Rust Monster

The most feared monster in D&D. The Rust Monster! This is my last Nolzur's miniature for the moment. Mostly red with orange hilights and tan frills on it's feared antennae. I like him, although he's not very flashy.

Monodrone & Duodrone

I think these are the first Nolzur's Marvelous Miniatures I ever purchased. I thought they were cute. I wish I'd paid a bit more attention to casting defects (they have a number of nasty ones which I couldn't really resolve easily) and grabbed a different pack, but I still think they look good. They were fun and simple to paint. (Leadbelcher undercoat, pick out details with gold (and lenses blue, feathers white), then wash Nuln Oil, and then pick out highlights).

I'm not 100% sure which is the Monodrone and which the Duodrone (1 eyed is the mono, 2 eyed the duo?). I also vaguely recall that these things tended to attack in hordes, not sure if 2 would ever be enough in game, but that's what dice are for (roundish dice for the round one, six sided for the square ones).

Bullette

Land Shark!

It's Nolzur's Marvelous Miniatures Bullette as the first miniature of 2020. He almost made it into 2019.

His pose is a bit odd, in that you can't see his back half (it's under the earth). And the "earth" he's exploding from is a bit odd too (it's tough to figure out what bits are dirt, which are rocks, which are something else ... mud?)

I mostly used Contrast with highlights added where it seemed a bit "washed out". I really like the snake bite leather for the leathery skin (that's just straight Contrast). My take is a bit "brighter" than most Bullette's I've seen online.

Myconid Adults

Mushroom Men! These are also from Nolzur's Marvelous Miniature line. I've always had a soft spot for mushroom people ... no idea why. They used to be fairly common in a lot of the D&D dungeons I wrote in High School.

Still playing with Contrast paints. Skeleton Horde for the body, and thinned down Pink for the caps/hands. Then some drybrushing (Screaming Skull and Pallid Wych) on the bodies and Emperor's Children to fix any odd pooling on the caps. Lastly a dot of pallid for each eye. 

Oxen

Sometimes you just need some barnyard animals. Here's a set of Oxen from Nolzur's Marvelous Miniature line. Most of the work was done by Contrast paints. (Black for the main/nose, Grey for the body (w/ a drybrush of Dawnstone)).

I like'em and they were fast and easy.

Displacer Beast

Meow?!?!?

No idea what a displacer kitty says. This was an exercise in doing black (or in this kitties case ... dark grey). He has a white underbelly, but it's not as apparent in these pictures.

Medium Fire Elementals

As I went down, the flames went up higher!

More Fire Elementals! This time from Nolzur's Marvelous Miniature line. These have better faces, but less flamey bits. They look good with the big guy from the previous post though. All told I have 10 small fire (GW's brimstone horrors), 4 medium, and 1 large fire elementals.

I'd like to say that I have 4 of these, since Fire Elementals are by far the most commonly met ones during D&D campaigns ... but really I forgot I already had a pair when I bought the second one. I have 3 air, 3 water, 3 earth and 15 fire.

These are the last of the "Elemental sub project" (an offshoot of the D&D project). I'm all set to run a "Princes of the Apocalypse" campaign. Too bad me and the kids finished that campaign off last Summer. I'm sure they'll get use.

Cannons 2

Wait ... haven't we seen these already?

Nope! I bought (and painted) another 2 cannons. At some point, I'll get a sloop (or frigate) and these will look great on the deck of one of those.

Iron Maiden

Nope, not some 80's metal band, it's the original Iron Maiden. The doors almost seem like they'd shut (but don't really). Not much more to say ... just more terrain for dungeons.

The Rack

It's some more dungeon terrain. It's Nolzur's Magnificent Miniatures Rack this time. Wasn't 100% sure the "ropes" are ropes (they might be chains). Painting them as ropes gave it a bit more color. It'll make any dungeon encounters even more terrifying.

Mimics

Run! Oh wait ... it's just a chest. No need to run this time.

Mimics from Nolzur's Marvelous Miniature line. I like these two, they were simple and fun to paint.

Medium Earth Elementals

Earth Elementals!

I have to admit, I'm not a huge fan of these two. A quick Google image search indicates these aren't particularly popular to paint either.

They have a couple of issues. The first is their pose. Whomever sculpted them did so in the same style as the previous Nolzur's elementals. Needless to say, an earth elemental shouldn't have the same stance/features as a water/air/fire elemental. They are plodding creatures made of earth (not fluid in any way). They should have legs. The other issue is the lack of distinctive detail. There's good detail, but it's not distinct. There should be more and different types of earth easily distinguished. Mostly they are all kind of a parched earth look. I tried to vary it by making some look more stone like. They are just not that inspiring.

With that said, they make good backup for the large earth elemental I painted earlier. Like that one, when I go to finish the bases, I'll probably add some "basing" detail to the miniature as a whole (i.e. grass growing on their backs, moss on some of their rocks, etc).

