Showing posts with label Wailing Writher. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wailing Writher. Show all posts

Friday, June 5, 2026

Revisiting the Wailing Writher

In 2009, I was hired to design a series of miniatures for Fantasy Flight Games. They were gearing up to make plastic minis of all of their Arkham Horror/Call of Cthulhu monsters, and I was at the right place at the right time to get the bulk of them. It was a fun project with a lot of freedom for a grotesquely small amount of pay. And then nothing. It wouldn't be until 2011/12 for the monsters to finally be released as unpainted figures in board game sets and as fully painted premium minis. By and large, they all turned out great, and I still look back at them favorably. As it has been 17 years since I made the art and 15 years since they were eventually released, I thought it would be nice to revisit some of them. Next up in alphabetical order, we have the Wailing Writher. Here is my design and the final miniature.

Wailing Writher
12 x 9 - Pencil on paper - 3 separate drawings
Arkham Horror Monsters / Mansions of Madness 
© 2009 Fantasy Flight Games

The Wailing Writher miniature

And, as an added bonus, something I have never shared before, here are the thumbnails that I created for this piece. Over the past 17 years, I had forgotten how loose and sketchy these were.

Wailing Writher  - Thumbnails
Arkham Horror Monsters / Mansions of Madness 
© 2009 Fantasy Flight Games

That's all for another exciting week on the blog. See you back here on Monday! Until then...

For more samples of my work or to contact me regarding my availability, head over to my website: www.christopherburdett.com

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Arkham Horror Monsters - Wave 2 (Part 1)

Wave 2 of the Arkham Horror Monsters - Premium Figures are now available over on the Fantasy Flight Website. I mention this fact because I designed five of the miniatures in this new set! Today I have for you three of the five monsters, the Skinless One, Gnoph-Keh, and Wailing Writher. Here are the miniature turnarounds...

Skinless One
© 2012 Fantasy Flight Games

Gnoph-Keh
© 2012 Fantasy Flight Games

Wailing Writher
© 2012 Fantasy Flight Games

I took some pictures of the miniatures so you can compare how the finals turned out compared to my designs. It is always interesting to see what has changed and how my designs were interpreted by the sculpture. I think overall of these three I am most pleased with the Wailing Writher, it was miniature I was really looking forward to and I really like the monster as well. See for yourself...

Skinless One Miniature

Gnoph-Keh Miniature

Wailing Writher Miniature

I worked on all these way back in 2009 and I have had to be very patient every since. It is just a real treat that they are finally being released and I don't have to share the designs as a project that 'could have been'. I really love to work on miniature projects and to hold the resulting miniature in my hands and it is that much more of a let down when the project does not see the light of day. Needless to say the wait has been worth it for these, it is really exciting to be able to finally enjoy the final product and to share the work that I put into them.

That is all for a madness filled Wednesday, see you back here on Friday for the rest of the miniatures that I designed for this set! Until then...

For more samples of my work or to contact
me regarding my availability head over to my website: www.christopherburdett.com