Bathalian Primarch 80040

[Motherofdungeonmaster 332]

I painted this on before I learned that all Reaper minis are not for Dungeons and Dragons.  My son wanted "beasts", so I thought this would do.  Oh, well.  I like him.  The beast, and my son.

[BlazingTornado 1667]

D&D is whatever the table wants it to be. It can have guns, it can have science fiction, it can have people from modern Earth who're just dimensionally displaced, and it can have freakish chitinous and tentacley things.

 

This is a cool mini and if my mom did that for me I'd find a way to fit it in my game.

[joshuaslater 1861]

Superb execution on this beast!

[Rigel 7272]

I like the color scheme here! This is some Far Realm stuff. Well done! 

[Glitterwolf 156543]

Great!

Looks creepy in that bloody red!

[Spooktalker 127]

On 3/15/2019 at 5:27 PM, BlazingTornado said:

D&D is whatever the table wants it to be. It can have guns, it can have science fiction, it can have people from modern Earth who're just dimensionally displaced, and it can have freakish chitinous and tentacley things.

 

This is a cool mini and if my mom did that for me I'd find a way to fit it in my game.

 

Yeah, making up rules for new monsters has always been a core part of the game, and the Dungeon Master's privilege. What DM worth their salt hasn't done it? Depending on how familiar you are with the Reaper back catalog you may notice that other models share the name "Bathalian" but, er, closely resemble the cannon Mind Flayer (recently brought to the masses in Stranger Things). I'm not sure to what degree Reaper or Reaper fans have elaborated on the connection between the various Bathalian castes or species, but someone else here on the forums may know? But looking up the Mind Flayer and letting in some Stranger Things influence, too, would be a great starting place for the imagination to take further. Great painting, btw!

 

Catalog lookup: http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/Bathalian

Edited March 17 by Spooktalker

[Iridil 3179]

Nice - love the slick red. You're an a+ mom to paint this up!

[Motherofdungeonmaster 332]

I'm having fun. He'd better not quit.  I'll either go into withdral or start selling on ETSY.

[Corsair 16983]

16 hours ago, Motherofdungeonmaster said:

I'm having fun. He'd better not quit.  I'll either go into withdral or start selling on ETSY.

The figures or the kid?

[Motherofdungeonmaster 332]

The kid would not be for sale.  Very funny.