Thri-Kreen Mage (Avangion Nimbus) Bust by Primal Collectibles

In the scorched wastes beyond the last city, something ancient and alien spread its veined wings and reached out with a clawed hand — and the party realised, too late, that the desert itself had been watching them.

• ✔ 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

Nimbus is an Avangion — a being that has transcended mortal form through the pursuit of arcane knowledge, becoming something neither wholly insectoid nor entirely divine. Part Thri-Kreen, part cosmic horror, part desert god, this bust captures the creature mid-manifestation: one hand raised with grasping, elongated fingers crackling with unseen power, the other hanging loose at its side with predatory patience. A ceremonial collar and spherical pendant hint at ancient rank, while the exposed, sinuous torso and tattered loincloth speak to a creature that long ago left physical comfort behind. The skull-like, antlered head — blank compound eyes staring forward — completes a silhouette that is deeply unsettling and utterly compelling in equal measure.

Printed in full display scale, the reverse of the bust is just as striking as the front — the enormous bat-like wings are a network of intricate membrane veins, rendered with the kind of detail that rewards a careful hand with an airbrush or dry-brush technique. This is a painter's piece as much as a collector's trophy, and it earns its place on any shelf it occupies.

Perfect for adventurers who:

• Paint display busts and want a genuinely distinctive subject
• Are building a collection around desert, wasteland, or Dark Sun-adjacent themes
• Need a visually arresting Avangion, elder Thri-Kreen, or alien archmage for their campaign
• Want a centrepiece NPC that will make their players genuinely uneasy

Encounter Hook:
The party have been hired to retrieve a stolen artefact from a crumbling ziggurat at the heart of the Ashfields. When they reach the sanctum, they find Nimbus already there — suspended in the air, wings fully spread, turning the artefact slowly in one clawed hand. It doesn't look at them when it speaks. It doesn't need to. It already knows why they've come, and it has been waiting far longer than they have been alive.

Details

What's included:
One Nimbus Avangion Thri-Kreen Mage Bust from Primal Collectibles' Wasteland range, printed at display scale on a sculpted pedestal base. Supplied unpainted in grey resin. Support marks are removed as standard; minor surface imperfections inherent to the medium may occasionally be present and are straightforward to address before painting.

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