The Dragonguard by Artisan Guild: Draconian Warriors for D&D and Fantasy Wargaming

The Dragonguard miniatures from Artisan Guild give you a complete draconian faction in a single release: armoured knights, a battle mage, a destroyer champion, and companion ruins scenery, all cast in crisp 28/32mm resin. If you want something with real presence on the table for a D&D encounter, a Pathfinder dragonborn warband, or a skirmish faction, this range is worth your time.

We stock the full range in our Artisan Guild collection at TabletopXtra. What follows covers the individual sub-sets and how they hold up at the table.

What the Range Contains

The Dragonguard is a themed monthly release from Artisan Guild totalling 17 miniatures. The Full Set of 17 costs £79.99 in 28/32mm or £89.99 in 35mm. You can also pick up individual squads and characters without committing to the bundle, which makes the range accessible for hobbyists who only need part of it.

The visual consistency across the range is what makes it work. Dragon-scaled humanoids in heavy plate armour, with enough variety in weapons and poses to read as a proper unit rather than the same model repeated. Artisan Guild's presupported resin process means everything prints without the support-mapping work that comes with most third-party STL files.

The Dragonguard Knights

The knight sub-set is the backbone. Six distinct warrior poses, available as a squad of six at £19.99 in 28/32mm (£22.99 in 35mm, £26.99 in 40mm). Individual knights are also sold separately from £6.29, useful if you only want one or two to fill a specific party or warband slot rather than the full squad.

The poses cover spear-bearers, sword-and-shield fighters, and a couple in more aggressive forward stances. None of them read as generic fantasy soldier, which is the main trap with faction miniature lines. The scale armour detail and draconic facial sculpts give these enough personality to hold attention on any encounter map, painted or undercoated.

Named Characters: Scramax and Nasmaraax

Two named characters fill out the faction's leadership. Battlemage Scramax (£6.79) is the arcane side of the faction: a robed scholar-warrior with a staff, the kind of sculpt that works equally well as a spellcaster NPC, a player's warlock or sorcerer character, or the central figure in a draconic cult encounter. Nasmaraax the Destroyer (£8.99) is the heavy hitter of the faction, built to read as a boss or champion from across the table.

Both sell individually. You can drop either into a running campaign without buying the whole set, and both reward careful attention as centrepiece models.

Companion Terrain: Ruins Scenery

One of the things Artisan Guild does well is shipping terrain to match their miniature releases. The Ruins Scenery set is designed to sit aesthetically alongside The Dragonguard, at £29.99 in SLA resin or £19.99 in FDM plastic. The pieces work as cover, objective markers, or atmospheric backdrop for faction encounters.

The FDM option makes practical sense for anyone building a full board's worth of cover terrain: print multiple sets without the resin cost stacking up. The SLA version gives sharper detail for a painted display piece.

Scale, Compatibility, and Painting

The 28/32mm standard puts The Dragonguard alongside most D&D and Pathfinder miniatures without issue. For dragonborn PCs or draconic antagonists in a 5e or Pathfinder game, the scale works cleanly. The 35mm option gives them a slight size edge over human-scale party models, which a lot of tables find useful for visual hierarchy at the encounter level.

For wargaming, the aesthetic places The Dragonguard in the same design space as dragon-themed factions in Age of Fantasy (OnePageRules) and Dragon Rampant. As 3D-printed resin proxies, they offer a look that's distinct from standard GW sculpts and hard to replicate with off-the-shelf plastic.

The scale texture and plate detail take washes and contrast paints well. The recessed armour panels hold shadow naturally, and the draconic skin and facial detailing gives highlighting something to grip. Deep red scales with burnished gold armour suit a fire-dragon feel; cold grey-blue with silver plate reads more martial; bone-white scales with aged bronze work well in a desert setting and pair naturally with the sand-toned Ruins Scenery pieces. Browse the full studio output on the Artisan Guild MyMiniFactory profile or via the official Artisan Guild site to see how The Dragonguard fits the wider catalogue.

Shop The Dragonguard at TabletopXtra

The full 17-piece bundle, the knight squad, both named characters, and the Ruins Scenery terrain are all in stock. Grab the Full Set bundle for the complete faction in a single order, or browse Artisan Guild at TabletopXtra to see the rest of the studio's catalogue alongside it.