Animate plant in 1/56 scale - Avaran Treebeast for DreadBall from Mantic Games, 2014 - Miniature figure review

The Avaran Treebeast miniature figure for the DreadBall  board game from Mantic Games is a humanoid plant creature. It was first produced in 2014, in the DreadBall Xtreme base set.

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Details - Avaran Treebeast miniature figure for DreadBall from Mantic Games

Miniature creature: Avaran Treebeast, Product name: Avaran Treebeast, Product code: ?, Sprue: -, Range: Warpath range - DreadBall range - Renton Rejects - DreadBall Guard - fantasy football (Futuristic), Series: Warpath universe, Company: Mantic Games company, Production: 2014-2021-

Size: Large (S4), Species: Avaran Treebeast (Animate plant), Gender: ?, Technology: Wild / Prehistoric/Primitive (Archaic), Role: Warrior, Features: -, Armour: unarmoured, no shield, Helmet: no helmet, Equipment in hand: empty hands, Equipment carried: none (no weapon), Based on: ?

Scale: 1:56 (28mm / 32mm) scale, Proportions: Realistic, Size: 30mm high, 40mm wide, Material: hard PVC - gray, Priming: Primer is not necessary
Assembly: One-piece, Sprueless, No cutting needed, No assembly, Posing: Medium, Paintjob: Unpainted, Base: Integral flat base - Fits Mantic base, Conceptual design: ?, Sculptor: ?

Set: DreadBall Xtreme base set: contains 1, DreadBall Xtreme Free Agents set: contains 1

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Review - Avaran Treebeast miniature figure for DreadBall from Mantic Games

Material: Hard PVC

Glueing: As it is not polystyrene, you can't use polystyrene cement, only superglue.

Priming: You don't have to use primer, but as restic is sligthly hydrophobic, it's recommended, as it will be easier to paint it. Use non-water based primers, as those might have problem with sticking to it.

Painting: The material is sligthly hydrophobic. If you don't use primer, then don't dilute your paint with too much water, or be prepared to paint more than one layer of paint on an area to cover it entirely. Also, if you use water based wash, paint the area beforehand (even if the original gray colour would fit you), otherwise the wash will just drop off.

The miniature

Painting the miniature

The miniature is nice and easy to paint. It has lots of hard (and interesting) details.

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Size comparison photos - Avaran Treebeast miniature figure for DreadBall from Mantic Games

Size comparison of Renton Rejects with 1:56 (28mm / 32mm) miniatures from Mantic Games: From left to right: Zee Buccaneer #1, Pusk Rampager, Avaran Treebeast, Vlorox Spinpede, Zee Buccaneer #2.

Size comparison of Renton Rejects with 1:56 (28mm / 32mm) miniatures from Mantic Games: From left to right: Zee Buccaneer #1, Pusk Rampager, Yxaal Nameless Bloodsucker, Avaran Treebeast, Vlorox Spinpede, Zee Buccaneer #2.

Size comparison of Avaran Treebeast with 1:72 miniatures: From left to right: Greek Hoplite from Zvezda, Avaran Treebeast from Mantic Games, Greek archer from Zvezda.

Size comparison of Avaran Treebeast with 1:56 (28mm / 32mm) miniatures: From left to right: Orc with Spear #2 from Renegade Miniatures, Avaran Treebeast from Mantic Games, Bretonnian Bowman #1 from Games Workshop.

Size comparison of Avaran Treebeast with 1:56 (28mm / 32mm) miniatures: From left to right: Long Rock Lifers Striker #1 from Mantic Games, Avaran Treebeast from Mantic Games, Bremlin Nebulas Jack #1 from Mantic Games.

Size comparison of Avaran Treebeast with 1:50 (35mm) scale miniatures: From left to right: Benjamin Orchard from Knight Models, Avaran Treebeast from Mantic Games, William Cobb from Knight Models.

Size comparison of Avaran Treebeast with 1:35 miniatures: From left to right: 40mm high shepherd, Avaran Treebeast from Mantic Games, 54mm high soldier.

For further comparison images: Mantic Games-DreadBall-Avaran Treebeast comparison images

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Using the miniature - Avaran Treebeast miniature figure for DreadBall from Mantic Games

Uses for games

• Alkony Wargame: Humanoid plant

• Alien vs Predator: ?
• Cthulhu Wars: Monster
• Kings of War: Small tree herder
• Deadzone: Avaran Treebeast
• Warhammer Fantasy Battles: ?
• Warhammer: Age of Sigmar: ?
• Warhammer 40.000: Dangerous vegetation

Rules

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Resources - Avaran Treebeast miniature figure for DreadBall from Mantic Games

Official

Mantic Games Shop: DreadBall Xtreme with free Player’s Manual: Official webpage.

Mantic Games Shop: DreadBall Free Agents: Official webpage.

Painting

Pete The Wargamer: Dreadball Xtreme Tutorial: How To Paint Avaran Treebeasts: Painting tutorial video about Avaran Treebeast.¤

Peter Harrison (for Talk Wargaming): Tutorial: How to Paint DreadBall Xtreme Avaran Treebeast: Painting tutorial article about Avaran Treebeast.

Showcase

Cheetor (for sho3box): Avaran Treebeast, Grogan Convict Thug and Yndij Reaver for DreadBall Xtreme: Showcase article about Avaran Treebeast, Long Rock Lifers Grogan Guard build #2: Keeper, and Yndij Reaver.

Deathwatch Studios: Dreadball Xtreme – Free Agents!: Showcase article.

Giovanni Sebastiano Pecora (for Valle dei gufi): Bestie varie dell'Xtreme (in Italian): Showcase article in Italian. (2019: The article is offline.)

Maledrakh (on Reaper Message Boards): Maledrakhs Dreadball Extreme Avaran Treebeast: Showcase article.

Richard Heath (for Yith's Wargaming Blog): Dreadball Xtreme: Showcase article about the Bremlin Nebulas, the Long Rock Lifers, the Renton Rejects, Blaine Sponsor, and The Warden.

Pope (for DreadBall Notebook): PAINTING: DBX Free Agents: Showcase article about Zee Buccaneer #1, Zee Buccaneer #2, Avaran Treebeast, Jetari Training Drone GL14, and Jetari Training Drone SL22.

ZergSmasher (on DakkaDakka): Avaran Treebeast: Showcase articles.

• ZergSmasher (on DakkaDakka): Avaran Treebeast front
• ZergSmasher (on DakkaDakka): Avaran Treebeast back
• ZergSmasher (on DakkaDakka): Avaran Treebeast and Vlorox Spinpede

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Buying the product - Avaran Treebeast miniature figure for DreadBall from Mantic Games

Price

Base price (DreadBall Xtreme Free Agents set)(2018): 25 EUR / 20 GBP / 30 USD. Price/model: 2.8 EUR / 2.2 GBP / 3.3 USD

Where can you buy it?

Mantic Games Shop: DreadBall Xtreme with free Player’s Manual: Official webpage.

Mantic Games Shop: DreadBall Free Agents: Official webpage.

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Possible substitutes - Avaran Treebeast miniature figure for DreadBall from Mantic Games

Animate plant miniatures

Oak Warrior #022

Oak Mage #047

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