Dragon Crack

Hmmmmm. Listen carefully now. Is anyone else starting to hear a bit of a tap-tap-tap? Better check that egg timer as something gettin’ ready to hatch!

Brite Minis released a fun dragon egg set for Easter 2023 but our lil’ zygotes took a bit longer to hatch (and come back from our resident painter, Kimmy Utah…we keep her extremely busy.)

DM Ben love, loves transition pieces…meaning, you have one mini to set the initial scene and then you add or swap it out when the encounter progresses accordingly. This is perfectly illustrated in Brite Minis suggested paint scheme. The DM just keeps interchanging the mini here based on the speed and actions of the players. So frickin’ cool, right?!

Kimmy Utah is still throwing down some colors on that baby Dragon but we got the first two eggs in our last batch and just had to share them with y’all. We have a pretty slick production system where we send her about 200 pieces a time which she typically paints up in 10-12 weeks. As she paints (the current batch), we print (the next batch) – total harmony ensues.

As you can see, our painted versions can be used in a couple of different ways: either as two different dragons or the egg sort of morphing the closer it gets to hatch time. As you ponder your own paint scheme for a particular piece of terrain or mini, always think about multiple uses so you get the most mileage out of your private collection.

So these adorable eggs got us to thinkin’ – what do we know about dragon eggs when it comes to D&D? What allows you to identify them? How do you raise or sell them? Can you hatch them? Thank goodness the Internet talks about everything! Plus, you have all sorts of wonderful book resources out there too like Dragons & Treasures: A Young Adventurer’s Guide!

And you have some cool stat block options here too. One option is to start with a Dragon Hatchling. Or, you can do a Dragon Wyrmling. DM Ben just doesn’t want to spring some larger dragon on them and create a quick TPK.

Dragon Wyrmlings are also really fun to collect as a miniatures category. They are some many different types: water, silver, ice, fire, etc). You can get them pre-painted or even run off your resin printer.

Plus, let’s get real here, gang. It’s quite hard to actually get to a dragon in Dungeons and Dragons because they’re such haymakers in a fight. And since a lot of our adventures start at lower levels, your campaign can (sadly) fizzle out before you ever get to encounter these majestic winged beasts.

So good on Brite Minis for giving us a mini set that we can finally incorporate sooner rather than later!