Cleaning Crew, Take III?

Oh boy, guys and gals, we’ve set what has to be a new post record here at 3DRPG as we’re swapping out a miniature for an upcoming encounter for the third time! Yep, you read that right…just don’t chew us out too bad until the end of this DnD blog post so that we can properly state our case!

We’re fairly certain (but not O.J. certain) that no jury in their right mind will convict us for swapping our 3D-printed miniature for a third time, but let’s present the facts in this case before rushing to conclusions. 😉

Although we don’t need to present fiery opening arguments here, we want to consider that some first-time readers may be present, and we don’t want them to fumble a perception check from the outset. Plus, showing the miniature progression here will only help our case. We generate a sizable portion of our ongoing D&D blog content by sharing what we’re currently creating and preparing in our own office and home campaigns, so occasional flip-flopping is inevitable.

We’re currently combining our homebrewed scenarios with D&D Beyond’s Acquisitions Incorporated module. The second chapter of this free 5e adventure involves investigating another franchise that has mysteriously gone dark, and Omin Dran wants answers. That missing franchise’s last known location was at Tresendar Manor in Phandalin. The players are ultimately going to have to throw down against a bunch of baddies in a nifty dungeon crawl. Once successful, the module calls for two hobgoblins to appear out of nowhere to clean the place up.

We initially picked out a couple of 3D-printed miniatures from Fat Dragon Games and EC3D Designs. Nothing wrong with our original selections, as this NPC interaction isn’t critical to the story, and a couple of solid minis works just fine here.

So, our players haven’t gotten to this specific encounter yet, which means lucky DM Ben (and the 3DRPG team) had more time to think of a better miniature pick. Time is, after all, a dungeon master’s worst enemy and also its best ally. With a little more breathing room, we found these two adorable diversuit steampunk miniatures by Cobramode. Upgrade definitely unlocked.

Then, while looking for things to post about this week, we came across an even better mini pick! Now, no RPG jury member with an Intelligence score of 4 or higher would ever dispute that this sculpt is more suitable than the ones above, right?! Come on, this free download is insane in the membrane! Titan Forge just crushed this DnD Alchemist 3D Print sculpt.

Even funnier, we even already had this awesome alchemist painted! We sent him to Sunrise Sven months ago, but we just hadn’t gotten around to sorting that particular box. One could clearly argue that this miniature was destined to be placed in our ongoing DnD campaign. Like, there she is conveniently in an untouched pile of painted miniatures, just waiting for our WI sausage fingers to put her on our TTRPG game table.

Sunrise Sven is an Army Painter Speedpainter enthusiast (much like us), and his choice of colors was delightful. He did a wonderful mix of complementary colors, and this 3D-printed DnD miniature sings or sweeps is more like it! We especially love the dark leather mixed with the oversized gear and those colorful Princess Leia-esque hair buns.

This miniature selection isn’t a hobgoblin per the 5e module’s original encounter description, but we always go for form over race when it comes to picking our scenario minis. The gear matters most here, as this is a HAZMAT cleanup situation, and Titan Forge captured it perfectly.

DM Ben is going to save those adorable Cobramode mechanical divers for a better underwater encounter, but will now keep the original two miniatures from the first post, as well as this humorous gnome steampunk traveling device. The plan is to have this clunky machine sputtering towards them, and then the two dudes and this Alchemist cleaner will dismount to take care of business.

The “Redshirts” will do a lot of the heavy lifting after our disinfector sweeps the aftermath of the mini dungeon delve. The guys will be sprinkling some sort of dust on all the corpses, which accelerates their decomposition. DM Ben wouldn’t be surprised if the players try a little sleight of hand to swipe some of that magical powder.

Until next time!