Cart

Run ... it's a ... cart!

It's an odd day to post this.

I have a fairly large (6,000 pts worth) WHFB Beastman army. At the end of WHFB, large units were king. To do that, many people built unit fillers. Basically little dioramas that made moving the units around a little easier and took up a large chunk of space in the unit. I had plans to make a unit filler that consisted of cart being pulled by ungors filled with the spoils of war (namely a bunch of extra shields and weapons I had from the Gor sprues). It would take the space of 10-15 ungors in a unit. At the time, I searched high and low for a good cart. I never found one. Then I saw this one for Nolzur's Marvelous Miniatures line, I bought it immediately. When I was painting this (over the last few days) I had no intention of making the unit filler, since WHFB is effectively dead.

Well, to finish off the story (and why the timing is odd), GW just (like 6 hours ago) announced they are revisiting WHFB. Maybe more carts to come in the future?!?!?

Spectator and Gazers

I spy with my "little" eye...

It's the Beholder's little brothers, the Spectator and Grazers. These are from Nolzur's Marvelous miniatures line.

The Spectator does have a mouth, it's filled with teeth, but given the angle of the shot, you can't quite see it.

Painting wise: Skin was contrast Ultramarine Blue, drybrush Caledor Sky Blue, drybrush Lothern Blue. Eyes were Whitescar White, Black slit eyes (using Micron Pen), Lamenter Yellow Glaze. Tongue: contrast Blood Angels Red, Wild Rider Red highlight. Teeth: contrast Skeleton Horde, Ushabti Bone highlight, Screaming Skull highlight. Gums: contrast Pink (something something).

Large Water Elemental

I hope you like to swim! It's a Large Water Elemental from Reaper's Bones line. This miniature is a blue to begin with, so besides the base I mostly drybrushed Admin Grey, Whitescar White, glazed with Waywatcher Green (mixed with Lahmia Medium) followed with a last drybrush of Whitescar White.

I was trying for a wavy white cap like effect from the oceans deep. I think it mostly worked.

The other two elementals have already been pictured. They are the Medium Water Elementals from Nolzur's line. I went back and did the same set of drybrushes to make them "fit" in better with the big guy. I tossed them in the picture so you get an idea of the size of the big one.

Rust Monster's Treasure

It's the "treasure" pile from the Nolzur's Marvelous Miniature's Rust Monster. One of these days I'll paint the Monster himself. This was some low hanging fruit I did while I waited for various washes to dry. Literally some Ironbreaker, followed by an Agrax Wash, followed by some Gold Highlights (and then I did the base like I always do). 

Carrion Crawler

Part of my "classic" D&D monsters project, this time it's the Carrion Crawler. I was surprised by the lack of painted examples of this beast online. I ended up choosing a color scheme based off an albino giant grub worm I remember finding in a field (and being grossed out by) as a kid. I remember it being huge (like 4 inches long and an inch thick) ... but that could be my childish memory exaggerating. It was big enough that I remember it after all these years. Color-wise I tried to keep him to natural colors, with just a hint of blue. I thought about giving him some caterpillar markings, but in the end the albino grub motif won out.

Spiders

Eeek! Giant Spiders! Squish'Em!

Three Spiders from Nolzur's Marvelous Miniatures. I was tempted to do each in a different color, but my desire for uniformity won out (it had nothing to do with me being lazy ... really!). I had this vague desire to be able to use them as Ice Spiders in Frostgrave, so they are a light colored spiders with icy blue eyes. Dawnstone base, Admin Grey drybrush, Wash Nuln Oil, Admin Grey drybrush and topped with a Pallid Wychflesh drybrush in select places. The eyes were black with dots of Caledor Sky Blue.

Speaking of Spiders, I recently chased a monster of one out of my basement (I put him in a box and tossed him into the backyard ... I couldn't bring myself to squish him). A good 4 inch long specimen, makes these three look tiny by comparison.

Phase Spider

It's a phase spider from Nolzur's Marvelous Miniatures! I didn't plan to paint it like a phase spider, but I looked up some picture online and liked the overall color scheme. It's an odd miniature, in that much of the "good" detail is on the underside.

Xorn

Xorn! Another couple of miniatures from Nolzur's Marvelous Miniature line. I bought these on impulse, and must admit, I don't think I've ever met a Xorn while playing D&D. Now I have a reason to include them.

Painting these was a breeze. Undercoat: Dawnstone, Drybrush: Admin Grey, Wash: Nuln Oil, Drybrush: Admin Grey (again), Highlight: (Teeth) White, (Claws) Black. Base was the standard formula. Undercoat: (dirt) Mournfang Brown, (rocks) Admin Grey; wash: Agrax  and drybrush: Deathclaw or Admin. The eyes were Caldor Blue, Nuln Wash, and Lothern Blue highlights.