Face Down Your Inner Demons—And Punch Them!

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Well, I just got my case and felt like sharing my impressions. This is my first full case since Rise of the Runelords, though I've been ordering a lot of singles from Paizo for other sets, and picking up a bunch from my FLGS who also opens up boxes and puts singles up for sale. I've also got a bunch of older minis so I've got quite a bit to compare against.

1} BRIMORAK This is exactly what it looks like in the preview except more of the legs are painted as pants, which is good. An excellent mixture of clear orange and painted surfaces. Very nice, and three of these suits me just fine.

2} SLOTH DEMON AKA DRETCH This Small demon is very nicely done. There's a great brown/pink wash applied that looks much better in person than in the preview. My only regret is that I only got three of these, which I plan to remedy shortly.

3} BAPHOMET CULTIST These are pretty standard "soldier guys" with a good paint job. All four of mine are without issues, even around the face. A good addition to any starter collection.

4} WILL-O-WISP The first one of these I opened struck me as really cool. I'm very glad this was included in the set since they're so... unusual. Erik's preview mentioning the floating skull couldn't do the real thing justice. The second one, I thought "hey, yeah, I guess I could see an encounter with a couple of these." The fifth one, having reached barely over half of my case, I started fearing every box-opening, expecting to end up with way too many. Fortunately that didn't happen.

5} BERBALANG These neat green demons look better in person than in the preview. Especially the effect involving holes in the wings - an artistic touch used elsewhere in this set. The protruding tongue isn't obvious in the preview, but all three of mine are truly disgusting. Very cool mini.

6} SCHIR DEMON I got four of these minitaur minis. Yes, I said minitaur. They've got a simple paint application with about three primary colours, but the end result is a very solid mini. I'm quite pleased to have these unique little monsters.

7} LOST SOUL These guys will work well as a couple classic undead if you're starting a new collection. Sort of zombie-like, they'd sub in as ghosts, or even as skeletons with only a bit of imagination. The sculpt is excellent while the two-colour paint job makes for a simple yet decent end result. Unlike the preview, these aren't green-tinted... all four of mine are a nice grey.

8} BLOOD DEMON AKA BABAU The preview doesn't do these guys justice. The paint job on my three is simple - which makes total sense given what these things are - but the sculpt is much more detailed than is evident in Paizo's picture. There's much more texture to them and the paint is somewhat less glossy. I like them a lot, enough that I'll be rounding out my three with a bunch more.

9} DEMONIAC Hey look, scary guys with fireballs and hoods! These make great assassins or cultists or even PC mages. They've got a simple paint application but the excellent sculpt sells it. All four of mine are done well.

10} INVIDIAK AKA SHADOW DEMON How the heck do you paint something that's supposed to be made of shadow? Well, these are a bit lighter than the preview picture but that shows off a heck of a lot more texture. Very, very nice sculpt. I may consider trying a dark wash on a couple of my five to make some variety, but I'm glad I've got these. They can sub in as undead nicely too.

11} MONGREL I wasn't sold on the preview of these, but the real ones are quite nice. I got four of them and the green and red bits are more muted than in the preview, which makes them look right. Quite the mutated little monsters. These are very well executed.

12} SLIME DEMON AKA OMOX What the preview shows is what you get, except - as Erik said - there's a nice glossy clear-coat on them that makes them look barftastic. All four of mine make me want to spew chunks.

13} DESKARI CULTIST I got three of these soldiers-with-scythes. They're more of a jade green than the preview shows, which makes them look really good. Recent problems regarding facial features aren't showing their ugly... face... with these. They've even got nice goatees.

14} VERMLEK DEMON Ewwww. These things are gross, and nicely underline how demons are chaotic. There's just random things wrong with demons that tends not to happen with orderly devils. Most of the paint job on my three are flat colours, but the heads/necks have a cool bloody red wash which shows off some really interesting striations in the skin. If I wasn't afraid they'd bite them off, I'd give two thumbs up. Deceptively simple minis.

