Mysterious Clockwork Device 01 by Novaminis

The party found it humming faintly in the centre of the chamber — a domed brass device ringed with bolts, its segmented shell slowly peeling open to reveal something churning and unknowable beneath.

• ✔ Resin terrain piece, printed fresh to order in the UK
• ✔ Supplied unpainted — primes and paints easily
• ✔ Compatible with standard 28mm–32mm miniature scales
• ✔ Works on the gaming table and as part of a display diorama

This is Variation 01 of the Mysterious Clockwork Device — a compact, self-contained scatter terrain piece that does a great deal of storytelling work all on its own. Seated on a tiered circular plinth with a riveted outer collar, the device features a domed central shell that appears to be irising open, its curved panels peeling back like the petals of some mechanical flower to expose a cluttered interior of cogs, blocks, and unidentifiable arcane components.

The sculpt captures two distinct states in a single piece: closed (a smooth, seamless dome suggesting dormancy or concealment) and open (a dramatically splayed arrangement of curved panels framing the chaotic machinery within). Whether you read it as a construct's egg cracking open, a gnomish bomb primed to detonate, or a Modron relay station mid-cycle, the device carries genuine narrative weight.

The tiered plinth base means it reads clearly even at tabletop distance — it's not a prop that disappears among the scatter. Paint it in verdigris copper for a Mechanus flavour, polished brass for a steampunk dungeon, or dark iron with arcane runes for something more ominous on the Shadowfell.

Particularly well-suited for adventurers who:

• Run steampunk, Mechanus, or arcane-technology-heavy campaigns
• Need interactive-looking terrain props as quest objectives or environmental hazards
• Want scatter pieces that read as mysterious artefacts without requiring additional context
• Are building a display diorama around a gnomish workshop or artificer's laboratory

Encounter Hook: The Artificer Guildmaster's stolen prototype sits in the middle of the vault floor — dome cracked open, mechanisms spinning of their own accord. The party has three rounds to deactivate it before it completes whatever sequence it was designed to perform. Nobody in the party can identify what that sequence is. The timer doesn't care.

Details

Variation 01 of the Mysterious Clockwork Device. Scaled to sit naturally alongside 28mm–32mm miniatures as a mid-sized scatter terrain piece. Supplied unpainted and unprimed — ready for your brushwork straight from the box. The tiered plinth base provides a stable, level footprint on any flat surface.

Sculpted by Novaminis — visit their collection to explore more of their work.

Pairs well with steampunk and arcane-technology settings and construct encounters — or explore more from Novaminis.

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