Earlier this year, I wrote a set of rules for using cockatrices in all of my games and released it to my
Patreon supporters (where you can still get it). At the time though, I didn't own a cockatrice miniature. I just wasn't that fussed with any that I had seen. Then someone pointed out this one, which comes from
Anno Domini 1666, a board wargame from Poland. I actually ended up buying the whole game after demoing it a Pyrkon, but I also picked up the little expansion box that had the cockatrice. This doom-chicken is the plastic version, but it painted up really nice. I can definitely see this guy landing in a game of
The Silver Bayonet,
Frostgrave, and
Rangers of Shadow Deep. When you've got a cool model like that - you've got to use it!
(The other figure is also from the Anno Domini 1666 game, though it is metal).
Cluckin' heck!
ReplyDeleteI still prefer the old Reaper metal version (which I think got a cheap Bones port) where the thing's about the size of a regular (albeit bat-winged) rooster. Between them and a collection of Ral Partha AD&D catoblepuses (catoblepi? catoblepoose?) I had a nice set of exotic farm animals for my Gray aliens to attempt to mutilate to their lasting regret. One of the best things about Grays is that you don't really need to repaint them when they get petrified.
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