Need to find a Miniature: Kobold musician/bard

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

I need to find a miniature of a kobold musician of some sort. I believe I saw a few somewhere, btu have no idea where. Any ideas? One that has a drum or percussion would be best, but I'lkl take anything that I can find. Thanks!

 

[adwyn]

Old dog kobold or new dragon ones?

 

[D'karr]

Reaper has a pack of kobolds most of them with spears, but they could easily be modified.

http://www.reapermini.com/gallery/2400s/2470_G

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

Old dog kobold or new dragon ones?

I'd prefer the dog kobolds, but I'll take anything I can get.

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

Reaper has a pack of kobolds most of them with spears, but they could easily be modified.

Yep, I've seen those. I'd rather not convert something if I don't have to, though. I barely have enough time to paint as it is.

 

[adwyn]

Boy I looked through my kobolds, and I have dozens, and no musicians. The closest I found was a pig orc musician from the old minifigs line that thanks to scale creep and poor sculpting now passes as a kobold.

I hate to say it but converting will be your best bet. Fortunately its easy to put a drum (a skull with the top filed flat works best) in front of a spearman and clip half of the spear off. If you need straps just cut one or two lengths of paper and soak them in white glue before putting them around the figure.

Good luck

 

[Xath]

Magnificant Egos has 2 kolbold mini's. One is a kobold pirate, but the other is one of my favorite mini's out there:

"Mulva the female kobold Strumpet"

https://www.fantization.com/Magnificent_Egos/MEOGC05_Sept05.jpg

She has humminas more disproportianate than a Barbie doll. No instrument, but she could be a singer.

 

[Alf]

I'd prefer the dog kobolds, but I'll take anything I can get.

How did kobolds come to have this look in the first place? The german folkmythological figures known as "Kobolden" are more like the "knockers" of Cornish mines - that is they are dwarf/gnome like in appearance. Who invented this dog thingy?

 

[D'karr]

How did kobolds come to have this look in the first place? The german folkmythological figures known as "Kobolden" are more like the "knockers" of Cornish mines - that is they are dwarf/gnome like in appearance. Who invented this dog thingy?

That would have been David C. Sutherland III, the original artist that depicted them in the AD&D Monster Manual. The description of the creature in the MM doesn't describe them as doglike so I assume that Dave just imagined them that way. If I remember correctly, ColPladoh (Gary Gygax) mentioned something similar in one of the Q&A threads.

It's amazing how one artist's vision has defined so many of the things we see in this game 30+ years later.