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Pathfinder Battles Preview: Devils of the Sea

Friday, May 17, 2013

The Skull & Shackles Adventure Path features a lot of "proper" devils from the Hells, but it also features a LOT of SEA devils. While these aquatic menaces are not lawful evil outsiders proper, their sharp teeth and evil looks make the name fit quite well. WizKids did a great job translating these creatures into prepainted plastic for the Skull & Shackles set of Pathfinder Battles figures, and I'm thrilled to show them all to you today.

As we continue to do these sets, it becomes more and more clear to me that I should take the opportunity to do as many of the same type of creature at the same time that I can. That way, similar creatures look "of a kind" to one another because they're based on unified art, and are often sculpted by the same sculptor. Likewise, all similar figures are painted based on paint masters painted by the same artist (in this case the excellent Chris Hart, who also did all the masters for the Shattered Star and Rise of the Runelords sets.

Here's an early look at three of those paint masters for the Skull & Shackles set!

Here we have the Sea Devil, a common rank-and-file member of this hideous undersea race. Watch out for his trident. It's pokey. This is a Medium common figure.

Liven up the ranks of your Sea Devil invasion force with this Sea Devil Champion, also Medium and also common.

Every invasion force needs a leader, and in this case we've got The Matron, one of the greatest figures in the Pathfinder Battles line according to yours truly and all the folks here at Paizo who have seen it. Chris really did a great job on the painting for her, and you guys are going to freak when you have her in hand. This Large figure is slated at the rare rarity.

That's it for this week. Set up an ongoing Pathfinder Battles subscription today to make sure you don't miss a single figure! The full set is slated to release this summer!

Erik Mona
Publisher

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This preview... Wow! Three for three!

Although I already have some PPM sea devils, they're a race that attacks in large numbers, so being able to add some variety is nice. I love these. Love, love, love them.

AWESOME! Love these, really. And while there are already sahuagin out there, they're pricey to get ahold of, so an infusion of relatively inexpensive common sahuagin is going to help a lot of people out. This set looks better and better.

Nice!

I'm kind of stocked up on Sahuagin, but maybe I'll donate a few extra to a friend and tag these guys in ^^

Good sculpts regardless!

Beautiful sculpts - the Champion is particularly nice.
I love the little sea critters on the Matron's staff... it's little details like that that really make a figure.

I've never purchased a case of pre-painted figures before (or even that many singles) but I am going to have to scrape up the coin for this set. Keep up the good work!
Liberty's Edge

Wow, these are amazing! I love them!

And, as an aside, not only will these minis be perfect for Skull & Shackles, they will also be PERFECT for

shameless plug:
The Sunken Pyramid which comes out next month :)

I can always use more Sahuagin, although the Matron doesn't really fit that race too well. The other two are great.

these look really good. I've wanted to do a sea campaign for a while and this set is giving me the tools I need. Great job guys!
Pathfinder Adventure Path, Rulebook Subscriber

Glad to see a "new" infusion of sea devils (sahuagin) in this set (was pretty sure we would though) ... it is a shame ... I was hoping for a "four-armed" mutant sahuagin ... and maybe a malenti ... but at least the WotC PPM had a four-armed mutant ... so I'm good to go there.

my next guess for a future preview ... a sea hag? (The hags have been under-used in PPM in my opinion).

Not to "thread-jack" but I'd like to go on record and ask that the set after this one (that's supposed to be more "generic" i.e. not AP based) have a green hag and an annis hag in it. (That would at least complete the hags). :)

~Dean
Sovereign Court Developer

Look closely! The Sea Devil Champion does have four arms!

I like the Matron as she is. When used in conjunction with the Baron, she'll fill in nicely as a witch or shaman. I can always use more Sahuagin, and these guys look great. The Champion's armor is a very nice touch.
Pathfinder Maps, Pathfinder Accessories, Starfinder Society Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber

A "malenti" would be identical to an aquatic elf. So you could use an aquatic elf mini...if those existed! I would love to see some aquatic elves! I think they would be a great addition for some future set. As for now, these sahuagin will add to my collection nicely!

Fish have boobs?
Paizo Employee Publisher, Chief Creative Officer

No. But this thing isn't exactly a fish.

I like the comment about doing a "batch" of one race in a single set. I think the increase in consistency amongst similar figures is worth paying the price of decreased variety in the set overall.
Shadow Lodge
Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Pathfinder PF Special Edition Subscriber

I agree its great to see the multiples showing up. I don't see it as reducing the variety though. I think any large encounter with minis needs at least two types on the table to lend a little varety. Having a standard and champion does that perfectly. In hope we get another lizardman and a boggard to match the two out there already. Perhaps another kobold, troglodyte and bugbear as well.

All 3 sea devils look great and continue the trend of fantastic minis in this set. The amount of detail on that base Sea Devil is remarkable, considering ti's a common. Same with the champion. As fr the Matron I was expecting a mini of course, but that one is simply beautiful(?). I'm also glad to see the PC brigade skipped this one. It was a let down for the lamias to see the oddly positioned strips of cloth and armour used to render the minis in Runelords less risque (cleverly placed hair would have been better).

The large minis in this set have set a real standard that's I think will be hard to match. 31 of 55 minis down and you can color me very, very impressed.
Pathfinder Adventure Path, Rulebook Subscriber
Rob McCreary wrote:
Look closely! The Sea Devil Champion does have four arms!

OMG! I totally missed that. Thanks Rob. :)

Cat-thulhu wrote:
I agree its great to see the multiples showing up. I don't see it as reducing the variety though.

What I mean is that having multiples of one race of monster necessarily implies fewer races being covered within the set.

I think that's a good trade off.

I hope people really do like these. I will have some for trade once my case comes in. Just not my cup of tea as they say.

But overall I still like this set.
Grand Lodge

Considering the Matron is prominent in book two of S&S, and the mini looks a lot like the artwork, she is perfect. Add the common and the champion and you have what is needed for the encounters in the module. For someone who is planning on running the AP, and doesn't have the miniatures this is an ideal opportunity to get exactly what is needed. For me, though I have a nice number of DDM Sahuagins, I like the unique Pathfinder style and prefer to use them when I one day plan to run the AP. The DDM versions will compliment and fill out the ranks. And I am very pleased to see a female version for these "monstrous humanoids" . Female versions of monsters are sorely lacking in prepainted miniatures.
The Exchange

Wow this is awesome. I missed out on the dungeons and dragon miniatures, so I'm in need of sahuagins for any adventure. This is one amazing set with a lot of detail. It will be hard to beat.
Dark Archive

They are really detailed and look amazing! Great job, Erik! :)
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