15} ABRIKANDILU DEMON My pair of these psychotic book-eating hunch-backed demons aren't quite as nice as the preview. There's a little bit of detailing colour missing from their robes that I think the final product really needed. The sculpt is incredible and I suspect the paint application was simplified to bring overall complexity down, to not risk mistakes. I'll probably add a bit of colour to mine because they're so very, very close to being exquisite. Definitely worth getting, but the only (slight) let-down in the set, I felt, if only because the bar is so incredibly high.

16} DEMONIC FAMILIAR AKA QUASIT Little green not-imps that look exactly like the preview picture. Again tiny sculpted holes in their wings impress me. Three is a good number of these, and that's what I got.

17} BASILISK These also look better in person than the preview, which is much too dark. The real ones are more grey, looking kind of like stone. Clearly not the forest-dwellers from the Bestiary. I might grab one more to add to my two and paint that one green. A good addition to a basic collection given eight-legged non-spiders are rare minis indeed.

18} SHAGGY FIEND/DEMODAND I imagine real ones are shaggier than these but I quite like them as they are. These have a couple small rents in their wings and despite their simple mostly-grey paint application, they kind of imposing. I probably would have stayed with the more vibrant burgundy robes in the preview but still, I like them, all three.

19} SLIMY FIEND/DEMODAND These guys are very frog-like. I didn't get it just how squat and bulky these monsters are. Excellent sculpts. There's a touch of a clear wash on their arms and hands that's supposed to show off how they're slimy but there's so little of it that I didn't notice at first. Definitely these are going to get more of that treatment, then they'll be a terrifying trio.

20} TARRY FIEND/DEMODAND I don't know how to interpret these. They're pretty much exactly what the preview shows. Armored demodands. The paint job is good, the sculpt is good, but the monster I just don't get. Maybe it's the lack of tar anywhere. Still, these are unique monsters that would be difficult to substitute something else into the place of. I'm happy I've got two.

21} INCUBUS These are totally Rob Zombie meets Ozzie Osbourne, only is a demon. I've always liked the art that inspired these, and all three of mine have excellent paint applications over their equally excellent sculpt. The wings are even more textured on the back than the preview hints at. These are great miniatures.

22} DEATH DEMON AKA NABASU These are much more purple than the preview shows. The texture and overall paint job do a remarkable job at replicating the demented Bestiary artwork, except the light purple base colour. I'll be ordering another to go with my two, with hopes to darken it up a bit as an experiment. Don't get me wrong... these are absolutely top-notch. I just personally am reacting poorly to the base colour.

23} LOW TEMPLAR Just to remind me that there are things other than demons in the universe, these standard soldier types marched into my collection. They are generally very good in the paint department, better than I can do on my own certainly. One of my three has blobby mush-face paint though. The other two show wonderful detail and shadowing. It's clear someone just had too much paint on their brush for one of them. A very good sign that the artists in the East are getting better again.

24} HORNED DEMON AKA KALAVAKUS Now these guys are supposed to be purple and it works really well. The two-colour paint work on the ridges and horns is even better in person than the preview shows. This is me, happily clicking to add one more to my shopping cart because two just won't be enough of this very special mini.

25} MONGREL ARCHER There's facial detail lurking in that hood! They've got mostly blue skin as the preview hints, but there some red swirling on their faces that looks like war-paint or tattoos. I love everything about these from the sculpt to the very nicely applied paint job to the pose. I'd say "wow", but I'm saving that for later. All three of mine are very, very well done.

26} SUICIDE DEMON AKA SERAPTIS I wasn't sold on this creature from the preview but I like both of them in person. The blood on the hands is more a flat red but that looks better, I think. The only thing I might've done is added a little more colour to their robes, but being suicide demons the plain black goth woe-is-me emo look works.

27} ALAIN, HUMAN CAVALIER "Derpty-derpty-derp, I'm Alain, and the coolest thing about me is a horse." Alain is easily my least-favorite iconic but I am downright proud to have two of this mini in my collection. These are absolutely up to the original standards from the first four iconics. Very impressive detail, meticulous paint application, and a generally perfect execution. Kudos Paizo, you made a version of this guy I can't shrug off as unimpressive.

