Nolzur's Wish List

[Aerodus]

A $5 Gas Spore & $9 US Flail Snail for good measure as I'd like to paint that shell with the color shift paint & not willing to chase the F&T rares since I need nearly nothing from that set & secondary prices... just no. Etsy or greenstuff by the end of the year if that's what it takes.

That's honestly a pretty great list, and I'd jump on pretty much all of those if they released them.

I had the same thought regarding the flail snail, and decided to go with Reaper's version to sate my desire for one. It's appropriately sized large, can be painted to have a shell that accurately reflects the monster entry, and is WAY cheaper to get ahold of. I'm planning on using some of these for reference:

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[Kubla Kraus]

I had the same thought regarding the flail snail, and decided to go with Reaper's version to sate my desire for one. It's appropriately sized large, can be painted to have a shell that accurately reflects the monster entry, and is WAY cheaper to get ahold of. I'm planning on using some of these for reference

That last reference photo you posted looks amazing. If you had to guess, what color/type of paint would you say they used for the shell? It almost looks metallic. Whatever it is it's a really nice effect!

[HobRoss]

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[Aerodus]

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Ya mean this Lil fella?

Yep, that's the one! I had bought that just a week or so before getting my resin printer, and now I'm tempted to print this instead, which seems to be about 95% accurate to that digital render (a bit chonkier tentacles and the shell is slightly different, but otherwise mostly the same):

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Of course, you can find a printed version on Etsy if 3D printing isn't your thing: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1011875721 ... sold_out-2

That last reference photo you posted looks amazing. If you had to guess, what color/type of paint would you say they used for the shell? It almost looks metallic. Whatever it is it's a really nice effect!

I'm not entirely sure on color, but my FLGS sells this line of paints, of which I picked up a few: https://turbodork.com/collections/turboshift-paints

I was going to go with Mother Load, but seeing that digital render makes me want to shift [ba dum tish] towards a greener hue instead. The paint line suggest layering on a white or black base, but I think Hob's suggestion of a chrome/shiny silver base might give it that gleam. Certainly finishing it off with a gloss varnish for extra kick.

EDIT: Oh man, how did I miss this the first time: Shell Shocked! Perfect name and way better color. THAT'S the one I'm going to go with

[1oldDMguy!]

I think we have seen the last of Nolzur's miniatures. Look's like they are going with the spure's from now on. Some of the spure's look pretty good, what with the many different styles you can get. Will have to wait until they come out to see if worth it or not?

[Kor]

I think we have seen the last of Nolzur's miniatures. Look's like they are going with the spure's from now on. Some of the spure's look pretty good, what with the many different styles you can get. Will have to wait until they come out to see if worth it or not?

Not to worry, they are still fully committed to making the non-sprue unpainted miniatures. They are ramping down production a little, but they advised that they were doing that regardless of the sprue minis. WizKids sort of views the buyers of sprue minis as being a different type of buyer than the regular unpainted minis, so this way they are hitting both of those markets.

WizKids has advised that there will still be a healthy amount of non-sprue minis released in 2022 and going forward.

[Yack]

Good to know as to be honest many of the unpainted I prefer over the painted and the cost is more my cup of tea.

[snaggle2th]

My most wanted:

• Abishai
• Giant skeletons
• Yeenoghu's Balor would be cool
• Enlarged Duergar (male & female)

[jmpowell]

I'm very enthusiastic about the just-announced Storm King's Thunder NPC sets. I would absolutely love to see some more sets like this for some of the other older 5e hardcovers.

I'm currently running Princes of the Apocalypse and I love it. I'm aware this isn't a highly regarded module, but I would absolutely love having a similar set for this campaign.

As with most of the major hardcover adventures, the Gale Force Nine miniatures for PotA are good to have, though fragile. But there are so many more NPCs here that are very evocatively described in the text but difficult to find good proxy minis that have those evocative details.

Plus, there are quite a lot of generic enemies found only in this module: especially the various types of cultists with awesome art in the module but no corresponding available miniature.

And finally, the list of common D&D monsters in this module that we somehow still don't have Nolzur's minis for is surprisingly long (many of these were released as prepaints, but I'm among those who consider that a much less preferable option):

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merrow, mephits, hippogriffs, azers, giant vultures, nothics...

