Wharfling 28mm D&D Miniature — Resin Tabletop Figure

Crouched low on the pier's edge, the Wharfling is a hunched, wiry creature of damp rope and salt-crusted skin — all sunken eyes and too-wide grin, reeking of low tide and mischief. These waterfront scavengers lurk beneath docks and inside jetty pilings, picking pockets, hoarding coins, and ratting out travellers to worse things below the waterline. Drop one onto the table and your players will immediately smell trouble — the question is whether they underestimate it.

This is a Small creature, supplied on a 25mm round base — occupying a single grid square, it looks deceptively manageable until a dozen of its kin pour out of the bilge. Scaled to 28mm heroic scale and fully compatible with Dungeons & Dragons 5e, Pathfinder 1e & 2e, and all major tabletop RPG systems.

What you receive

One professionally produced resin miniature, cleaned and ready for basing and painting. The Wharfling sculpt features a hunched posture mid-skulk, one clawed hand clutching a filched coin purse and the other braced against a coil of wet rope, with a leering expression that captures its conniving nature perfectly. The figure arrives in its natural grey resin finish — prime and paint to your own colour scheme. All support marks have been carefully removed. Every figure is inspected before dispatch — any miniature that does not meet our standard is remade, not shipped.

Detail and quality

The Wharfling's skin is sculpted with a convincing waterlogged texture — patches of barnacle-like growths cluster along the shoulders and upper back, while fine wrinkles and sagging folds suggest a creature perpetually soaked through. The face rewards close attention: deep-set eyes beneath a heavy brow, nostrils flared wide, and that unsettling grin showing too many uneven teeth. Its clothing is barely that — shredded canvas breeches, a frayed sash knotted at the waist, and the remnants of a leather vest studded with corroded rivets. Every rivet head and every rope fibre in that coil is individually defined, giving painters a wealth of surfaces to work across.

Shipping from Australia

Ships Australia-wide from Ballarat, Victoria. Orders typically arrive within 3–7 business days. Processing time is 5–7 business days as each miniature is produced fresh to order. International shipping available on request — message us before purchasing for a postage quote.

Compatibility

Compatible with Dungeons & Dragons 5e, Pathfinder 1e & 2e, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, Age of Sigmar, Frostgrave, and any system using 28–35mm scale figures. The Wharfling is ideal for port city encounters, thieves' guild adventures, smuggler dens, or any coastal or riverfront campaign arc — run a single one as a skulking informant NPC, or swarm the party with a gang of them for a chaotic dockside brawl. Base: 25mm round base.

Painting tips

Start with a zenithal prime — black underneath, white from above — to establish the natural shadow pooling in those deep wrinkles before you touch a brush. For the skin, a basecoat of Vallejo Beasty Brown or Citadel Gorthor Brown, washed heavily with Agrax Earthshade, reads immediately as something that lives in the wet dark. Follow with careful drybrushing of Citadel Karak Stone along the barnacle clusters and raised skin folds to bring out that waterlogged texture. The canvas clothing suits a mix of Citadel Rakarth Flesh and Administratum Grey, knocked back with a thin wash of Nuln Oil and then tideline-stained with diluted Agrax. Finish the corroded rivets with Vallejo Gunmetal Metal, wash with Nihilakh Oxide for instant verdigris, and pick out the coin purse in Gehenna's Gold with a Reikland Fleshshade wash — a single bright spot of greed among all that grime.

Care

Resin miniatures are more brittle than plastic — handle with care, particularly on thin parts such as the Wharfling's individual fingers, the rope coil strands, and the fine tips of its clawed toes. Store away from direct sunlight. Super glue bonds resin effectively if a part breaks.

Primed or unprimed?

This miniature is available in two options. Unprimed arrives in its natural grey resin finish — apply your own spray or brush-on primer before painting for maximum adhesion, which is the preferred approach of most experienced painters and gives you full control over primer colour and texture. Primed arrives pre-primed in a smooth flat grey, saving you a step and ready for base coats straight from the box. Both options are produced fresh to your order and ship from Ballarat, Victoria, Australia within 5–7 business days. Select your preference above.

Supplied unpainted. Images show the design and sculpt. Painted examples are for reference only.

Grimstone Forge · Ballarat, Victoria, Australia · Ships Australia-wide