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16 July 2026
Greetings, fellow armored combatants! Who’s ready for a new Tomb Thursday post of the toughest kind? We sure are, and we’re pretty stoked on today’s additions to our vast desert library.
We always enjoy doing a little of both in this ongoing weekly series: a marvelous miniature and some sexy scatter terrain. It’s a full-course meal to feed our insatiable 3D-printing appetites. Even better, today’s STLs have a lot of flexibility and reusability in your TTRPG games.
Two things you’ll undoubtedly want in abundance here in a new terrain gameboard theme are guards and doors. Welp, lo and behold, that’s exactly what popped up in our MyMiniFactory.com library scans recently, and STL slicing quickly commenced. And we think you’ll wholeheartedly agree with these latest DnD print picks.
Our mighty miniatures come courtesy of the great Cast n Play crew. This Arena Gladiator A is from their absolutely awesome Unyielding Legion set. We just love the pose on this brute, and beyond its obvious use, we think this new DnD miniature could be a tomb guard, too. Cast n Play miniatures are some of our absolute favs because they have some heft to ’em and are easier to paint for our aging eyes. Tiny minis with only a “little meat on the bone” just aren’t for us.
Novice painter DM Ben was pressed into active duty so we could share these fab finds with you this week. He experimented with a couple different cape colors here, and we dig ’em both. We’ll treat the blue version as a squad-leader marking and the red capes as the dutiful foot soldiers.
This might sound snooty, but unless a base is part of the overall STL, we usually don’t 3D print ’em because they’re so boring to do. Besides, clear bases save a ton of time/show the terrain underneath, and other simpler bases are easier for flock treatments. But hey, to each their own, right?
Are these fresh TTRPG miniatures not fantastic? We just love how they turned out! Their leg stance made their painting handle stickiness precarious at times, but DM Ben took things slow. Their chiseled warrior bodies made our go-to skin color the star of the show.
Here are the paint steps he used:
So, funny story on this one. DM Ben thought he was using GSW Skeleton Brown for the shield, since it’s our go-to wood color (with a dark wash). However, he didn’t realize he was actually using GSW Zombie Dipping Ink. By the time he realized the oops, he actually was a big fan of that accidental color choice. It’s very Nordic-esque, and we’ll definitely be using it again.
Our second terrain piece may be small in size, but it’s mighty in usability for your DnD storytelling needs. This handy tomb floor grate comes in both open and closed configurations. We’re sharing the open version, but certainly both should ultimately come off your 3D printer. This terrain element is by our Egyptian terrain partner Aether Studios and hails from their swell Old Kingdom set.
Super simple paint job here, using our tried-and-true three-step approach. Optionally, you can drop that classic reddish clay vibe by drybrushing on a little Pokorny Paint Deep Lava and then spot-brushing some FAN Greedy Gold on a few of the hieroglyphics.
What made us chuckle on this one was that we slipped in our magnetic clips, only to later realize that one clip was partially exposed by the open square. We just used our Dremel tool to sand that back a little, and then DM Ben will just circle back with a little sand color on this refinement.
So, now just imagine you finally locate this sneaky tomb entrance, and as you start to poke through the opening, a couple of these big fellas are waiting for ya?! In terms of these soldier 5e stats, DM Ben is leaning toward this Tomb Guardian. He’ll skip the undead part. Otherwise, the DnD 5e stats are pretty slick for a sixth-level party of six adventurers: AC 15, HP 60, multi-attack +5/1d6+3, and we added Perry (adds 2 to its AC against one melee attack that would hit it).
Until next time!
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