D&D Monster Manual 77: The Legend of Drizzt – Drow Wand Mage & Final Duellist

D&D Monster Manual. The Legend of Drizzt - Drow Wand Mage, Drow Duellists

A few days ago we were discussing which board game to play next. One of the suggestions was The Legend of Drizzt Dungeons and Dragons Adventure Boardgames, since we haven’t played any of these for a couple of years. Given that I’m trying to get the last models for Drizzt painted with the main difficulty being motivation, I knew getting back into the game would be the best way to get that happening. Ergo, some models from the set!

D&D Monster Manual. The Legend of Drizzt - Drow Wand Mage, Drow Duellists

The first two I’ve painted are the “Drow Wand Mage” and the third of the three Drow Duellists (the one that I’d lost and later found).

D&D Monster Manual. The Legend of Drizzt - Drow Wand Mage, Drow Duellists, Hunting Drakes

I forgot to paint in the gemstones on both of these models before I took the photographs, so rest assured that I’ve now painted those in. The Mage has a scaly cloak that I painted in the same manner as the Hunting Drakes from the same set, so emjoy this photograph of the Mage with the Hunting Drakes alongside the now reunited and complete three Drow Duellists. Despite being sculpted with chewing gum, the Mage still managed to have a face slightly reminiscent of Hugo Weaving as Elrond.

Cthulhu: Death May Die – Machinist’s Mate Tony Boyle & Ahmed Yasin

Cthulhu: Death May Die - Machinist's Mate Tony Boyle & Ahmed Yasin

A couple more grounded models with this next pair of Death May Die investigators. We have the New Yorker, Machinist’s Mate Tony Boyle as well as the Turkish “Doctor”, Ahmed Yasin. The artwork for Tony looks a fair bit better than the sculpt, both in terms of the pose as well as the details – like Tony’s webbing belt only having holes on the front because the sculptor obviously didn’t understand what he was looking at in the artwork.

Cthulhu: Death May Die - Machinist's Mate Tony Boyle & Ahmed Yasin

Tony was a pretty straightforward paint job, and even his tattoos are more of a “feel” than a “detail” as they’re undefined in the artwork, so they were pretty easy to paint in. Ahmed’s sculpt works pretty well, and in paint terms, his suit turned out perhaps a little darker than I originally intended, but I’m still pretty happy with it. Another pair of investigators done!