Tomb Thursday P58: Whirling Swings

Greetings, fellow desert walkers! We’ve got a mishmash of Egyptian pieces for your DnD game board, each one helping immerse your players further in the campaign. Let’s go!

Finishing a mittful of miniatures and scatter terrain for a particular DnD setting always feels so darn good. They don’t shatter the windows on their own, but together these pieces will definitely improve the desert vibe and make things a little smoother for DM Ben.

Let’s start with this brute-for-hire by Loot Studios. This is “Bulked up Thug” is from their Lair of Liars set. Loot Studios models are always packed with fun details just take your time deplating and removing supports. We typically increase their size during slicing so they’re easier to paint and fully cover a single d20 square. His armor is just so cool here.

Resident Painter Kimmy Utah was the brush meister on this DnD miniature. We love the red-and-yellow color combination here. It’s a great fit for the Egyptian desert motif. DM Ben wants to offer him up in the nearest town as a mercenary for hire. So, he could be had for some gold pieces if the group knows their next tomb fight is gonna be a zinger. And we could use him as a mercenary in any scenario or even as a player mini, as needed.

Next up is this vibrant Rakshasa Maharaja prepainted miniature by Pathfinder Battles. This dapper dan is from their Impossible Lands set. Before our 3D printer replicators were a thing, we were die-hard prepainted miniature collectors. DM Ben has thousands of ’em, and we still use them whenever the right encounter calls for ’em.

Lastly, we wanted to show how a single 3D print can serve multiple roles just by utilizing different paint schemes. That’s exactly what we did with this Desert Twister by Iain Lovecraft from his amazing Desert Adventures Kickstarter. We originally painted this one in green to represent a mist trap from the Acquisitions Incorporated DnD 5e module on D&D Beyond.

We 3D printed this one again but utilized traditional sandy tones so it could represent an unexpected, fast-moving sandstorm. DM Ben used Army Painter Sand Golem or Howling Sand Speedpaint, but this is an older piece, so we can’t remember specifically. We definitely used a light primer for the undercoat, though. We might circle back and add a little intermittent sand flock on the whirling portion of the model.

Until next time!