28} IMRIJKA Where I generally have little but disdain for Alain and his silly four-legged bestie, I've got a soft spot for his half-orc hottie. She's my favorite iconic and I'm glad to have two of her... a fantasy I will now take a moment to savour.

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Okay, that said, one of mine has just enough face-paint mistakes to make me wonder if the poor sap in China who did this has ever seen a humanoid. The other one surpasses my hopes and is really nice. Fangs and all. Pupils, eye-whites, fangs, and a hint of eyebrows. Seriously well-done. The things I said about Alain apply here - except the bit about the horse. I can probably touch-up the weird-faced Imrijka and she'll rejoin the dream-twin duo. Again, worthy of the iconics. Good job Wizkids and Paizo.

29} JARUUNICKA I look forward to playing Wrath of the Righteous, in about a year when the Tsar campaign I'm running wraps up. Then I can find out what the heck Jaruunicka actually is. The blood-splattered skirt looks much better in person than in the preview. All three of mine are well-done. I reserve judgement because I don't know anything about her, having not seen the original art or the reason why she looks as she does. There may be a good reason, but I would've liked to see her foot-gear and under-skirt a different colour so as to cut down on the everything-is-brown situation. Coupled with her grey hair being so similar to the off-white robes, it gives the impression there's a simpler mini than there really is.

30} LOCUST DEMON Run away now, if you want to live. These aren't the most terrifying of this set but boy, these are great minis. I got three of them and they're all really perfect. The wings are translucent. There's a hint of that in the preview picture but in person these are disgusting, frightening monsters. For minis with something like three colours on them, these are incredible.

31} FROST DRAKE These are neat monsters. The lack of front legs looks so disturbing that it's a cool effect. They are much more an icy blue than the aquamarine shown in the preview, so they're just perfect at what they are. I got three and they've all got a flawless execution.

32} RIFT DRAKE Clearly these are the more angry purple-and-orange version of the frost drakes. I am a big fan of the head portion of the sculpt. You can't see it in the preview, but they're more vulture-like than dragon-like and it's a menacing look that goes with the clutching claws. There's nothing to not like about getting three of these.

33} MOUNTED ALAIN There's nothing in this world more pathetic than Alain and his horse... except Alain without his horse. Clearly Erik took pity on him and included this sculpt as a consolation, trying (in vain) to make up for Alain being Alain. I am thrilled that I got three of these. Not because of who it is, but because there just aren't quite enough people-on-horses minis. These are perfect, with lots of detail and shadowing. I especially like the pose... the horse is just in the process of tossing his unwanted rider, or so I can imagine.

34} VESCAVOR QUEEN Kill it! Kill it quickly, preferably with fire. These look exactly like the preview shows only... so much stupidly bigger that they evoke an instinctive reaction of being revolted. Ughhh. So disturbing. These tower over Alain and his horse, with enough body mass that you can imagine them eating the cavalier easily. I just wish I didn't only have two... because there's nobody to eat the third mounted Alain.

35} HALF-FIEND MINOTAUR This monster has a bit more detail than you can see in the preview. His hair and the crags in his face and neck add a lot to the end result, making up amply for him being a brown & black mini. Much larger than the original minotaur, this winged freak came in a set of three into my collection and they're quite good. The paint is positioned well and there's enough of it to make him not feel boring. Nicely done.

36} MINOTAUR Someone stick these guys in a maze that can't be solved by always turning left. I like these... they've got a snout that's much more bull than humanoid, which is a unique look. There's a lot of skin detail and a really good dark wash applied over their base paint that makes them look nice. Not the world's most complicated mini, but as far as minotaur go these are top notch. I got two of them.

37} GRIMSLAKE This is one of those weird things that I wasn't sold on. Intellectually I get it that they're not easily represented by anything else. Emotionally I wonder what else I'll ever use them for. That said, they're pretty well-done. There a thin clear wash on them that makes the white bits glisten. If you've ever actually looked at a caterpillar, they're quite disgusting creatures. Well, these are worse. They're pretty simple minis and I think Erik is justified in including them. While I'm turned off by the creature itself, the execution is pretty good.

