This gargantuan Karakuri Centipede is a masterpiece of clockwork engineering and Eastern design, featuring a fully detailed tiered pagoda mounted on its massive, segmented back. Standing over 160mm tall, this mechanical terror is posed mid-climb, making it a terrifying and majestic centerpiece for any tabletop encounter or collector's shelf.
A massive mechanical guardian or invader has scaled a sacred temple and is now surveying the surroundings from its highest point.
A mythic final boss or a mobile dungeon that players must climb and infiltrate while it is moving/attacking.
Artist: Epic Miniatures
Type: MONSTER, TERRAIN
Pose: Coiled around a structure, head reared up
Action: Climbing
Mood: Menacing
Action Category: Climbing
Genre: Fantasy, Steampunk, Wuxia/Eastern
Suitable Locations: Mountaintop temple, Floating city district, Imperial palace grounds, Clockwork monastery, Sacred grove pagoda
Encounter Scenarios: Boss encounter at the climax of a city siege, Guardian of a powerful artifact within a temple, Mechanical malfunction in a high-tech fantasy city
Power Level: Mythic (score 92/10)
Compatible Game Systems: Dungeons & Dragons (5e / general) (perfect): Excellent as a Gargantuan construct or homebrew boss monster.; Pathfinder (1e / 2e) (perfect): Fits perfectly for a high-CR clockwork encounter.; Legend of the Five Rings (good): Fits the Eastern aesthetic perfectly as a supernatural or mechanical threat.; Warmachine / Hordes (usable): Could serve as a display piece or a custom scenario objective for Convergence of Cyriss or Protectorate of Menoth.
Race: Not applicable, Sex: Not applicable, Build: Not applicable, Size: Gargantuan, Age: Not applicable, Style: Ornate fantasy
Creature: Karakuri Centipede (Construct), Size: Gargantuan
Body: Long, serpentine segmented body covered in ornate metal plating. Multiple pairs of mechanical legs with piston-like joints. A head with mandibles and a large decorative crest.
Related creatures: Clockwork Dragon, Iron Golem, Giant Centipede, Mecha-Oni
Distinctive Features: Mechanical joints, East Asian swirl patterns, Integrated pagoda building, Giant top crest/disc
Monster Weapons & Attacks: type: Mandibles, description: Large mechanical pincers on the head for crushing, position: Head, type_ja: 大顎, description_ja: 頭部にある破砕用の大きな機械的なハサミ, position_ja: 頭部, type: Mechanical Legs, description: Dozens of articulated legs that can act as piercing weapons, position: Along the entire body, type_ja: 機械的な脚, description_ja: 刺突武器として機能する数十本の関節脚, position_ja: 胴体全体
Aesthetic: Cool / Badass, Creepy / Unsettling, Majestic / Awe-inspiring, Intimidating / Imposing
Cultural Aesthetic: East Asian — Japanese, East Asian — Chinese, Steampunk Victorian
Hairstyle: None
Similar to characters: Guardian Stalker (Zelda: Breath of the Wild), Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Bosses, Nioh Mechanical Constructs, Haku (Spirited Away) - mechanical variant, Final Fantasy Magitek Armor creatures
Miniature Dimensions: 164.6mm H x 132.5mm W x 119.5mm D (base: 150.0mm)
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