WizKids WZK90248 D&D Nolzurs Marvelous Miniatures Otyugh (D&D Monster Manual 99)

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WizKids WZK90248 D&D Nolzurs Marvelous Miniatures Otyugh

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.

WizKids WZK90248 D&D Nolzurs Marvelous Miniatures 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.

WizKids WZK90248 D&D Nolzurs Marvelous Miniatures Otyugh

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.

WizKids WZK90248 D&D Nolzurs Marvelous Miniatures Otyugh

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.

WizKids WZK90248 D&D Nolzurs Marvelous Miniatures Otyugh

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… 😬

October 2023 Monthly Round-Up

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October’s Round-Up! As we hurtle as ever-increasing speed towards the end of the year, it’s time to look at what I managed to get done in the month of October. Also known as Orctober, and Apocalypse Me month.

I didn’t get huge numbers done for any of the monthly challenges, and in fact didn’t get a single model finished for Dreadtober. Who’d have thought that recovery time off work would need to be used for actual recovery rather than hobbying and relaxation?

As is now usual, the month had a strong board game miniature focus, with of the 20 of the 33 models completed being for boardgames with miniatures rather than “miniature wargames” per se.

I also finished a few more Cthulhu: Death May Die models, though in October I did not manage to get my required pair of investigators painted. I’ve really stalled out on those mdoels, and I only have four left to paint. Gotta force it in the next 6 weeks or so, I think! I did at least paint two types of minor enemy, in the set of five Deep Ones and the set of five Ghouls, so still some forward progress on the DMD front.

Zombicide makes an appearance as usual, though it’s pretty light output with only 8 models combined from the 1st Edition and more recent Marvel versions. Luke Cage made an appearance in several forms, and I did at least get a pair of models painted for Marvel United, which is a nice change.

For the month-by-month count so far, I had 331 at the end of September, and in October I managed to complete a further 33 models, so at October’s end, it turned out that I was at 364 models when aiming for a minimum of 365 models for the year.

Spoiler alert: while I haven’t really been able to crank up the production speed in November, but I have managed to paint more than one additional figure….