Shields Up!

Greetings, fellow gamers. Hope you had a wonderful weekend of dice drops. We were feverishly working on new DnD miniatures and scatter terrain for y’all as these next couple of weeks are going to be nuts!

We think you’re gonna love today’s miniature spotlight as this mean monster fits into both our Dungeon and Wilderness Trek free tables. Before we get to it, though, here are a few updates so all the longtime 3DRPGers out there are in the know for what lies ahead in this week’s crazy schedule.

This Friday is the annual Game on Expo in Phoenix, AZ, which happens to be a Troll’s stone’s throw from Chandler, where 3DRPG Studios is headquartered. Now, you would think being in the fifth-largest city in the country would mean Arizonians have a slew of slick gaming Cons to go to on a regular basis, but sadly, it can be pretty hit or miss here. Still, we’ve gone to Game On for many years now, so we’re going to try to be optimistic.

So, this means no DnD blog post this Friday while we snuff out some new finds for your DnD collection. Last year was rough, as just about every other booth was filled with coasters, pins, phone cases, and silly 3D-printed toys. We were really surprised at how little Dungeons and Dragons and other TTRPG stuff there was compared to years past. We always seem to find a nifty product or two, though (and featuring in our latest Holiday Gift Guide). Case in point, DM Ben uses his Game Envy Popup Rinse Cup & Magical Sinking Brush Scrubby every weekend!

The next bit of news is we’re feverishly trying to unpack, organzie and re-pack our huge Dwarven Forge Dungeons Reforged Kickstarter. We made the conscious decision in 2025 to go all in with their prepainted dungeons product so that we could focus on an abundance of other 3D-printed miniatures/scatter terrain, our Forgotten Rails Hovertrain setting, and the Beneath the Sands Tomb setting. The pieces are amazing, and we absolutely made the right decision.

Honestly, the trickiest part was finding the right container system to house and keep the staggering amount of pieces organized. We’re looking forward to showcasing all the dungeon sets and our storage system in the coming months.

That leads us to our next challenge for this week: we have Hey, Hey It’s Game Day home session this Saturday! That means we have to have our Wyrmwood Table completely cleared off so we can continue on in The High Forest. Our family game runs very fast, as it’s filled with experienced younger gamers who are just fierce at moving quickly between encounters. Hence, DM Ben has a lot of prep work to do for this weekend. That also means we’re going to forgo this week’s edition of Tomb Thursday and instead do our Game Day post that day.

Even better, our new office mascot, Winnie Lou Who, is turning five months old, and boy oh boy, is she a handful with all that puppy energy. We’re having a handyman team coming this Wednesday to install some dog fences so she can’t get in as much trouble in the backyard. That means DM Ben has to be home to meet the contractors and walk them through the complicated installation. Hence, we won’t be able to post on 3-11. Look at that face, though – Winnie is irresistible…y’all would love her if you got to greet her in person. 🙂

Ok, so with all that housekeeping stuff for the week out of the way, let’s get to today’s featured TTRPG 3D print! This amazing STL is called a Shield Spider, and this meany is a free download from the mighty Schlossbauer. Like with many of his sensational creations, you’re going to have a hard time just printing one.

DM Ben decided to give this multi-leg monster miniature a go with some paints. This is not so itsy bitsy fella is really a freak of nature, so it’s not like you can do too much wrong here.

• Prime Flat Black | Slapchop Base.
• Shell: ASP Rigor Mortis + Citadel Athonian Camoshade Wash.
• Legs: ASP Nuclear Sunrise.
• Shields: FAN Oak Brown.
• Face: ASP Holy White.
• Eyes: ASP Blood Red.

We were eager to try that Citadel Athonian Camoshade Wash as we saw it in a YouTube video (to use as moss on stone), but we thought it would look cool on the Shield Spider’s body, too.

For whatever reason, before DM Ben started painting, he didn’t do a Google Image search to see how other TTRPG hobbyists colored this creepy crawly up. No biggie. We’re going to spin up a few more of these guys and give them different, unique looks, like the one in the pic above.

Originally, DM Ben was just freestyling (something he rarely does, btw), so it will be fun to make new versions based on other gamers’ excellent paint schemes. We’ll be sure to circle back and share those with you (along with the DnD 5e stat blocks we plan to utilize).

Until next time!