Drider Battle Smith by Ella's Arcanum Minis

Half inventor, half arachnid war machine — the Battle Smith has long since stopped letting the dungeon come to her, and started bringing the dungeon to it.

• ✔ 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 extraordinary sculpt from Ella's Arcanum Minis depicts a gnome artificer seated at the controls of a fully mechanical spider chassis — a hulking construct of riveted iron legs, each one barbed with wicked spikes and driven by exposed clockwork joints. Rather than magic and spellbooks, this engineer relies on engineering: she cradles a hefty flared-barrel weapon (crossbow or arcane cannon, your call) and wears gear-adorned armour and goggles pushed up on her brow, all the hallmarks of a Battle Smith who prefers to let her creation do the talking. The cobbled-stone base roots the whole piece beautifully, suggesting forge-district streets or the worked-stone corridors of a subterranean citadel.

Whether you're running an Underdark encounter where the party stumbles upon a rogue tinker-guild, or building a Drider-adjacent PC who's traded dark magic for dark iron, this miniature brings something genuinely singular to the table. It works superbly as a player character, a memorable NPC artificer, or a boss-level construct encounter — and as a display piece it turns heads on any shelf.

Well-suited to adventurers who:

• Play or DM artificer-heavy campaigns, Eberron settings, or steampunk-tinged fantasy
• Need a Drider-type encounter piece that breaks the mould of standard spider-folk sculpts
• Want a show-stopping display miniature with genuine mechanical detail
• Are building a gnome artificer PC with a Battle Smith subclass

Encounter Hook:
The party hears the unmistakable clatter of iron legs on stone deep beneath the city — and when they round the corner, they find not a Drider but something stranger: a gnome in oil-stained armour, riding a spiked mechanical chassis and demanding a toll for use of "her tunnels."

Details

Printed at 32mm scale. The model comes with the cobbled base attached as shown. Supports are removed before dispatch; as with all fine-detail resin work, minor marks are possible and can be tidied up with a hobby knife before priming. This miniature arrives fully cured and ready for paint or display straight from the box.

Sculpted by Ella's Arcanum Minis — visit their page to see more of their work.

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Works beautifully alongside construct encounters for complete Underdark delves — or explore more from Ella's Arcanum Minis.

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