Dark Elf Spider Rider by Epic Miniatures

From the lightless tunnels of the Underdark she rides — armoured, merciless, and utterly at home in the dark.

• ✔ 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 striking miniature unites two of the Underdark's most feared elements into a single commanding sculpt. A dark elf warrior in angular, segmented plate armour — crested helmet crowned with sweeping horns — rides astride a fully detailed giant spider, spear raised and ready. The rider's armour is elegant and predatory in equal measure, with layered pauldrons, form-fitting breastplate, and a long cloak trailing behind her. Every surface of the spider beneath her is richly textured: bristled legs articulated at natural joints, a bulbous hairy abdomen banded with chitinous plating, and a head dominated by powerful, serrated chelicerae.

This is a large-scale piece — the spider's wide leg-span means it commands a 51mm base, giving it genuine table presence when deployed as a mounted warrior, a patrol lieutenant, or a high-ranking noble of a drow house. The multipart construction allows for a clean assembly and a very satisfying centrepiece once painted.

The sculpt rewards painters at every level. The rider's armour offers crisp edge-highlighting opportunities; the spider's abdomen is a canvas for wet-blending or zenithal priming. Whether you're painting her in the deep purples and blacks of classic drow aesthetics or the cold metallics of a renegade house, there is enormous detail here to bring out.

Well suited for adventurers who:

• Run Underdark campaigns and need a mounted drow officer or house champion
• Want a visually imposing encounter piece that doubles as a display miniature
• Are building out a drow warband or spider cult faction
• Play dark elf characters and want a mounted variant to represent their PC's elite status
• Love painting arachnid textures alongside ornate fantasy armour

Encounter Hook

The party has been tracking a missing trade caravan through the Underdark for three days. As they round a stalactite-choked passage, torchlight catches eight legs moving in perfect, eerie synchrony — and atop the creature, a helmeted figure levels a long spear directly at them. She doesn't speak first. She doesn't need to.

Details

• Base size: Large (51mm)
• Scale: 32mm heroic
• Supplied unpainted — no base paint or primer included
• Multipart miniature — requires assembly before painting
• Available with or without a plain round base

Sculpted by Epic Miniatures — a prolific independent studio known for dynamic poses and richly detailed fantasy creatures.

Pairs well with undead denizens and Underdark delves — or explore more from Epic Miniatures.

A studio where the love of the hobby is matched only by the confidence of the cats.

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