Jacob Buck-Thorn by Great Grimoire

They say the midnight sexton of Ashenveil never speaks — but every soul that goes into the ground comes back up knowing its name.

• ✔ 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

Jacob Buck-Thorn is the gravedigger your players will not forget. He strides through dead leaves and cracked headstones wearing a bone-white horse skull mask beneath a heavy hood, one hand raising a lantern against the dark and the other resting on the long shaft of a spade. His layered travelling coat is fastened with buckles and straps, practical and worn — a man who works nights in all weathers and has stopped caring what anyone thinks about it. The base beneath his boots is a graveyard tableau in miniature: autumn leaves, gnarled roots, a tilted headstone and a dug-out hollow that suggests something was here, or will be soon.

The sculpt carries that particular atmosphere found in the best gothic NPC work — not monstrous, not heroic, but deeply unsettling in the way only ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances can be. As a character on the table he fits the graveyard caretaker, a Ravenloft cultist who hasn't quite realised what they've joined, a Rogue or Ranger with a past they'd rather bury, or the mysterious figure who meets the party at the cemetery gates with information — and a price. For painters, the layered coat, the textured leaves and the horse-skull mask offer rich variety: deep browns, cold greys, lantern-glow warmth.

This listing offers three base options so the sculpt can sit where it works best in your collection or on your table. The decorative scenic base is included as a fully separate piece alongside Jacob himself, so the miniature can be displayed mounted on its atmospheric graveyard setting or removed and placed on a plain base depending on your preference. A no-base option is also available for adventurers who have their own basing plans in mind.

Suits adventurers who enjoy:

• Gothic horror campaigns — Ravenloft, Curse of Strahd, or homebrew dark fantasy
• Morally ambiguous NPCs with secrets buried beneath the surface
• Playing Rogues, Rangers, or Warlocks with a graveyard-adjacent backstory
• Display painting projects with layered textures and candlelit colour schemes
• Building out graveyard encounter scenes with atmospheric supporting characters

Encounter Hook

The party arrives at the cemetery of Veltharrow at the stroke of midnight, tasked with retrieving a locket from a recently interred nobleman. Jacob Buck-Thorn is already there — lantern lit, spade in hand, standing at the foot of the very grave they need. He doesn't acknowledge them. He just starts digging. Whether he's an ally, a threat, or something stranger entirely is entirely up to your table.

Details

• Sculpt: Jacob Buck-Thorn by Great Grimoire
• Includes: miniature figure and decorative scenic base as separate pieces
• Base options: decorative scenic base, plain base, or no base — select your preference above
• Supplied unpainted and unassembled, ready to prime

Sculpted by Great Grimoire — explore more of their work in our collection.

Pairs well with undead encounters and Ravenloft gothic horror — or explore more from Great Grimoire.

Two cats who refuse to help but insist on being present for every step of the process.

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