Scatter Chatter, Part Octingenti

TGIF, fellow gamers! Let’s see what subtle scatter terrain pieces we’ve got for you this week to help bring your DnD game to life!

Let’s all take a gleeful exhale because we’ve just survived another workweek, and now a fab hobby weekend awaits, with plenty of time to do some 3D printing and painting! We’ve got some simple yet impactful scatter terrain pieces that we think can help elevate your TTRPG encounters and further immerse your players in the game. Remember, it’s often the little things that separate a good gameboard from a great one.

Disclaimer: As usual with this series, we do our best to identify the maker of each 3D print, but some are pretty generic. We often 3D print things and don’t get to paint them for 12-18+ months. That sorta delay between hobby steps just makes it tough at times.

Let’s start with an STL creator that just gets us. Their ingenuity and attention to detail always warm our souls. This Armor Rack from their Crimson Sand Arena set is a prime example of Loot Studios’ marvelous vision. Like, how can you not love this one?!

Just look how well this 3D print took to paint. We love, love when STLs have all sorts of texture, as the model always comes out so darn good. This particular set of armor has such a Gladiator movie vibe to it, right?! We also adore the Army Painter line of metallics, and we’re gaining a lot of confidence with them.

DM Ben’s paint selections included:

• Prime Flat Black | Slapchop.
• Leather: ASP Hardened Leather.
• Metals: FAN Heavy Metal and Plate Mail Metal.
• Accent: FAN Greedy Gold
• Wood: GSW Skeleton Brown.
• Wash: Soft Tone.

We can use this one in so many scenarios, and that sorta re-playability is always a big hit for a DM.

Next up is this imposing Female Sphinx from Brite Minis, which gave us a lot of statue feels. We probably could have saved these first two 3D prints for our ongoing Tomb Thursday series, but DM Ben plans to utilize them in a variety of DnD encounters.

DM Ben has been trying to come up with some stone paint scheme variants, but he just hasn’t fallen in love with any particular one for statues quite yet. For this one, he just kept poking at it. Starting with a slapchop base, then doing some light grey, black, and tan drybrushing, before finishing it off with a Strong Tone wash to get ‘er nice and grimey. We’re digging this one.

Now, we did just get our mitts on Green Stuff World’s line of water-soluble patina bottles (which we first saw in action by beloved YouTuber Miniature Hobbyist). However, we’re just too intimidated by this new product, so we’ll need to muster more courage first.

Next up is this subtle yet immersive miner’s setup. Too generic here for us to recall or search for its creator, but nearly all the major STL players make this type of scatter terrain piece. Still, you gotta love this one, right? There’s plenty of intrigue associated with this piece. What’s in the crate and what are they mining for? Every Dungeon Master should have something like this one in their scatter box.

Lastly, we have a TTRPG 3D print that is just dripping with character. Even better, DM Ben is super comfortable painting this kind of piece. He’s really gotten the hang of water effects and especially fishy sorta stuff. Be sure to pick up a jar of AK Interactive Wet Effects to really elevate your water-ish STLs. If we had to guess, our hunch is this one is by Cast n Play. So fun!

Until next time!