The Venerable Villain

Executive Producer of the RPG team at WizKids Games. Not very active, but follow for TTRPG minis, Transformers, and occasionally art or cat pics.

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Mirage dragons are masters of deceit and illusions. With their shifting scales and hallucinatory breath, the magical arsenal of this dragon is primed to deceive, beguile, and befuddle. But I'll tell you one thing that's not a deception—the Mirage Dragon will be releasing July 29th!

Taken directly from Paizo's cover of the Pathfinder GM Core, the Mirage Dragon joins the Adamantine and Diabolic to complete the trio of dragons from the 2e Remaster Core book covers! This dragon features a color-shift green overcoat and an iridescent coating on its translucent spell effect. I'm psyched to have been the producer on all three of these dragons and see the cover trio completed.

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Holiday mini #27: Wings of Independence

Painted from a Pathfinder Deep Cuts Giant Eagle.

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It's Free RPG Day! Head to your participating FLGS for a chance to nab this exclusive D&D Icons of the Realms Nothic featuring DungeonGlo, or if you prefer painting your own minis, unpainted versions of the Scarecrow or Kuo-toa Monitor!

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In my house (not at R'lyeh), I've waited dreaming of the day I'd finally be able to talk about this! Cthulhu has quietly lurked in the shadows of the miniature shelves in the background of the Dungeon Masters set, but on last night's show, it made its first major appearance!

I was incredibly thrilled for the opportunity to print and paint 3D-printed prototypes of the upcoming Dungeons & Dragons Ravenloft miniatures for Wizards of the Coast's Dungeon Masters show.

This eldritch horror took a nearly maddening 24 hours of print time for its four pieces (and one minor failure on the wings that required fixing), and countless additional hours for cleaning, assembly, and painting.

Being involved in even a small piece of D&D history is an honor, and I hope the enormously talented cast and crew enjoyed having this cosmic horror on set.

This wasn't the only eldritch enemy from Innsmouth printed and painted; there are a few others that may show up, but if not, I'll be sure to post them here upon the show's conclusion!

This is a printed and painted prototype, but you can check out the actual production model at the WizKids booth at Origins Game Fair this week!

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Shortpacked!: Unpaintable

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Unleash the Kraken!

It's dangerous business traveling by sea, that cleric might be considering switching her faith to Umberlee.

The new Monster Manual Collection II Kraken is out now! Not to malign the very cool and unique 2014 Kraken, but I've been wanting to make a giant squid Kraken for years, and I was thrilled that the new 2025 Monster Manual finally gave us that chance! Also, it works great with the Falling Star ship.

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Holiday Mini #26: Axe Peep Not exactly my finest work, but sometimes you just gotta roll with a silly idea.

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Well, I'm very late on this one, but I was busy with another project and couldn't get this done in time for Lunar New Year. Still, I didn't want to leave a gap in the Zodiac, so better late than never.

Holiday mini #25: Year of the Fire Horse Nightmare

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t's been a long time coming, but the D&D Icons of the Realms Adult Amethyst Dragon is nearly here!

Having recently been shown off at both NYTF and GAMA Expo, I figured it was time for a little photo shoot of my own.

Having this dragon in hand feels like such a victory; the long-awaited capstone to the adult dragon series that started back in 2020, the mightiest (and my personal favorite) of the gem dragons will finally be available to fill that long-missing final entry in the 2014 adult dragon series!

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Holiday Mini #24: Q-P1D

Painted from a D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Miniatures Modron Quadrone. Once again, my wife's crafting materials came in clutch, as she actually had tiny candy heart sprinkles.

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Holiday Mini #23: Behold 2026 Continuing the theme from last year of the New Year's ball drop, it's not a spell effect this time, but instead our most ball-like Beholder! Happy New Year, everyone!

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Holiday Mini #22: Skele-Claus

Painted from a slightly modified D&D Nolzur's Frost Giant Skeleton from WizKids Games. Merry Christmas, everyone!

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"The pride of the Gate..."

Wyll Ravengard, the Blade of Frontiers stands at the ready...with his fiendish patron Mizora always watching.

You can find Wyll in the BG3 Character Set, while the devilish Mizora proves much more elusive...

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"Wits and blades, always sharp." Next up is god's favorite princess, Shadowheart!

You can find this eristic amnesiac in the D&D Icons of the Realms: Baldur's Gate 3 character set coming soon from WizKids.

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"Let me work my magic."

Gale, the Waterdhavian wizard extraordinaire and de facto Netherese time bomb.

Find companions for your Tav in the D&D Icons of the Realms: Baldur's Gate 3 character set coming soon to your FLGS and online.

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"Careful, I bite." Love him, hate him, or love to hate him, next up is everyone's favorite haughty vampire, Astarion.

The Baldur's Gate 3 character set is releasing soon at your FLGS or online.

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Holiday Mini #21: Celestial Snake

Ringing in the Year of the Snake with another holiday mini—this time using the D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Miniatures Giant Constrictor Snake from WizKids. Happy Lunar New Year, everyone!