GIVEAWAY COMPETITION: Three Bundles of Giveaways - Crippled God Foundry

Our friends at Crippled God Foundry, have let us know about their amazing prize draw that they have running on their website.

To participate, you must:

✅ Have an active subscription in a paid tier

✅ Like their post here on their website.

✅ Leave a comment telling them:

Which bundle you’d like to win

How your character found themselves on that quest.

🏆 Winners Announcement

The winners will be announced in a post next Friday, April 3rd.

Definitely something that will really bring some wonderful additions to your storytelling and a delightful set of themes that you can bring to your

overall game alongside having a delightful adventure.  So whether its the Hag Coven, a deliciously dark adventure in a Grecian themed world or whether you're looking for some epic D&D scenery to have your characters face the worst of the worst in an underground setting, then there is something for everyone from this fantastic design group.  

So with the closing date not too far away, please get in quickly as otherwise you may miss this wonderful opportunity.

All the best,

Thundermouser

MINIATURE SCENERY DESIGN: Dark Dungeons - Dark Fantastic Mills

 

Hail Mighty Readers and Followers of the Math's Dice,

Our friends at Dark Fantastic Mills, who have been really sneaky and teasing tasters of what they've been working on the last few weeks, have revealed it all upon their website for you to order right now.  If you love dungeoneering, are looking for something delightful for you to send your party into and best of all you can piece it together to fit whatever scenario you have planned.  Whilst its not currently available as an STL, it is something that will definitely help make your live play way more fun.

Available now in their webshop you can purchase it either as one giant set or by piece whilst allows you to tailor it to own personal taste and with so many options, you really will be sending that party way into the depths, just make sure they have plenty of health potions or a well rested cleric.  lol.

Ideal for games like Warcry (or as I plan to use it as a way to have fabulous 3d terrain for D&D as well as Warhammer Quest (the original now the new Dark Water), there are so many options that you'll be spoiled for choice.  (I am also planning on designing my own card set for each piece so that each time my players enter a dungeon they're designing it as they go along as far as their torches can reveal.  Its definitely going to be pretty epic.

Finally add to this the other wonderful design pieces from their Necrosia sets as well as their Death Temple Kickstarter and you have one hell of an epic option for everything to happen within.  We can't wait to game.

You can also keep up with them via their podcast available here.

All the best,

ThunderMouser.

MINIATURES STL RELEASES: Sisters of the Eternal Mercy: Unending Pilgrimage 2 - Heroes Infinite

 

Hail Mighty Readers and Mini Painting Officionado's,
Our friends at Heroes Infinite, the STL Subscription Service from Raging Heroes, have asked us to let people know about the Sovereign Tier that they introduced a few months ago and have now released an up to date vid of exactly what is in this months tier exclusive from the other releases.  

Whilst this original vid (above) covers everything, the one below is the Sovereign Tier exclusives.  We include it for your viewing pleasure.

If you want to get these, whilst you can get them any time after this month, its only available for the month of February at the special subscription price of $24.

All the best,

Thundermouser

MONTHLY MINI'S: Eclipsed by Darkness: Inquisition Vs the Void Elves - Heroes Infinite

 

Hail Mighty Readers and Mini Painting Officionado's,
Here's our first post for this month of mini's that we're already in love with and that we'd recommend to others that you can print at home.  These ones from Heroes Infinite will add quite a lot this month to a fair few armies, whether you love the Druhkari, the Aeldari or the Inquisition/Sisters of Battle.  They all look pretty cool to paint as they add something a little different to a lot of others out there, so without further ado, lets get to it:

This mini, from the Inquisition Vs Void Elves range (this set is known as Eclipsed by Darkness, is pretty cool and would make a fab leader for any Sister battleforce in its beautiful glory of colour as well as design.

Alongside this, they have a whole range of other mini's out there with two price ranges, where under the Leader Tier ($10) you get:

9-10 Heroes

3 Dynamic Troopers

1 Epic Centerpiece

14+ Scenic Bases

2 Monsters

Whereas if you take out the Overlord Tier ($16) you will get in addition to the above:

Additional 15-20 new Troopers

to create 5 different units

Exclusive alternative versions

of Heroes and Monsters

Mind-boggingly extensive

Modular / Scatter Terrain

Exclusive additional models

for our Heroes Infinite Overlords,

such as Mounted Heroes, Monsters, and more.

