There's something deeply unsettling about a swarm of cats. Individually they're fine — aloof, maybe a bit judgmental. But a dozen of them moving together, low to the ground, ears flat, teeth showing? That's a proper encounter. Folklore from all over the world has treated cats as creatures of the uncanny, and honestly, we think they've earned it.
This Cat Swarm miniature from Epic Miniatures comes in two sizes — a small base (19.13mm) and a medium base (25.5mm) — which makes it genuinely flexible depending on whether you want a skirmish nuisance or a full swarm encounter on the table. Both versions are packed with individual cats in aggressive, prowling poses: crouching low, snarling, heads dipped, tails raised. The level of individual detail on each animal is brilliant given how tightly they're clustered together.
Looking at the sculpts, what stands out is how much personality each cat has despite being part of a group piece. You've got cats mid-lunge, cats sniffing the ground, cats with mouths open mid-hiss. The fur texture reads really clearly across the whole piece, and the tails curling up above the group give it a nice silhouette on the table — easy to spot from a distance during play.
For painting, we'd suggest starting with a dark basecoat and dry-brushing up — there's a lot of surface texture to reward that approach. Tabby patterns are achievable on the larger individual cats if you've got a steady hand, but even a straightforward grey or black scheme looks great. The unpainted resin has a nice cool silver-grey tone straight out of the box, as you can see in the photos.
If swarms are your thing more generally, the Rat Swarm by Tytan Troll is worth a look alongside this one — a brilliant pairing for a city underbelly or plague-themed encounter where you want variety on the table.
These fit brilliantly into urban encounters, sewer crawls, witch lairs, or anywhere your players least expect to be mobbed by something small and very angry. They'd work just as well as hazard tokens or environmental dressing as they would as a proper stat-block enemy.
You can find this one alongside the rest of our beast miniatures collection. If it looks like something your table needs — and honestly, it probably does — grab it while it's in stock.