Crystal Drake Attack by Epic Miniatures

Where the deep mountain passages glitter with raw geode and the air hums with arcane pressure, the Crystal Drake waits — scales like armour-plate, a ridge of jagged crystal shards erupting along its spine, and hunger in every coiled muscle.

• ✔ 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 Crystal Drake is a large, predatory reptile that reads immediately as a threat. It crouches forward in an aggressive, coiled-attack posture — weight forward on its clawed forelegs, head lowered and jaws wide open in a gaping snarl. The sculpt rewards close attention: individual scales are rendered across every surface in tight, overlapping detail, from the broad belly plates to the finer scales wrapping the long, curling tail. The defining feature is the dramatic crown of crystalline shards erupting from the neck and running down the spine — geometric, angular prisms that contrast beautifully against the organic scale texture beneath them. A small cluster of crystal growth even frames the top of the skull, giving the creature an almost regal, if deeply unsettling, silhouette.

This is a multipart miniature and is available with or without a plain base — choose the option that best suits your existing basing scheme. Whether you plan to seat it on a cavern-floor base layered with geode fragments and pale stone, or mount it to match your existing collection, the sculpt has the presence to carry any setting you build around it.

For painters, this piece offers two very distinct surface challenges side by side: the rich, fine texture of packed scales calls for layered washes and stippling, while the crystal formations are a canvas for Object Source Lighting and gem-effect techniques — translucent blues, cold whites, and pale violets all suggest themselves naturally. It's the kind of miniature that rewards time at the brush and looks equally compelling on the gaming table or a display shelf.

• Adventurers who want a compelling large creature encounter for mountain or subterranean campaigns
• DMs building encounters around aberrant or arcane-touched wildlife
• Painters drawn to complex multi-texture projects combining organic and crystalline surfaces
• Collectors looking for a striking display piece with strong natural silhouette

Encounter Hook: The party discovers a collapsed mine tunnel lined with enormous crystal formations — beautiful, silent, and apparently safe. Then one of the formations shifts, blinks, and the Crystal Drake rises to its full height, having used its mineral-studded back to hide in plain sight among the geode clusters. Initiative.

Details

Scale: 32mm (large base, 51mm). Supplied unpainted. Multipart assembly required. Available with or without a plain round base.

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Pairs well with our dragon and drake collection and adventures set in the mountain highlands — or explore more from Epic Miniatures.

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