(Painting) D&D Carrion Crawler by Wizkids

 Impulse buy and impulse paint, a dangerous combination. 

A weekly visit to my mother to check in on her and to cut the grass.  My reward? A trip to Cloud City Games and a surprise purchase of a Carrion Crawler, from the Wizkid's D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Miniatures.

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The carrion crawler is one of those iconic D&D monsters, and I'm surprised I've never owned one. 

The paint scheme is inspired by two things:  (1) Mister Mind, evil worm and mortal enemy of Captain Marvel (Shazam!)  and (2) a desire to actually try the lone jar of green Citadel contrast paint.  

My Mandela Effected mind forgot about the red spots the diabolical worm, and while I don't like the actual look of the paint, it is quite effective, with good coverage.  The mini itself didn't have any mold lines or spots to trim. I am a  bit disappointed that the figure was $5.99 at my FLGS, and it's only $4.49 on the website.  

My most memorable scene with a carrion crawler was in the Red Box Dungeon Masters Rulebook, in the included adventure for Gygar's Castle.   The kobolds in the courtyard could mess up the party pretty fierce, but the carrion crawler could wipe them out before they even got over the wall...

Recreating the classic first in encounter in the Mentzer Red Box (DM Rulebook)

Next:  More Episcopalian Gnomes, sci-fi terrain, and even more miscellany. 

Project 350:  Maintaining at 469  (294/175), from last week's  469 (293 drafts /176 scheduled posts).