Over the course of our Out of the Abyss 5e campaign we have amassed a number of traveling companions. Most of the time these characters are just hovering in the background but even so I wanted to have minis to represent them. Saying that you're traveling with this big group and actually being able to see them are two very different things. Some of these I painted but a majority are prepaints from the various D&D lines. Either way, I really like the minis that I was able to find so let's meet our "friends", shall we?
A refined and sophisticated fellow, Prince Derendil is an elven prince that was cursed, turning him into a Quaggoth. As long as he remains in the Underdark the curse will continue but if he can return to the surface... in theory the curse will be broken? Maybe? None of us are really buying this at this time but the few times he's been involved in a fight he just decimated people so we're happy to keep him around for now.
This cuddly fellow is a Quaggoth miniature from the Rage of Demons line. I had considered adding the collar that his character portrait shows but he really has been a minor character for us so I decided to just leave him as is.
A gambler through and through, Jimjar is a deep gnome that has been trying to get us to make a bet with him since the first time we talked to him. So far he has been one of the less troublesome companions that we broke out with us... though he might have died recently... except he's still with us... Yeah, I'm sure it'll be fine.
Jimjar was one of the tricky minis to find as there just didn't seem to be any good deep gnome sculpts. Ultimately I decided to go with the gnome trickster from the Blood War line. Sure his skin is the wrong color but other than that he fits the bill so I'm good with him as is for now.
Seeming to be your generic "smash first, talk later" orc, Ront has the distinction of also being a coward. While running away from an earlier combat, he was captured by the Drow and sent to the lovely day spa that is Valkenveld.
Since Ront was just a generic orc warrior, I decided to go with the orc sergeant miniature from the Aberrations line. There were several other choices that were pretty good but this one particularly caught my eye.
A pacifistic fishman, Shuushar was one of the hardest minis to pick out. There aren't many kuo-toa sculpts out there and most of the are armed. After quite a bit of digging I stumbled across this sculpt and knew right away that it fit perfectly.
While he is listed as a kuo-toa whip in the Night Below line, this mini looks far more priestly which is perfect in this case. Very happy with this figure and I'm glad that I stumbled across it. He was a noncombatant the whole time he was with us but our DM did such a good job with him and his Spongebob style voice that I just had to add him to the group.
A shield dwarf scout from Gauntlgrym, Eldeth was the first of the companions to approach us when we reach the "luxury resort" of Valkenveld. Of course the DM actually said that she was a dwarven shield maiden, not a shield dwarf, so I instantly thought of her as some kind of defensive fighter. I headed over to the Reaper site and quickly found the perfect figure for her.
This is Freja Fangbreaker sculpted by Werner Klocke. This mini perfectly captured what I thought a shield maiden would look like plus I was thinking about using her as a replacement character if Jaaren died so I wanted to make sure it was a figure that I liked.
Prince Derendil
A refined and sophisticated fellow, Prince Derendil is an elven prince that was cursed, turning him into a Quaggoth. As long as he remains in the Underdark the curse will continue but if he can return to the surface... in theory the curse will be broken? Maybe? None of us are really buying this at this time but the few times he's been involved in a fight he just decimated people so we're happy to keep him around for now.
This cuddly fellow is a Quaggoth miniature from the Rage of Demons line. I had considered adding the collar that his character portrait shows but he really has been a minor character for us so I decided to just leave him as is.
Jimjar
A gambler through and through, Jimjar is a deep gnome that has been trying to get us to make a bet with him since the first time we talked to him. So far he has been one of the less troublesome companions that we broke out with us... though he might have died recently... except he's still with us... Yeah, I'm sure it'll be fine.
Jimjar was one of the tricky minis to find as there just didn't seem to be any good deep gnome sculpts. Ultimately I decided to go with the gnome trickster from the Blood War line. Sure his skin is the wrong color but other than that he fits the bill so I'm good with him as is for now.
Ront
Seeming to be your generic "smash first, talk later" orc, Ront has the distinction of also being a coward. While running away from an earlier combat, he was captured by the Drow and sent to the lovely day spa that is Valkenveld.
Since Ront was just a generic orc warrior, I decided to go with the orc sergeant miniature from the Aberrations line. There were several other choices that were pretty good but this one particularly caught my eye.
Shuushar
A pacifistic fishman, Shuushar was one of the hardest minis to pick out. There aren't many kuo-toa sculpts out there and most of the are armed. After quite a bit of digging I stumbled across this sculpt and knew right away that it fit perfectly.
While he is listed as a kuo-toa whip in the Night Below line, this mini looks far more priestly which is perfect in this case. Very happy with this figure and I'm glad that I stumbled across it. He was a noncombatant the whole time he was with us but our DM did such a good job with him and his Spongebob style voice that I just had to add him to the group.
Eldeth Feldrun
A shield dwarf scout from Gauntlgrym, Eldeth was the first of the companions to approach us when we reach the "luxury resort" of Valkenveld. Of course the DM actually said that she was a dwarven shield maiden, not a shield dwarf, so I instantly thought of her as some kind of defensive fighter. I headed over to the Reaper site and quickly found the perfect figure for her.
This is Freja Fangbreaker sculpted by Werner Klocke. This mini perfectly captured what I thought a shield maiden would look like plus I was thinking about using her as a replacement character if Jaaren died so I wanted to make sure it was a figure that I liked.
Buppido
A mad derro who is convinced that he is a god and that we should all worship him... man, does he just get under my skin. In fact I wanted to kill him since we first ran into him because he is just that annoying. So why did I buy a figure for him? Because he became our DM's favorite character and it was only right that he be represented as well.
Drawing from Reaper again, this is the derro mage by Derek Shubert. I honestly have no idea if Buppido has any magical abilities at all but the pose and overall feel are perfect.
Those familiar with the campaign might notice that there are several characters missing. We managed to loose a few on our travels so I haven't picked up figures for them yet. Two of them never even made it out of Valkenveld (Topsy and Turvy) so I probably won't worry about them but Sarith Kzekarit was as close to a friend that one can be with a drow.
Sarith and Jaaren quickly reached an understanding that we all needed each other if we were going to survive and he was key in getting us to the Neverlight Grove. Unfortunately we realized on the way there that something was possessing him in some way and in the end I felt it was only right to end his suffering. Our DM still talks about how awesome it was for us to say prayers over his funeral pyre so someday I'll probably add him to the group as well.
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