Overview
This is the Obsidian Idol Beast: a low-slung, four-legged fantasy creature sculpted as an idol or guardian. The sculpt emphasizes layered armored plates across the back, carved rune-like surface ornament, a snarling maw with pronounced fangs, articulated foreclaws and a long curled tail. The figure is shown mounted on a circular display base sized for presentation on hobby shelves or diorama groundwork.
Sculpt detail and silhouette
The sculpt features dense surface detail: stylized scale and plate patterns, repeating spiral motifs, and panelled armoring that reads at small scales. The overall silhouette is compact and aggressive — the head projects forward with an open or partially open jaw, the shoulders are broad and the spine is articulated with triangular dorsal plates that step down toward the tail. Legs are posed in a dynamic, weight-bearing stance, with separate claws and layered limb plates visible on each paw. The base is a flush circular disc that anchors the pose and simplifies placement in terrain builds.
Intended use and display
This subject is intended for hobbyists building fantasy dioramas, tabletop gaming scenes, display collections, or individual shelf pieces. It presents a strong focal element for a small altar scene, ruined temple, or monster encounter on a gaming table. The compact footprint and aggressive posture make it suitable as a single-figure centerpiece or grouped with other fantasy miniatures.
Scale and delivery note
Miniature Reality supplies this sculpt as a single 1:87 (HO) master STL file. The master is authored at 1:87 so hobbyists using HO layouts or collectors who want a compact display scale will find it ready to integrate; the file can be uniformly rescaled for other common miniature scales by users who convert a single-file master. The master version is intended to preserve all sculpted surface ornament and silhouette for fine-detail printing at hobby printer resolutions.
Print and finishing guidance (for printer-savvy users)
The sculpt contains thin ornamental ridges and fine layered textures; when printing at very small target scales consider thicker minimum feature sizes or print with a high-resolution resin workflow to preserve the carved motifs. The round base is solid and simplifies bed adhesion. Where printers or slicers permit, orient the model to keep the spine plates supported and add minimal supports under the jaw and belly to protect thin overhangs. Remove small, pointed supports carefully to avoid chipping delicate spikes.
What you get
- A finished sculpt of the Obsidian Idol Beast authored as a single 1:87 (HO) master file intended to preserve the sculpt's carved surface details and silhouette.
Notes and provenance
Source: legacy project stub labelled "creature p175 obsidian idol beast." This listing finalizer used the supplied visual to produce marketplace-ready copy. Specific real-world provenance (maker, production year) was not provided in the source data and is therefore not asserted here. If you require a different target scale or printer-ready split files, contact Miniature Reality for conversion or splitting guidance.
Miniature Reality Personal-Use License (No AI / No Resale)
- Allowed: personal printing for your own layouts, dioramas, tabletop games, and personal display.
- Not allowed: sharing or distributing the digital files (free or paid), re-uploading to any site, bundling, remix resale, or selling/redistributing printed outputs.
- Not allowed: using the files (or derivatives) to train, fine-tune, test, or feed any AI/ML system (including dataset creation).
- Not allowed: commercial use of any kind without a separate written commercial license from Miniature Reality.
- Note: digital files may include purchaser-linked identifiers / forensic watermarking to help investigate unauthorized distribution.
