Pulp Figures PWM-10 Cringing Captives

Add civilians in peril to your pulp adventures with Pulp Figures PWM-10 Cringing Captives. These characterful miniatures are ideal for representing prisoners, hostages, kidnapped civilians, or unfortunate bystanders caught in the middle of a villain’s latest scheme.

Designed for 28mm tabletop gaming, the Cringing Captives are particularly useful for narrative scenarios where rescuing or protecting civilians is part of the mission. Place them inside a secret hideout, ancient temple, criminal headquarters, or other dangerous location to give your heroes someone to save.

The figures are supplied unpainted, allowing you to customize them to suit your setting and collection.

Features

• Official Pulp Figures miniature set

• Product code PWM-10

• Features Cringing Captives

• Designed for 28mm miniature gaming

• Supplied unpainted

• Ideal for pulp adventure scenarios

• Great for hostage and rescue missions

• Useful as prisoners and civilian NPCs

• Excellent for narrative skirmish games

• Suitable for RPGs and dioramas

• Pairs well with villains, cultists, and hooded minions

Captives in Peril

No pulp villain’s secret headquarters is complete without a group of unfortunate captives waiting for the heroes to arrive.

Use these figures to represent:

• Hostages

• Prisoners

• Kidnapped civilians

• Witnesses

• Captured adventurers

• Scientists

• Expedition members

• Innocent bystanders

• Scenario objectives

Their frightened poses help immediately communicate their role within a tabletop scene.

Perfect for Rescue Missions

The Cringing Captives are particularly useful when building objective-driven scenarios.

Create missions involving:

• Rescuing hostages

• Escaping a secret lair

• Freeing prisoners

• Interrupting a ritual

• Protecting civilians

• Evacuating a dangerous area

• Infiltrating a criminal hideout

• Recovering captured expedition members

Rather than simply defeating every enemy, players can be given a clear narrative objective involving the captives.

Classic Pulp Adventures

These figures fit naturally into stories involving classic pulp villains and secret organizations.

Pair them with:

• Hooded Minions

• Cowled Cultists

• Criminal masterminds

• Mad scientists

• Gangsters

• Guards

• Adventurers

• Investigators

They can help turn a simple skirmish into a more thematic adventure scenario.

Great for Multiple Settings

The captives can also be adapted to other 28mm tabletop settings.

Use them in:

• Pulp games

• Historical skirmishes

• Horror games

• Roleplaying games

• Crime scenarios

• Adventure games

• Dioramas

• Custom board game scenarios

Their civilian appearance makes them easy to reuse across different games.

Excellent Painting Project

Civilian miniatures provide an opportunity to use colors and clothing styles that may not appear elsewhere in a military or adventure collection.

Experiment with:

• Civilian clothing

• Shirts and jackets

• Dresses

• Trousers

• Skin tones

• Hair colors

• Weathered clothing

• Dirt and grime

• Dungeon or hideout bases

Vary the colors between figures to create a natural-looking group of unrelated captives.

Product Information

• Manufacturer: Pulp Figures

• Product Code: PWM-10

• Product: Cringing Captives

• Scale: 28mm

• Finish: Unpainted

• Theme: Pulp / Adventure / Civilian

• Use: Hostages / Prisoners / NPCs / Scenario Objectives

• Product Type: Character Miniature Set