WizKids unveils Ravenloft miniatures line with painter-friendly Cthulhu set
WizKids’ Ravenloft line put Cthulhu on a 100 mm base with a wet, iridescent finish, while two three-figure packs brought Mi-Go, Shoggoths and Nightgaunts to retail.
WizKids leaned hard into painter bait with Ravenloft: The Horrors Within, headlined by a standalone Cthulhu Boxed Miniature that was built for grimy gloss work, eerie highlights and display-case drama. The figure sat on a Gargantuan 100 mm base, carried a wet-looking iridescent paint scheme, and was positioned as a centerpiece rather than a routine tabletop token.
The Cthulhu release anchored a broader Icons of the Realms lineup made up of three products: Eldritch Enemies of Ravenloft, Maddening Monsters of Ravenloft and the Cthulhu Boxed Miniature. WizKids set both monster packs at $49.99 each, with each box containing three miniatures. Eldritch Enemies of Ravenloft packed an Elder Thing, a Mi-Go and a Shoggoth, while Maddening Monsters of Ravenloft added a Gug, a Yithian and a Nightgaunt. ICv2 reported that the packs ranged from Medium on 25 mm bases up to Huge on 75 mm bases, giving painters a spread of silhouettes and textures that can be pushed with cold skin tones, corroded surfaces and hard-edged shadow work.
The Cthulhu miniature landed at $79.99 in its boxed form, while an unpainted version was listed at $69.99. WizKids’ storefront also posted a D&D Nolzur’s Marvelous Miniatures: Cthulhu pre-order at $69.99, adding another route for painters who wanted to tackle the model without factory color getting in the way. The company’s store listed its address as 603 Sweetland Ave., Hillside, NJ 07025, underscoring that this was a real preorder push, not just concept art for the shelf.
The timing tied neatly to the larger Ravenloft: The Horrors Within rollout. Wizards of the Coast’s WPN said the book was set for June 16, 2026, with local game store early access beginning June 2, 2026, and D&D Beyond framed the release as a major horror expansion with 7 subclasses, 11 feats, 4 backgrounds, 4 species, 17 one-shots, 68 monsters, 288 pages and 47 maps. D&D Beyond also traced Ravenloft back to Count Strahd and the Mists in 1983, which gives WizKids’ new monster wave real setting weight. For painters, the appeal is immediate: Mi-Go carapaces, Shoggoth slime, Nightgaunt wings and a Cthulhu sculpt that asks for gloss, translucency and a properly rotten finish.
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