Temu Time, Part Deux!

Greetings, fellow DnD bargain hunters! We had so much fun unearthing some fabulous RPG finds on Temu that we wanted to do another round of exploration and let you know how handy (or unhandy) our latest picks were! Let’s go!

These days, budgets are tight everywhere, so anytime a gamer can save a few gold pieces with his hobby funds, that’s a good thing! So, let’s take a look at a few more products we recently ordered and tried out for ourselves. Hopefully, a few of these helpful hobby finds might grab your eye!

Let’s start with an unsung hero: Double-Sided Adhesive Black Tape! It’s the perfect temporary adhesive for temporarily holding your miniatures in place on your painting handles! They’re just strong enough to hold your 3D-printed miniatures or scatter terrain in place and can be slipped off using a simple utility knife. The stickiness is so good that a single square can go a couple of times before even being replaced.

A 100-square pack was a mere $2.39. Now, one thing you need to brace yourself with Temu is that listings come and go, so this exact product is currently unavailable to reorder, but there’s always an extremely similiar one popping up. The site does a great job giving you those similiar links.

Do you like our little makeshift paint handles btw?! Just grab a cork from an empty wine bottle (challenge accepted), poke a longer nail into it, and glue a base to it. Works perfectly. 😉

And if you’re not a drinker like DM Ben, you can snag a mitful of ’em for a mere $5.50, which is a fraction of what Amazon would charge you. That handy box cutter tool will only run you $1.40 (for four). Naturally, we could 3D-print a paint holder, but we have a mile-long list of other things to slice right now.

Next, check out this really nice grass-tuft variety pack! This 120-piece set includes a variety of grass shades, and they’re just the right size for 25mm miniatures and their flocked bases. This only set us back $4.98, and it will take us plenty of time to use them all up. Compare that to a 77-piece pack from other retailers, and you know you’re scoring a deal.

For clear bases, something YouTube’s Miniature Hobbyist got us hooked on, you can pick up a 100-piece pack of 25mm stands for like $8. Now compare that to the Litko bases we were buying on Amazon – $12.99 for a 25-pack. Yikes.

You do have to use some tape or the edge of a utility knife to remove the factory film from each base, but that minor step takes all of two seconds. Also, it’s a heartbreaker that they don’t offer the smaller 20 mm-sized base, but maybe some will show up on Temu in the future.

Lastly, let’s talk brushes. You need to tread carefully here, as quality brushes are very hard to discern on Temu. But, hey, that’s what we’re here for, right?! To us, weight is very important for a brush’s overall comfort factor. Thankfully, these AVOWIT brushes were surprisingly good. We got an 11-pack for $4.95 and used them over numerous paint sessions with no significant wear and tear.

The other brushes 100-pack for $3.91 are black nylon brushes and are just too light, but they still serve a great purpose! We use them to apply washes or messy PVA glue (without worrying about tossing one out after use).

Pretty good, right?! Gotta face the reality right now that our dollars aren’t going as far as they used to, and we’re getting lower quantities of everything on top of all these crazy prices. This sorta unpredictable economy just requires a few good wisdom rolls for now, is all. 😉

And no worries, as we’re already preparing our next Temu Finds article for you. 😉

Until next time!