


Planning and some blu-tack will save a lot of problems here.

Painting wise, these are hard plastic models, so remember to prime the hard to reach bits before you glue it all together. Beholders if done poorly can look quite goofy, but this sculpt is all about the malice. It’s a flexible kit, so if you’re looking to make a regular bad-guy or something a bit more special, this is a great choice. The Framework’s sprues are crammed with features and you will end up with plenty of spare parts however these are the sort of spares that you’ll end up using else where and the whole range has been designed to be very compatible. This is a sprue kit and it’s interesting to see how Wizkid’s approaches this sort of thing compared to the likes of say, Games Workshop. Translucent plastic is included for those who want their beholder is casting spells all the time. They are plenty of options, from variant tongues to tentacles, and lot’s of ways one can cut into or resculpt portions of the model to achived the abomination you have in mind. This hard plastic kit certainly helps you achieve that. As such, when a DM introduces one of these horrors into a long running campaign, they’ll want to make it memorable. Beholders are meant to total maniacs powerful and malevolent almost alien beings that can easily wipe out a badly prepared party. These are one of Dungeons and Dragons more iconic monsters, being essentially a floating eyeball with teeth, which also has armour plated eye-stalks that can shoot a variety of weird magical effects. The Beholder is an excellent choice for a plastic kit. The Dungeons and Dragons Frameworks Beholder kit is a fantastic example of how far they’ve come, as it’s a multi-part plastic kit that you assemble, paint and modify yourself. The people at Wizkids are gamers and hobbyists themselves, and it’s clear that they’ve been looking to expand their range to include more options for a while. Gamers will frequently find themselves looking for a model that is almost perfect, and it’s harder to modify an already painted model. One of the frequent complaints that hobby gamers make about Wizkid’s output is that the pre-painted plastic models are pretty difficult to modify and adapt.
