Shoggoth Monk by Epic Miniatures

It wore a travelling cloak and moved like a pilgrim — until it turned, and the face beneath the hood was nothing a mortal mind was built to process.

• ✔ Multi-miniature bundle — multiple variations in one order
• ✔ 32mm scale resin, printed fresh to order in the UK
• ✔ All pieces supplied unpainted and ready to prime
• ✔ Great value for building out encounter groups or display collections

The Shoggoth Monk is one of those rare sculpts that lands somewhere between cosmic dread and grotesque fascination — exactly the kind of miniature that makes a player's jaw drop when you place it on the table. Crouching low on a rubble-strewn base scattered with broken stone and a fallen sword, this aberrant figure is draped in a flowing cloak that billows dramatically behind it. What lies beneath is unmistakably wrong: a torso of fused, chitinous plates and knotted tendrils, multi-jointed arms ending in grasping claws, and a face dominated by a single cyclopean eye sunk into layered fleshy ridges. The pose — hunched, reaching forward with outstretched claws — conveys something between reverence and predation.

The sculpt rewards careful painting. The cloak offers broad, smooth surfaces that take zenithal highlighting and OSL beautifully, while the creature's body beneath is packed with organic texture — segmented plates, pustule clusters, and rope-like muscle fibres that respond brilliantly to washes and dry-brushing. The base features shattered masonry and a toppled cross-hilt sword, suggesting a sacred site desecrated long before the party arrived. This is a miniature equally at home anchoring the centrepiece of a horror encounter or occupying a shelf as a display piece in its own right.

This listing is a bundle, giving you excellent value across the available variants of this sculpt — whether you're building a single centrepiece encounter or stocking your collection with options for different campaign moments.

Well suited for adventurers who:

• Run campaigns with Far Realm incursions, Underdark horror, or Lovecraftian themes
• Want a large-base aberration that commands genuine table presence
• Enjoy painting organic, deeply textured creatures with layered washes
• Need a striking display piece that doubles as a tabletop encounter villain
• Are building out a collection of aberrations, cults, or eldritch boss encounters

Encounter Hook

The monastery had been silent for three weeks when the party was sent to investigate. Inside the shattered nave, surrounded by the scattered remnants of the monks' habits and broken altar stone, they found it kneeling — perfectly still, head bowed, as though in prayer. It did not rise when they entered. It did not need to. It had already heard them coming.

Details

• Large base (51mm) — the sculpt is sized accordingly and carries significant table presence
• Bundle includes supported and unsupported print variants
• Sculpt features a detailed scenic base with rubble, broken masonry, and a fallen sword
• Supplied unpainted — ready to prime and paint straight away

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

Pairs well with other aberrations and Underdark encounters — or explore more from Epic Miniatures.

Short rest complete. The cats have resumed their stations and are ready for the next encounter.

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