Marid 02 by Novaminis

She rises from the deep like a tide that has decided to have opinions — a Marid noble of the Elemental Plane of Water, coiled in serpentine tentacles, rope lasso in hand, daring anyone to test her patience.

• ✔ 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

Marids are among the most imperious of the genies — creatures of immense elemental power who navigate mortal affairs with equal parts grandeur and contempt. This sculpt captures that energy without reservation. She surges upward from a churning mass of thick, scaled tentacles and coiling serpentine forms, her lower body entirely subsumed in the torrent of her own elemental nature. Her upper body is muscular and commanding, draped in scale-patterned armour across the chest and a layered skirt of overlapping fish-scale plates and shell embellishments at the hips.

In her right hand she grips a looped rope with the casual authority of someone who has never once doubted that the next throw will land. Her left hand curls at her side, fingers spread — a gesture that could be a threat or a spell, depending entirely on how the encounter is going. Her wild, horned headdress fans out in a tangle of curved spines and flowing tendrils, framing a broad, fierce expression that suggests she has heard your offer and found it lacking. This is Marid 02, a distinct sculpt from Marid 01 — where the first variant projects regal stillness, this one is all kinetic energy and barely restrained power.

As a multipart miniature, she is supplied with both a plain base and a no-base option, giving you flexibility for custom basing or integration into scenic dioramas. She rewards a confident painter — the contrast between her smooth skin, finely textured scale-work, and the organic tangle of tentacles at her feet offers layered opportunities for wet-blending, washes, and tonal variety across cool aquatic blues, deep greens, and weathered bronze.

• Marids, water genies, and elemental encounters in aquatic or coastal campaigns
• A powerful BBEG or influential NPC in a planar or seafaring arc
• Display collectors who want a centrepiece with genuine sculptural presence
• Painters looking for a sculpt that rewards technical skill across multiple surface textures

Encounter Hook: The party has been hired to retrieve a stolen pearl said to hold the name of a bound Marid. When they present it to her, she is already free — and deeply amused that mortals thought they were doing her a favour. She has the rope ready. The question is whether she's planning to use it.

Details

Sculpt: Marid 02 — a single miniature in one pose, supplied as a multipart kit
Base options: plain base included; no-base option also available
Scale: 32mm
Supplied unpainted and unassembled

Sculpted by Novaminis — visit their page to see more of their work.

Pairs well with elemental fiends and genie-kin and Elemental Plane encounters — or explore more from Novaminis.

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