Why bother with a warhorse miniature?
As Beasts go, warhorses are probably going to be pretty far down the list of creatures who are likely to attack your PC’s, They are a great way to get around, so they are likely to come be needed every now and then, especially if the PC’s are going up against some big foes. If your party’s druid turns into a horse for the purposes of travel, this is likely to be the one they pick as well, since it’s the toughest of the options.
What about this mini?
This painted mini pack consists of the warhorse miniature as well as several others: an aurochs, a giant goat, a pegasus, and a needle blight. The fact that the warhorse mini is large like it ought to be made me happy. This mini is made by WizKids as part of their Icons of the Realms line: Summoned Creatures, set 1 #96073. It looks decent and will do the job. As with nearly all of WizKids’ painted minis, it makes you feel good about yourself, because the paint job is so much worse than you can do yourself. It’s not terrible, but it is far from great. It’s one of those minis which is far from good but good from far, so as long as you don’t look too closely at it, it seems fine, and it will do what you need it to do in the game, and that’s all that really matters in the end.
How useful is this mini, really?
Warhorses are included in 13 published Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition books:
- Baldur’s Gate: Descent Into Avernus
- Call Of The Netherdeep
- Dragonlance: Shadow Of The Dragon Queen
- Explorer’s Guide To Wildemount
- Guildmaster’s Guide To Ravnica
- Keys From The Golden Vault
- Monster Manual
- Princes Of The Apocalypse
- Storm King’s Thunder
- Tomb Of Annihilation
- Tyranny Of Dragons
- Volo’s Guide To Monsters
- Xanathar’s Guide To Everything
That’s 30% of the published materials- you’ll be using these quite a lot if you play the published adventures. Even if you use a homebrew world like I do, your PC’s may be using them (if they have enough disposable income to be able to afford them) if there is any travel at all in your Dungeons & Dragons game. Just grab one of these- better safe than sorry.
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 warhorse miniature is on a large sized base as it is supposed to be. In addition I would like to thank premiere wildlife artist Sherrie York, a master 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.