One of the nice things about Wizkid’s Icons of The Realms range is that they tend to be comprehensive in their offering. You can chase after the models via the Booster packs, or pick up a starter set. But if you want to represent some of the key characters from the main adventure, you may not want to have to collect boxes of boosters.
The Witchlight Carnival box contains ten key models, each at the standard D&D scale, finely detailed and well painted. As the name suggests, they’re the folk you’ll meet at the Witchlight carnival, a major part of the adventure. Many of these models come sculpted with lovely little translucent fairy wings,
First off there’s Thaco, the Clown. This NPC is bit of an obstacle in the campaign and a sort of villain. He’s a warning about getting too deep in nostalgia (and his name his a nod to D&D’s history.). It’s nice clown model. His rival, the bugbear Burly, is also here. He looks dashining in his dungarees and beard. This is a model you could use as a bouncer in another game if you wished.
Kettlesteam is a Kenku warlock and master of disguise, and a pretty risky encounter as low levels. His model has him a majestic pose wielding eldritch flame. It’s a Kenku it’s nicely done. He steals the voice of Candlefoot, a human mime which can also be found in this set. The sculpt is a little gaunt for a human, but works nicely for a weird fairy thing. Northwind is a junior treant with a pet squirrel called Red. It looks a lot like Groot with a canopy of leaves for hair and a cute rodent sitting amidst it all. It’s a charming piece.
The mermaid Palasha comes with her own personal gold-fish bowl. These are two pieces. Palasha her self is a slinky, shiny blue model. The base clicks into the see-through bowl, which can be detached from it’s base. Most models in the range with fit in here, in case you really want something else in there. Dirlagraun is an elderly displacer beast with massive butterfly like wings. It’s a gorgeous model, very well painted and eye-catching.
Finally we get Mister Witch and Mister Light. The former is very much the business man in his top hat,carrying a cane and he is checking his watch. Mister Light is dressed as a harlequin and wields a magical weather vane.
