Jack the Dog-in-the-Box by Great Grimoire

The music box wound down three days ago — but something inside kept winding itself back up.

• ✔ 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

Jack the Dog-in-the-Box is not a toy. The clue is in the grin — that wide, mechanical rictus packed with too many teeth, framed by a jester's ruff and a bell-tipped fool's cap. Where a child's plaything would bring delight, Jack brings dread: a coiled spring body of segmented plates launches him from an ornate wooden box, arms outstretched with grasping, articulated fingers and a wound clockwork key jutting from his back as though something — or someone — has been keeping him very tightly wound.

Great Grimoire's sculpt for Jack leans fully into the dark carnival aesthetic, capturing the uncanny valley between beloved toy and walking nightmare. The box itself is exquisitely detailed — carved panels, decorative ironwork, and scattered children's blocks scattered across the textured scenic base tell a quiet story about where Jack has been and what he's left behind. This is a miniature that rewards a painter willing to push into chipped enamel, rusted joints, and faded fairground colours — or equally, into something pale and ghostly that belongs to no carnival this world has ever seen.

Multipart construction means Jack assembles to deliver that explosive emerging-from-the-box composition in full, with the box and base forming a cohesive scene that works as well on a display shelf as it does in the middle of the table during a session.

Well suited to adventurers who:

• Run gothic horror, dark carnival, or Ravenloft campaigns where the mundane becomes sinister
• Need an unsettling construct or animated toy encounter for mid-tier play
• Want a show-stopping centrepiece miniature that doubles as a display painting project
• Love sculpts that reward creative, characterful paint schemes

Encounter Hook: The party follows a trail of children's toys into the basement of an abandoned travelling circus. At the centre of the room sits a single ornate box, its lid trembling. When the rogue reaches out to open it — the lid explodes outward on its own, and Jack unfolds himself to his full height, clockwork key spinning, bell-capped head tilting at an angle that no neck should allow. He speaks in the voice of the last person who wound his key. He asks them to do it again.

Details

• Multipart resin miniature — assembles into a fully scenic composition
• Includes a detailed decorative base featuring the ornate toy box and scattered blocks
• Supplied unpainted and unassembled — ready for your primer and palette
• Sculpted by Great Grimoire as part of The Pallbound Menagerie collection

Sculpted by Great Grimoire — visit their collection to explore more darkly imaginative sculpts from The Pallbound Menagerie and beyond.

Pairs well with construct and animated encounters and the gothic horrors of Ravenloft campaigns — or explore more from Great Grimoire.

Mitz & Simz — small enough to care about every single order.

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