What to use as a Brightblaze proxy?

By Madmartigan, in Descent: Journeys in the Dark

I have proxies for all of the familiars that need them. But I just got Bonds of the Wild, and I am having trouble finding something suitable to use as a Brightblaze proxy. Any ideas? Please post links.

Edited by Madmartigan

FF should really come out with a pack that has familiar miniatures. I know people would buy it. While we're at it, can't they make some villagers too? Can they not see the potential value?

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Second from right: Brightblaze #1

First from right: Brightblaze #2

I personally like the second one best out of the two.

FF should really come out with a pack that has familiar miniatures. I know people would buy it. While we're at it, can't they make some villagers too? Can they not see the potential value?

I want to buy this, make it!

I'm not sure if anybody is following this thread anymore, but I was able to find a pretty good brightblaze equivalent on Amazon or ReaperMini after some digging around. Unfortunately, it has wings, but the rest looks like the familiar.

http://smile.amazon.com/dp/B002ELX4KG

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With Careful cutting you can get this

With Careful cutting you can get this

Very impressive sir, it always bugged me a little bit that such a great mini was essentially under the Mage's mini and they gave us a token instead. Still, the original double mini is a great sculpt as is. Awesome work.

Edited by Luijod

I meant to post this a while ago. But my Challara was actually damaged when I bought the H&M pack. So FFG sent me a new one. And, instead of chucking the broken one I did the same thing. I just cut off the Challara portion of the figure, and filed down the residue. Here are the results.

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And there it is, my prayers have been answered! PRAISE KELLOS!

I am necroing this thread because it is the one that comes up the most in Google search when trying to find a Brightblaze proxy, so I figure it will be the most helpful to others:

Aside from the most ideal solution of removing the hero from Brightblaze as seen above, some other options could be:

Blue Wyrmling #29 Dragoneye DE_Blue_Wyrmling.jpg

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A basilisk of some kind. Sure it has a few extra legs, but it's either them or wings. s-l300.jpg

I didn't select these simply because they are blue (but that is convenient for those where painting is not an option), they just happened to be blue and the closest thing I could find to Brightblaze's appearance. It is really difficult to find a dragon type miniature without wings on the scale needed for this game.

I'm probably going with the Bluespawn Ambusher myself, and shave off the horn. Challara just spoiled him with a few too many dragon treats, that's all.

My Brightblaze (Bluespawn Ambusher) arrived today. I'm happy with it, fits in very well with the rest of the units. I will most likely repaint it once I begin painting in a few weeks. Here he is setup against a few other minis for size comparison:

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How about The Bloodseeker Drake from the D&D Boardgames? That's what I use.

DESCENT PROXIES these are the ones I use. The bright blaze is the drake from Legend of Drizzt.