Tag: bones

Beasts! Wargs (Reaper 77202) and wolves (Ral Partha CS-90)

Written by admin on March 17, 2021. Posted in Fantasy.

Wargs and goblins sometimes get together to make trouble. Not only in the Lord of the Rings, wargs are used as goblin mounts – this fantasy trope is also used in Dungeons and Dragons. So naturally, if a goblin raiding party comes to pillage a village, they bring some wargs! I had one warg from the Reaper Bones Kickstarers, and bought a couple more for an exciting D&D encounter in Nightstone. I also had some old Ral Partha wolf miniatures that I also painted in parallel.

bones, dungeons & dragons, Ral Partha, reaper, SKT, warg, wolf

Pathfinder Goblin Warriors (89003) and Warchanter (89004)

Written by admin on March 16, 2021. Posted in Fantasy.

It’s the start of my Storm King’s Thunder D&D campaign, and the village of Nightstone is overrun by goblins and wargs. That’s a welcome reason to paint up some Pathfinder goblins from the second Reaper Bones Kickstarter! The Kickstarter included the Pathfinder Goblin Warriors, a warchanter chief, and a group of four Pyros. Let’s start with the Warriors!

bones, dungeons & dragons, Pathfinder, reaper, SKT

Player Character: Quarion Silverhand

Written by admin on March 14, 2021. Posted in Fantasy.

The last of the player characters in my Storm King’s Thunder campaign is Quarion, a moon elf master archer. Quarion is a divine trickster rogue (the divine version of the arcane trickster). For his miniature, I needed an elf with a cool bow. Luckily, from the second Reaper Bones Kickstarter I had the elf Arathanel of the Dragons don’t share set. This guy holds a huge bow in a dynamic pose – a perfect match!

archer, bones, dungeons & dragons, elf, reaper, SKT

Malek the Necromancer (77172)

Written by admin on February 20, 2021. Posted in Fantasy.

Beware of spoilers! The final confrontation of the Tyranny of Dragons campaign waits at the Well of Dragons, a citadel and a graveyard of dragons. A death knight named Naergoth Bladelord and lich rule there for the Cult of the Dragon. I already had a lich and a death knight, but I wanted another undead knight with the purple colors of the cult. Malek the Necromancer from the Reaper Bones Kickerstarter was perfect!

bones, reaper, undead

Pathfinder Red Dragon (89001) as Lennithon the Blue Dragon

Written by admin on February 17, 2021. Posted in Fantasy.

In the very first session of the Tyranny of Dragons campaign, players of the adventure face an immense threat: An adult blue dragon attacking a village. I didn’t have a miniature then, but both my players and the dragon escaped. Before the finale of the campaign, I knew they had to face the blue dragon Lennithon again. And this time, I had this fantastic red dragon miniature from Reaper that would become my Lennithon.

bones, D&D, dragon, reaper

Burrowing Horror (77372)

Written by admin on February 16, 2021. Posted in Fantasy.

And yet another miniature that has nothing to do with my Tyranny of Dragons campaign. I have to take some more pictures of the final baddies before posting them, so I present to you something completely different in the meantime: Reaper’s Burrowing Horror is their version of the D&D classic “land shark” or “bulette”. It was part of the Reaper Bones Kickstarter and only took one evening to paint.

bones, D&D, monster, reaper

Blacksmith (77142)

Written by admin on February 15, 2021. Posted in Fantasy.

This miniature of a blacksmith from the Reaper Bones Kickstarter has nothing to do with my Tyranny of Dragons campaign. I started it several years ago and paused for years after painting the skin. Some time ago, I pulled it back from my shelf of shame and decided to finish it. I don’t think I’ll soon need a blacksmith NPC as a miniature, but hey – at least it is finished now.

bones, reaper, Townsfolk

Blightfang, the Green Dragon (77323)

Written by admin on February 13, 2021. Posted in Fantasy. No Comments on Blightfang, the Green Dragon (77323)

Time for another dragon! Reaper’s Blightfang is a huge green dragon that I used for my Tyranny of Dragons campaign to depict the Chuth, the Emerald Assassin in the Misty Forest on the Sword Coast. He is directly associated with Neronvain the Green which I posted yesterday. It took me more time creating the forest base than painting the dragon 😉

bones, D&D, dragon, reaper

Anirion (77068) as Neronvain the Green

Written by admin on February 12, 2021. Posted in Fantasy. No Comments on Anirion (77068) as Neronvain the Green

Let’s get back to important NPCs in the Tyranny of Dragons campaign. Spoilers, obviously. Neronvain the Green Wyrmspeaker is the head of the green sect within the Cult of the Dragon. His base of operations is deep within a forest. It is also the lair of his close ally, the green dragon Chuth. I needed a spellcaster miniature for this NPC, and Anirion from the Reaper Bones Kickstarter was a perfect match.

bones, D&D, elf, reaper, wizard

Chthon (77228)

Written by admin on February 11, 2021. Posted in Fantasy.

Another curiosity from the Reaper Bones Kickstarter is the Chthon. This worm-like creature more or less resembles a Dungeons and Dragons Grick. There were several of these miniatures in the Kickstarter. I have never used gricks in my games until now. I don’t know if I ever need one, but it’s nice to have even three of them to throw at my players.

bones, D&D, monster, reaper