Why bother with a scarecrow miniature?
Scarecrows are an interesting type of Construct. It’s pretty much guaranteed that the creator is an evil being, since they need to bind the spirit of an evil creature to the scarecrow after slaying the creature. They are great servants if you’re looking for an evil ally though, as they have no issues with committing foul deeds, and are unswervingly loyal. They make great henchmen for a big bad, since they are hard to catch due to their natural camouflage and don’t provide any/many obvious clues to the identity of their creator. They are incredibly frustrating foes for adventuring parties.
What about this mini?
This unpainted mini pack consists of two miniatures: the scarecrow and a stone cursed. The fact that the scarecrow mini is medium sized like it should be makes me very happy. This mini is made by WizKids as part of their Nolzur’s Marvelous Miniatures line: Scarecrow & Stone Cursed #90241. It’s a nice sculpt, and is really easy to paint. All around, this scarecrow miniature makes me really happy.
How useful is this mini, really?
Scarecrows are included in 11 published Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition books:
- Acquisitions Incorporated
- Candlekeep Mysteries
- Curse Of Strahd
- Keys From The Golden Vault
- Monster Manual
- Tomb Of Annihilation
- Van Richten’s Guide To Ravenloft
- Volo’s Guide To Monsters
- Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
- The Wild Beyond The Witchlight
- Xanathar’s Guide To Everything
That’s a quarter of the published books. If you play the published campaigns, you will run into one of them sooner or later. If not, they are fun creatures to give your players a challenge that’s not too hard, but can be very frustrating since they blend in with the scarecrows that are found in every field in the area.
But why are you doing this?
As usual for these videos, my aim is to provide you with good views of all angles of the miniatures featured, along with accurate sizing information for them. As I already pointed out, the scarecrow miniature is on a medium sized base as it is meant to be. In addition I would like to thank wildlife artist Sherrie York, the incredibly skilled reduction linocut artist, for graciously allowing me to use one of her reduction linocuts, Shivano Sunset, as the backdrop for my miniatures in the video. Check out her other reduction linocuts; she is, in my opinion, the best linocut artist of our generation.