Wizkids Adult Adamantine Dragon Review - Steel Yourself For This Challenge

I don't think that I'm the only person to believe that you can never have enough dragon miniatures. While it's great to have some that reside in Dungeons, it's also important to have some Dragons coming from Planescape. Ahead of it's release we got to look at Wizkids Adult Adamantine Dragon in both it's painted and unpainted variant.

The Adult Adamantine Dragon, featured on the cover of last March's Pathfinder: Monster Core book, is one of the primal and skymetal dragons. This is a lumbering dragon caught in mid flight (and mid chomp) as it's elevated from it's 75mm clear base.

Looking over this dragon it's fierce at every angle. From the front you can see it's focused eyes and large gaping maw, claws are forward ready to strike, and even the points of it's wings and tail look like they're ready to dig in and cause some damage.

These fearsome tactics are reflected in the creatures stat block as well. With melee options for it's jaws, claw, and tail the miniature wants to make sure you're away to watch out for it's apendages.

Attacks Represented In Motion

All of that is not even mentioning what you can't see from the monster including an Avalanche Breath that will have the creature belching a mass of boulders (maybe some nice rocks from outside will accompany this dragon nicely).

A lot of incredible detail has been done on the Adamantine effects of the dragon. No matter which part of it you're looking at it's very clear to see where the flesh and scales of the dragon make way for the tougher metals that protrude from it's body.

Some particularly fantastic points of detail are the armoring around the neck, allowing enough protection while also giving the dragon full movement, down the tail and to the tip almost looking like a mace in its own right, and the sprawl of patterning on Adamantine chunks on the wing make it look just as beautiful as it is powerful.

For the texture I've seen a lot of work that Wizkids has done where through slightly rough patterning is able to recreate a feel somewhat similar to leather, here the bulkiness of the chunks of armor do a fantastic job to show just how sturdy an opponent this is.

The patterning and look of this dragon also do a great job of prompting the DM for not only their positioning, but understanding the scale and where a dragon such as this could be laying in wait. While we know that the Adamantine Dragon is proficient at digging whose to say a party moving through a quarry of metals doesn't walk by a pile that is in fact the dragon itself.

Unpainted And Primed To Fight

Alongside the painted edition I also got to see how it looks unpainted. For someone ready to challenge themselves this would be an excellent dragon form to lend some color to. While it retains it's powerful and imposing form you'll get to put your painting skills to the test trying to fill it out.

Quite interestingly, while I already loved the look of the Adamantine, skin, and color shift in the wings when you put the fully painted version next to the unpainted edition it shows you even more just how fantastic this dragon looks.

Adult Adamantine Dragon Review | Final Thoughts

It's always a good day when you can approach your RPG table and drop a dragon down before them. The Adult Adamantine Dragon is great because it can fit with almost any mountainous terrain, or even deep in mines where rare minerals could be found.

Wizkids has created an impressive dragon here that shows off the power of it's form, while also so perfectly nailing the aesthetic of the skymetal that covers this dragon from head to spiny tail.