Bullywog, Grippli, Squog- call them what you will, frogmen have been a part of D&D since 1981's Fiend Folio, although I'd imagine that the Old One Tsathoggua (which also inspired one of my favorite DCC patrons, Bobugbubilz, the Demon Lord of Amphibians) played a role in games before that. This particular frogman sculpt is
Mudcroak, Squog Shaman from Reaper Miniatures.
I painted him up as a Strawberry Poison Dart Tree Frog, as I liked the contrast between the red body and blue limbs. He does, however, have some pretty fearsome teeth that few tree frogs possess. Also, the gear he has seems more like that one would find around a coral reef- while frogs don't (to my knowledge) live there in this world, these must have adapted to salt water.
He's also got a fair amount of suitably shamanistic gear- ranging from sacks and dried grass to a pufferfish on a driftwood stick- well prepared to face meddlesome PCs...
This sculpt, along with a pair of warriors has been on my painting pile for a couple of years- I'd had trouble deciding when I purchased them how, exactly, I should paint them- I ran across a picture of some Poison Dart frogs recently, and decided it was high time they get completed.
They'll also go well with another figure on my stack- Reaper's Coral Golem. Perhaps the shaman has awoken his tribe's coral home to defend against attack, or as part of a small-sized force for Frostgrave's Ghost Archipelago.
Be sure to check out the miniature
on Etsy as well!
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