Today we have the first model I finished this month, one that I started for Monster March/Monster MAYhem but didn’t manage to finish for either challenge – a literal shit monster (apparently), the Nolzurs’ take on an Otyugh.

As you can see, it’s a pretty simple model, and there’s really no especially good reason for it to have taken so long, but when it comes down to it – it’s just a pretty uninspiring model since I don’t have a strong connection to D&D and this model was a lot smaller than I expected.

I mean, it’s not a terrible model or anything. I was pretty surprised at how small it is compared to the other Otyugh that I have, via the Wrath of Ashardalon boardgame model. This one is a much nicer, more detailed and dynamic sculpt, it’s just so much smaller. I’d have done a direct size comparison, but there’s a bunch of crap in the way of the case that the WoA model is in, and I didn’t want to delay getting my October posts up.

I did also want to give this model at least my own minimum amount of effort rather than just slapping some wash or contrast on it and calling it done, so I still tried to make it look a bit naturalistic in its colouration, and I had a little bit of enjoyment painting in some exture on the tongue.

Anyway, this one is done now, so that’s never a bad thing. I do notice that this is the 99th D&D Monster Manual post, so I should probably try to come up with something cool for the 100th post… 😬