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Cthulhu: Death May Die – Yugg

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Cthulhu: Death May Die - Yugg Cthulhu Mythos Miniature Figure

Today’s monster is from Cthulhu: Death May Die Season 2 – it’s a thing called a Yugg – though it seems like a fair few of the Miniatures in this game don’t really match Lovecraft’s descriptions all that well. If I were deeply invested in the Cthulhu Mythos, this might bother me, but luckily(!) I’m not, and am happy to just paint the toys and play the games.

Cthulhu: Death May Die - Yugg Cthulhu Mythos Miniature Figure

So this creature is apparently described as like a tapeworm – so instead the model is pretty much a gigantic combination of a leech and a maggot, but like I said above, I’m not super-invested in the Cthulhu Mythos (same as D&D, to be fair).

Cthulhu: Death May Die - Yugg Cthulhu Mythos Miniature Figure

I might have to go back and add a little pinkish flesh to the teeth in it’s underside, to emphasise the under-mouth of the model a little more. What do you think, dear reader?

Cthulhu: Death May Die - Yugg Cthulhu Mythos Miniature Figure

As I’ve been working on the “monster” models from these sets, I’ve noticed some rather suggestive elements of the sculpts. In this case, the spiked …sac under the “chin” of this creature looks like it could contain a pair of …something inside it. A couple of the other models I’m working on now, there’s a real resemblance to the “orchid” in the head-parts, but I’ll discuss that once I’ve completed them and post them here.

Cthulhu: Death May Die - Yugg Cthulhu Mythos Miniature Figure, Investigators Miniature Figures

Anyway, this delicious beast is another model completed in time for Angry Piper’s Monster MayHem ’23 painting challenge! Stay tuned for the next ones…

D&D ̶M̶o̶n̶s̶t̶e̶r̶ Hero Manual 89: GF9 D&D Collectors Series – Drizzt Do’Urden, Drow Ranger & Regis, Halfling Rogue

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Dungeons & Dragons Heroes Gale Force Nine GF9 D&D Collectors Series - Drizzt Do'Urden, Drow Ranger & Regis, Halfling Rogue

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”.

Dungeons & Dragons Heroes Gale Force Nine GF9 D&D Collectors Series - Drizzt Do'Urden, Drow Ranger & Regis, Halfling Rogue

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.

Dungeons & Dragons Heroes Gale Force Nine GF9 D&D Collectors Series - Drizzt Do'Urden, Drow Ranger & Regis, Halfling Rogue

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.

Dungeons & Dragons Heroes Gale Force Nine GF9 D&D Collectors Series - Drizzt Do'Urden, Drow Ranger & Regis, Halfling Rogue

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!

Dungeons & Dragons Heroes Gale Force Nine GF9 D&D Collectors Series - Drizzt Do'Urden, Drow Ranger

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(!)

Dungeons & Dragons Heroes Gale Force Nine GF9 D&D Collectors Series - Regis, Halfling Rogue

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.