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.

Realm of Chaos – Citadel Brayherd Beastmen Gors

Realm of Chaos - Citadel Brayherd Beastmen Gors

It’s been some time since I last completed any Beastmen. Too long, I’d say. So following last month’s Chaos Warhounds, I decided to get some more of the actual Beastie McBeastmen painted, and so had a root around in the twelve tubs I keep under Marounda’s computer desk for these – a sextuplet of “Rescue” models that I had purchased secondhand off somone at some indeterminate pont in the past.

Realm of Chaos - Citadel Brayherd Beastmen Gors

These ones I had rebased, cleaned up (a bit – I found more claening that was needed), clipped off their square based and even spray primed Beasty Brown. And then left them sitting there for who-knows-how-many months until I decided to pluck them out a few days ago.

Realm of Chaos - Citadel Brayherd Beastmen Gors

For the paint, I more-or-less followed the same scheme that I used last time I painted some models for this little force. I’m not at all fussed that the skin-fur on these is different to the last batch(es) – I actually prefer it that was as it gives a little bit of variation between the individuals once they’re all mixed together while keeping them looking overall unified.

Realm of Chaos - Citadel Brayherd Beastmen Gors

I enjoyed the freehand on the banner, cribbing the overall iconography from the battletome, but turning the skull into the centre of a chaos star in a move that I’m almost totaly sure than nobody else has ever done in history, and then copying some runes from that Runestone that I really need to knuckle down and complete…

Realm of Chaos - Citadel Brayherd Beastmen Gors

What’s next for the Beastmen then? Well, not more of these Gors anytime soon, I can tell you that much. Next month is Monster May-Hem (hopefully) so that might offer a suggestion as to my intent. On Gors, however – I did pick the final 11 other (unbroken) plastic “rescue models” out of my “Beastmen” box, and I intend to clean them up, rebase them and then give them a base-coat spray so that the next time I become interesed in doing some more Beastmen, almost all of the friction between inspiration and actually getting to the painting painting will be pre-taken care of…

Realm of Chaos - Citadel Brayherd Beastmen Gors

After I paint those, I’ll be done with this kind of “quick and easy” work on rescue model beastmen and I can get back to the metals that I care about a lot more…