Crabfolk 03 by Yasashii Kyojin Studios

In the salt-crusted markets of the tidal underworld, the crabfolk do not barter with coin — they barter with the weight of what they carry on their backs.

• ✔ 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

This is Crabfolk 03 from Yasashii Kyojin Studio — the third pose in the range, and arguably the most characterful. Where others in the series carry weapons at the ready, this crabfolk is a creature of industry and menace in equal measure. A massive rope-lashed bundle is strapped across their chitinous back — staves, bones, and salvage bound together with practised knots — while a stout pole weapon is gripped firmly in their forward claws. The bulbous insectoid head with its twin antennae and compound-eye ridges gives the sculpt a genuinely alien quality, and the articulated crab legs below lend a skittering, unsettling posture that reads immediately on the tabletop.

Whether you use them as a tidal merchant who turns hostile when the party shortchanges them, a wandering crabfolk scavenger hauling looted equipment from a ruined outpost, or a hulking bruiser in an aquatic faction's warband, this miniature brings a distinctive silhouette that no stock monster token can replicate. Equally at home on a display shelf as on a hex grid, this is a sculpt that rewards a careful paint job — the rope-work alone is a painter's delight.

Perfect for adventurers who:

• Need an unusual humanoid creature for coastal, underwater, or Underdark encounters
• Want a memorable NPC merchant, scavenger, or faction member with visual personality
• Are building an aquatic or tidal-themed campaign and need creature variety
• Enjoy painting complex textures — rope, chitin, and segmented limbs all in one sculpt
• Collect creature minis for display as well as gameplay

Encounter Hook:
The party has been tracking a series of supply thefts from riverside trading posts. The culprit turns out to be a lone crabfolk scavenger — this one — who has been systematically dismantling and repurposing everything it can carry. It isn't hostile by nature, but it is currently clutching half of the blacksmith's stolen stock in that rope bundle, and it has absolutely no intention of putting it down.

Details

What's included:
Supplied at 32mm scale. Available with or without a plain black base — the base ships unattached and can be fixed with a small amount of glue. Supports are removed before dispatch; as with all hand-finished prints, minor marks may occasionally remain and can be tidied up easily prior to priming.

Sculpted by Yasashii Kyojin Studio — visit their page to see more of their work.

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