SPOILER ALERT TO MY ADVENTURERS! The following post contains spoilers for the up and coming campaign. You may want to avoid this post and join me in a future one.

This morning I attempted to do layers on the battle crab model.

The colours went from Flat Red to Pure Red to Lava Orange. Which I then used a Red tone wash with to blend the layers together. Or attempt to.

I did dry brush some of the Lava Orange after I applied the wash. And applied some Blood Splatter paint to the tips of the metal spikes and the blade on the tiny claw.

Naturally I can only see the mistakes. Like the odd hard to reach bit that I failed to get to. Luckily that stuff has to be examined up close. On the table this looks pretty good.

The initial Flat Red layer could have been thinner, allowing a wider Pure Red layer. With the wash it now looks a more slightly gradient red. Not the intended look I was initially envisioning. In some spots the wash is awful.

There are other mistakes but I won’t bore you with them.

Now what stats to use? The Storm King’s Thunder campaign book has stats for a Hulking Crab.

While the Monster Manual has a Giant Crab.

What I think I need is something in the middle. This is meant to be for level 1 characters. So I’m feeling an AC of 16 (Natural Armour) with an HP between 20 – 30. I think it should have multi attack, but more the Giant Crab stats for Claw, and not the Hulking Crab Claw stats.

I think that should do it.

Really stoked to see the players face if they get to see it.