Tomb Thursday P59: Last Print Standing

Greetings, champions! We’re back in the arena with more minis to set the scene and help you confidently answer, “Are you not entertained?” with your game group. Let’s go!

3DRPG is on a hot streak when it comes to Gladiators, with several amazing creators releasing some pretty fierce STLs here in 2026. DM Ben wants to have at least several amazing Arena encounters in our homebrewed Beneath the Sands campaign. Plus, these arena warrior miniatures are just cool!

Today’s do-or-die fighters come from good ol’ Brite Minis and their monthly Patreon. They have a nice subset of DnD miniatures from this encounter type, and we have a really solid paint scheme to crank several of these out for our game table.

We’ll start with this classic Gladiator garb and pose. Brite Minis calls this one Gladiator Murmillo. DM Ben asked for several of these guys in case he wants to run a larger arena fight: our six adventurers vs. six of the Colosseum’s top six warriors.

Here were novice painter DM Ben’s paint steps:

• Prime Citadel Grey Seer
• Helmet: ASP Hoard Bronze.
• Shoulder Armor: ASP Hoplite Gold.
• Leather: Citadel Contrast Snakebite Leather.
• Skin: FAN Barbarian Flesh + Soft Wash.
• Waist: ASP Ruddy Fur.
• Sword: ASP Broadsword Silver.
• Shield: FAN Dragon Red + Red Wash.
• Shield Edging: ASP Enchanted Steel.
• Wash: Strong Tone.
• Base: Cobblestone scheme (our go-to these days).

These steps are very similiar to our earlier Cast n Play Gladiator colors.

Our second featured miniature for today is called Gladiator Retiarius. We batch-painted him with the ones above for speed’s sake, and it was a snap because most of the colors matched the ones listed above. Additionally, DM Ben picked ASP Holy White for his classic net and FAN Demonic Yellow for his blonde hair.

This one has an uncanny resemblance to Varro (played by Jai Courtney) from the first season of Spartacus: Blood and Sand. If you haven’t seen that series (currently on Netflix), get it into your watchlist pronto.

Besides the arena encounter mentioned above, a follow-up or second mission could be rescuing Gladiator Retiarius from the Sultan’s clutches. For this mission, use more generic Gladiators as the armed guards trying to stop it. In return for his freedom, he agrees to help the party ransack the nearby tomb.

Until next time!