Today’s post features a pair of “upgrade” player character models for use in The Legend of Drizzt Dungeons and Dragons Adventure Boardgame. This time it’s Drizzt (again) and Regis (also, again) but this time the sculpts come from a Gale Force Nine box of on-sprue HIPS models of the characters, the box being called “Drizzt & the Companions of the Hall”.
Once again, I went with the dark sea green armour for Drizzt, since the brown look does nothing for me. I did obviously paint in some of the larger flaps of armour in a reddish brown, though.
Similarly, I painted Regis in much the same was as the PVC model from the board game. The official base has Regis standing on top of a (treasure) chest, which I get is thematic for a Rogue/Thief, especially for a display model, but it’s a bit too far down the “mobile tactical rock” road for a gameplay model for me.
With that in mind, the big(!) change for Regis was basing him on a sculpted base from the Archon villagers box from their kickstarter instead of the base that he came with. I was lucky enough to find a base with a little sculpted trapdoor, some lockpicks and an open padlock. Perfect!
And here’s the GF9 Drizzt alongside his WotC counterpart. Obviously the new HIPS figure is a lot nicer, the WotC figure is at least one of the better ones from the set, so the contrast isn’t as large as it will be with some others – for example, once I get to Cattie-Brie(!)
Finally, Regis. Looks like he grew a little and fixed his hair. Again, not the worst of the Wizards’ sculpts, but the GF9 is clearly superior. It’ll be a little while before I get any of the others from this set painted, but I will eventually get the more egregiously bad models replaced with these nicer versions of the characters.
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Agree – they are much nicer sculpts, even though the originals aren’t the worst of seen for game figures. I love the trapdoor base!
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Fixed for you! And yeah, these two are a lot nicer – wait until we get to Bruenor and Cattie-Brie!
No models for Athrogate, Jaraxle or Artemis in that box, sadly, so I’ll lilely have to look elsewhere…
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Excellent looking models mate, the colour schemes have come out a treat on the better sculpts, and the replacement base is a great touch.
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Thanks Dave! I’ll try and remember to get a better shot of it when I eventually have a group shot! 🙂
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It is so much easier to wait a bit before commenting so that I can then put “What Dave Stone said”! 🙂
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Lol!
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What John said! 😉
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Thanks John! …uh.. Dave? …. … John?
Faust?
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Really like that Drizzt upgrade,
especially over his counterpart! Bit surprised the swords are straight though, as he’s famous for having twin scimitars! I’m going to have to vote against the other one though. The old mini looked much more like Regis Philbin! Haha! No, actually out of the two I like new Rsgis even better. Cheers!
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Thanks Mate! I think it might be related to the whole “In D&D any sword with a curve of any kind = scimitar in our artwork” thing? Potentially?
Well, I’m going with that, anyway!
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Huh.
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Yep, either artists embellishment or artists who don’t care about accuracy.
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Not exactly a first for game artists!
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Neat mate!!
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Thanks, Pat! 🙂
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Much better mate, and great shout on the Rogue’s base!!
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Thanks Alex! I’ll get a better shot of that base down the line – oops!
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These new minis are an excellent upgrade on the originals and well worth the time you put into them. Its amazing what a few small detail improvements and a more interesting base can do for a mini. Of course, being painted well is the most important thing and you’ve certainly nailed that here! 🙂
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Thanks mate. It’s the difference between decade (or older)-old PVC models and more modern Sprued-HIPS ones. Not top-tier GW stuff of course, but still a solid upgrade!
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