Villager 02 Fighting by Novaminis

When the raiders came, the village had no guards — only farmers with axes, fury, and nowhere left to run.

• ✔ Multi-miniature bundle — multiple variations in one order
• ✔ 32mm scale resin, printed fresh to order in the UK
• ✔ All pieces supplied unpainted and ready to prime
• ✔ Great value for building out encounter groups or display collections

This bundle brings a vivid slice of village desperation to your tabletop. The Villager 02 Fighting set from Novaminis captures ordinary folk in extraordinary — and dangerous — circumstances. These are not soldiers; they are labourers, craftsmen, and farmhands who have grabbed whatever came to hand and decided to stand their ground.

The sculpts show men in rough-stitched tunics and workman's boots, caught at different moments of a brutal confrontation. One stands wide-eyed and braced, clutching a broad-headed hand axe in a white-knuckle grip. Another strides forward mid-stride, shield in hand, jaw set with grim resolve. A third has fallen — sprawled on the ground, axe dropped beside him — telling the story of how badly a village brawl can go. Each pose carries genuine weight and character, reading clearly on the table from across the room.

Whether your party is riding to the rescue, stumbling into the middle of a riot, or discovering the aftermath of a bandit raid, these miniatures tell a story without a single word of narration. Paint them in muddy earth tones and worn linen, or push them darker for a mob gone wrong. They work just as well as a display vignette on a painting shelf as they do populating the streets of a besieged settlement.

• Bringing life to a village riot or bandit-raid scene
• Representing civilian militia or desperate townsfolk rising up
• Adding grounded human drama alongside larger monster encounters
• Painting as a matched vignette group for display or competition

Encounter Hook: The party arrives in the market town of Veldmere to find two factions of townsfolk locked in a violent dispute over water rights — one man already down, others circling with axes and shields. De-escalation requires quick talking; failure means rolling Initiative against frightened, furious commoners who have nothing left to lose.

Details

This is a bundle listing containing multiple miniature variants of the Villager 02 Fighting sculpt by Novaminis. Two SKU options are available: one supplied with a plain base, and one without a base — choose the option that suits your basing style. All pieces are supplied unpainted and ready to prime. Supported and unsupported files are available from the artist; these prints are produced from the supported files for clean, reliable results.

Sculpted by Novaminis — visit their collection to see more of their work.

Pairs well with NPC townsfolk and grassland and plains encounters — or explore more from Novaminis.

The cats rolled for Initiative at the start of every working day. They always go first. This is simply how it is now.

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