Picture this in your next coastal or underdark encounter: your players spot what looks like a hunched, ugly troll trudging toward them — staff in hand, fish strapped to its back, honestly looking more like a nuisance than a threat. Then it opens. And what they thought was a troll is very much not a troll.
That's the setup the Fisher Troll Mimic is built for. Cast n Play have put out two sculpts in one package here — the regular Fisher Troll and the Mimic variant — and both are genuinely impressive pieces of work. The standard troll is all slouched menace: hunched posture, a bundle of sticks or bones in one hand, dead fish draped over its back, rope bindings at the wrists. Rough-looking, textured, grumpy. Exactly what a river troll should be.
The Mimic variant is where things get properly wild. It's rearing up on its hind legs, mouth split wide open — and that mouth is the whole game. There's a huge gaping maw, tongue lolling out, teeth visible. The fish it was 'carrying' has peeled back to reveal fins and claws. It reads as a creature caught mid-reveal, which is brilliant for staging a dramatic moment at the table. Both sculpts sit on detailed rubble bases that add to the sense of environment without being too busy.
The mimic as a concept has been around in folklore and fantasy for a long time — creatures that disguise themselves as something harmless or familiar to get close to prey. Usually it's a chest. A troll-shaped one is a genuinely fresh angle, and it plays differently at the table because the players have to decide whether to engage or avoid before they know what they're dealing with. That ambiguity is good game design dressed up as a miniature.
At 134mm tall for the Mimic sculpt, this is a large creature — genuinely imposing on the board. If you're building out a river encounter, a fishing village gone wrong, or a stretch of coastline with something lurking in it, this fits beautifully. It also works well for underdark sessions where players expect the unexpected. For a different flavour of deceptive monster, Tytan Troll's Chest Mimic is worth a look if you want to run a dungeon full of things that aren't what they appear.
We stock a solid range of these kinds of creature from Cast n Play — if you want to browse more of their work, their full collection on our site is worth a look. Consistently detailed sculpts, good variety of scale, and they design well for both resin printing and FDM. The Fisher Troll Mimic is available as a pre-printed miniature ready for painting — suggested base size is 100mm, which is listed on the product page.
If you're running anything near water, or just want a monster that earns its surprise round, this one's a brilliant addition to your collection. Pick it up from our mimic miniatures range and give your players something to genuinely second-guess.