One of the more fun tropes of the fantasy genre is trees that talk. Anyone who’s seen the Lord of the Rings movies will be familiar with Ents, and there’s just something about sentient tree creatures that capture the imagination.  Dimari Daji is a massive and ancient Treant (tree-person) from the Pathfinder’s world of Golarion.  The lovely people at Wizkids have produced a pre-painted model of this huge talking tree, either to decorate your shelf or to add atmosphere to your table-top games.

The model is large, and depicts a very wise looking tree. The gnarled, old-man face sports mushrooms on its bald head and it has a massive ‘beard’ made of vines. Its roots run across it’s base and the creature has two massive arms, with long, spikey looking branches for fingers.

The canopy of the beast are various bubbles of leaves, and though these are quite well detailed, they do look a bit like broccoli stalks in the wrong light. The paint job is good, but those of you good with a brush may want to modify it slightly.  The  plastic use is just flexible enough so if it falls of the table your expensive tree beastie should be okay.

This is a great centre piece for Pathfinder, especially as Dimari Daji is the guardian of the Nemesis Well, a major plot device in many Pathfinder campaigns. It’s also at the right scale to work with other fantasy games, from D&D to Warhammer.  If you’ve collected some of the Booster Boxes for the Mwangi Expanse range, you may also have the (smaller) Arboreal Guardians, who look great accompanying this beast.

If you’re after something a little bit more gothic, Wizkids do a version of the Magic The Gathering tree-creature Wrenn and Seven, but that’s not pre-painted. Dimari is a great model to slap on the table and shock your party.