Who knew that Wizards’ historic miniatures line could actually be re-supplied by Wizards’ old Dreamblade line? Ben shows you the ins and outs of re-basing these twisted miniatures for your next 4E d20 game.

Operation Re-base was originally inspired by Mage Knight. However, Ben caught a brief Youtube video from Terrainaholic that finally pushed him to give Dreamblade a whirl.

While eBay lots can be a punchy adrenaline rush, Ben typically buys singles from trusted online storefronts. Ben’s Dreamblade minis averaged a $1 apiece.

You can check out another short film on our wondrous YouTube channel for a demo of our Franken-Dreamblade experiment but here’s a handy step-by-step guide of how Ben did it.

1. Acquire your miniatures (usually on eBay)
2. Remove the original, thick, oversized bases with a craft hot knife
3. Select new D20 bases from places like Galeforce 9
4. Glue on the mini to the new base with a thicker Tacky Glue
5. Flock the new base
6. Spray on a Matte seal to keep flock in place.

Critics will say that it’s too much trouble and to that Ben says, “a man gets creative when all he has are cardboard options.” Also, some minis might come across as too large in scale for 4E use. Pashaw – having a variety of size variations on your game mat is always a good thing.

Your game play uses with Dreamblade miniatures are abundant. You suddenly have new and exciting fig options for extended rest nightmares, Dark Sun, statues, death squads, party characters, terrain monsters and big bad boss uniques.

Don’t ya just love it when a good D&D plan comes together?

Questions to Ponder: Did you play the original Dreamblade minis game? Do you see incorporating a few of these into your own game? Got a favorite sculpt? Do you actually prefer cardboard tokens?

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