Second Opinion on Dangerous Delves
As a disclaimer, this isnt me changing my opinion about Dangerous Delves so much as its me continuing my last review, since a case of eight packs got delivered about 20 minutes ago. I'm curious to see if my expectations hold up from yesterday. I guess if you order the 8-pack, they make sure to pitch you one booster with a different visible, meaning that I'm now the proud owner of like, three fucking slime magi. I'll have to keep that in mind for future reference...
Anyway, here's what I got:
The best part is that I dont have to get minis from Reaper or wherever that look "close enough', get them all setup, an then remind the players what they are. I mean, I already have to do that in some cases, but I didnt pay way more just to get a proxy. I can count on the fact that in most cases, what I need has a mini that is at least of the same monster type. I might not have a cyclops that matches perfectly, but I do have a few on hand.
Nothing being perfect, I have a few more nitpicks to add to the list from yesterday.
Anyway, here's what I got:
- 1 Skalmad, the troll king
- 1 cyclops crusher
- 2 grimlock minions
- 1 yaun-ti fangblade
- 1 aboleth slime mage
- 1 clay golem
- 1 unicorn
- 1 rust monster
- 1 feygrove choker
- 1 war devil
- 1 hippogriff
- 1 hellstinger scorpion
- 1 bonechill chimera
- 1 frost giant
- 1 foulspawn grue
- 1 orc eye of Gruumsh
- 1 Xen'drik drow stingblade
- 2 blood scarabs
- 1 berbalang
- 1 goblin delver
- 1 kobold wyrmpriest
- 2 goblin sharpshooter
- 2 kruthik young
- 2 snake swarms
- 1 harpy
- 2 bloodseeker drakes
- 1 aspect of Vecna
- 1 bladerager troll
- 2 orc terrorblades
- 1 arbalest
- 1 gnoll huntmaster
- 1 githzerai zerth
The best part is that I dont have to get minis from Reaper or wherever that look "close enough', get them all setup, an then remind the players what they are. I mean, I already have to do that in some cases, but I didnt pay way more just to get a proxy. I can count on the fact that in most cases, what I need has a mini that is at least of the same monster type. I might not have a cyclops that matches perfectly, but I do have a few on hand.
Nothing being perfect, I have a few more nitpicks to add to the list from yesterday.
- War devil looks a bit...cartoony and flat. More colors or an ink wash would help out, but overall I think its a below-average sculpt. It is a visible, however, so its easy to just not buy it.
- The bladerager troll could have used some drybrushed metal on the armor plating. Not a full layer, which would look to clean. Drybrushing it would give it a metallic-yet-dirty look, which I think would great.
- I can see more detail on the yaun-ti fangblade that I got this time. Since I only have two, I cant be sure which is the accident.
- I dont particularly care for the beetles humping rocks, but at least there is a common medium beetle that I can use.
- There are some slight paint splashes on the commons (again, grimlock minion). This is what I'd expect from anyone trying to hurredly paint a shitload of mooks, however.
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