this idea and run with it

Great video! I really like how your hag turned out. Cool minies to! Might have to look for them at my LGS

I see that OTCS! Who needs theater of the mind when you can just have theater?

Definitely been excited for these since I first saw em, seeing the preview stuff floating around the web it's only kept me excited.

I really enjoy watching you paint. Your figures always look so clean and fun.

Those look really cool! Glad to see you posting again also. :-)

Very interested in the PC mins. Thanks for this video Brent! Great review!

This is cool, when I used to play I made the miniatures with clay and then painted them, it was fun

Ooooo, this is a exciting! Great video Brent, love to see this.

Very cool Brent! I watched Jon from Miniature Hobbyist open these up last week but you've gone into a lot more detail with what all the frameworks come with. Very cool to think of all the opportunities this can create for DnD minis

As for D&D heavy content, I'm making videos to get D&D fans and TTRPG people into mini painting and terrain making stuff, and vice versa. I love both!

Was just in a local store today and noticed the DnD dungeon board games for 1-5 players think there is potential here. * minis leave a lot of bits... maybe add more kits intended to reuse certain leftovers etc. * kits that are not modular for common npc or less modular for monsters. Think old, modular kits from GW with upper-, lower body, heads etc so you can slowly collect and build a horde of . * Add rules for DnD board games. Maybe pnline as PDF? QR code? Make this an option for "dungeon runners" and light RPG players. * Tie them nicely into the latest DnD version and five players reason to use them. * Of course, kits for famouse DnD characters. I'd collect and build Drizzt party just for fun (and other famouse heroes, bosses and monsters from my childhood). A way to reac older players?

Amazing video man! Very much looking forward to these! ...and THE STAGE!

Dayum, Wizkids sure has stepped up their game. These look pretty good!

yeah the mold lines on Nolzurs and the bendy weapons are the main reasons I stay with reaper or 3d printing. That and I remember as a young dm going into my store and the aisles upon aisles of reaper minis racked to the ceiling, and flipping through them to find something appropriate. Sadly there isn't something like that where I live now.

You can fix bendy weapons by dipping them in hot water or using a hair dryer, the dipping them in cold water while straightening the part.

Painting minis is easy. Watch a couple of videos, get some supplies, six years of practice, and viola, you got some good looking minis.

Thanks for another great video, Brent!

I'm glad I stumbled upon your channel; you've inspired me to pick up mini painting as a hobby, and play D&D with them!

“You know what’s better than ale? Reading!” should be on merch!

This is so rad, I cant wait to get my hands on some of these miniatures!

Wow! Thanks! I didn’t know about these. I cut my teeth on D&D Wizkids models. Just got board of them as I like to assemble models as well. This is exactly what I was looking for! Thank you! 😀👍

Very cool! Depends on the price point for me though, Northstars Frostgrave minis have more options then those currently do. I'm sure with future release though this idea could really take off.

I definitely rec looking at reaper bones black & bones USA. They've solved most of the problems with PVC...still no plastic glue, but bendiness is gone and mold lines way easier to clean. Yet, still very durable.

I'm a DM and I can't do a campaign until every mini is painted, every monster, all terrain, all of it. I love it more than actually playing at this point. I hadn't played in a decade. I was asked to DM by a friend. I was going to fork over the cash for prepainted minis and the price was a no go. Four 3d printers later and now dming 3x a week. its almost a job at this point. But I'm glad I got back into it, since it sucked my wife and kids into it. Which in turn sucked their friends amd their parents into it. I'll never look back. But it did cause an itch to war game, so if I could find the time to paint my dominion box that would be great... 🍻

I'm a DM trying to get into mini painting! But you're right, I don't want to spend bank on bendy weapons, so I'm excited to see better minis come out! We've been using lego guys customized at a lego expo for a long time now.

This seems really well thought out. Cannot wait to get my hands on them

I don't even paint minis and I enjoy watching your channel

I just got started painting mini's back in oct 2021 and gotta say i'm addicted

Brent, these look epic. What a great product as a mini painter and DND player!

"Every material has Pros and Cons" Lead Pros: Soft, malleable, low melting point and inexpensive. Lead Cons: Extremely toxic to humans

I can't love this enough. I'm happy to finally see d&d do this! Plus the mass conversion between all the world's because of material... huh.... yeah.........

Great video as ever! The minis are cool and the customisation options seem pretty good. A little pricey for the monsters for the exact reasons you stated in the video. The most promising thing I think I heard in this video was the lack of embargo or NDA. A positive change that the industry as a whole really need to shift towards. Good PR is sorely needed with some of these companies.

Hey Brent! Shout out from another Maine resident, mini painter and D&D player (DM 95% of the time!) I'm a long time D&D player and DM and started playing in early 1978. We should chat sometime!

Just wanna say that having a mug of ale while reading is the best combination. Everyone should try it!

I saw that some have mentioned heat for fixing up bent weapons. i go with hot water. Then a dip into chilled water that has been in the freezer for awhile. It is something that can be repeated until the mini is fixed.

Great video again! That hag looks awesome btw.

You had me at twinkle, and lost me at no owl... Never before this have I been disheartened to be a goober.

It kinda sucks being a dnd painter primarily, the internet isn't super kind to the dnd painters out there compared to wargamers so I as a primarily dnd centric painter I hope this catches on