Vermin! Rats and Giant Spider

As every low level adventurer knows, at some point you're going to have to go into an inn's basement and kill some rats. Here are six such oversized rats, with a nervous local for scale.

The imaginatively named "Rats (6)" from Reaper Miniatures come in a pack of six. They're the soft plastic Bones material, which I love. They painted up quick and easy and are ready to be a source of much needed experience points for the less fortunate (and less leveled).

And on the topic of common RPG monsters, here's a giant spider, with an unaware local for scale.

This is some kind of Dollar Store spider that I've had in a drawer for probably two decades. It started out bright green, but it had a good texture to its skin. I painted it up with a black undercoat, three drybushed greys, a little bit of drybrushed white, and some maroon for the eyes, back, and the tips of the legs. There's no base on this little beastie, but it fits in a two inch square pretty well, so it's a nice "large" monster for D&D.

Next time, some classic undead!