Darklands Rising Minis Full Set Review - WizKids Paizo Pathfinder Battles

[@TheGallantGoblin]

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[@the-northern7476]

That Jabberwock may be the most impressive booster box dragon-esque monster we've seen yet in any miniature line, hoping to see more like this and the young adult white dragon in the upcoming D&D sets.

[@colin9954]

I'm obsessed with the Adamantine Golem. When this set comes out, I'll definitely be weighing these boxes by hand to guess which one has the golem in it :)

[@jrvaters915]

I got two golems from doing that. 😛

[@colin9954]

@@jrvaters915 ...I'll definitely be needing you to pick a box for me when I go

[@ezakustam]

Big minis, strange minis, good sculpts, and powerful creatures are my favorite. So this set is outstanding. It's a real shame about the breakages. It seems to be partly a consequence of daring sculpts, but packing two large minis without both locked down is a terrible idea. Not too woried about 4 more dollars for more big minis, but the greater number of rares (or singles) has me concerned. $40 - $60 for a small aftermarket pre-painted mini is not great. Ultimately, I agree with what you a said a while ago: my favorite minis are usually ones that facilitate good storytelling. Nice to see your kitty again, too.

[@shadowtaco5052]

This set is filled with absolute beauty and craftsmanship. I really love the emotions this set expresses.

[@alexlord8969]

The blood mist and adamantine golem are insane.

[@timmovits]

I love how different and wierd this set is, i love all the drider and drow minis perfect for the setting, and that wood giant... i need it for my dnd giant collection. Many of the creatures and monsters from this set gave me tons of inspiration for my dnd campaign.

[@dangerwizard42]

I love how many Eldritch/creepy monsters are in this set!

[@really_wheeler]

Honestly, this whole set is pretty incredible, I really like the Adamantine golem, Jabberwock, and Shoggoth. I'll be hoping for one of those to create an interesting encounter in a 5e game. Big props to Wizkids for making the coolest minis recently, the sculpts keep getting better and better!

[@schylerfontenot7358]

I really love this set! I don't play Pathfinder, just D&D 5e, but I could easily use these minis for my games and they would make an awesome addition to the little bit of minis I've been able to pick up. As a DM, any amount of minis that I can get my hands on helps tremendeously! My favorite of the set definitely has to be the Attic Whisperer!

[@leobeoneo1012]

How could you use the attic whisperer for d&d

[@schylerfontenot7358]

@@leobeoneo1012 homebrew. I homebrew my monsters fairly often anyway. Keeps the game exciting for my players, as they don’t fully know what to expect

[@leobeoneo1012]

Oh nice

[@leobeoneo1012]

Could I ask, what homebrew creature you made from the attic whisperer I'm just really interested to hear

[@schylerfontenot7358]

@@leobeoneo1012 i havent made one yet, but had the idea of a demon/fiend that takes the form of a child (and acts as if it is a child's ghost) to manipulate mortals and eventually attack and kill them. would prob have charm and fear effects and such

[@matthewwhitaker2672]

I'm so excited for this set. Ive been reading through the drizzt series and this set will be awesome for running my underdark adventure I want to run. Also glad to see all the mini's on clear bases.

[@gregrowland3662]

Thought I'd dislike the clear bases but now that I'm looking at em as they truly look...not so bad.

[@anapprentice2089]

Also rage of demons, but they are harder to find

[@gabriellemorvan1423]

I love just how weird everything is this set.

[@eliwashburn5264]

As someone who loves running eldritch and horror adventures this set has so much I want!

[@Raphaelus13]

Greetings! I like the direction with the clear bases and the heightened detail for this set. My favorite is the cave troll for its versatility. Very comprehensive video, as always.

[@gacharizer1372]

The detailed minis are amazing! Prices do tend to go up because of the detail of the minis but I hope it won't be that steep when they are sold on stores. Also, given the detail and weight of some of them, packaging and shipping should be priority so that buyers get the quality that they paid for. Good luck on your move and excited for the things to come this year from you guys!

[@dadriangreen6179]

Wow, as soon who buys DnD miniatures primarily, I'm tempted to pick up this set. Such unique colours and awesome minis

[@armandosantellano2171]

Here I thought that the Fangs and Talons video was my favorite review video, but this video has definitely become my #1 favorite. The attic whisperer is definitely one if my favorite minis from this set, such a creepy mini.

[@chipsluss2199]

The Underdark is my TOP Favorite campaign setting! All the Drow, Deep Gnomes, Deep Dwarves, Spiders and other Monstrosities lurk there... AWESOME SET!! Another Great Unboxing Theo!

[@TheGallantGoblin]

Thank you! -Theo

[@FallenSailor]

Theo, thanks for the information about this. I usually use Pathfinder to fill my D&D collection, so it was cool to learn about their analogue for the Underdark. Great review as usual!

