D&D/Pathfinder Miniatures Thread

What are some essential miniatures that Veeky Forums would recommend? What are some miniatures that could stand in for multiple monsters?

Already have:
>Goblins x7
>Kobold x6
>Orc x6
>Spider x3
>Ettin x1
>Gnoll x8
>Green Hag x3
>Lizard Folk Fighter x4
>Roper x1
>Troll x2
>Wraith x3
>Terror Wight x4
>Bugbear x6
>Mesmalatu (Demilich/Flaming Skull) x1
>Ghast x3
>Human Wizard x1
>Bandit x4
>Dwarf Soldier x1
>Delver Sergeant x4
>Champion of Dol Dorn x1
>Whatever is in Wrath of Ashardalon Game

I know I need skeletons but what are some other essentials/interesting minis to keep a campaign interesting? I will be DMing 5e for the first time for a new group and wanted some cool minis to use.

Bonus Question (since I can't find an answer anywhere online) generally how long does it take to go 1-10 in D&D? How about 1-5?

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Stand in for multiple monsters meaning, I could use my kobolds as lesser lizardfolk,a lizardfolk shaman, imps, stirges...etc

personally, i use bottlecaps with printed portrait tokens glued to them. Costs next to nothing, and i can have any monster/pc/npc i want without needing stand ins

I judge which minis to get by how cheaply they can be found online in vast quantities. I collect the following:

Hammerer
Guard of Mithral Hall
Howling Orc, Orc Mauler, any other cool-looking orcs that you can get for $2 or less
Dekanter Goblin
Carnage Demon
Ibixian
Abyssal Skulker
Medusa Archer
whatever else happens to be crazy cheap on ebay or Troll & Toad.

If you want to spend a little extra to get something memorable, I really like the new Gelatinous Cube that you can open up and stick a mini inside. Your cheapest option for getting a huge-sized dragon is probably one of those Pathfinder dragon evolution box sets. Your cheapest option for getting any kind of huge-sized mini is a Fomorian. Never buy dragonborn - the price is crazy high for some reason. Instead buy half-dragons and dragonspawn from War of the Dragon Queen and call them dragonborn.

I've found it can take up to a year meeting weekly to get to level 10. Level 5 takes much less, maybe only a month or two, because getting from 1 to 2 takes one session and getting from 2 to 3 takes one or two sessions.

you need some rats and at least 1 dragon

I've got over 200 miniatures. Here's the list: pastebin.com/Vs4SfcwE

It's a few weeks old though and I've acquired a couple dozen since then. Been collecting for about ten years now. Just got eight gnoll minis in the mail from eBay. 2-3 dollars a pop seems to be fairly good price, though I've spent more on some that I really wanted.

I've started designing my D&D world around what miniatures I have. That is, I try to restrict myself mostly to creatures I've got the minis for, at least as common foes. That means there are only 4-5 kinds of monster for "random encounters" and I feel like it gives the world a bit more character while not having to go outside the generic fantasy framework I most enjoy.

As an addendum, my opinion on "necessary minis" is: at least one sword/shield fighter, at least one two-handed-sword fighter, at least one twinblade fighter, at least one archer, at least one wizard and hopefully at least one clerical type mini, a couple rogue-ish type ones, a halfling or two (can be subbed in for gnomes), a smattering of orcs and goblins which can work for other bestial humanoids, a couple ogre-sized miniatures and a couple other large minis like dire wolves to represent quadrapedal large-size opponents. For huge or bigger, the minis get expensive, so I'd avoid them.

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>Abyssal Skulker
Muh nigga. I bought eight of these and used them for a post-apocalyptic game as "demon wolves" and they became one of my favorite monsters to use.

Miniatures are good...but you can just use skittles or m&ms and show a picture of what each m&M or Skittle actually looks like(art) and once the monster dies,,,you can eat it.