Undead Dwarven Brother (Hook) by DM Stash

He died with honour, axe in hand and shield raised — but something ancient and hungry in the deep places of the earth would not allow him to stay dead.

• ✔ 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

There is a particular grimness to dwarven undead that other reanimated creatures rarely match. Dwarves are a culture built on stubbornness, craft, and pride — which makes the sight of one stripped of all three, lurching forward with hollow eye sockets beneath a battered helm, genuinely unsettling. The Undead Dwarven Brother (Hook) captures that contradiction with real conviction. Broad-shouldered and physically imposing even in death, the sculpt retains the heavy armour and powerful build of a warrior who was formidable in life — now twisted into something that serves a darker master entirely.

The "Hook" designation identifies this as a specific sculpt within DM Stash's undead dwarven line, distinct from other variants in the series. From the front, a great two-headed axe is levelled forward on a long haft, the warrior's weight shifting into a stride that suggests relentless, unhurried pursuit. The back of the sculpt reveals the full scope of the armour detail — cracked scale-plate across the back, a ragged cape or cloak in tatters, and chainmail beneath that has seen centuries of neglect. The rocky scenic base grounds the figure with broken stone underfoot, giving it a strong three-dimensional silhouette from every angle.

For painters, this sculpt offers excellent variety: heavy armour plates with crisp edge lines for drybrushing and washes, fine chainmail texture that rewards thin contrast paints, and a skull face framed by the open helm that will take bone highlights beautifully. Go pallid and grey for a classic skeleton warrior, rust-streaked iron for a long-buried guardian, or push into spectral blue-white if your campaign's undead lean towards the ethereal.

• Adventurers running campaigns through cursed dwarven holds, ancient crypts, or necromancer-controlled mines
• DMs building coherent undead warbands with genuine visual weight and character
• Collectors assembling thematic undead or dwarven display pieces
• Painters seeking a sculpt with strong silhouette, layered armour texture, and a rewarding skull centrepiece

Encounter Hook

The party enters the flooded lower galleries of Kharûn Dûm, following a trail of claw-scored stone that leads to the clan vault. The chamber is silent — until the water begins to ripple. From the far end of the hall, a single figure rises from the shallows: a warrior in plate still bearing the clan's sigil, axe raised and eye sockets burning with cold light. The vault seal behind him is broken from the inside. Something woke him, and it wasn't the party. The question is whether they can deal with him before they find out what did.

Details

• Miniature: Undead Dwarven Brother (Hook)
• Artist: DM Stash
• Scale: 32mm
• Supplied unpainted and unassembled where applicable

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