Cairn 01 by Novaminis

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Description

Someone stacked these stones with purpose — but whether that purpose was guidance, warning, or something older and stranger, your players are about to find out.

  • ✔ 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

Cairns have marked the edges of the known world since before maps existed. On the tabletop, they do the same — a cluster of stacked river stones that tells your players they are not the first to pass this way. This set includes three cairns of varying heights: a tall, tapering stack of a dozen smooth stones, a mid-height cluster, and a small squat pair — each sculpted with convincing surface texture and natural weight. Arrange them together as a druidic waypoint, scatter them across a wilderness hex, or place them at the entrance to a forgotten barrow. They read immediately at the table and photograph beautifully on a shelf.

Whether your adventurers are following a trail left by a long-dead ranger, stumbling across a cairn that seems to have gained a new stone overnight, or realising with creeping unease that the stones are arranged in a pattern matching a map they found in a dead man's pack — these pieces reward attention to atmosphere. Equally at home in a forest clearing, a windswept moor, or the entrance to an ancient tomb.

Useful for adventurers who:

  • Want scatter terrain that adds narrative weight to outdoor and wilderness encounters
  • Are building druidic groves, ranger outposts, barrow entrances, or haunted moorland scenes
  • Need flexible, reusable pieces that work across multiple campaign settings
  • Enjoy painting and weathering stone textures for a realistic, aged finish
  • Are assembling display dioramas or immersive battle maps

Encounter Hook:
The party crests the hill to find a dozen cairns arranged in a wide circle — none of them on any map. At the centre, the ground has been freshly turned. The ranger notices the stones aren't local to this region. The druid notices they aren't random. And the rogue notices that one of the outer cairns has a stone on top that's still wet.

This set is scaled to 32mm and suits any TTRPG system. Can be supplied with or without a plain black base — the base comes unattached and can be fixed with a small amount of glue. Arrives ready for priming and painting, or use as-is straight out of the box. As with all hand-finished pieces, minor marks may occasionally be present and are easily touched up.

Details

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

Mitz & Simz — two black cats and the humans they allow to run the studio.

Complete your forest encounters with player character minis from across our range — or find more from Novaminis.

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

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