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D&D Monster Manual 29: The Legend of Drizzt – Yochlol, Handmaiden of Lolth

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D&D Miniatures, The Legend of Drizzt - Yochlol, Handmaiden of Lolth

You didn’t think these D&D-themed posts would end with the final Ashardalon boxed minis, did you? There’s a bunch of these still to work through – and since we’re actively playing them, it only makes sense for me to be painting the models. So with that in mind, I’ve cracked open the boxes to both The Legend of Drizzt and The Temple of Elemental Evil and have been working on the models that looked the quickest and easiest to get done before I settle into the ones that require a bit more work. So with that in mind, here’s a yellow blob with an eyeball.

Yochlols are handmaidens of Lolth, the Spider Queen. Which should mean something to the fans of the Drizzt Do’Urden books by R.A.Salvatore. Now I’m not going to shit on them, though I understand it’s popular to do so. I read 2 or 3 of them 20-odd years ago and enjoyed them well enough as easy-to-read and enjoyable fantasy fiction. I haven’t felt compelled to chase them down again, but I barely have time to read anything for pleasure aside from the net between work, blogging and my preferred hobbies of painting and occasionally gaming. Here’s the writeup for Yochlols. To which I say “Sure, whatever. Why not?”

D&D Miniatures, The Legend of Drizzt - Yochlol, Handmaiden of Lolth

Painting was thankfully a doddle. Prime white, spray yellow. touch up. Contrast Nazdreg Yellow over the top, which gave those almost-cartoony-looking outlines to the sculpt. I wasn’t expecting that, but you know what? Sure, whatever. Why not? Paint the eye with a bit of care, do the base, gloss varnish. Matt varnish the base. Done!

Zombicide Season 1 Core Set & Season 2 Bonus Abominations (Contrast Paint Experiment #23)

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Zombicide Abominations

As a finale to the previous two sets of Zombicide Abominations, I’ve finally finished my “normal” set of them. I may be missing one of them, actually. I’m definitely missing a Berserker Fattie. But as it stands, these are the last of my Abominations for the modern versions of Zombicide, finally painted (until 2nd Edition arrives!)

Zombicide Abominations

Zombicide Abominations

The “tourist” sculpt (see the camera?) seems to be the one I’m missing an extra model of, though it shouldn’t be an issue in most normal games – where four A-Bombs will be way more than enough. The other sculpt seems to indicate that he used to be a tradie (or a tradesman) with the tool belt, rag, drill and safety goggles. With that in mind, I tried to use approriate colours for them and gave a couple of them flouros. I also gave these “vanilla” Abominations white street lines on their bases as opposed to the yellow on the exotic ones, just as a small visual distinction.

Zombicide Abominations

Zombicide Abominations

Much easier to get individual colour distinction on these models, as they’re not covered in Red Carapace like the Berserkers, or “Toxic Green” skin as with the, er, Toxic ones, as I’m able to vary both the clothing and the skin on these. I used various Contrast Paints on them, thinning, mixing and varying them, even across the same model to create some (hopefully) disgusting discolouration – even if they’re not quite as disgusting as Poxwalkers. What say you, John?

Zombicide Abominations

I’ve thrown in this size comparison shot with a GW Ogre, showing that they’re decently tall models, especially when you compare the smaller bases with the GW model. That’s because I’m thinking they might count for Ann’s Miniatures of Magnitude Challenge being run over May & June. (Hurry! Last Days!)

Zombicide Abominations, Toxic Abominations, Berserker Abominations

Finally, here’s a group shot with the other completed modern Abominations. Not 100% sure on my next Zombicide step right now, I’ve got a ton of Fatties of all three types, but perhaps some of the more exotic Abominations from Black Plague and Green Horde would be more fun to paint, even if they’re not as common on the board as regular zombies, runners and fatties…