Wizkids Baldurs Gate III MIniature Review - There's Something Off About That Ox...

After the incredible popularity of Baldur's Gate III, and with Wizkids returning to previous D&D 5e expansions, it was only a matter of time until players could get their hands on a set of Baldur's Gate minis focusing on characters from the incredibly popular video game by Larian, as well as the 5e adventure Baldur's Gate: Descent Into Avernus.

I received the Icons of the Realms: Baldur's Gate III Characters, the iconic party that adventures with your Tav, as well as eight of the Blind Boxes containing a mix of miniatures based on creatures you might see around Baldur's Gate, be part of the Descent into Avernus Adventure, or be important characters from Baldur's Gate III (including a suspicious looking Ox…).

Icons of the Realms: Baldur's Gate 3 Characters

The Baldur's Gate III Characters box comes with seven pre-painted miniatures highlighting the different BG3 party members along with Withers.

Each member of the party is sporting their iconic weapons; the large battle axe Karlach is holding against her body, Lae'zel holds her sword high above her head ready to strike, Shadowheart holding Selune's Spear Of Night out from her, and Astorion holding out one hand as if to invite you towards him while brandishing a dagger in the other.

For fans of Wyll he holds his sword outstretched as if mid-duel and is sporting the horns he can obtain early on for breaking his pact with his patron.

The outfits each character wears aligns with their promotional artwork meaning that even from a distance each is immediately recognizable and whether you want to purchase these minis to display or to throw the BG3 party in for a crossover at your own table you wont be disappointed.

Adventures From Baldur's Gate Miniatures

As with all Wizkids miniatures each blindbox has with it three Medium or Smaller miniatures and one Large miniature. There will always be some good multi-purpose stuff, while also ensuring you're going to get an impressive miniature to throw down at your table.

As I go through the different minis that I unboxed I'll break them out into generic Baldur's Gate creatures or those specific to Descent Into Avernus and those that fans of Baldur's Gate III will recognize.

Baldur's Gate Miniatures

For the more generic Baldur's Gate miniatures in the Small and Medium variety I opened:

• Imp
• Intellect Devourer
• Goblin Novice and Goblin Sharpshooter
• Two Duergar
• Two Bugbear Assassins, and
• Doppelganger

A thing I am always thankful for in the Blind Boxes are that there are a healthy number of standard enemies. Having a high-quality Wizkids miniature of a dragon is great for the few and far between times where that specific dragon will appear but the above listed minis could be used anywhere and everywhere.

The Goblins are of the yellow-skinned variety brandishing a club and a shortbow, allowing for visual differences (even if Novie and Sharpshooter don't exactly have a stat block outside of BG3).

The Large generic Baldur's Gate miniatures I opened include:

• Gnoll
• Warg
• Bear
• Minotaur
• Spectator, and
• Bulette

Again a fantastic range of miniatures. Bears for a random forest encounter (maybe it's a Druid in disguise), Gnoll once the party has adventured a bit further, and then for some deadlier encounters you can break out the Spectator and Bulette.

The design of the Bulette is completely different from the once previously included in Sand and Stone. Unlike the previous one, which was partially exposing itself from the ground that it's burrowed into, the new Bulette miniature stands totally above ground, showing off it's metal top coat that glistens in the light. Underneath its fleshier stomach is exposed.

Baldur's Gate III Miniatures

Of the miniatures that I got that were explicitly flavors of Baldur's Gate III for the range of Tiny to Medium sized creatures I opened:

• Dark Justicar
• Fist of Bane
• Flaming Fist Soldier
• Githyanki
• Halsin
• Hollyphant
• Necromyte of Myrkul
• Omeluum
• Orin the Red
• Priestess Gut
• Reaper of Bhaal
• Sovreign Glut
• Zevlor

For fans of the game there's plenty to be excited for from important named characters like Umeluum, Halsin, and Priestess Gut to the interesting enemies you'd encounter like the Flaming Fist Soldier.

I always enjoy when a character is posed in a way that allows you to understand who they are or what affinities they have. In this way Priestess Gut creating an arch of power over her head make it a really interesting piece for your table.

The Dark Justicar wears contrasting blacks with golden armor brandishing his sword and the Githyanki holds up a crossbow ready to strike. Putting so many of these characters together the theme of 'red' really does seem to show up a lot though.

The large Baldur's Gate III miniatures that I opened include:

• Lump The Enlightened
• Shambling Mound
• Slayer of Bhaal
• Strange Ox

I love how much of a strange mix of miniatures this is. Lump is great as an Ogre miniature but manages to also bring a smile as you remember the strange circumstance of an Ogre swallowing a Headband of Intellect. Likewise having the Strange Ox, that for all intents and purposes could be a simple Ox miniature, present in this collection brings back fond memories of strange conversations.

Taking a turn for the terrifying the Shambling Mount miniature here, while described generically has the same blueish light emanating from within like that of the Shadow-Cursed Shambling Mound. For something that is meant to be glowing blue I do wish they used a blue transparent plastic instead of just painting those areas blue.

The last of the giant minis was the Slayer of Bhaal, or simply a Slayer in Baldur's Gate III. This is one of those excellent miniatures that can be used for anything that you want to scare your players with. It looks fast, it can slice and dice, and will be able to easily throw your players around. A very nice and precise touch on close inspection is the almost orange glow from the eyes.

Wizkids Baldur's Gate III Miniatures Review | Final Thoughts

While the blind boxes advertise both Adventures From Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate III this set is really there for the fans of Baldur's Gate III. Every miniature, even the generic ones, will be more aligned with the models that you'll be more than familiar with if you've played Baldur's Gate III.

This sense of knowing is also extra fun when you'll pull these out in games to come and will get to be brought back to 

This review was completed with miniatures provided to TechRaptor by Wizkids. All photos were taken by the reviewer.