Gem Eater by Epic Miniatures

Something vast and hungry has been tunnelling beneath the mountain for weeks — and when the gems in the treasury started disappearing, nobody thought to look underground until it was far too late.

• ✔ 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 Gem Eater is a large, grotesquely powerful subterranean predator — a creature built for raw force rather than subtlety. Its body is massively bloated and muscular, layered in thick folds of hide, with a broad hunched torso bristling with a crown of jagged dorsal spines that run from the base of the neck across the shoulders. Short curved horns frame a low, brutish head, and multiple clawed limbs extend with savage reach. Every surface of the sculpt communicates weight — this is not a creature that sneaks. It charges, it crashes, and it consumes.

The dynamic crouching stance — one leg braced wide, claws splayed into the ground — gives the Gem Eater genuine presence on the table. Whether you paint it as a subterranean horror with bioluminescent hide, a dungeon-floor predator encrusted with mineral deposits, or a creature whose belly glows faintly with the gems it has swallowed, there is enormous scope for creative painting here. The detail across the wrinkled hide, the articulated claws, and the spine row rewards time spent at the brush.

Mounted on a large 51mm base, this miniature commands the space it occupies — on the gaming table during a tense encounter or on a display shelf as a showcase piece.

This miniature suits adventurers who:

• Need a large-base underground predator for dungeon or cave encounters
• Want a centrepiece monster with real table presence for mid-to-high tier play
• Are building out an Underdark bestiary or mountain delve campaign
• Enjoy a challenging and rewarding painting project with varied surface textures
• Collect display-worthy creatures from independent sculptors

Encounter Hook

The party has been hired to investigate a collapsed mineshaft in the Ironspire Mountains — three miners are missing and the foreman swears he heard something eating the walls. When the adventurers descend, they find the tunnels stripped of every visible vein of gemstone ore, and at the lowest level, curled among crushed helmets and cracked pickaxes, the Gem Eater stirs — its belly distended, its patience finally exhausted by intruders.

Details

• Large base (51mm)
• Supplied unpainted and unprimed
• Available with or without a decorative base
• Supported and unsupported variants available
• Multipart assembly required

Sculpted by Epic Miniatures — visit their collection to explore more creatures and characters from this prolific independent studio.

Pairs well with Underdark delves and mountain highland encounters — 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.