Scatter Chatter: Part Tres

Greetings, fellow dungeon builders! We’re getting rather hooked on these scatter terrain spotlights, so we decided to turn this one into a series. And technically, today’s DnD post will be our fourth, but that first one was just to get room and wilderness scatter on our brains.

Since we got our last Gamefound Dwarven Forge Dungeons Reforged shipment of plenty, that DnD delivery has sent us on a mad quest to 3D print supporting scatter terrain pieces to mix in with our favorite new prepainted terrain! And besides, 3D printing, painting, and adding scatter terrain to your gameboard is darn fun.

Sometimes the devil really is in the details, right?! Like, what’s the big deal about a stack of bowls and some plates in a dungeon room or empty house? Welp, clues abound if someone in the party wisely investigates.

• How many plates are there (indicates garrison size)?
• Are the dishes still warm/have partially eaten food (guards left recently)?
• What type of rations were they eating (monster type)?

Never discount these subtle clues when building your rooms. Super simple to paint here, too. Just pick a copper tone and little drybrush a little black over the top so they look a bit weathered. These plates and bowl stacks are from EC3D Designs’ Hero’s Hoard series, specifically the Inn and Tavern Set 2.

DM Ben chose ASP Rudy Fur for the door’s primary wood color, as that rich, dark red spoke to him as a quite heavy, reinforced door.

• Prime Flat Black | Slapchop Base.
• Wood: ASP Ruddy Fur
• Stone: ASP Runic Grey (so good).
• Door Metal Banding: FAN Rough Iron.
• Other Metals: ASP Enchanted Steel.

The spikes are a little too muted, so we’re going to circle back and dab those with Citadel’s Stormhost Silver so that they’re a little more prominent. This door is from Cast n Play’s Terrain Essentials series and Kickstarters.

This slick Witch’s Chair is from their Curse of the Witchmire set. It’s a little homage to Baba Yaga and would be the perfect furniture for its hut. DM Ben wants to use it in a future Wizard encounter where the wacky spellcaster makes several chairs in the room come to life and attack the party.

• Prime Flat Black | Slapchop Base.
• Wood: GSW Skeleton Brown.
• Wood Accent: Drybrush ASP Forest Sprite.
• Feet: ASP Fire Giant Orange
• Berries: ASP Hive Dweller Purple

DM Ben circled back and added a small, clear base to this one to give it a little more stability.

Lastly, we think we’ve got some fun TTRPG Fisherman scatter terrain by Cast n Play’s Terrain Essentials series. Any STL that has barrels, bottles, sacks, etc., is always going to be a beast to source months after it was 3D-printed. DM Ben often cringes at these detailed pieces because it can be tough for his Wisconsin sausage fingers to reach all those nooks and crannies. Hence, he’ll slip them in the next outgoing package to resident painter Kimmy Utah.

Until next time!