Wandering Wednesday: Kobold Country

Greetings, fellow enemy annihilators! We’re featuring an especially annoying foe and certainly a classic from the original DnD Monster Manual today. Let’s go!

Now, we’ll be the first to admit we prefer the odd and unique when it comes to DnD monster 3D prints, but that doesn’t mean you have to skip the classics like orcs, goblins, bugbears, etc entirely. Instead, look for these original enemies in more unique sculpts to keep the energy up at your game table.

For example, you can have a Kobold master swordsman, but maybe he’s wearing less than traditional protective armor. The brilliant mz4250 is aligned with our hopes and dreams and made this Kobold with Stove Armor a free download for all. And a frying pan for a helmet? Umm, yes, please.

Resident painter Kimmy Utah colored all our featured DnD 3D prints today, and her use of that shade of red for the pesky Kobold’s skin was spot on. We also love how she even added a little grey on the feet of the wood-burning stove. Our poor sword broke in postal transit, but oh well. Maybe that means it’s using a whisk as a weapon instead.

Next up is another unique skill and premise for a monster mini: a Kobold Trapsmith. It would be so cool to have the players in a trap-heavy dungeon, only to stumble upon the lizard-reptile responsible for all those shenanigans. Like everything else in mz450’s massive TTRPG library, this tinkerer is also a free download, but tips or a subscription to his fine Patreon are encouraged.

An absolutely delightful mix of vibrant colors, once again utilized by Kimmy Utah. The metal makes its spectacles shine, and we love the clothing, large backpack, and bedroll details too. Its red skin really pops with that white shirt. DM Ben thinks this guy talks with a lisp, but can’t say why, btw.

Lastly, the Pièce de résistance is this amazing Kobold Artillery Crew. We adore everything cannons here at 3DRPG, and something like this offers plenty of replayability. Besides, who doesn’t want to fire a cannon in DnD combat? The only bummer is you really have to treat this STL with kid gloves.

You can see, we lost two of our Kobold crew. One of them is salvageable, but we haven’t reglued him on quite yet. The other was smashed in the mail, despite Kimmy’s extreme TLC when preparing our boxes. The tied-up goblins with one loaded in the barrel are epic. We can’t wait to use this piece in a one-shot. And now we can incorporate those nifty explosion scatter pieces by Playmats that we featured the other day.

So, we could certainly add these Kobolds to our Wandering Monster Dungeon Delve table, but DM Ben wants to create a dedicated one-shot for them. Since we’re playing a higher-level campaign, we’re utilizing the DnD 5E Kobold Warrior stat block.

Until next time!