Villager 04 Fleeing by Novaminis

When the monsters arrived, not everyone reached for a sword — some grabbed a rake and decided that was good enough.

• ✔ 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

Villager 04 Fleeing is a character study in ordinary people pushed to extraordinary moments. This bundle from Novaminis includes four separate sculpts of the same brawny peasant, each capturing a different stage of a desperate confrontation — a man who started his morning with a rake and somehow ended up in the middle of a fight he definitely did not plan for.

The four poses span the full arc of the encounter: one figure stands warily, rake in hand, assessing the threat; a second has committed fully, winding up to bring that farm implement down with both hands; a third charges forward in a wild lunge; and a fourth lies fallen, face down, rake beside him on a spiked base. Together they tell a complete story, making this bundle as useful for dynamic encounter staging as it is for diorama building.

Novaminis sculpt with a sharp eye for character and physicality — the thick-set build, the rolled-up sleeves, the belt buckles worn at the knee — every detail reads as working-class medieval, not heroic fantasy. These are people who till fields and mend fences, and it shows in every line of the sculpt. The rakes themselves are beautifully detailed, each one distinct, from a fine-tined garden rake to a heavier, spiked wooden version.

Whether you need panicked townsfolk fleeing a dragon attack, an angry mob confronting the party, or civilian casualties for a morally complex encounter, this set delivers the raw material. They also make an arresting display piece — the fallen figure in particular would anchor a small diorama with real narrative weight.

Equally at home on the gaming table or the display shelf, this is a bundle that earns its place in any collection.

Adventurers who'll find this bundle invaluable:

• Dungeon Masters staging village raids, riots, or peasant uprisings
• Storytellers who want NPCs that feel lived-in and grounded
• Painters who enjoy characterful, non-heroic subjects with strong narrative poses
• Diorama builders looking for a dramatic sequence of civilian action

Encounter Hook: The party arrives at a village already mid-chaos — a figure charges past them screaming, a body lies face-down in the mud, and two more locals are brandishing farm tools at something just out of sight around the corner. Someone has to find out what happened here, and whoever did it might still be close.

Details

This bundle includes four 32mm scale resin miniatures: a standing pose (rake held upright), a winding-up overhead strike pose, a forward-charging pose, and a fallen/defeated pose. Two base options are available: plain base (SKU N-VILLAGER-04-FLEEING-PB, £4.50) and no base (SKU N-VILLAGER-04-FLEEING-NB, £4.00). All figures are supplied unpainted and unassembled where applicable. Supported and unsupported files are both available from the original artist.

Sculpted by Novaminis — visit their collection to explore more characterful miniatures from this artist.

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

Every miniature leaves our studio having been judged by at least one cat.

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