I am not sure if it is just the minis i got or not, but i feel as though the minis are very poor quality most of the minis do not fit into the bases very well and if you put them into the base upside down they fit but do not stay in the base very well. I really like this game, but do not understand the idea of the removeable base. I paid a lot of money for this game (got the painted and non painted ones from the kick starter), and i just wanted really good quality minis. this being said i think the sculpts are pretty good some of them are hard to tell who they are, but that is one reason i got the painted ones. I am just wondering other peoples opion on this to see if other people are having the same problems. Sorry for the rant ish nature of this post. Looking foward to hear what people have to say.
Minis not precisely fitting into bases is as old as miniatures. That's why every good gamer has a fine, sharp knife on hand.
Myself, I'm pretty happy with it. They're sturdy and clear to me. I didn't have any issues, apart from having to shave a couple feet slightly.
The bases are transparent so you can see the hex (and its elevation) the unit is standing on. If it weren't removable, then painting the minis would result in lots of paint accidentally splashed on the base, which wouldn't be so good. So making the bases removable seems to me like a reasonable thing to do.
I haven't found the minis to be low quality at all. Some of the details are kind of shallow, meaning that you have to be careful when laying down paint that you don't cover up the detail, but I wasn't too bothered by it.
Sounds like if you're getting the painted minis, you'll be all set in any case though, yeah?
ok i will try to get some knives ( i think i have a set) to get them to fit better. i am kinda new to mini and have never seen mini with a removeable base before, but your explaination makes sence. the details of the sculpts are fine, other than it being a little hard to tell who some of the characters are, but only some. (ie. wraith is the one who comes to mind) Good to hear other opinions though.
I am brand new to any miniatures of any kind and I think these look and feel fantastic. I just glued mine into their bases last night, as a matter of fact and couldn't be happier! Only one Proletariat needed to be told his foot was too large. All in all, though, I'm very excited that I had this practice so that when my painted ones come in, I'll feel more confident that they will hold and look glorious! I think that calling them 'poor quality' is wildly underselling them.
Just toss the minis in the freezer for about half an hour. Then, pull them out and put them in their bases. As they warm up, they'll expand to fit the bases!
Does that trick work with other things?
the freezer thing is actually a good idea thanks a lot i will try that when i get home.
That is both awesome and hilarious. 
You're just on a roll, lately, aren't you? 
Don't try it with Ice Cream, it just gets messy.
If you put minis in the freezer, what impact (if any) does it have on the paint?
Would depend on the type of paint you used, how long the mini was subjected to the deep freeze, etc.
And if you glossed or did not.
Let's say acrylic paint, topped with some Krylon sealant, for 20-30 minutes.
The point of putting the minis into the freezer is to get the plastic to shrink. The question is, how well will the paint (and the sealant) shrink along with the mini? I don't know what these sculpts are made out of and I'm finding radically differing values for coefficient of thermal expansion for acrylic depending on the manufacturing method (few of which happen to be "applied as paint" and even those vary based on the specific paint mixture).
So, the scientific answer is a bit impractical to come by at the moment. I'll settle for anecdotal evidence.
Ooh, that is a good question. I really have NO idea! So, be careful when freezing your painted minis.
What you could do is, instead, heat up the bases so they expand. Since they aren't painted, there's less that can go wrong. Obviously, you don't want to get them too hot, but I imagine a hairdryer or letting them sit in some hot water for a little bit might do the trick.
In my previous modeling knowledge. With plastic models and pewter, with a variety of acrylic paints (citadel Vallejo, primarily but many others too) there has never been a paint issue with freezing models. I’ve done it to fit pieces and to brittle glue to break them off bases. This is with primed, in glossed, but painted models just fine.
Heating the base to expand has one small problem. The hole will contract as the plastic expands. Not dilate.
I'm just waiting for Pydro to swing by again…
So put the base in the freezer =)
I'll be keeping the base/mini separate in a baggie with the cards for each character, so it's a little bit of sandpaper/knife for me.