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Baldur's Gate 3 Minis From WizKids Are Here, and They Aren't Leaving the Best Impression
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<blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 67195" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><img src="https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2025/05/15/ignbaldursgate3wizkidsminis-1747318801555.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p>The cast of <a href="https://www.ign.com/games/baldurs-gate-iii" target="_blank">Baldur's Gate 3</a> has been transformed into pre-painted miniatures by Wizkids. But the new mini's don't seem to be landing for everyone, as even one Baldur's Gate 3 developer took to social media to express frustration with the new figures.</p><p></p><p>Shared on <a href="https://x.com/HighLODLar/status/1922382189263544352" target="_blank">X/Twitter</a>, one of the senior cinematic artists on Baldur's Gate 3 posted a comparison. "What I ordered VS what I received," they wrote. "Only Gale has a decent face. It's expensive for a 5 years old painting work... Shame on you @Wizards_DnD"</p><p></p><p>You can see the results for yourself here:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>In the first set of images, yoiu might note some surprising paint jobs on the different figures, especially Shadowheart. In the second batch, we get a better look at favorites like Karlach, Lae'zel, and a very withered Withers.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Replies on X/Twitter are sharing their own frustrations. <a href="https://x.com/donkmykong/status/1922413352396951586" target="_blank">One user shared a Gale</a> that would inspire similarly baffled reactions, and another <a href="https://x.com/MrSwagBallz/status/1922476054360314101" target="_blank">received their box but didn't have a head for Shadowheart</a>. I found at least one person saying theirs came in okay, but most replies seemed frustrated with the quality of the miniatures.</p><p></p><p>Announced <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/baldurs-gate-3-characters-including-karlach-and-astarion-get-official-dungeons-dragons-minis-from-wizkids" target="_blank">last year</a>, these miniatures from WizKids retail for $49.99 for the whole set, which includes seven pre-painted minis for Wyll, Karlach, Lae'zel, Astarion, Shadowheart, Gale, and Withers. (Minthara and Halsin, presumably, breathe a heavy sigh of relief.)</p><p></p><p>"Housed in non-blind windowed packaging, this set includes pre-painted miniatures for Astarion, Karlach, Gale, Shadowheart, Wyll, Lae’zel, and Withers," the official description for the set read. "The set is perfect for Dungeon Masters looking to feature a famous character or as a collector’s piece for Baldur’s Gate and D&D fans."</p><p></p><p></p><p>While the miniatures seem to be targeting a more budget-conscious demographic than professional, hand-crafted, paint-it-yourself miniatures, it's still not a great look when general response to your Shadowheart figure is "that's not Shadowheart."</p><p></p><p>Larian just <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/baldurs-gate-3-patch-8-notes-include-final-farewell-message-as-larian-looks-ahead" target="_blank">bid farewell to Baldur's Gate 3 with Patch 8</a>, its final major patch for its 2023 RPG that took the world by storm. The studio's CEO Swen Vincke has <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/baldurs-gate-3-dev-larian-says-its-full-attention-is-on-its-next-game-media-blackout-for-the-foreseeable" target="_blank">dropped some hints about what's next for Larian</a>, but aside from it not being Baldur's Gate nor Dungeons & Dragons, there's not too much more to go on.</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Eric is a freelance writer for IGN.</em></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/baldurs-gate-3-minis-from-wizkids-are-here-and-they-arent-leaving-the-best-impression" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 67195, member: 1"] [IMG]https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2025/05/15/ignbaldursgate3wizkidsminis-1747318801555.jpg[/IMG] The cast of [URL='https://www.ign.com/games/baldurs-gate-iii']Baldur's Gate 3[/URL] has been transformed into pre-painted miniatures by Wizkids. But the new mini's don't seem to be landing for everyone, as even one Baldur's Gate 3 developer took to social media to express frustration with the new figures. Shared on [URL='https://x.com/HighLODLar/status/1922382189263544352']X/Twitter[/URL], one of the senior cinematic artists on Baldur's Gate 3 posted a comparison. "What I ordered VS what I received," they wrote. "Only Gale has a decent face. It's expensive for a 5 years old painting work... Shame on you @Wizards_DnD" You can see the results for yourself here: In the first set of images, yoiu might note some surprising paint jobs on the different figures, especially Shadowheart. In the second batch, we get a better look at favorites like Karlach, Lae'zel, and a very withered Withers. Replies on X/Twitter are sharing their own frustrations. [URL='https://x.com/donkmykong/status/1922413352396951586']One user shared a Gale[/URL] that would inspire similarly baffled reactions, and another [URL='https://x.com/MrSwagBallz/status/1922476054360314101']received their box but didn't have a head for Shadowheart[/URL]. I found at least one person saying theirs came in okay, but most replies seemed frustrated with the quality of the miniatures. Announced [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/baldurs-gate-3-characters-including-karlach-and-astarion-get-official-dungeons-dragons-minis-from-wizkids']last year[/URL], these miniatures from WizKids retail for $49.99 for the whole set, which includes seven pre-painted minis for Wyll, Karlach, Lae'zel, Astarion, Shadowheart, Gale, and Withers. (Minthara and Halsin, presumably, breathe a heavy sigh of relief.) "Housed in non-blind windowed packaging, this set includes pre-painted miniatures for Astarion, Karlach, Gale, Shadowheart, Wyll, Lae’zel, and Withers," the official description for the set read. "The set is perfect for Dungeon Masters looking to feature a famous character or as a collector’s piece for Baldur’s Gate and D&D fans." While the miniatures seem to be targeting a more budget-conscious demographic than professional, hand-crafted, paint-it-yourself miniatures, it's still not a great look when general response to your Shadowheart figure is "that's not Shadowheart." Larian just [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/baldurs-gate-3-patch-8-notes-include-final-farewell-message-as-larian-looks-ahead']bid farewell to Baldur's Gate 3 with Patch 8[/URL], its final major patch for its 2023 RPG that took the world by storm. The studio's CEO Swen Vincke has [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/baldurs-gate-3-dev-larian-says-its-full-attention-is-on-its-next-game-media-blackout-for-the-foreseeable']dropped some hints about what's next for Larian[/URL], but aside from it not being Baldur's Gate nor Dungeons & Dragons, there's not too much more to go on. [I]Eric is a freelance writer for IGN.[/I] [url="https://www.ign.com/articles/baldurs-gate-3-minis-from-wizkids-are-here-and-they-arent-leaving-the-best-impression"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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