Tomb Thursday P33: Home is Where the Tomb is

Greetings, fellow home bodies! Time for another weekly TTRPG edition of Tomb Thursday! Let’s roll out the welcome mat so you can see what’s inside today’s DnD post!

Traveling through a hot desert to finally locate a mysterious lost tomb is no picnic, folks. It’s a perilous, sweaty journey, and you’re sure to be exhausted as you draw close to those countless riches buried beneath the sands. Naturally, someone in your party is going to plead the case to take a long rest at a nearby settlement and recharge before putting their life on the line. No problemo – our 3D Printer was up to this terrain challenge.

Now obviously, you’re not going to have a small village sitting right on top of an unknown desert tomb (but you certainly could)! Instead, it’s like the dungeon master will create three-ish wandering monster travel events before finally reaching a small outpost. After resting and resupplying, the party might trudge through another day or two of travel before finally locating the X that marks the spot on their crude treasure map.

This travel event could also be a great opportunity to introduce one of Aether Studios’ desert skiffs into the campaign as the players rent a ride to minimize travel to the suspect dig site.

Aether Studios is our Egyptian tile maker of choice for this ongoing desert series, so it’s only fitting that they came through in the camel clutch yet again by offering these amazing Desert Dwelling FDM scatter terrain options. We’re going to feature two of them today, but have a couple of others to ultimately showcase as well!

Since this is bigger, bulkier terrain, DM Ben had no concerns painting these sandstone huts up for our DnD campaign. Besides, we already have two tried-and-true sandy paint schemes, so there’s zero brush anxiety here.

Now, FDM prints are really known to soak up a decent amount of paint, especially with larger pieces. Hence, we opted for the cheaper craft paint version of our darker sand scheme.

Here’s a quick recap of the steps:

• Prime Flat White (critical)
• Base with FolkArt Honeycomb
• Drybrush FolkArt Linen Toile
• Lightly Wash with Fanatic Strong Tone

We definitely recommend doing a batch paint when tackling all their different sand-dwelling buildings… a huge time saver. DM Ben is also pondering dropping in a little sand flock here and there, but that might distract one’s eye from the overall look and feel.

Aether Studios has tremendous set compatibility and modularity, so it’s no wonder we inadvertently grabbed the wrong roof for the single-story hut. There’s a reasonable amount of space inside each structure, so the scale here is solid. The taller building of the two is actually two floors with a pronounced roof piece.

Even better, these desert dwellings have several openings and windows where you can place your DnD miniatures for curiosity pulls or tough house-to-house battles! We really think you’re going to have fun adding these to your Egyptian terrain collection.

Until next time!