This is a fun sculpt that looks like it's only in the Bones line from Reaper. I did some generic searching and looked through the Dark Heaven Legends line as well as the Warlords line and didn't come across a metal version of this sculpt - which is too bad, the metal version of this model would be great. My only other critique is that I think it would be more fun if the skull was enlarged just a bit.
This model makes a great figure for the Flameskull monster which finally made its way out of a Forgotten Realms specific monster book and into generic Dungeons and Dragons lore. It's used spectacularly in the 5e basic set in the Mines of Phandelver introductory campaign module - which, in my opinion, is the best "starter" module from any edition of Dungeons and Dragons - it's going to go down as a classic. I had so much fun with this guy in our home game that I'm going to figure out how to use him again in another campaign.
Painting - normally I would have a really good set of instructions and paint used. This model confounded me a bit. I was expecting this one to be a quicky; but it went through a few variations and tried a bit of layering, washing, drybrushing - pretty much all the tricks. I also couldn't get the exact colors I was wanting to use - the picture in the monster manual had some blue and white flames in there as well and I just couldn't get it to look right. In the end, I used the Retro Emerald color which was distributed at ReaperCon 2017 mixed with various amounts of Solid White. As this is supposed to be a flame, the inside would have the white with the darker green towards the ends. I then did a splash of a watered down green on my cobblestones to give the aura of the flame playing across the dungeon.
The end result is alright and I'll look forward to using this guy often.
Kickstarter paint total: 109 + 1 Lich = 110
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