Train Tuesday Part 125: No One Rides for Free

Greetings, fellow choo-choo fans! We’ve got some great scatter terrain picks in today’s weekly installment of Train Tuesday. All aboard!

Sorry, no tickets, no ride. The Forgotten Rails is in the business of making gold, so no one gets to ride for free (not even those cute babies). Pay the one gold piece ticket price or get to steppin’, pal! Revolutionizing transportation in and around Waterdeep is an insanely expensive endeavor. Omin Dran wants simple ticket stations in far-out urban areas to improve brand exposure and grant easier access for “the commonfolk.”

3DRPGers might recall that The Forgotten Rails already has an automated Construct ticket booth, but it’s costly, quite complex, and time-consuming to produce. These booths are typically found at major transport hubs, where they are continuously monitored and are getting all the kinks worked out by The Fixers. Besides, Waterdeep’s youth loves to mess with them.

In the meantime, Omin Dran decided to make some quaint, low-cost kiosks where he could pay a mere 3 sp a day to a living ticket taker. And for that newly needed DnD scatter terrain, we looked to good ol’, reliable Terrain Essentials from Cast n Play. We adore this marvelous monthly terrain series, and it just makes our day when a new set is announced.

Their talented group of sculptors created this charming Ticket Office as part of their quaint Red Magic Spa Set. This STL contains elements that DM Ben is rather comfortable painting, so he tackled this TTRPG scatter over the weekend.

This DnD piece fits like a glove on a Dwarven Forge Battle Board, surrounded by some of their slick Wilderness terrain. Besides, painting mushrooms is always darn fun. Here are the steps and paints we used:

• Prime Flat Black | Slapchop Base.
• Sign P1: GSW Skeleton Brown + FAN Dark Wash.
• Sign P2: FAN Imperial Navy + WAR Electric Blue edging.
• Tree: ASP Dark Wood + Vallejo Ochre Brown drybrush.
• Mushrooms P1: ASP Blood Red + FAN Red Wash.
• Mushrooms P2: FAN Pure Red edging & FAN Matt White
• Plants: ASP Forest Sprite + FAN Emerald Forest edging.
• Ground: ASP Desolate Brown.
• Rocks: ASP Gravelord Grey + white drybrush.

Nothing to it, right?! We just had to go over those mushroom dimples with white numerous times to get them to ultimately pop.

As always, Terrain Essentials always keeps a 3D print’s playability top of mind, and this new-found DnD scatter is no different. The adorbs mushroom roof is removable, and there’s just enough room inside to hold a ticket master miniature. And now we need to find a fun mini to fill that role!

For our other featured 3D print, we’re showing off something that, at first glance, may prompt the reaction, “What’s the big deal?” We’re talking about these huge chains by Custom Miniature Maker. These are from their Chain Barricades and Tank Traps set. Once again, it pays to be on their weekly e-newsletter, as this was a free download.

DM Ben wants to use these oversized trains as a Hovertrain security and safety measure. These mighty machines are by no means a perfected technology, and they’re known to drift a bit when stationary for extended periods. Plus, these chains look frickin’ epic when placed on one of Aether Studios’ mighty engines.

We just love how these STLs turned out here. Nothing crazy on the paint steps, either.

• Prime Flat Black | Slapchop Base.
• Layer FAN Gun Metal.
• FAN Grimdark Shadow Wash.
• Drybrush FAN Heavy Metal.
• Dab FAN Grim Rust.

The Armypainter metallics from their wicked good Warpaints Fanatic Wargamers Paint Set are some of our absolute favorites.

You can also use these chains to hold large monsters in place, secure a legendary treasure item in place, or even secure a particular part of a castle or dungeon. You have so many use-case possibilities for this slick scatter terrain.

Until next time!