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Fictional Reality - great online miniature review mag.
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 3:48 am
by Chairface
Just got this from a tip on the forum of doom site:
www.fictionalreality.org
Well worth the download. Some great new manufacturers and beautiful minis!
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 4:43 am
by kwailung
The only thing that lets me down about the reviews in Fictional Reality is how often they don't actually "review" the miniature. 80 percent of the write-up will be a description of what the mini looks like. Hellooooo, you've got a picture of it right here -- what I want in a review is if there are any obvious problems with the minis. Any structural weaknesses, things that will need pinning, bad flash or mold lines, maybe a size comparison to other lines, things like that.
Don't waste my time describing to me what you know I can see. It's like photo captions in magazines and newspapers that say "So-and-so waves to the crowd." I can SEE he's waving, you git! Give me some context or additional information you were forced to leave out of the story, how about that?
Here endeth the mini-rant. Sorry.
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 4:36 pm
by Chairface
I'll give you that. Some of the reviews are a but fluffy. But still worth a read!
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 5:22 pm
by Dave
all the pictures in my PDF are grey boxes ..
downloaded it twice now and nothing gets better ..
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 8:18 pm
by Chairface
That is completely weird! Worked fine for me.
Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 10:57 am
by Mark_Theurer
Hello everyone,
Thanks for reading FR. We're glad to have new people checking us out. I agree that our miniature reviews can get a bit fluffy but we try to suggest what figures can be used for that might not immediately jump to mind. Could some reviews be a bit more structure-related, sure I guess so and we'll try to make sure that's the case across the board from now on. If you're having problems viewing the current issue's graphics try updating to Acrobat Viewer 6.0 and that should take care of the problem.
Thanks,
Mark Theurer, Fictional Reality
m.theurer@comcast.net
Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 11:16 am
by Evil Git
mark
this is really good. found quite a few different manufacturers for inspiration. how often do you write this? is it quarterly?
Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 4:43 pm
by Chairface
Hey Mark! Thanks for taking the time to address our opinions. Its nice to see that you are paying attention.
Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2004 12:40 am
by jmt
Mark's not the only one here.
We will definitley upgrade our miniature reviews. If you have any other comments, please do hesitate to contact us. We're always trying to improve the magazine.
jmt
Fictional Reality
Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2004 12:56 am
by Ewan
jmt wrote:please do hesitate to contact us
Nice to know!
Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2004 12:13 pm
by jmt
Arrgh! Stupid Freudian Slip won't stay up.
I meant to say
please don't hesitate to contact us.
jmt
Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2004 1:58 pm
by Chairface
Shows how observant I am.... Didn't even notice
