Cruel Cauldron by Mia Kay M3DM
Regular price
£4.00
Description
The cauldron has been bubbling for three days, and this morning the hands started reaching 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
This is no ordinary piece of scatter terrain. The Cruel Cauldron by Mia Kay M3DM depicts a wide-bellied iron cauldron overflowing with billowing vapour — and from within that roiling mass, two clawed, elongated hands claw their way toward the surface. One reaches high, fingers splayed and desperate; the other grips the cauldron's rim with the grasping urgency of something that very much does not want to go back down. The sculpt is macabre, characterful, and loaded with narrative possibility.
Whether you're staging a hag's lair, a necromancer's workroom, or an alchemical disaster gone very wrong, the Cruel Cauldron earns its place on the table. The ribbed cauldron body has a satisfying weight of detail, and the vapour clouds that spill from the top give painters a brilliant opportunity to work in OSL or ghostly greens. The textured stone base grounds the piece in a dungeon or wilderness setting without being too specific to limit use.
Well suited to adventurers who:
- Want atmospheric scatter terrain that tells a story at a glance
- Are building a hag's lair, witchcraft encounter, or necromancer's sanctum
- Love painting OSL effects, bubbling liquids, or spectral vapour
- Collect display pieces with dark fantasy character
- Need an unusual environmental hazard or cursed object prop for a TTRPG session
Encounter Hook:
The party's rogue slips into the witch's inner sanctum ahead of the others — and stops dead. The cauldron in the centre of the room is overflowing, and the hands clawing their way out of the brew are moving. A DC 14 Arcana check reveals the brew is a Soul Trap ritual, mid-cast. The witch is already on her way back. They have four rounds.
Details
Printed at 32mm scale. The model comes attached to its sculpted stone base as a single piece. Ready for priming and painting straight out of the box, or display as-is for an unpainted resin aesthetic. Minor imperfections from the printing process are possible; any residual marks can be removed with light sanding.
Sculpted by Mia Kay M3DM — visit their page to see more of their work.
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Shipping & Delivery
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Returns Policy
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If you have changed your mind and would like to return the item, you can return the item to use for a refund of the item cost (not shipping if the item had postage fee). Return postage to be paid by the customer.