Mac vs Vox Machina

Pike is a gnome cleric of Sarenrae, played by Ashley Johnson.

She is pretty small, being a gnome, and her skin is fair. Her hair is black with a purple streak, but turns white at some point. She has a scar across her left eye and lower torso.

She wears a blue and silver plate armour, and a symbol of Sarenrae around her neck that she uses to focus spells.

Keyleth, Voice of the Tempest, is a shy and socially inept Half-elf druid, played by Marisha Ray. She wields the, wait for it, legendary staff Spire of Conflux. She controls the elements.

She has fair skin with freckles on her nose and cheeks, green eyes and long red hair, crowned with a druidic circlet with antler appearence. She uses a long cloak made of dark green leathers and autumn-coloured leaves.

Silver tongued, quick witted and a master of deception, Scan is the bard of the group, hillariously played by Sam Riegel.

He is quite shorter than the rest of the group, and also much older. He is a tanned skin gnome with brown hair, usually wearing his iconic beret. His likes to wear purple and a open shirt, revealing his chest..

Vex’ahlia is a Half-elf ranger, twin sister of Vax and married to Percy, with who she has five children. She is played by Laura Bailey.

She is followed by Tricket, a loyal bear companion, who she rescued while he was still a cub.

She has long brown hair with a breided blue feathers offered by Vax, and wears the, wait for it, legendary bow Fenthras.

Vax’ildan, or just Vax, is a Half-elf rogue, twin brother of Vex, played by Liam O’Brien.

He resembles his sister, with long dark hair and hazel eyes, but his a lot more serious. He likes a good prank, though.

He uses a set of black leather with a trim of black feathers.

Percival Fredrickstein von Musel Klossowsky de Rolo III, or simply Percy, is a human gunslinger, played by Taliesin Jaffe. His family once ruled Whitestone, but they were murdered when he was still young. With the trauma, his hair turned white. He was given the knowledge to build firearms by a demon, who visited him in dreams.

He is married with Vex, and the two had five children.

He is described as having white hair (used to be brown), double-lensed glasses, and wearing a long dark blue and grey coat.

Trinket is a big brown bear wearing large armour plates, animal companion controlled byo Vex, an half-elf ranger who rescued him when he was still a cub.

The armour plate is made from metal that was harvested from a bulette by Grog and reforged by a dwarf blacksmith.

Grog Strongjaw is a Goliath Barbarian Fighter, physically the strongest member of Vox Machina.

Not bright, but smarter than most barbarians. He can actually read words with up to five letters long… sometimes.

He is described as grey-skinned with tattoos over is torso and bald head. Unlike other goliaths, he managed to grow a black beard, and is often portraid using lots of brown and red leather elements and an axe. When he gets enraged, his eyes turn bright red.

Briliantly portraid by voice actor Travis Willingham.

I’m sure many of you are fans, or at least familiar to Critical Role, a fantastic and very popular web series featuring a bunch of (mostly) voice actors playing Dungeons & Dragons, with  Matthew Mercer as Dungeon Master. While most of the shows were recorded, some episodes were made live, with audience, and absolute bonkers.

With the growing popularity, the web series expanded to a bunch of merchandise and even a cartoon!

The characters played in the show were made into little miniatures that weird people like us love to paint! These were produced in boxed sets by Steamforged Games a while back: one box for  Vox Machina (first season), and one box for the Mighty Nein (second season).

I believe they now produce other sets, some prepainted, but I dont have those. I do have, however, both the original sets, and Dungeonalia 2023 sounded like the perfect excuse to get back hobbying and paint the little dudes.

… and so I did. In this article I will be showcasing my version of the Vox Machina characters ! While I will try to stay close enough to the official colours and such, I will be taking some liberties.

The miniatures themselves are good, not great. The plastic used is a bit on the soft side, and while the sculpts are pretty great, the details on the castings lack a bit the “sharpness” that other materials can give. They are nice enough, though.

All of them are one single piece with the base tab included, and they come in a very nice rigid box with a clear plastic window, carefully acomodated in the respective slot in a plastic try.

The Vox Machina set featured here comes with 8 miniatures:

Pike, Keyleth, Vex’ahlia, Scanlan, Grog, Vax’ildan, Percy and Trincket.