Brackish Trudge by Monster Atlas

Something vast and wrong heaves itself from the mire — its hide a living colony of tumours, trailing fungi, and writhing growths that have long since forgotten where the beast ends and the infection begins.

• ✔ 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 Brackish Trudge is one of those creatures that makes players lean forward and ask, what even is that? — and not in a comfortable way. Built low to the ground on four stocky, fur-matted legs, this hulking monstrosity carries its enormous bulk like a siege engine that has been colonised by something ancient and sporing. Its back is a landscape of grotesque detail: clusters of tumorous growths, knotted fungal masses, trailing tendrils, budding spores, and what appear to be cyst-like nodules in varying stages of ripeness. The sheer density of surface texture is extraordinary — no two patches of hide look the same.

At the front, a broad, mask-like face peers out from beneath the cascading bulk — heavy-browed, tusked, and set with a flat, aggressive snout that suggests intelligence is not this creature's primary attribute, but raw, unstoppable force certainly is. A curved tusk sweeps low from its jaw like a plough blade, and the forelimbs end in splayed, clawed digits that grip the earth with the confidence of something that has never once considered being afraid of anything. The rear of the creature tapers into a pair of swept-back horn-like protrusions — whether bone, chitin, or calcified fungal growth is left deliberately ambiguous.

From the rear, the full horror of its dorsal mass becomes apparent: the entirety of the creature's back is blanketed in a roiling colony of organic matter — mushroom clusters, coiled filaments, bulbous sacs, and tendrils that seem to shift even when the beast stands still. This is a miniature that rewards slow, careful painting — each section of its surface offers a different textural challenge and a different colour opportunity, from necrotic purples and sickly yellows to earthy browns and bruised greens.

Whether you use it as a dire beast roaming a plague-ridden swamp, a supernatural horror unleashed by a cult of Zuggtmoy, or a wandering monstrosity that the party's ranger swears they've never seen in any bestiary — the Brackish Trudge commands the table.

This miniature is a great fit for adventurers who:

• Run swamp, jungle, or wilderness encounters and want a creature with genuine menace
• Are building encounters around plague, rot, or fungal horror themes
• Need a memorable beast-type enemy that players will genuinely find unsettling
• Paint character pieces and want a sculpt with exceptional surface complexity
• Are expanding a Myconid or Zuggtmoy-themed campaign with thematically fitting fauna

Encounter Hook: The village of Mosswick has been finding dead livestock at the edge of the fen — bodies bloated and covered in pale fungal threads. When the party investigates, they follow a wide trail of crushed reeds and churned mud to a brackish pool. The water is still. Then the pool stands up.

Details

Supplied as a single unpainted resin miniature at 32mm scale. No base is included unless otherwise stated. Designed for painting with brush or airbrush — the layered, textured surfaces hold washes and drybrushing exceptionally well. Suitable for both gaming use and display collecting.

Sculpted by Monster Atlas — visit their collection to explore more creatures from their range.

Pairs well with creatures from the plant and fungal bestiary and swamp and marshland encounters — or explore more grotesque fauna from Monster Atlas.

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