WizKids Announces D&D Monster Manual Minis, Featuring New Designs

WizKids has announced a new collection of miniatures featuring monsters inspired by the 2025 Monster Manual. The D&D Icons of the Realms: Monster Manual Collection 1 will include 47 miniatures in the collection, all of which were sculpted based on the artwork found in the new Monster Manual due out next month. Monsters confirmed for the set include Nightmares, nalfeshnee, ghasts, helmed horrors, black puddings, cultists, lizardfolk, death dogs, fire elementals, hobgoblins, succubi, red dragons, smoke mephits, and a gnoll variant called a gnoll demoniac. No release date for the set was announced, but it will likely be after May 2025, which is when the Underdark Expeditions set is released.

WizKids previously announced huge miniatures of the red dragon and black dragon based on their 2024 designs.

One point of emphasis for the new Monster Manual is artwork showcasing the various creatures and monsters in more fearsome and action-packed imagery. The 2014 Monster Manual featured very static images of monsters, which was great for miniature models but didn't always inspire the imagination in the proper way.

Previews of the miniatures can be seen below:

 

[TravDoc42]

I guess this answers the question in the other thread about if the succubus will be titillating or not!

 

[dave2008]

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I guess this answers the question in the other thread about if the succubus will be titillating or not!

I do wonder why it has purple skin and red wings and tail.

 

[TravDoc42]

I do wonder why it has purple skin and red wings and tail.

Purple is a good colour!

 

[MonsterEnvy]

WizKids previously announced gargantuan miniatures of the red dragon and black dragon based on their 2024 designs.

Huge. They are Huge Miniatures, I don’t know where you got the Gargantuan source.

 

[MGibster]

I guess this answers the question in the other thread about if the succubus will be titillating or not!

That's just a miniature of World Wrestling Entertainment's Rhea Ripley.

 

[MGibster]

I've got some decidedly mixed feelings about WizKids model. My avatar here is one of their Beholders, and I actually think it's quite a good miniature, but for the most part, I don't have a lot of nice things to say about their products. They lack detail and they're not fun to paint, but they're relatively inexpensive. My theory is WizKids is marketing this to the wider D&D audience and they're not concerned about miniature painters such as myself. Which is fair.

The models don't look like they've been painted, I'm guessing they used something like Adobe to add a little color. The dragons sculpts up there are a bit underwhelming. They just don't look particularly menacing. I'm impressed by one of the sculpts. I don't know if this guy is a druid or what, but I think he looks great. The detail on the face, the robes, and the armor look fantastic. I'll probably buy this one if I see it. I'll probably also buy a few of their monsters since many of them look pretty good even now.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

I've got some decidedly mixed feelings about WizKids model. My avatar here is one of their Beholders, and I actually think it's quite a good miniature, but for the most part, I don't have a lot of nice things to say about their products. They lack detail and they're not fun to paint, but they're relatively inexpensive. My theory is WizKids is marketing this to the wider D&D audience and they're not concerned about miniature painters such as myself. Which is fair.

The models don't look like they've been painted, I'm guessing they used something like Adobe to add a little color. The dragons sculpts up there are a bit underwhelming. They just don't look particularly menacing. I'm impressed by one of the sculpts. I don't know if this guy is a druid or what, but I think he looks great. The detail on the face, the robes, and the armor look fantastic. I'll probably buy this one if I see it. I'll probably also buy a few of their monsters since many of them look pretty good even now.

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These are 3d renders not the actual minis yet. When the boxes get closer to release they replace the renders with pictures of the actual models.

Anyway I really want that Nafeshnee.

Also the guy you like is a death cultist. Their art was shown off.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I think the fine print on these says that they're all computer renderings.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

I do wonder why it has purple skin and red wings and tail.

Could just be an artist choice OR it could the Cambion not the Succubi, or it could be a more powerful version of a Succubi.