{"product_id":"carrion-snail-elder-by-epic-miniatures","title":"Carrion Snail Elder by Epic Miniatures","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSomething vast and wrong moves through the dark corridors below the city — a bloated, tentacled thing wearing a horned skull like a chariot, its eyestalks swaying as it follows the scent of the recently dead.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e✔ 32mm scale resin miniature, printed fresh to order in the UK\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e✔ Supplied unpainted and ready to prime\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e✔ Compatible with D\u0026amp;D, Pathfinder, and all tabletop RPGs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e✔ Equally at home on the gaming table or the display shelf\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Carrion Snail Elder is one of those creatures that lodges in the imagination long after a session ends. Its silhouette is deeply wrong in all the right ways — a vast, warty gastropod body rising above a horned, socket-eyed skull that serves as both shelter and battering ram. Writhing tentacles coil upward from its dorsal mass, tipped with bulbous sensory organs that taste the air for carrion, treasure, or foolish adventurers. Segmented legs and trailing filaments anchor the creature to the ground, giving it a sense of purposeful, unhurried menace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sculpt captures the creature mid-crawl, its upper body rearing slightly as the tentacles reach forward — less a monster charging and more one that knows it need not hurry. The horned skull at its base is richly detailed: eye sockets plugged with its own fleshy orbs, cracked bone surface overgrown with the snail's underbelly. It is genuinely unsettling in the best tradition of deep-dungeon aberrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMounted on a 51mm large oval base, the Carrion Snail Elder sits well above the table and commands attention at the centre of any encounter. As a large-size creature it pairs naturally with minion swarms or acts as a solitary horror for a corridor ambush. Equally compelling as a display piece — this is exactly the sort of sculpt that rewards careful layered painting on the skull, wet-blending across the tentacles, and contrast work on the warty skin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis miniature is supplied as a multipart kit and comes with both a plain base and a decorative base option, so you can choose the presentation that works best for your table or display shelf.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdventurers who enjoy body-horror aesthetics at the tabletop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDungeon Masters building sewer, Underdark, or necromantic dungeon encounters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePainters who love high-detail organic sculpts with complex skin textures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCollectors building an aberration or deep-dungeon display cabinet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEncounter Hook\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe party has been hired to investigate why a thieves' guild safe house fell silent overnight. Descending into the vaulted cellars, they find no bodies — only wide, slick trails leading to a bricked-up section of wall, and the distant rasp of something massive breathing on the other side. The Carrion Snail Elder has been here for weeks, and it has been very, very thorough.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBase size: Large (51mm oval)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSupplied unpainted and unassembled\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMultipart kit — assembles without specialist tools\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChoice of plain or decorative base included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSculpted by Epic Miniatures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eSculpted by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/epic-miniatures\"\u003eEpic Miniatures\u003c\/a\u003e — visit their collection to explore more of their creature work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePairs well with our wider \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/abberations\"\u003eaberration collection\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/the-underdark\"\u003eUnderdark encounters\u003c\/a\u003e — or explore more from \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/epic-miniatures\"\u003eEpic Miniatures\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe take miniatures seriously. The cats take naps seriously. Balance is achieved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReady to add this adventurer to your collection? Order today and we'll print it fresh for you here in the UK.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Epic Miniatures","offers":[{"title":"No Base","offer_id":58030536262014,"sku":"E-056-CARRION-SNAIL-ELDER-LARGE-NB","price":5.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Plain Base","offer_id":58030536294782,"sku":"E-056-CARRION-SNAIL-ELDER-LARGE-PB","price":5.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0872\/2520\/5035\/files\/056_-_Carrion_Snail_Elder_Large_1.png?v=1789423259","url":"https:\/\/mitznsimz.com\/products\/carrion-snail-elder-by-epic-miniatures","provider":"MitzNSimz ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}