My budget is pretty tapped out at this point, but these are exactly the sort of thing I miss in the new adventure books (new meaning 5e in general).
I loved the old adventures from AD&D timeframe where it felt like each adventure was its own short story. Sort of like a monthly Conan adventure...
I was 13 and got my first job as a dishwasher (made 3.85 an hour, under the table, ie tax free!!) and blew my entire first paycheck on D&D stuff. One thing I bought was a box of Ral Partha minis! I loved them so much.
Here’s the 4 different sculpts mostly done. I’ll probably touch them up a little tomorrow. But they’re goofy and endearing and now that I painted them I’m even more fond of them. The simplicity is appealing for sure.
For Christmas I got an 8 pack of orcs. The sculpts are pretty terrible, but I thought there was something appealing about them anyway, so I’m having fun painting them up. Here’s the first guy.