{"product_id":"dark-ballista-by-epic-miniatures","title":"Dark Ballista by Epic Miniatures","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhere the trebuchet ends and darker engineering begins — these war machines look less like siege weapons and more like something the battlefield itself grew teeth.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e✔ Resin terrain piece, printed fresh to order in the UK\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e✔ Supplied unpainted — primes and paints easily\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e✔ Compatible with standard 28mm–32mm miniature scales\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e✔ Works on the gaming table and as part of a display diorama\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Dark Ballista comes in three distinct sculpts, each with its own personality and silhouette. One bristles with curving claw-like limbs and a spiked rotating pedestal base, its bolt-track flanked by wicked bladed appendages that give it the look of a predatory insect coiled to strike. A second variant shares that angular mechanical menace but shifts the arrangement of its arms and hooks into a different threatening posture, suggesting a war machine that may have been designed with something other than bolts in mind. The third takes a dramatically different direction — a lower-slung frame with a demon-masked bowhead, swept flame-like cresting, and a sweeping ornate pedestal, closer to eldritch artillery than conventional siege craft.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll three sculpts share the same unmistakable character: heavily detailed surfaces, ornamented structural elements, and a sense that whoever built these machines was drawing on something considerably grimmer than military necessity. Whether you place them in a hobgoblin war camp, a devil's fortification in Avernus, or as the centrepiece of a drow siege line, these pieces anchor a scene immediately.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach variant is listed separately, so you can choose the one that best fits your encounter — or collect all three to outfit an entire dark fortress battery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEqually effective as a gaming table prop and as a display piece on a terrain shelf, the Dark Ballista rewards a detailed paint job: rust-streaked iron, verdigris on the mechanical fittings, and a deep black base coat bring out every engraved line and edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRunning a siege encounter where the defenders have something unnervingly non-standard in their armoury\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilding out a Avernus or Underdark battlefield with purpose-built war machines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdding a visual anchor to a hobgoblin warcamp or tiefling stronghold encounter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreating a diorama centrepiece that rewards close inspection and careful painting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEncounter Hook:\u003c\/strong\u003e The party crests the ridge expecting a conventional catapult line — and finds instead three of these machines already cranked and aimed, each one manned by a chain-devil who grins as the mechanisms begin to whirr and the first bolt glows faintly before it fires.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree sculpt variants available — see individual listings. Supplied unpainted with no base. Sculpted by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/epic-miniatures\"\u003eEpic Miniatures\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePairs well with \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/fiends\"\u003efiend warbands\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/avernus-the-nine-hells\"\u003eAvernus campaigns\u003c\/a\u003e — or explore more from \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/epic-miniatures\"\u003eEpic Miniatures\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMitz \u0026amp; Simz — the cats rolled History to remember every time we got something wrong. Nat 20. Both of them.\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":"Pose 1 — No Base","offer_id":58074237075838,"sku":"EM-031-DARK-BALLISTA-3-VARIATIONS-P1-NB","price":4.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Pose 2 — No Base","offer_id":58074237108606,"sku":"EM-031-DARK-BALLISTA-3-VARIATIONS-P2-NB","price":4.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Pose 3 — No Base","offer_id":58074237141374,"sku":"EM-031-DARK-BALLISTA-3-VARIATIONS-P3-NB","price":4.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0872\/2520\/5035\/files\/031_-_Dark_Ballista_v1_1.png?v=1790080632","url":"https:\/\/mitznsimz.com\/products\/dark-ballista-by-epic-miniatures","provider":"MitzNSimz ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}