WizKids reveals two new Pathfinder Battles miniatures sets for 2027

WizKids is pushing Pathfinder Battles in two sharply different directions with Criminals and Hellknight Vanguard, a pair of prepainted box sets slated for estimated Q1 2027 release. The real value is not just that they add more plastic to the line, but that each set solves a different table problem: one gives GMs a ready pool of believable underworld NPCs, while the other puts a full Hellknight strike force on the map for campaigns that need armor, hierarchy, and infernal authority.

Criminals is the cheaper set at $39.99, and it is built around six Medium pre-painted miniatures: a Burglar, Fence, Thief, Pickpocket, Ruffian, and Gang Leader. That lineup covers the encounters many Pathfinder tables actually run most often in cities and border towns. It fits a pickpocket chase through the Coin district, a dockside robbery that turns into a brawl, a thieves’ guild meeting gone sideways, or a street ambush in a Pathfinder Society scenario. Because the figures are generic in the best sense, they are the kind of minis a GM can reuse again and again for homebrew gangs, criminal informants, and low-level recurring troublemakers. WizKids lists the set under catalog code 97603.

Hellknight Vanguard, priced at $44.99, leans hard into one of Pathfinder’s most recognizable factions. The set includes six pre-painted miniatures, five Medium figures and one Small figure, with three of them offering interchangeable heads for helmeted or unhelmeted display. The lineup includes a Scourge Hellknight, Chain Hellknight, Nail Hellknight, Lictor Stought, Pyre Hellknight, a Linixia, Rack Hellknight, and Regill, Godclaw Hellknight. That makes the box feel less like a random villain bundle and more like a faction packet, useful for Cheliax stories, devil-bargain adventures, or any campaign where strict law is the mask for something much darker. WizKids lists it as catalog code 97602.

The Hellknight box lands with extra setting weight because Paizo continues to frame the order as a widespread Inner Sea institution bound by the Measure and the Chain, with multiple orders and distinct roles. That gives the set an edge in actual table use: one release can stand in for an entire authoritarian organization, not just a single named enemy. It also fills a visible gap in miniature coverage, since Pathfinder’s line has long needed more faction-specific troops that are useful beyond one-off boss fights.

Together, the two sets show where Pathfinder Battles still works best. Criminals serves the messy, repeatable encounters that happen between major dungeon scenes, while Hellknight Vanguard covers the kind of disciplined, setting-specific opposition that can anchor an entire arc. For active tables, that is practical value, not shelf filler.