Purple Worm by Monster Atlas
Regular price
£22.50
Description
It does not hunt by sight or sound — it hunts by vibration, and right now, it has found you.
- ✔ 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 Purple Worm is one of the most feared inhabitants of the Underdark — a mindless engine of destruction that bores through solid rock and swallows adventurers whole. This sculpt from Monster Atlas captures the creature mid-surge, its armoured body arching into a coiled strike, every segment studded with jagged spines and the texture of chitinous hide rendered in extraordinary detail. The gaping maw — ringed with multiple rows of hooked fangs — is angled downward in classic ambush posture, ready to engulf whatever poor soul is next on the menu. The cracked stone base grounds the piece beautifully, suggesting the worm has just erupted through the dungeon floor.
This is the kind of encounter piece that makes a table go quiet. Whether you're using it as a wandering Underdark apex predator, the centrepiece of a set-piece encounter, or simply as a display piece that communicates pure subterranean dread, this mini earns its space. Unpainted and ready for priming, it rewards a painter who wants to work with deep purples, iridescent chitin highlights, and the pale wet-look of those inner teeth.
A great addition for adventurers who:
- Run Underdark campaigns and want a centrepiece monster that commands the table
- Need a boss-level threat that visually communicates scale and menace
- Paint display-quality monsters and want deep sculptural detail to work with
- Collect D&D creatures and want the Underdark's most notorious burrower on the shelf
Encounter Hook:
The party is three days into the Underdark when they find the tunnel — perfectly circular, forty feet wide, the walls still warm and slick. Their guide stops walking. He points to the far end of the passage, where the darkness is vibrating. Then the floor begins to shake.
Details
Printed at 32mm scale. Supplied with a decorative rocky base that complements the sculpt — some interaction between model and base means the two work best displayed together, attached with super glue. The mini arrives unpainted and ready for priming and painting, or use straight from the box if you prefer your monsters bare and menacing. We quality check every piece before dispatch; as with all high-detail sculpts, minor surface marks from the printing process are possible and can be cleaned up with ease.
Sculpted by Monster Atlas — visit their page to see more of their work.
Mitz & Simz — independently run by people who definitely have a favourite monster type.
Works beautifully alongside monster encounters for complete Underdark delves — or explore more from Monster Atlas.
Ready to add this adventurer to your collection? Order today and we'll print it fresh for you here in the UK. 🐾🐈⬛🎲
Shipping & Delivery
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Returns Policy
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If you have changed your mind and would like to return the item, you can return the item to use for a refund of the item cost (not shipping if the item had postage fee). Return postage to be paid by the customer.