Balagos Gargantuan Ancient Red Dragon - WizKids D&D Icons of the Realms Prepainted Minis

Only got Avreiaturace a couple weeks ago and was blown away by her size now looking at this I’m debating taking out some loans to get him XD

Thoughts on the paint job from a pro painter: It works fine for a normal mini, but for a premium figure it’s kinda terrible. Needs way more highlights and washes, the wing fade transition doesn’t pack enough punch (I’d go even darker with it), and it generally needs work. It’s such an amazing mini tho so if you can, I’d recommend definitely doing all of the above.

Oh and quick correction Theo, ancient red dragons are CR 26, not 24. So more like Demogorgon, Orcus, and Zariel in power.

BIG BOY

Really want to see what's in that spelljammer mini box!

Awe, he’s such a little baby compared to the old Colossal Red dragon

I got mine yesterday, the tail doesn't stay put

Balagos looks pretty cool and have an ok paint job but the price... is really overpriced for what it is. If it cost a max of $200 maybe I would buy it but for $400 is a big nope.

Awesome mi.. mega! I wish and hope for the Copper and Brass adult pre painted dragons coming soon. Also potential for the Brown desert dragon and the Gray fang dragon too. Heck the Brown and Gray chromatics have more official art, attention and backstory than 3 major chromatic dragon colors Yellow ( coast, salt breath ), Orange ( jungle, sodium cholride breath ) and Purple (underground explorer energy breath NOT confused with deep dragon which is fungi breath and more secluded, both hoards intel and lore though ) And dont forget the extra main Metallic and Gem dragons Wotc/ Wizkids could release! Jacinth gem dragon, the Ruby leader of em, metallic osmium, steel etc. I would buy all of them in a heartbeat!! To show support and not just for the standard known 5 x Metallic, Chromatic and Gem dragons. Someone alredy have accounts, flood the D&D folks at Twitter, discord, D&D forums etc I and others wants its muches. I just stay away from Twitter.

Use him for ashardalon in Bastion of souls from 3.5!

There is a reason they didn't use Klauth! He's too big. 🙃
Having done a ton of research and measuring in preparation for Klauth making an appearance in my ToD game, it turns out that Klauth is substantially larger than most ancient red dragons, definitely in the Greatwyrm category. Where typical ancient red dragons measure about 120+ feet long from nose to tail, he's closer to 600 ft. This is both because he's one of the oldest dragons alive and because he knows a secret magical technique to increase in size and power by eating other dragons' eggs. So a to-scale "mini" of Klauth, at 1 inch = 5 in-game feet, would be 10 real-world feet long from nose to tail. 5 times the size of Balagos here.
I had to use a virtual tabletop, zoomed out to a map 1000x1000, to do him justice.

A mini of impressive scale. Though I gotta say, the paint job is not blowing me away, especially for the price. Where I live, it costs $479 that is...insane. Even the regular price feels like a crazy gouge. If an unpainted version is reasonable, I might pick it up, but I doubt it will be. It truly is an impressive "mini", but I can't reason my way to paying that much for what you get.

Thanks for all the nice shots of scale, and the close ups. Excellent work as always.

I sure hope they finally come out with the Gargantuan Ancient Black Dragon.

Just FYKI, according to the Fizban's book, Klauth is considered a Greatwyrm, meaning he is even bigger and more powerful than Balagos, an Ancient Dragon, since he discovered and merged with echoes of himself from other universes. He should be physically different too, being immersed with fire and magma.
Those black plastic holders are interesting, so they ensure the holes where the wings go do not warp? Nice!

Mine came in and I was less than pleased. The wings were extremely difficult to seat, and I’m still very worried they will pop out. The tail does not stay attached at all. I emailed customer service and have heard nothing but crickets.

May I ask what terrain you have used to make tgat waterfalls scene there?

Is anyone else disappointed with him in comparison to the Colossal red Dragon mini that was shown next to Balagos? Like Wizards just bring out that old one and start making that one again. It's so much cooler then this guy.

Ridiculous price!!!!!!!!! Nope

Absolutely breathtaking

I know people are asking for Spelljammer, and I get it. But that’s still another month out from release. I’d love to see you get up things that have already released, like the Elder Elemental Phoenix.

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nice review; mine is in the mail. I have to say I really really like wiz kids switching to clear bases for all their mini's makes my DF terrain really stand out. Please do the spelljammer minis when you get your review boxes.

Awwwww you guys 💕💕💕💕💕
Thanks for adding in the models I gave you, it made my week!

I had to return mine...terrible terrible quality

Seriously Theo, don't ever ever ever think something is out of your league! Both you and Grady are extremely intelligent, creative, and hard working young men!

