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14 May 2026
Greetings, fellow treasure seekers! We’ve got a fun new DnD monster miniature and a couple of handy pieces of Egyptian scatter for your tombs today! Let’s dig in!
We want to open with a quick word of thanks to y’all for this recent three-day hiatus as DM Ben proudly watched his youngest daughter receive her diploma from Northern Arizona University. He had to drive up to Flagstaff over the past weekend and needed a few days to reset after such an emotional day. He also had zero hobby time, so that made new posts earlier this week rather tricky.
Let’s kick things off with a couple of simple, yet important pieces of Egyptian scatter. There aren’t many showstoppers when it comes to these types of desert 3D prints, but when used in combination with awesome miniatures and slick terrain tiles, you can really set the mood around your game table in the best of ways.
Our featured statue comes from Iain Lovecraft’s epic Desert Adventures Kickstarter. Monuments were always the rage back then, so we need to ensure we represent their Gods in our underground tomb.
DM Ben keeps it simple here with our swell sandy paint scheme. We like to scale back our statues and monuments for several reasons, including storage space and room on the game table. You can certainly do some bigger statues and buildings, but that can be such a brew-ha. There’s nothing wrong with scaling your 3D prints back during slicing.
We also did a weathered mummy sarcophagus, but it’s so generic that sourcing this STL would take forever. If we had to guess, this one is probably from our pals at Aether Studios (the official terrain tile provider of this sandy blog series).
Next up, we have this frickin’ insane Subek miniature by the magnificent mz4250. We shudder to say where we would be without this epic creator in our 3D printing community. All his STLs are free (but we encourage you to check out his $5 monthly Patreon). We love the pose and details on this DnD mini. Just look at these snappers, will ya?!
Resident painter Kimmy Utah is so darn slammed these days (especially as a younger mom) that the rest of the team has been doing more of the painting lately. We just manage our expectations and continuously remind ourselves of the Arm’s Length Rule to get through the stress of it all. This is probably one of the smallest miniatures DM Ben has ever painted, but one must answer the call!
Armed with a Google Army Painter step-by-step suggestion, DM Ben took a deep breath and grabbed a brush:
We were really surprised by how great Army Painter’s Scaly Hide is as a reptile color for that creature type. You can also darken that scaly skin a bit more by going over it with a light drybrush of black. Also, be sure to do some solid flocking on that base to help immerse players in their surroundings.
Let’s briefly talk DnD 5e stat blocks here. We found this “Aspect of Sobek” premade stat block on d20Radio.com and thought it was excellent. Depending on where your characters are level-wise and the number of guards on the board, you just might want to knock the HP back from 105 to more like 52-ish. You can also use this Google Search phrase (“dnd 5e sobek soldier stat block”) and get another nice alternative.
We also wanted to take a moment to congratulate all the 2026 graduates and their families on such an amazing achievement. Nothing about college is easy these days, so we consider a diploma to be the mightiest of feats. We’re proud of each and every one of you! Care to take a guess on which daughter is DM Ben’s in the pic above? 😉
Until next time!
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