Big Toad Load

Greetings, fellow mini makers! We’ve got a supersized follow-up DnD post for you today, so you can see how different-scale versions of the same STL can work, so you can get more mileage out of your resin creations. Let’s begin!

This is very much a take on Momma Bear and Poppa Bear protecting their young, but this time with ferociously protective frogs. Last week, we featured several versions of a standard 25mm DnD miniature; we also 3D-printed them at 2×2 d20 squares just for kicks.

First, a quick creator recap for anyone who missed the original post. He has a super fun set of Swamp Frogs in a variety of cool poses. We’re really leaning into Wifi1973 lately and his chunky library of awesome free DnD downloads. Like, we literally sliced four full plates of his work over the past two weeks. It’s just a bumper crop of STL goodness, and we can’t wait to share them all with you.

We’ll start with our mushroom-backed toads since having them at two different sizes made total sense to DM Ben. Like, the adventurers could encounter a couple of the younglings who try to escape at the first signs of combat, with the hope of leading the party back to their parents in a nasty ambush.

We were originally only planning on doing that one bigger model, but we thought, why not try a larger frog warrior too. In this scenario, we see the Frog leader as a big, burly 2×2 d20 creature with some 25mm versions as his bodyguards. You could also flip it and make the leader the smaller toad, then give him a couple of oversized protectors.

Here’s a quick backside shot so you can see how the details pop even better on this larger scale. Click here to try our simple paint guide steps. We’re definitely glad we mixed the sizes up a bit because this gives us great Challenge Rating and DnD 5e stat block flexibility for whatever encounters we place these greenies in.

We wanted to share another piece of charming scatter terrain. This Harvest Goods piece is by Cast n Play’s Terrain Essentials, from their Life in the Countryside set. They’ve had a few more misses than hits lately, as some of their sets require a large plate volume and you don’t really know that until you’re actually slicing STLs post-purchase.

Yes, you can resize their files, but that’s a big pain when some things require 5-7 pieces to 3D print and assemble. We adore this creator, but we want to remind everyone to take a minute to make sure your resin printer can handle everything (and remember their stuff isn’t really FDM-friendly either). We feature a lot of Cast n Play on our little ol’ blog, so don’t take this as a ding in any way…more of an occasional cautionary tale on the Essentials sets is all.

DM Ben colored this outdoor farm scatter terrain as it contained all the core themes we’ve used on previous 3D-print paint jobs. We replicated the corn from our Corn Cuties post. The sack color is from our airship post. The taters bag is from our market baskets post. We even used a few different wood colors from our trials entry. This type of terrain can go really quickly when you already know what paint pots you’re gonna pick.

Until next time!