The Icons of the Realms range are a series of pre-painted, sculpted plastic models designed specifically for use with Dungeons and Dragons, but easily adapted for use in any game you fancy. They also look pretty on the shelf and are at a scale compatible with most games. It’s nice to have a model; not only as an aid to the imagination but it’s also handy if you’re trying to figure out who is trapped in the bard’s Cloud of Daggers spell.
Wave 6 comprises individually packed high-quality pieces. The Male Dwarf Cleric has an impressive beard, carries an absolutely massive hammer, and is summoning fire with is firing out from his arm. This is achieved with cleverly sculpted translucent plastic, and looks specific enough to delight any number of gamers, but is flexible enough in design to be useful to any gamer.
The Elf Rogue Male piece is dressed in finery, including a cloak and scale armour. He’s in full-on Legolas mode, bow drawn at full. He’s a great rogue model, but also a decent ‘elf with a bow’ character. Similarly, Elf Wizard Female wields a powerful magical staff (which ‘sparks’ with translucent blue plastic) and suits the part of ‘wizard’ but is great for pretty much any sort of spell-wielding elf.
The Fire Genasi Wizard piece gives gamers access to one of the less used D&D races, the elemental Genasi. They are two neat effects here; firstly the flaming hair effect looks fab, put we also get a translucent orb in the process of being summoned, which adds to the aura of power to the piece. Again, it’s all very cunningly sculpted and well thought out. It’s also a great counter-point to the Water Genasi Druid, who is summoning a tidal wave. This model is a little wobbly because the big plastic tidal wave is quite large, but a little common sense and some glue fixes that.
A D&D party can’t get started with a rogue, and this range comes with two. The Tiefling wields scimitars and honestly looks like they’ve just stepped out of Monster Manual; they look truly devilish. The Tabaxi rogue is almost adorable; its cat-like face off-sets the blades it wields menacingly. The Human Monk piece is posed in a mid-flying kick and yet the model is very stable. It’s a dynamic pose and fun to move around the table (because they look like they’re flying).
Rounding off the range is a Human Cleric and a Halfling Fighter. The former looks like they’re about to kick ass whereas the latter is wearing so much armour you suspect the poor little chap won’t be able to move. Still, they’re fun models and a great addition to the range.
As always, totally worth picking up if you’re looking for models to fill your gaming table.
