Ascended Flayer (Corrupted Body) by DM Stash

It was once a mind flayer — calculating, imperious, feeding on thought — but whatever ritual the Elder Brain permitted has unmade it into something far worse.

• ✔ 32mm scale resin miniature, printed fresh to order in the UK
• ✔ Supplied unpainted and ready to prime
• ✔ Compatible with D&D, Pathfinder, and all tabletop RPGs
• ✔ Equally at home on the gaming table or the display shelf

The Ascended Flayer (Corrupted Body) is a creature caught mid-transformation, its humanoid form giving way to writhing chaos. The flowing ceremonial robes — still embroidered with eldritch detail at the belt and bracers — speak to a creature that once held rank and purpose within the colony. Now those arms are elongated and clawed, the tentacles around its face splayed wide as though the mind within has grown too large to contain. Two distinct poses capture different stages of this horrifying ascension: one looming forward with claws outstretched, the other arched backwards in a posture that suggests something has seized control from within.

For Dungeon Masters running Underdark campaigns, Far Realm incursions, or cosmic horror arcs, this miniature carries the weight of a set piece encounter. It works equally well as a corrupted Elder Brain servant, a rogue illithid undergoing forbidden apotheosis, or a boss encounter that signals the party's descent into something beyond ordinary darkness. Collectors drawn to aberrant and Lovecraftian aesthetics will find both poses rich with paintable detail — the robes, the runic bracers, and the writhing facial tentacles all reward time at the brush.

• Run Underdark or Far Realm storylines and need a villain with genuine visual menace
• Want an illithid variant that feels distinct from a standard mind flayer on the table
• Are building a display collection around aberrant, cosmic horror, or eldritch themes
• Enjoy a miniature that rewards careful painting with layers of creeping detail

Encounter Hook:
The party has tracked the missing elder of a mind flayer colony to a sealed vault beneath the Underdark city — but what greets them is no longer an elder. It gestures at them with hands that should not bend that way, and each psychic pulse it sends carries not domination, but an invitation to become something new. The colony watches from the shadows. This was not a corruption. This was an experiment.

Details

Supplied at 32mm scale. The model and base are separate pieces — attach with super glue for the best result, as some sculpts interact directly with the base's terrain details. Minis arrive with supports removed and fully cured, ready for priming and painting or use straight from the box. As with all hand-finished pieces, minor marks from the printing process may occasionally be present and are easily tidied up.

Sculpted by DM Stash — visit their page to see more of their work.

Short rest complete. The cats have resumed their stations and are ready for the next encounter.

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