38} GIMCRAK I'm guessing this guy is a kind of uber-quasit or something. The mold looks like maybe a quasit with a few too many rogue levels than is good for anyone's health. He's got a nice thin dagger ready to shove in someone and some black leather armor. For such a small mini they've done a good job of applying paint in interesting ways. I like the wing ribbing.

39} ARUESHALAE I'm guessing someone sneezed. Wait. That's her name? Well, bless you. And while you're at it, bless Paizo. This mini has every bit as much detail on it as the iconics typically do. Her armor, clothing, and weapons are all very detailed. She's even got a tiny tattoo on her cheek. The only thing keeping this from being an 11 out of 10 in my book is that her neck seems impossibly long and thin. Still, I'm avoiding looking at the source material, so it's entirely possible that she's meant to be that way. This is a beautiful mini.

40} AREELU VORLESH Yes, I am in fact vorlesh. Wait. I already made a joke about a succubus' name? Darn. Well, this "lady" isn't quite as heavily-detailed as the sneezecubus above but she's still a very good mini. The sculpt is interesting (love the nearly-hidden dagger and the "look over here" raised gauntlet) and the facial detail is flawless. Very much one of the best Pathfinder minis.

41} QUEEN GALFREY Queen as in... this is a female? Honestly aside from the long hair - and let it be known that I (a male) sport a pony tail - I would've lost a lot of money betting this was a guy. There is zero cheesecake involved in this sculpt. No protruding bits, no exposed bits, no come-hither pose. There's also nothing in the reasonable facial detail that'd hint that she's a she. That's isn't a problem... it's just an interesting design choice. Overall there's quite a bit of detail on this mini. She's a decent warrior-type if not stellar like the nasal-explosion-demon a couple minis ago.

42} FAXON If you're looking for a Darth Maul mini, this is it. I really like it... unlike the preview mine suggests that Faxon is a female. I haven't - and won't - look at the source material but he or she is a kind of ambigusexual tiefling. Aside from the head of hir weapon, the whole mini is black and red. It turns out much more interesting than it sounds or looked in the preview. There's a cool pentagram they added to the belly area for instance that isn't shown on the preview at all. I'm convinced Faxon is actually a male but looking up the skort won't help to find out. Simple but cool.

43} STAUNTON VHANE This seemingly psychotic jade-green dwarf looks much better in person than even the preview reveals. There's a deeper dark wash on him that makes him look more realistic. Sadly mine has just a touch too much wash in one eye otherwise I'd be ranting about how great this guy is. He's not over-the-top for detail but looks utterly convincing and makes for a really wonderful dwarf PC in the future.

44} MINAGHO This is another mini I wasn't sold on by the preview but in person he works. The eyelessness appears to be deliberate. There's a heck of a lot of detail in the sculpt that makes up for the interesting but conservative paint application. I like this guy.

45} NOCTICULA Man, this is the "woman" of my dreams. Of course they're all bad dreams but what can you do. Mine doesn't have the dark wash in the wings that the preview shows (in the rune detail) so I might try and add some later. On the other hand, the preview makes her skin areas look like there's almost a bloody wash in the shadows. The final product isn't like that at all. She's not the most amazing succubusty mini but she's pretty cool.

46} IRABETH Oh Irabeth, people are going to start thinking I have a thing for hot half-orc chicks. Totally not true. I'm usually into hot-elf chicks. But this is a beautiful mini. The preview pic is pretty accurate but the golden armor glistens in person. There is a heck of a lot of detail both in the sculpt and in the paint and this definitely is borderline iconic in quality. An impressive mini indeed. Perhaps she'd be interested in joining my Imrijka harem...?

47} XANTHIR VANG You're not seriously still reading this, are you? Well, if so let it be known that Vang is a really cool miniature. Mine is more muted in colour than the preview shows but it's an effect that really works. Lots of black and grey contrast making for quite the creepy whatever-he-is. There isn't a huge amount of detail here - about average I'd say - but there's the illusion that there's a lot. The speckled paint job on the front area seals the deal. Nicely done.