[@fman13579]

Amazing set for my pathfinder collection. I could definitely used in some deep dark encounter with my friends.

[@MoozThe]

Always happy to see more usable figures for Underdark stories/settings. Thanks for keeping the videos coming throughout your housing transition!

[@glenngoddard7614]

Always appreciate what you and Grady do for the hobby!

[@KingColonel]

I was so stoked to see this episode come up! Been looking forward to this set since I am currently running a new PF campaign and I love to go all out for my players and have detailed battle maps. Thanks for the video!

[@TheGallantGoblin]

Thank you kindly! -Theo

[@archie4president330]

That cavern troll is very cool, but I also really like the various undead in this set. I might have to look into getting some of these and homebrew their stats for dnd. Great review as always:) In my opinion too I'd rather get more large minis purely because, in my experience, prepainted minis look better the bigger they are and are often much more impressive on the table.

[@ezioalves8252]

The only channel where i can see all the minis from a set.

[@TheGallantGoblin]

We like to be comprehensive! -Theo

[@rmartinez021973]

Great to have you guys back.

[@thenne22]

This is the freakiest miniature set I've seen so far. Love the look of the Leng Spider.

[@dochavok7010]

The sheer size of some of these pieces is great, especially when available in a booster.

[@JB-vx5jb]

I love these. That leprechaun mini might be perfect, as it's probably the only accent I can do as a DM...

[@clarkotterson7654]

I love how this set seems to highlight a lot of what makes pathfinder distinct and characterful when compared to dungeons and dragons. I’m still of the opinion that the clear bases are in many ways more distracting and less effective at highlighting the figure than black bases, but some minis (like the leng spider and quoppopak) do make a lot of sense with clear bases.

[@Zen17h]

27:09 That Urdefhan Warrior/Tormentor has a cetain look to him, like his mooskles are getting bigger. Ooh yis he is getting stronker!

[@jacobstewart603]

At that price point these errors, particularly the breakages, should really not be. Favorite mini is the drone grouping...I will likely just get those individually to add to the variety of my drow.

[@DavMat007]

I run d&d but i use a lot of pathfinder minis. I love their sculpts and especially goblins

[@gunnartrosclair9909]

I love the variety of this set when it comes to the type of creatures that it has.

[@benbrinkman6747]

These look incredible, huge fan of that blood mist!

[@mdrnsprtn554]

I love how most minis from this set are underdark related and the ones that aren't are so weirdly unique and lovecraftian i love them

[@TimothyLashley]

Great overview. This set breathes creativity. Love the Peryton figure.

[@LeonaWhile]

This is an amazing set!! It's really cool learning about a different variation of the Underdark but some of these could even work in other dark creepy places like Barovia. I think the quality of the set far outweighs the flaws, I will be picking up several of these miniatures when they come out, especially the giant stag beetle for my brother. He would love it! : D

[@jacobjamison6827]

miniatures just keep getting better and better -- even the ugly ones look beautiful on the new clear bases!

[@shatteredmormon5005]

This set looks completely amazing! Lots of great campaign ideas here!

[@knowlesygames3990]

I loveee the pathfinder creatures and i never knew that they made pathfinder booster boxes. Im in love with the paint jobs so ill make sure to pick them up.

[@sylviamaher2704]

Some really interesting minis in this set, really like seeing more large minis.

[@antoinegauthier78]

Love the video my favorite mini is the scarecrow.Its one of the most beautiful pathfinder box.

[@chrisacker499]

I love Gnolls/Hyenas, so I'm thrilled for the Leucrotta! The cavern trolls are awesome! Could work for elementals, golems, and even a couple critters from the psionics stuff. I'm excited about the Jabberwork having a mini, finally! Snicker-snack! The wood giant and the Treant are both nice too! Perhaps you could get one of those clear button things that people put on the back of picture frames to keep them from leaning out from the wall...a bumper or something, not sure of the name...you can ask the framer at Michaels or something if one is near you what they are called...anywho...put one of those between the head and base of the big spider? Might help support the weight and then you can stand it upright without concern. :) Just an idea! ...a drawn-out, rambly one...hah!

[@TheOldPowers]

Great set, i must put my hands in some boxes. That drow with the whip its amazing.

[@nouschkabosch2019]

This set is amazing and has so many cool monsters which spark my imagination. I love the Jabberwock and Shaggoth, but smaller things such as the Leucrotta and Giant Toad, should make for memorable encounters when placed on the table.

[@adrianrivera3787]

Those set is all around awesome. I love how well most fit with dnd as well.

