Now we’re (finally) back into the minis I’ve painted this month. – We did have Mossbeard and the Crashed Aquila Lander, but then I had to double back to show the last of May’s work. Now for June once again, we’re doing the D&D Board Game series today – this time three sets of simple villain models from The Dungeon of the Mad Mage board game. First up, we have the trio of Shadows. I thought they were ghosts initially, but Shadows works, I guess. They’re painted in deep black tones, with very subtle highlights into Citadel Dark Reaper and some very dark greys. Then washed black to tone them all down again. Because Shadows, obviously.
The next model is a Gray Ooze. A simple, ugly, crappy model. It got three coats of Contrast Gryph-Charger Grey, with a bit of silver mixed into the final coat in order to give it a bit of a sheen, and make the grey distinctive from the tones I use for the flagstone bases. Basically, at this point I don’t know what this thing really is in D&D terms and don’t care enough to look it up because it’s a trash model. I’ll learn what it is when we have to fight it, I guess…
The final models are also trash models. a sextet of Intellect Devourers. Very much Contrast Paint to the rescue here. Whatever. They’re painted and finished.
And here we are – a set of 10 D&D boardgame models from The Dungeon of the Mad Mage. Even the trash models in their painted form will help to enhance the game over green or purple plastic, I guess. So there’s that. There’s still plenty more where these came from, though…
Azazel's Bitz Box. 
Great work on all your monsters, the shadows are my favourite out of the group and actually have a menacing aura to them
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Yeah, I wasn’t sure about it at first when I looked up what they were and how they look in terms of colour (thought they were ghosts when I opened the box – for obvious reasons) but they turned out pretty well!
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I should have mentioned this before, but an “I agree with Dave Stone” widget would be very useful! 🙂 Great minis, although the intellect devourers are a bit creepy!
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ROFL John
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I’ll leave the widget/button for someone else to program. (Maybe Dave?) As for the Intellect Devourers, they look like an attack of the zombie supermarket fresh but uncooked whole chickens!
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Wouldn’t be much hope on me programming anything ! Not adept with the old computer I’m afraid ! LOL
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I actually really like how those shadows came out!
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Yeah, those three are a simple sculpt, but not a trash one like the others.
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I’m impressed by the shadows – very different sculpt than I’ve seen from D&D/Pathfinder. The grey ooze is very ‘meh’, though I like the colour. The brains on legs are disappointing to begin with (that’s the worst of the two D&D sculpts I’ve seen), and I agree they aren’t worth trying to do a better job. I think the reaper ‘not-D&D’ version you did a long while back was much better than these.
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Yeah. These ones seem scaled to roughly an actual human brain while the Reaper one was scaled to something like a bear. Not sure which one makes more sense to the D&D canon, but I just assume that like all fantasy monsters the scale varies wildly.
Just had a google at the other Shadow minis. I saw the spindly-tentacly ones, and then the Nolzur’s ones as well. The spindly ones work as a different option I guess, as they’re ethereal monsters. The Nolzur’s ones look very similar to this but in their translucent plastic. They’d look good with a coat of black Contrast paint….
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It’s been awhile, but I’d say the Devourers are at least large dog size. Ann might come along and correct me on that one though.
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Yeah, these ones are more like Chihuahua-sized!
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Nice mate, especially the shadows! Also enjoyed the last bunch of posts – I’ve fallen behind & had to wizz past without commenting, but it all gets a thumbs up from me dude 😊
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Thanks Alex – I know what that’s like! And thanks!
Oh, should get that package off to you in the next few days. We’ve had to be self-quarantining again until today.
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No worries dude, as and when 👍
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Those shadows are really nice, genuinely a bit creepy! I particularly enjoy your enthusiasm towards this boardgame stuff 😀
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Thanks Mikko – the enthusiasm comes from the active playing of the games. Well, that and the appeal of smashing out the simpler sculpts for quick wins!
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Those shadows are surprisingly effective.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Thanks Pete, they’re definitely better than I’d expected!
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Yea, the shadows are a hit. I don’t think I could pull off anywhere near such a nice effect.
WTF on those Intellect Devourers though. I’ve never seen them so small, and the sculpts look pretty horrid. A shame.
The ooze and slime monsters were always cool to me in the old books. But mini wise, it’s a bit insane. So many times I’d see some, and they would cost the same amount (or more) as a character mini for what’s basically a blob of metal/plastic. Texture paint and green stuff probably put those ooze sculptors out of business! ;P
Love seeing your work on these D&D minis, hope there are more to go! 🙂
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Thanks! Well, on the Shadows, anyway. You can easily see why the ID’s didn’t warrant their own post, and likewise with the Ooze (I wonder if there’s a decent-looking Wizkids model of those?) There’s still tons more of the D&D stuff to go, so no worries there!
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