Ettercap by Ella's Arcanum Minis

Something in the canopy is too still — then the webs tighten, and you realise the Ettercap has been watching you since the tree line.

• ✔ 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 Ettercap is one of those creatures that sits precisely at the intersection of unsettling and thrilling — a web-spinning predator that is neither insect nor humanoid, but something nastier than both. Ella's Arcanum Minis has captured that quality with sharp conviction here: a hulking, crouching figure with a spined, warty head, a bloated torso, and mismatched limbs that combine crustacean-like claws on one side with splayed, grasping fingers on the other. It looks mid-stalk — weight forward, one taloned foot raised, utterly at home in the dark.

The sculpt rewards a painter's attention. The contrast between the smooth, swollen belly and the rough, spiked cranium gives you natural texture variation to work with, while the deeply articulated claws on the left arm are a joy to highlight. Whether you're going for a naturalistic forest-floor palette — muddy greens, bark browns, yellowed chitinous claws — or something more Underdark and otherworldly, this sculpt has the surface detail to carry it. The open-mawed expression, ringed with multiple forward-pointing fangs, makes the creature's intent unmistakably clear.

This is a solid centrepiece for any encounter built around ambush, entrapment, or the creeping dread of a monster that makes the terrain itself dangerous.

Adventurers who'll love this miniature:

• Dungeon Masters running wilderness hunts, forest ambushes, or web-filled dungeon zones
• D&D 5e players who want a tactically interesting creature with memorable visual presence
• Miniature painters drawn to organic textures, chitinous surfaces, and multi-tone naturalistic schemes
• Collectors building out a bestiary of underrated but lore-rich D&D monsters

Encounter Hook

The village children have gone missing one by one over a fortnight, and the forest road is now thick with silvery threads the locals can't explain. The party tracks the strands to a hollow oak — and finds the Ettercap waiting inside, surrounded by silk-wrapped shapes that are mercifully still moving.

Details

This listing is for a single Ettercap miniature sculpted by Ella's Arcanum Minis. The miniature is supplied unpainted. Both supported and unsupported print files are available, and your order is printed fresh here in the UK to order.

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