48} DOMINION INVADER This mini has exactly one purpose beyond "be a dominion invader" and that is... "be any Large freakishly bizarre aberration". A niche shape, this semi-lobster thing is wrong in all the right ways. Erik mentioned the brains in the orange domes and they're every bit as disturbing as I'd imagined. Claws and mouths and tendrils and too many eyes... this thing has a simple enough two-tone paint job, but it's a scary beast.

49} BAPHOMET If Faxon was Paizo's shot at making a Darth Maul mini, this is their shot at making a Trent Reznor mini. Lanky and brooding and very clearly an evil demon, Baphomet is everything you wanted in a winged mangoat demon. The torch growing out of his head - evildently (TM) a failed trepanning experiment - just adds to the fiery evil. There's a huge amount of effort spent on paint application on his face which is just creepy. The most interesting thing though is his perfectly round red pupils. They're probably put on with a template of some sort, like the tattoo mentioned earlier, but they're downright disturbing in their perfectly circular nature.

50} KHORRAMZADEH Speaking of eyes, this fire demon must've been called four-eyes in school because that's what he's got. His head is seriously messed up. Who needs four horns? Oh, right... someone with four eyes. And the fangs, and the endless orange mouth. This isn't the best balor ever but he's a pretty cool variation.

51} HEPZAMIRAH If ever there's been a mini whose facial expression says "I amn't smart", pre Hep-Z here is it. She's got a - deliberately - dopey goat face that in the preview looks kind of menacing but in reality looks pulls off Golarion's first Int 6 fiendish minotaur. I like this mini. It's charming. Neither the sculpt nor the paint job are exceptional but I'm sure she's a very... special... NPC that deserves this tribute.

52} SERPENT DEMON AKA MARILITH This lady should grant herself a flanking bonus. So many weapons... so little time. Again a slight clear wash has been used on her belly so the scales look more realistically reptilian, to great effect. The sculpt is excellent and somehow the sculptor managed to give her a little J-Lo junk in her trunk. So very strangely feminine.

53} MYTHIC CHIMERA I wasn't a fan of this from its preview. The picture makes it look more Oreo than it really is. There's a bit more blending of the two major colour clusters, so it's actually pretty good. Given how stupid-hard it is to convincingly blend colours this is about as good a chimera as we can hope for. Monstrously difficult creature to make a mini of, this is pretty reasonable.

54} GIBRILETH I've got to ask... what the hell is this thing? I'm guessing a gibbering mouther, or possibly a moron demon. This guy is cute and exquisite at the same time. Mouths and arms in unexpected places this thing is just a mess, deliberately. Again, all the real work is done in the sculpt, which a tan wash applied to underline the texture, this is the ultimate example of what a wash can do. Really impressive. That said, what's he going to do with that whip? I'm afraid. Mine was off his base... weirdly it doesn't look like he was ever ON the base. His stand stick doesn't quite fit in the hole. I'll have to do a tiny bit of modification to mount him properly but as that's the only "damage" in the set, I'm quite happy.

55} DESKARI, DEMON LORD OF LOCUSTS I was going to stop after Gibrileth, but I owe you - poor persistent reader - a "wow" promised to you earlier.

WOW!

That's an army of beetles/ants crawling up his chest, just in case you're wondering. The wings do a decent impression that they are a mass of flies. It's not perfect, but it's absolutely as good an illusion as you could possibly hope for in a solid miniature. There's a gargantuan amount of detail in the mold and there's more paint application here than I can shake a stick at. He comes in one solid part, no assembly required. Everything from the sickly greenish stinger to the uninvitingly wet tongue is lovingly crafted. Yes, this is something of a specialty mold... not having a whole lot of flexibility to stand in for something else, but if you need a FREAKING BIG SCARY MONSTER, this will do the job very nicely.

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Final thoughts.
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This set focuses on monsters, and to wonderful effect. There isn't a bad or even mediocre mini amongst the set. With so few humanoids, we don't have much of the uncanny-valley facial problems that have cropped up recently. Of all of my arrivals, I've got at least one example that's very, very well painted. QC is clearly on the rise.

I love the topic matter, the choice and variety of molds, and the artistic choices made here. I have little option but to say to Paizo... thank you, this is a most excellent set of minis.

Paizo Employee Chief Technical Officer

Thanks for that very detailed post!

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