Say Hay!

Greetings, fellow Friday lovers! Fall, our favorite time of year here in AZ, draws closer, so we got inspired to gussy up one of our favorite NPCs’ home turf. Let’s go!

Longtime 3DRPG readers will certainly recognize one of our infamous, homebrewed NPCs: gnomish farmer Huckle Riverstone. He coined a classic campaign phrase, “Pumpkins that ain’t pumpkins.” We’ve already made some slick scatter for his digs, including an epic Pumpkin house and additional 3D-printed buildings to immerse our adventurers in the countryside scene.

Still, DM Ben always felt he was missing some Hay piles and then, lo and behold, Cast n Play’s Terrain Essentials released this super fun Life in the Countryside set. Since we already had some solid success painting hay, DM Ben grabbed a brush and decided to get these new pieces prepped for any future farm encounter.

We’ll get up close and personal with each of these quirky STLs so you can take a closer look and decide whether they will fit into one of your upcoming DnD encounters. For this first piece, DM Ben will use it as a farm entry point since it has this adorbs lil’ sign and hat on. Does that tasty barrel of corn look familiar? We used that same color scheme for our temperamental Corn Cuties.

Our second haystock has a little bit of everything. We hadn’t painted a rooster before, but it was pretty simple: ASP Red, ASP Zealot Yellow, White, and a Strong Tone Wash. We might go back and add a few dark green splashes on the feathers. DM Ben loves to include scatter terrain that creates tactical advantages (cover, stealth, surprise round, etc.) for either side.

Lastly, here’s a nice 2×2 d20 square piece in case you want a smaller scatter piece. And of course, we had to 3D-print and paint this mischievous pig, since the set comes with numerous farm animals. We even dusted off some leaf flock to add a little Fall color to the mix.

We recommend painting these in a batch, as it will go much quicker. Here’s  a quick refresher on the simple hay steps:

• Prime Flat Black | Slapchop.
• Heavy Ochre drybrush.
• Agrax Earthshade wash.
• FAN Moon Dust Yellow drybrush.
• Very light white drybrush.
• Circle back as needed with any of the colors to get the right shading.
• Ropes: ASP Hardened Leather.

This is the same color scheme we used for our Arrow Targets and covered hay tarp.

Until next time!