Taking the Scenic Route

We’re moving to the great outdoors with today’s DnD post, where we’re recognizing some great makers of TTRPG woodland scatter terrain. These four skilled artisans join forces with their slick STLs, so you can immerse your players in a forest backdrop. That’s good livin’ if you can find, right?!

Typically, we only feature one or two 3D-print creators in a DnD post here on 3DRPGPrints.com, but forest gameboards are special in that it takes a village of prints to really immerse your players in a woodland encounter. Meaning, if we showcase one particular STL, everyone will give a not-bad shrug. However, show those same gamers four complementary pieces and their adventuring eyes light up. 😉

So, let’s start with Tiny Furniture and their must-print Old Woods set. You get 15 STLs packed with a woodsy motif, and you’ll want to run off all of ’em. We love how durable and beefy their 3D prints turn out. They have some real heft to them and are stuffed with all sorts of subtle details, so your paint jobs pop! We featured a couple of their other stacked logs in an earlier post.

Next, we have World Forge Miniatures. They’re another buff creator who delivers high-quality, non-fragile prints. Having completed 3D prints, snap in your hands as you take ’em off your plate is maddening. No worries here, gang. You can just tell these guys are DnD gamers and know what we all want in a great 3D print. We’re featuring one of their STLs from their Chest and Barrel Adventure Collection.

Now we’ll shift to some stealthy troublemakers who will be rather tricky to detect as your players make camp under that lush forest canopy. Teirale is a creator with a delightful collection of free STLs for your gaming library. We especially loved those mimic pumpkins and made them a staple in our Huckle Riverstone NPC and his “Pumpkins that ain’t pumpkins” storyline. This time, we tried their free Mimic Tree download, which works great in your outdoor gameboards.

Last but not least, let’s tie this woodland scatter terrain setting together with some hungry chompin’ foes of the sorta-arachnid variety. For that, we once again turn to the talented Mr. Schlossbauer and his free Fearwood Spider 3D print. We usually start with just one and then determine post-paint-job if we’re going to print a mob squad of five (which is an emphatic “yes” here).

DM Ben was the colorist on these beauties, having gained a lot of confidence in painting all things wood. So, he went to all his go-to Army Painter Speedpaint colors, including:

• Dark Wood (paired with Vallejo Ochre)
• Brownish Decay
• Desolate Brown
• Forest Sprite
• Sand Golem
• Pallid Bone
• Ashen Stone
• Gravelord Grey

Layer with ’em, blend with ’em, drybrush with ’em, and even edge with ’em. You just can’t go wrong with these particular colors, and they’re all sure to really boost your painting confidence.

Our Tree Mimic is so darn good that it sorta gets lost in the hedgeline in the above pic. Whoops. This completed DnD 3D-print is a perfect candidate for DM Ben’s miniature swap. Meaning, he wouldn’t start with this one on the board. Instead, he will Plain Jane stump or tree on the game map and then swap it out when it’s time for that cloaked mimic to strike!

Here’s another angle of the other pieces so you can see the immense model detail on all sides. We added a little flock to our Fearwood Spider miniature base, which we often do, especially if they’re outdoorsy in nature (pun intended). Pretty, frickin’ great, right?!

Until next time!