Bear Trap No Base by Ella's Arcanum

The forest path looked safe — right up until the ranger heard the snap of iron teeth closing around something that used to be quiet.

• ✔ Resin terrain piece, printed fresh to order in the UK
• ✔ Supplied unpainted — primes and paints easily
• ✔ Compatible with standard 28mm–32mm miniature scales
• ✔ Works on the gaming table and as part of a display diorama

This bear trap scatter piece is the kind of detail that changes the feel of an entire encounter. Set into a dungeon floor, hidden beneath autumn leaves on a woodland trail, or chained to a post in a poacher's camp — the moment your players spot it on the table, they start asking questions. That's exactly what good terrain does.

The sculpt captures a classic toothed iron leg-hold trap in impressive detail: a full ring of jagged metal teeth, a central pressure plate, a locking mechanism, and a length of heavy chain ending in a ring anchor. The worn, pitted texture across every surface suggests years of use and rust, giving it the kind of lived-in character that reads brilliantly once painted. This version comes without a base, making it easy to mount to your own scenic base, embed into a tile, or place directly onto your battle map.

Suited to adventurers who:

• Want to add environmental hazards to wilderness, dungeon, or bandit camp encounters
• Are building scatter terrain collections for immersive battle maps
• Paint and model diorama scenes featuring hunters, rangers, or survival scenarios
• Collect detailed terrain pieces for display alongside their miniature range

Encounter Hook:
The party has been tracking a gnoll warband into the Thornwood for two days. As they close in on the camp at dusk, the druid spots it first — a series of chained iron traps half-buried in the leaf litter, arranged in a wide ring around the camp's perimeter. Someone set these deliberately. Someone who knew they were being followed.

Details

Sculpted at 32mm scale. Supplied without a base, as shown. Printed unpaints and ready for priming — use as-is for quick table use or take it to the painting desk for a full weathered-iron treatment. Some minor clean-up of support marks may be needed, though we quality check every piece before it goes out.

Sculpted by Ella's Arcanum Minis — visit their page to see more of their work.

Mitz & Simz — crafted with the same care we'd want if we were the adventurer.

Build out your wilderness encounters with matching scatter terrain.

Ready to add this adventurer to your collection? Order today and we'll print it fresh for you here in the UK. 🐾🐈‍⬛🎲