Shadow Demon 01 by Novaminis

It does not lurk in shadows — it is the shadow, and it has learned to hunger.

• ✔ 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

This is variation 01 of Novaminis' Shadow Demon — a sinuous, nightmarish figure that captures the creature in full predatory display. Vast, ragged wings spread wide from a lean, elongated torso that seems to flow upward from a writhing lower body, the form caught mid-surge as though erupting from the darkness itself. Long, talon-tipped fingers reach forward, and a fanged maw gapes beneath a head crowned with sweeping antler-like horns. There is nothing mundane about this sculpt — every element of it communicates wrongness, from the frayed membranes of those enormous wings to the sinuous tail coiling below.

Novaminis have given this demon genuine visual menace. The musculature is taut and predatory, the proportions deliberately unsettling — too tall, too thin, too fluid. Whether you paint it in deep obsidian with ghostly violet eyes, or lean into muted greys and stark black wash to push the incorporeal quality, there is exceptional surface detail here for painters of any level to work with. The wing membranes in particular reward careful drybrushing and glazing.

As a gaming piece this Shadow Demon commands the table. It reads clearly as a threat from across the room — the outstretched limbs and wide wing-span translate directly into presence, and no player will mistake this for a minor encounter. For collectors and painters, it makes a compelling centrepiece, the kind of sculpt that earns a prominent spot on the display shelf once the brush is down.

• Adventurers running fiend-heavy campaigns in the Abyss or Shadowfell
• Dungeon Masters who want a demon that looks genuinely incorporeal and unsettling
• Painters drawn to dark, high-contrast colour schemes and dramatic wing detail
• Collectors seeking a standout fiend for a display shelf or diorama

Encounter Hook: The party's hired sage whispers that the vault beneath the ruined temple has been sealed for three centuries — but as the last torch gutters out, something unfolds itself from the darkness of the ceiling above them, spreading wings that blot out even the memory of light.

Details

Scale: 32mm | Supplied unpainted and unassembled | Available with or without base | Supported and unsupported variants included

Sculpted by Novaminis — visit their collection to see more creatures with genuine character.

Pairs well with other fiend encounters and Abyssal campaigns — or explore more from Novaminis.

Mitz & Simz — the cats would help more but lack the necessary thumbs.

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