{"product_id":"the-crawling-pawns-pip-puck-by-great-grimoire","title":"The Crawling Pawns: Pip \u0026 Puck by Great Grimoire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSomething skitters across the dungeon floor — not a rat, not a spider, but a chess piece wearing a body, dragging itself forward on clawed hands, chains jangling against the flagstones with every desperate, obedient advance.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e✔ 32mm scale resin miniature, printed fresh to order in the UK\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e✔ Supplied unpainted and ready to prime\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e✔ Compatible with D\u0026amp;D, Pathfinder, and all tabletop RPGs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e✔ Equally at home on the gaming table or the display shelf\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Crawling Pawns are among the more unsettling constructs Great Grimoire has brought to the table — not because they are monstrous in the conventional sense, but because they are \u003cem\u003ewrong\u003c\/em\u003e in a very deliberate way. A chess pawn's rounded head sits atop a bound, armoured torso, heavy chains looped across the body and buckled tight. Below the waist, clawed limbs replace anything dignified — these things do not walk. They crawl. Pip and Puck are two named expressions of the same dreadful design: servile, purposeful, and deeply disturbing to behold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach variation in this sculpt leans into a subtly different pose — Pip low and spread across the flagstone base, all four limbs outstretched in a wide, ground-hugging crawl; Puck crouching with one arm reaching forward, head bowed, poised between stillness and lunge. The cobblestone-textured base grounds them in a dungeon or urban environment, and the detail across the chainwork, buckled armour panels, and pawn-form head rewards careful painting. These are constructs that beg for a contrast technique on the chains and a grimy wash across the stonework base.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEqually effective as encounter miniatures or as display pieces on a painter's shelf, the Crawling Pawns occupy a niche that not many sculpts dare to — part horror, part grotesque artistry, entirely memorable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA note on this listing:\u003c\/strong\u003e This product includes both Pip and Puck — two distinct sculpts sharing the same core design. Both are included as part of this single product offering, so you can field the pair or choose your favourite for a display centrepiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWell suited for adventurers who:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNeed a construct-type enemy that reads as alien and unsettling rather than mechanical\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWant to represent a mad wizard's animated game pieces turned guardians\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAre running a dungeon with a chess or game-motif puzzle encounter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCollect Great Grimoire's darker, more conceptually driven sculpts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWant a painting project with strong textural contrast between chain, armour, flesh and stone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEncounter Hook\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe party enters the study of the Ivory Archon — long dead, or so they believed. The floor is a chessboard of cracked marble. As they step onto the first square, something shifts in the shadows at the edges of the room. Two shapes drag themselves from beneath the desk, pawn-headed, chain-wrapped, clawed. They do not speak. They do not hesitate. They simply advance — one square at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScale: 32mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSupplied: Unpainted, unassembled (multipart)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBase: Choice of decorative cobblestone base, plain base, or no base — select your preference at checkout\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVariants available: Supported and unsupported files (printed to order)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArtist: Great Grimoire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eSculpted by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/great-grimoire\"\u003eGreat Grimoire\u003c\/a\u003e — visit their collection to explore more of their extraordinary range.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePairs well with other \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/constructs\"\u003econstruct miniatures\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/the-underdark\"\u003eUnderdark encounters\u003c\/a\u003e — or explore the full range from \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/great-grimoire\"\u003eGreat Grimoire\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMitz \u0026amp; Simz — your friendly neighbourhood miniature obsessives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReady to add this adventurer to your collection? 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