I wanted to take the Grenadier Beholder and mount it on a flying stand, but the miniature is so heavy, that it would have tipped almost any stand over, so I resorted to the Dark Art, and created a duplicate in resin.
I painted the clone as close to the original as possible, but afterwards I wondered why my past-self selected the colors that he did? I looked in the Monster Manual, and found nothing saying that the Beholder's eye was green and orange. Then I remembered this:
Which contains the following passage:
Well, the appearance of my Beholder is probably not what Gary Gygax had in mind, but at least I know where the color scheme came from now.
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Don't feel bad, that same coloring book had me convinced that Hobgoblins looked like Mandrils for a good year or so.
-Eli
There's only one beholder in 15mm? Ugh. If they are such a classic creature, then why are they so rare in all scales. Does Wizards of the Coast have copyright on the whole idea of a floating eye monster? I was trying to find a beholder for 28mm, and the few I could find were mucho dinaro.
Hi Andrew,
According to Wikipedia, WOTC claims the beholder as "product identity".
If you're looking for the old Ral Partha AD&D beholders, then yeah, they can be quite expensive. DDM prepaints, and Reaper Minis have beholders that aren't too expensive. I usually get my Reaper stuff from Miniature-Giant at 26% off with free shipping.
I also remember someone on TMP who had a blog article about making a beholder from aluminum foil and putty. Might be worth it if you only need a single beholder.
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