Elara Swiftwing Bust by Great Grimoire

She's already three steps ahead of you — and that smile tells you she knows exactly how this ends.

• ✔ Large-scale display bust — significantly bigger than standard 32mm
• ✔ Resin printed fresh to order in the UK
• ✔ Supplied unpainted — ideal as a centrepiece painting project
• ✔ Designed for display shelves and painting competitions

Elara Swiftwing is a portrait in mischief. This bust captures her mid-thought: feathered hat tilted at a rakish angle, curling plume twisting skyward, and a smirk that suggests she's either just picked your pocket or is about to propose something deeply inadvisable. Her double-breasted military-style coat — buttoned and buckled to the collar — hints at a past that might involve a naval commission, a hasty resignation, and a very exciting warrant. She's the kind of contact your party keeps around because she always knows a guy, and because crossing her would be a profoundly poor decision.

As a display bust, Elara rewards painters with rich surface detail across her layered coat, the fabric textures of her scarf and straps, and a face full of personality — from those narrowed eyes to the loose waves of hair framing her expression. The pedestal base is clean and elegant, designed to sit at home on a shelf, a mantlepiece, or as the centrepiece of a painted bust collection. She also makes a brilliant visual reference for a halfling rogue, bard, or pirate NPC — the kind of character your players will remember by name.

• Want a character-driven bust with genuine painting depth and surface variety
• Are building a display collection of fantasy character busts
• Need an NPC portrait to bring a roguish contact or pirate fixer to life at the table
• Are looking for a gift for a miniature painter or TTRPG enthusiast
• Play or DM for a halfling rogue, bard, or pirate-themed campaign

Encounter Hook:
The party arrives at the dockside tavern to meet their contact — described only as "reliable, if expensive." Sitting alone at a corner table, nursing a drink she definitely didn't pay for, is a small woman in a military coat with a feathered hat and a smile that doesn't quite reach her eyes. Before anyone speaks, she slides a sealed letter across the table and says: "I know why you're here. The answer's in there. My fee's on the back. Don't negotiate — I already know what you were going to offer."

Details

What's included:
This listing is for the Elara Swiftwing display bust, sculpted at a scale suited to painter display projects. The bust comes mounted on a stepped pedestal base as shown. Supplied unpainted in grey resin — ready for your brushwork. Minor support marks are possible but the piece is fully cured and support structures are removed before dispatch.

Sculpted by Great Grimoire — visit their page to see more of their work.

The cats have multiclassed into Studio Manager and Ambient Presence. Both classes are maxed out.

A natural companion for player character minis and nautical campaigns enthusiasts — see more from Great Grimoire.

Ready to add this adventurer to your collection? Order today and we'll print it fresh for you here in the UK. 🐾🐈‍⬛🎲