[@ryanangel8197]

I've been seriously impressed by the minis that WizKids has been putting out recently and these are no exception

[@calebgilliam-scott2474]

There are some awesome sculpts in this set and most seem really cohesive with the setting! Love the digger widget in particular 😁

[@danielmosley3818]

Love the look of this set, especially the Eldritch minis. Great video will have to pick up a couple of boosters.😀👍

[@vincerp]

I just started buying prepainted minis thanks to your videos, so thanks for all the great reviews! I haven't gotten a full case yet, so I learned that the commons of the set have to be interesting for me to consider them, and this set has lots of interesting commons. I'm fascinated by the giant amoeba!

[@PhangTabai]

I love the Shoggoth, just on the basis of Lovecraft. I was also really excited to see the Drow Priestess, but was hoping it would have a sword to be used as a servant of Eilistraee.

[@Insertcoin22]

Need that!

[@FredPilarczyk]

The Leshy is just gorgeous. Love the paint and colors!

[@dewegterugnaarhuis4019]

The Fleshwarp is just perfect. It gives me darksouls vibes. Overal this set is not perfect but still descent. I give this set a 7/10.

[@jessenash5]

This is a really cool set. Even as someone who doesn't play Pathfinder, I need a few of these for my DnD games.

[@brunocampos2028]

Damn that Cavern troll and the Dragon are sooo beautiful

[@gmmazra8885]

The Jabberwock is massive. The size of these minis are fantastic. The paint jobs are superb. What a unique and interesting set. I look forward to the day when a party will have the chance to go snicker-snack against that Jabberwock.

[@neb985]

This is one of my favorite pathfinder sets to date! lots of minis that could be used in many ways.

[@roberttrevino2280]

These are so cool I'm looking to start collecting minis

[@Castillo525]

I love this set because its... unique, in literally every single way, extremely creative!

[@Holdenvie]

Thanks for this. So glad these darkland miniatures exist!

[@tjbfrogfreak]

Set looks great. Excited for some of the larger pieces.

[@MyrenGyre]

I never really got into pathfinder but some of the monster designs in this video are really making me consider it , especially the fleshwarps and shoggoth

[@commanderbbshockwave8698]

Good luck with your moving! :) And very nice of you to make a review even under these circumstances! I frankly gonna only need a few things from this set, given the weird cartoony nature of many of the designs, and the many Pathfinder specific creatures not in D&D. That said, some of these are pretty nice, even though I wonder why they chose to make a Mammoth and Leucrotta right after the Icons of the Realms ones. The Svirfneblins are really good, definitely can use more of those guys and unlike the usual Paizo style gnomes they don't have crazy eyebrows and hair. The Drow sadly don't mesh well with the black or dark grey skinned D&D Drow due to their purple skin, I wish they kept them similar, like how they did with the Duergar. Peryton is weird - I never seen art before in D&D where they had forelegs too. Usually they only have 2 hind legs. The Blood Mist is a must have, since D&D 5E no longer has the Crimson Death (which this is a new name for) since it was merged with the Vampiric Mist into one monster. The Leperchaun really reminds me of the main character from the horror movies of the same name, funny! The Amoeba is also a must have. Frankly none of the Rares really grab me (thankfully as they will be expensive). While I love Alice in Wonderland - and yeah, we know that poem is where D&D got the idea for Vorpal swords, the Jabberwock just looks too silly with his giant buck tooth to be taken seriously in a setting with real Dragons. And the Norn... weird pose really. Like she is flying while sitting down, it looks more like she wants to sit down on an invisible chair. :D Curious they made the Treant uncommon, also rather strange design, looks almost alien. Glad to see you managed to fix those spiders. Wizkids really needs to do better packaging. The Wood Giant is another must have, I wanted one of these in mini form for ages. They got the whole "giant green skinned Elf" look down perfectly. The Adamantine Golem on the other hand... kinda ridiculous. Reminds me of Charge Man from the Mega Man games, who was basically a locomotive on legs. :D Impressive size, though - dwarves even other Huges.

[@YoshuaHarden]

Man I can't wait to get my hands on a Leng Spider and the Adamantine Golem. Thanks for making these videos!

[@anapprentice2089]

I'm very excited to see boneyard, but I've been exited for this video as well! I enjoy hearing about the minis, and seeing them in insanely good detail, keep up the good work!

[@GeneralFace86]

Love the underdark themes in this set! Great vid as always.

[@RCCraigoOnline]

Been collecting these for nearly a decade.

[@themaniac4988]

The set is gorgeous, I may need to pick some up for myself. Keep up the phenomenal videos!

[@TheGallantGoblin]

Thank you! -Theo

[@folkenio]

Definitely looking up to that Shoggoth miniature. It's amazing!!!

[@karlslagle9902]

I really need one (or a dozen) of those shoggoth minis!

[@michaelayala4189]

I love the bizarre monsters in this set - creatures like chaos beasts and abominations don't get enough play!

