2 of 4 Depth Ones Modular Models

FX sculpts for spells are fun but tricky to do right. always needs to be on its own so they can be printed with clear resin or tinted ones depending on the effect you want to achieve. :) That or just all out hand paint the magic fire and energy be damned the see through resin hehe.

Renier Banninga

If hands are modular, why not both? A couple of options with spells, a couple empty. :D

Sam Kay

Love these sculpts so much

Tucker Loper

I love the progress! and personaly sculpted spells sound good to me.

Sheldon Venter

I vote for tangible spells to paint! The idea of the hand with a peg I like it!

arda workshop

Right now I am imagining using this one with the dual daggers as a Cthuluan Psionic Rogue type against my players in my Pathfinder game... And I love it...

Pablo Ortega

Personally, I am feeling more of a Darth Vader using the Force Choke open hand style, or like both hands open, palms up like they are using psionics to lift a heavy object...

Pablo Ortega

I agree with Michael Brown. A peg hole for different spells would be great!

Hand casting a Giant tentacle xD or a spread tentacles

Floating dr strange tunes would be cool. But how they are now is amazing. I back a bunch of different patterns for models and ya guys quickly became my favorites. The models are awesome and how you run your Patreon model is really satisfying too!

Kyle Sawyer

also as far as magic casting hand models, there is the psi-blade (soul knife) discipline, or Order of the Wu Jen use elemental spells, or some floating Dr. Strange style rune circles floating around the head of a staff or Replaceable hand model's wrist would be DOPE!

Masterwork Miniatures

I'm in awe, absolutely amazing! I support several modelers and I have to say you and cast-n-play are the top two on the platform. The modular hands, cleaned and repaired models, sized properly, and the amazing details are all very appreciated. I love how you don't have higher tiers for extra money for "large" mini and provide them as a bonus for loyalty, you make supporting you feel like a reward rather than a rip off. I will be a supporter for life. The only thing cast-n-play does that would be nice here is they provide stl's with supports that have been tested to print properly. but honestly that is a non-issue for all we get. Keep up the amazing work!

Masterwork Miniatures

Love the sculpts possibly one without the high back collar and in a sneaky pose as if about to attack the party from the shadows. Would like hands in casting poses and possible with swirling energy around the hands/arms or something that might just be energy that could be added to the miniature after printing. A psychic blade extending from a hand would be cool, [printed in a transparent resin with some inking would look great [or LED effects for those that can] . Hands could have ball(s) of energy in them to show manifesting powers or a symbol of energy off the forehead of a figure. Maybe something similar to how the recent Doctor strange [TM] had patterns/disks around the hands to show effects of magic? Possible have a wand or rod in a hand as something different. Just some ideas off the top :) I really think that the skull on the belt looks great, armor is very nice and intricate. Possible an option with robes only and maybe just bracers. This set really is going to be just amazing and its been wonderful to watch it develop!

Sean Abel

Maybe the best way to do it would be empty hands and empty hands with a peg hole then you could do a couple of spell effects with pegs. Gives people the custom options for these and future projects (any spellcaster could have a casting peg hand)

Michael Brown

There is also a Mind Flayer Arcanist in the 5E monster manual. Only real physical "spell effects" I would see being used would be shocking grasp and lighting bolt. Maybe ray of enfeeblement. I would like to see an alternate head/hand combo with some type of effect coming off the head. I am just like John Snow when it comes to 3d modeling though so disregard if not possible.

Damn these look good! I never liked Mind Flayer models, now I know why, the other sculpts I've seen were inferior!

Greg Kourakos

I like the idea of having spell effects in the hands.

Bill Curran

I'm neutral on the open hands vs. spell effects, however if you go with open hands might I suggest a Kids in the Hall "I'm crushing your head" hand . Ex. https://imgur.com/gallery/zYA62DW

Hello Wil, thanks for your feedback! From the beginning we wanted to make something like mind flayers who make their equipment with chitins from the various monsters of the underdark. Umber Hulks, ankheg, giant worms and other arthropod and insect like monstruosities from the depths :)

Artisan Guild

Mind flayers are known to be psionic so I would prefer empty casting hands. If the hands were universal, I would consider, but Depth Ones look to have more clawed and 4 fingered hands. So they wouldn't be a mix and match hand to use for other races. So again, empty is my choice.

Greg Krywusha

Spellcaster hands need several different gestures: some spells require the caster to point at the target (according to D&D description), I always imagined the fireball cast with outstretched fingers and palm toward the target, and of course we all know how the lightning is cast - the way Emperor Palpatine does it, all fingers pointed at the target.

Fedor

Looking good. I hope you decide to offer as a poll option ghouls or vampires

Joe Kushner

Thay looking fantastic as normal I have shown the mind flayers to my dnd group thay love them The spell effects would be a good to have for all spell classes

gary

I love the look! The Depth ones are awesome! Open hands, Spell hands for sure!

Casey Gomez

Until you mentioned mind flayers I figured they were more Lovecraftian, ie deep ones but cool. Looking very cool though. As to the open hand vs spell effect, well I'm greedy, I'd like to see both, but I the open hand look with floating objects or crumpled enemies would be incredible too.

John Norton

I would love some spell effects as well as empty hands making some sort of motion. The sculpts look amazing.

Kilroy

I vote for empty hands, and I may be nit picking here, but a more bulbous end to the head, less pointed would be more in line with the species. Also perhaps a more...natural staff? Mindflayers live under ground, not in the ocean, so they probably wouldn't have access to sea creatures to make staffs with. More like tree roots and gems.

Wil

As far as spells, I like the hand pose with fingers and palms out, like shooting something from its hands.. If you have a palm up kind of pose, you could have something coming out of it.. Really like these sculpts!!

Illithid are psionic. Putting spell effects in their hands seems off.

Gil Breau

Definitely go with some tangible spells for the hands, as well as empty. Even if Mindflayers don't typically cast traditional magic, I don't think about is going to get upset about some badass spell hands.

Nick Porterfield

Man*

Pablo Ortega

Ooohhohohohoo! Nan! I am excited for these.

Pablo Ortega

Also, I'm all for the extra spell hands.

Tim

WOW... and these aren´t even the "Hero" sculpts? Awesome... I´d love to see some sculpted spell effects (Psi Bolts, some sort of fear spell and so on).

PupPen and Paper

Spells or open hands with fingers splayed out.

daSmug

wow, just wow.

Definitely spell effects preferred over open-hands.

Uhm magic hands that shot something like "waves of sound"?

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Le’s say that I am very curious on how the pinup version will turn out lol

Marie Rowland

Holy cow these look awesome! I’d pay so much to have a whole set of different guys/gals like these. As far as hands, are all types and kinds an option?

Michael

Didn't know how I'd feel about these ones, but so far I'm diggin them.

Tim