(Frankly, given the prominent use of a

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nothic

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Phandelver

I'm surprised there isn't a Nolzur's version of that one yet; I would have expected that by now WizKids would have Nolzurized all the monsters from that adventure.)

And the best of all—really, I would absolutely love this—would be the four Princes themselves. I know, there are whopping big elemental lords already on the docket, but those are different from the Princes. I suppose the elemental lords minis, combined with the relative unpopularity of the module, plus the fact that if you play the module as written you only ever encounter

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one of the four Princes

all adds up to make it very unlikely these will ever be produced. But man, would I ever love to have them!

[Clint]

I had to buy my unpainted Nothic from Russia. It's a beautiful miniature, but Russia! Come on, Wizkids, we WANT to give you our money!

[HobRoss]

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[Yack]

My list is kind of the following

Lava Child (why this has not been done yet is crazy... they are all over the Underdark Books)
Trex Zombie I thought I saw this coming at some point .... maybe it was a dream
Female goblins (come on we need these)
The abishai this would make an amazing pack!
Amnizu ( this needs something that can be able to get hold of without breaking the bank)
Grippi Warriors
Rutterkin
Verbeeg the right size

[Clint]

Another thing that I would like to see in the Nolzur's line is Wizkids making more use of different pack configurations. Right now it is 3 small/2 medium/1 large or huge in a pack. But there are occasional combinations of a large+small or medium+ 2 smalls, etc., so Wizkids is not totally wedded to one strict formula. I would love to see them expand on this concept.

For example, why not offer some larger packs for popular creatures that we often need in multiples? Unpainted versions of the warband packs would be fantastic, for example, and I bet they would fly off the shelves at something like $15-20 each. Or take creatures like the Grick/Grick Alpha. Bundling them together as a pair, as is currently done, kind of sucks because you typically only want 1 Alpha but a bunch of smaller ones. If that pack contained 1 Alpha and 4-5 regular Gricks, WK could double the price and they would sell like hotcakes. Same for packs like the Blights - everyone wants a ton of Twig Blights, but they are packed 1:1:1 with Vine and Thorn Blights. Why not offer a ratio of 1:1:3 for a few bucks more. There are a ton of other possibilities.

More pack configurations, please, WK!

One more thing: right now, the character packs tend to offer the same character with simpler gear and more elaborate gear, which I think is supposed to suggest them at a higher level. That's a neat concept, but in my experience players don't use it; they just pick a miniature and stick with it. Instead, I would like to see the same miniature but in an action pose and an at rest pose. I think that would get a lot more use, at least at my table.

[berk the black]

I was always a proponent for a character pack (PPM, but it works just as well for unpainted) with a single character depicted many different ways such as 1) primary weapon, 2) alternate weapon, 3) riding, 4) flying, 5) invisible, 6) sitting, 7) prone, 8) formal dress. Primary weapons could be spell effects instead, basically just covering the common ways you character would look during the game.

[Aerodus]

One more thing: right now, the character packs tend to offer the same character with simpler gear and more elaborate gear, which I think is supposed to suggest them at a higher level. That's a neat concept, but in my experience players don't use it; they just pick a miniature and stick with it. Instead, I would like to see the same miniature but in an action pose and an at rest pose. I think that would get a lot more use, at least at my table.

I was always a proponent for a character pack (PPM, but it works just as well for unpainted) with a single character depicted many different ways such as 1) primary weapon, 2) alternate weapon, 3) riding, 4) flying, 5) invisible, 6) sitting, 7) prone, 8) formal dress. Primary weapons could be spell effects instead, basically just covering the common ways you character would look during the game.

Can confirm that players love this. My group has been using Heroforge for their characters pretty much since it came out, and now that the stars have aligned with the site offering STLs and me getting a resin printer, some of my players buy multiple poses for their character, send me the STLs, and then paint them up after I print them. Most often its "adventuring" poses and "in-town" poses, but occasionally they'll have a "formal attire" pose as well. I have a transparent resin, so characters also get an invisible mini, and if they're big on Enlarge/Reduce, can have different sized poses as well.

Anyway, ditching one of the character pack minis for a character with a mug of ale or digging in a coin purse might be a more appealing option to many.