[@EpicParsnips]

At first I thought it was a bit mediocre, but damn, as I watched the rest it surprised me. I love that wood giant! It is definitely one of the better paizo sets.

[@josephskiles]

This has to be one of the coolest sets yet, I absolutely love so many of these , I have never bought a whole case but man this may well be my first! I am looking forward to the launch of your patreon, I just happen to have found out over the weekend the judge granted my disability claim so you know I'll be in my friend! I'm sticking to my advice to have a patreon contest where some of the winners picks a character to go in an adventure you or Grady writes, to me that would be worth an amazing price to get my paladin in one of your adventures or possibly to immortalize a loved one I have lost.

[@jcookie5172]

I love this set. Monsters are the best part of any tabletop game. This set is perfect for any monster lovers

[@glenntolinsson2979]

As an primery dnd player and gm i have been buying and collecting the dnd boxes when they finaly comes to Sweden but this set makes me want to start gathering the pathfinder minis as well. It was the cavern troll and shoggoth that did it for me.

[@TyanFH]

All of these sets have gotten so much better. Love them!

[@Heiru3]

I didn't know the spider was that large, how exciting. That size turns it into a desirable get for me.

[@jofrepouplana1139]

Excited with will o the wisp miniature. I need one for my adventure.

[@dabinbuh]

Awesome stuff, my group will be hitting underdark plotlines in the next 10 sessions or so, having alot of these would be awesome even for 5e, time to start saving

[@maestro2114]

I love how you guys allow us to see all these sets, cause personally I can’t afford them but I still get to see them. Love the set by the way.

[@TheGallantGoblin]

Sure thing! And you can pick and choose what you pick up. :-) -Theo

[@TheDnDCoalition]

Ahhh yes!!! Been waiting for this ever since you posted a pic on your IG 😍 There are some incredible minis in this set!

[@tylercooley321]

Man that wood giant is amazingly beautiful

[@aaronlock9461]

Thank you for that Theo now I have to sleep with the lights on because of the Attic whisperer stunt you pulled

[@andersonoliv8980]

in this times of the covid pandemic i really enjoy turning off and watching your videos, thank u for your work

[@TheGallantGoblin]

I'm so glad! More to come! Thanks for watching! -Theo

[@BurningAttackArty]

Not a Pathfinder guy, but there is so much here I could use elsewhere. I'm particularly fond of the deep gnomes and that treant!

[@cdshadow]

I loved the acrylic models like the blood mist that looked really cool and the flesh warps are cool and I like how various they are like wierd science

[@erinbreneman7059]

I really like how detailed the minis are and I really like underdark-like minis!

[@frogking5618]

The Jabberwocky is my favorite by FAR. It's got such an interesting lore and artwork. I always play pathfinder with custom campaigns because I think it's so well suited for it!

[@rhyattgere4833]

That Jabberwock looks awesome! I want one!

[@superturtle12]

These oddities are perfect! Can’t wait to pick them up!

[@seaforthbreeze1374]

This set of miniatures is absolutely fantastic! My partner and I had a riot laughing over each of the miniatures as they popped on the screen, even as they set both of our minds alight at the possibility that each presents!

[@Nightmaresofthesea]

Never looked into pathfinder boosters all that much, however, I'm gonna have to buy a couple of these cuz they look amazing. Too bad about the many broken ones, although they're easily fixed.

[@creekredfishingmastery]

What happened to the video I watched yesterday with the dracolich miniatures and the upcoming undead wizkids miniatures???

[@TheGallantGoblin]

Turned out that there was an embargo on some of the things in the box. We missed that in our enthusiasm, so we made the video private for now. We’ll post it again, along with full reviews of what’s inside as soon as we’re given the go ahead. :-) -Theo

[@calebtravirca233]

Amazing! I've been doing an underdark heavy story so I would love this

[@DaveButtons]

Thoughts on the set: progressively better sculpts and paint jobs. I’ll have to look into getting these gnomes, as I struggle to find these miniatures generally.

[@rskostelnik]

That adamantine golem is fantastic!!

[@dead_cruiser_4713]

I really like this set. It's got a good mix of 'dark and broody' looking creatures with that dash of leprechauns and scarecrows. I dig the clear bases but bummed out about all the breakage, but as I said in your live stream, wizkids does allow for sending in a mini for them to replace, but that could still be problematic for the spider which is too bad. Thanks for the heads up on the promos. Didn't realize they just give them out at cons. I know at the last PAX East that happened, I colored for a beholder D6, just curious how these promos work.

[@caesardlf179]

Knowing my players, I’d love to have the Attic Whisperer 2 because they would either kill it instantly with holy flame or befriend it to make it a friendly NPC that they’ll keep in their base

[@joshuawale3968]

Just bought a box of these and was very impressed with the quality of the minis.