I'm sorry I wasn't able to be there on Friday, but I just know you did fine!

Never trivialize what great of an accomplishment both of your hard work has brought to fruition with your channel! I hope if you remember one thing from when the 3 of us had dinner it would be when I told you that people can see the passion you have for the hobby in your videos, they can see you for the genuine person that you are, and are grateful for the wonderful entertainments you provide for us!

It’s so dumb they didn’t make him klauth

I love the Dwarven Forge terrain you put together to showcase.

Gives me Vahdrak vibes from DOTA: Dragons Blood

This dragon would be best displayed as a statue just by itself

Going to try to watch this tonight, however I'm going to have to watch it later next week again after my eye procedure. I thought it was the 16th but looking like the 9th so as soon as I can see a bit better i plan to enjoy another great video. Again thanks guys

Honestly seems pretty small for the price, seems like over half the overall size is wing, and Arvy is half the price but somehow the same size? And Arvys original price was only $100, that's a third of what they're charging for this one. There's no reason this mini should cost almost as much as Tiamat (which is already way overpriced in my opinion)

Avreiaturace is a similar size, just differently posed. I didn't see any issues with her paint. She also has the extra claw details as well as the rider and a rather nice looking saddle. Her price was/is $129. Why on earth is this one SO much more? It is absurd to have such a massive price jump.

I'd argue that Tiamat, having all 5 heads would warrant a few extra $$, but really? Nearly 4 times as much for that model?

Don't even get me started on the demon lords. Jubilex looks like someone coughed up some flem, then 3d scanned it. $70.

Demogorgon is huge sized. His model is going to be $80. The white dragon is/was $70.

Wizkids be gettin a bit too greedy.

4 minutes combined self-plugging, less than 3.5 mins on the mini. Then the outro.

Not your best video, Theo. At least there are time stamps, I suppose.

A "mini" that size needs to start paying rent for the space it'll take up

$300!!! Wizkids has lost their minds chasing whales.

It's awesome to have another massive Red Dragon. I loved the Colossal Red, so having something new to rival it after all this time is basically the coolest thing ever.

It's a beautiful mini. Anyway, I am a little dissapointed, because he is just big. The other ancient dragon has his fire breath; arveiaturace has his rider. Balagos has just his size. Even his position is very similar to the position of the normal adult red dragon. So, it's nice, but it is not as good as it could be.

Tomato toemoto I pronounce it "bell a goes" the red.

I bought one... My wallet hurts, It definitely looks worth every penny tho.

Honestly he's kind of a disappointment i was hoping they'd beat the old red by now but it seems the old red is still the best one to get, and seeing far cheaper minis be bigger then he is is rather disappointing and by size i mean the body the wings being outstretched feels like a trick to make you think these dragon minis are far bigger mini then they actually are, feels like its mostly wings when you look at them. The og isnt even much more.

The paint need more shades

Just got this one unpainted for my Tyranny of Dragons campaign but the wings dont seem to fit unfortunately anyone know what I should do 😂?

I'm a n00b to DnD. Bought the Essentials kit plus DM guide, Monster guide and Player's Guide. Then went apesh1t crazy on dragons. Bought: Tiamat Premium, Aspect of Tiamat, Gargantuan Tiamat, Bahamut, Young Bronze, Adult Bronze, Adult Silver, 2 Adult Gold, Elemental Evil- Ancient Silver, Adult Sapphire, Adult Emerald, Adult White, Adult Black, Adult Red, Adult Green, Pathfinder Battles: The Mwangi Expanse - Adult Cloud Dragon, Pathfinder Battles: Impossible Lands - Adult Umbral Dragon, Mythic Odysseys of Theros - Polukranos, and 2 Crystal Wyrmlings. Last two figures I need/want are Bagalos and DracoHydra, order those this week. Wish Bahamut came in a gargantuan sized.

I Could have sworn I already commented on this video. Thumbs up for the review, but there is no way I'm paying $250-300 for this, not when I got Arvy for $105. Also, I absolutely hate the pose on those wings, how the heck is anyone supposed to display that thing?

Nice model, but it's priced stupidly high for what you get.

My right elbow wing spikes came unpainet and was only red. How do i fix this

i wish my one came as good as yours with the paint job that wizkids did.

The old Colossal Red is still the king on the tabletop. It doesn't show as well from just the front but the wings are just about as big as the Gargantuan but they are also curving forward and around the base. When you put a player's model right in front they are blocked on three sides. It really feels like they are trapped. The new model is a beautiful display piece but the pose doesn't say "fight" so much as "Look at my majesty"

The wings look awesome.