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D&D ̶M̶o̶n̶s̶t̶e̶r̶ Hero Manual 93: Tomb of Annihilation – Dragonbait, Saurial Paladin & Birdsong, Tabaxi Bard

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My final pair of D&D models for the month are a pair of heroes from the Tomb of Annihilation Dungeons and Dragons Adventure Boardgame.

Dungeons and Dragons, D&D Tomb of Annihilation Heroes - Dragonbait, Saurial Paladin & Birdsong, Tabaxi Bard

Well, technically we have the final D&D model I completed in May (Dragonbait). That’s the lizard man in case you hadn’t already guessed! Alongside the first model I completed in June (Birdsong). Birdsong is the Tabaxi (cat-man) Bard, because of course a cat would have a name like Birdsong… :/

Dungeons and Dragons, D&D Tomb of Annihilation Heroes - Dragonbait, Saurial Paladin & Birdsong, Tabaxi Bard

The painting state of my D&D Adventure Boardgame boxed set painting is in an odd spot right now –

The next of these games chronologically – Temple of Elemental Evil has:

All heroes completed

5/7 Villains completed (just the Ettin and Black Dragon to go)

and 3/30 (28?) of the Monsters painted (those Hobgoblins)

So either 30 or 31 models still to be painted…

 

Following that is Tomb of Annihilation with:

2/6 heroes painted – (these two)

6/9 Villains completed (3 human-ish models to go)

and all 28 of the Monsters painted since I finished those Sheletons and Zombies the other week.

Leaving 7 more models to be painted.

 

Finally (not counting that Campaign expansion thing), there’s Dungeon of the Mad Mage with:

None of the 5 heroes painted.

8/10 Villains completed (2 human-ish ones left)

15/30 (26?) Monsters painted – the easy ones, though.

 

So.. kind of a mess. I feel like I should focus on the 7 ToA models since it’s the closest to completion and it scores me another completely painted boardgame, but maybe I should grind through the lower-effort monsters from ToEE first instead? Maybe mix in some of the monsters and heroes/villains from Mad Mage with whatever else I do here and there to just slowly get those numbers down?

And it’s probably time to try to find and paint the couple of ignored hero models from the first two games – Ravenloft and Ashardalon. For completeness sake if nothing else…

D&D Monster Manual 88: Tomb of Annihilation – Chultan Zombies, Skeletons and Skeleton Key

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A quick and dirty post for today – another couple of trios of D&D models that took me forever to get prepped and then painted in a couple of quick sessions for each set over a couple days – mostly waiting for washes to dry. These first models are “Chultan Zombies”. What does “Chultan” mean, many of you might ask? Well, as a not-really-a-D&D-guy, I had to look that up myself as well.

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It seems that the Chultan are a society of humans who have sub-Saharan features but dress in a more Northern African style – visually they appear to based somewhat on the Nubian Kush.

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So… it then appears that the Chultan Zombies are simply Chultan individuals who have foiund themselves in the unfortunate situation of having become dead, and then… undead. Based on the name, I expected something a bit more Cthulhu-esque, but then that’s down to my ignorance of the wider D&D background. Anyway, so with that I wanted to give them pale dusty robes and make their base skin tone a bit darker, but then lighten it up to represent their new, somewhat drier and dustier situation.

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The second trio of models are simply called ….Skeletons. They have some distinctive armour on them that might mean something to D&D fans. I just painted them (and the armoured tabards) as old, rusty metal.

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Overall these were painted quickly with a lot of wash action,

Dungeons and Dragons, D&D Monsters, Tomb of Annihilation, Skeleton Key Miniature

 

The final model is called “Skeleton Key”. I don’t know what the hell it’s really supposed to be. My best guess is that it was a bad, cringey, nerdy joke from some D&D writer back in the day that’s survived and been codified over the years – much like the even more fuckstupid “Mon’Keigh” which I’ll never forgive Gav Thorpe for.

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But anyway, it’s a Skeleton with a pony tail and a giant key-thing sticking out of the top of it’s head. So …yeah? So with these done, I”ve now got another 7 models done from The Tomb of Annihilation boxed set…