If you're deep into a gothic horror campaign and need a batch of miniatures that are actually worth painting properly, this is one of those sets where you'll want to slow down and enjoy the process. The detail across all five sculpts is genuinely impressive — the kind of surface texture that takes washes and dry-brushing really well. Whether you're working in 28mm or 32mm, there's enough depth in the chainmail, rope coils, robes and facial expressions to make even a basic two-stage highlight look considered.
The bald warrior sculpt is probably the standout for painters — that chainmail tunic has a lovely rhythm to it, and the beast-skull shoulder piece gives you a brilliant focal point to push contrast. The stocky, bearded figure carrying a net and rope over his shoulder has a great casual weight to him, like he's wandered in from the docks. Both repay the time you put in.
The robed spellcaster holding a circular-topped staff in one hand and conjuring flame in the other is the kind of miniature that suits a villain or a morally ambiguous NPC equally well. Gothic horror settings have always leaned on that archetype — the learned figure who's gone just a little too far in pursuit of knowledge. It's a well-worn idea, but a sculpt this characterful makes it feel fresh again.
The remaining two are just as considered. The wide-brimmed hat figure tinkering with what looks like a mechanical or alchemical device — pack on back, rope at the hip — reads immediately as a tinkerer or artificer type. Then there's the unsettling older woman with wild hair and wide eyes, carrying a tray of wares, which works brilliantly as a sinister merchant NPC. That face alone is worth the price of entry. If you're building out a full cast of NPCs for a dark campaign, these fit right alongside our NPC and villager miniatures.
All five sculpts come from Tytan Troll Miniatures, a studio that consistently produces this kind of high-character work — each figure tells a story before you've even primed it. Supports are included in the files, which is a genuine time-saver if you're printing at home rather than buying physical.
If you're after something that leans more into the merchant side of the NPC roster, the Royal Merchants set by Epic Miniature is worth a look — different style, but a similar instinct for character over generic fantasy.
Five distinctive sculpts, genuinely paintable detail at every scale, and a set that covers warrior, spellcaster, tinkerer, fisherman and merchant in one bundle. If you're running anything with a dark, gothic edge, this is a set we'd pick up without hesitation.