Each tier is pretty fab and we also wanted to link to their YT vid where you can see the full range for your money.

Finally if I were to pick one item from the range to call my favourite, I think it will have to be the fabulous Skiff, plenty of space to put a fair few of your Druhkari and of course would look great to either transport a kill team or even just as a centre piece for your battlefield.



Please join us in celebrating everything to do with the joy of mini's.

And as we continue the series please remember that some of these will only be available at the prices cited for this month, so if you like them, get them now.  

There are plenty of others that we don't have the space to feature so please watch the YT trailer so that you can see everything to decide if there's some that you really want.

INDEPENDENT TTRPG MINIATURE SCULPTOR: Mike-Lee Whitaker - Tytantroll

I'm Dave. I'm 29 i've been sculpting for 12 years. I've been sculpting miniatures for 6, starting in 2017. But i've been sculpting for Patreon on a monthly basis for nearly 4 years, since September 2019. I haven't missed a single month. I'm very fiscally driven, I sculpt miniatures for DnD but i've never played DnD, i don't particularly like DnD, And i'm extremely burnt out, wassup. Ask me anything. 

(All images in this article are sculpts by Tytantroll.)

Totally Pawsome:  How do you work out which themes to create pieces for?

David-Lee Whitaker:  I make whatever i feel like i want to sculpt for the month. I bare in mind what will be popular, the usability of it across different themes to boost sales as much as possible. 

I have a keen interest in anything fantasy, it helps if i can reuse the same bases across multiple models too which so i can create ~10 models, bundle them up and ship them off. 

I love goblins too. The only reason I don't do goblins every single month is because basically, I have a customer base to keep happy. - So they may get a tiny say every now and again. But if i'm TOLD what to do, that goes to the back of the list - naturally. 

TP:  What would you say sells your miniatures to people?

DLW:  Renders. Renders sell the miniatures. when people see my work, they're usually instantly fooled into thinking that its a real miniature painted with some kind of black zenithal wash (so i've been told - I've never painted a miniature before. But, if fooling people into looking further into my work. I'll keep doing it. Eyes on = sales. 

TP:  What is the turn around time from designing a concept to having it ready for printing?

DLW:  I have a guy who designs miniatures for me on a monthly basis for a week. His sketches take a few hours to come up with each, designing things. and I take a few hours and produce this. We've worked together for years on multiple projects. So we know what we like. Shane Cook. Check him out. - Though, he's awful at marketing himself and updating his links 

TP:  What is your favourite piece that you've created and why?

DLW:  This - It was the first commission job I ever got for Moonstone. It took me 2 weeks due to insecurities and getting it down perfect. We worked together for a few months on one of their lines of miniatures. But if i was to do the same project today, it'd take 3 hours. How far we've come. - Also, it was the first time i ever worked with Shane. Though we wouldn't actually speak until 3 years down the line. But, It lit a fire in me, i realized how easy it was to make miniatures - coming from games, and how much less work it was for a hell of alot more dollar. 

TP:  Coming up with a piece is often an idea that gets written into a journal to come back to. How often do you find yourself working on one piece and another comes to mind and can you give an example?

DLW:  I don't have a journal or any kind of diary, to-do list or sticky notes etc. - Everything i do is kept mentally and if i miss something it's usually forgotten about, if no one reminds me, its not important, right? Probably not.. Anyway - i rarely forget about the stuff i'm working on as it all somehow links, I have about 6 projects on the go, Kickstarters, Patreon/Tribe, Client Work, My own TTSG, this interview. Its prioritized though, so some stuff is getting worked on, just slowly, as other things always get nudged above the others. 

For example.. 2 days ago, i started sculpting some kobolds. I didn't have kobolds planned, but then i decided to start a new kickstarter line. Thats pretty much how it goes with me. I'm a workaholic with some undiagnosed ADHD and the monthly releases with bits thrown in, is perfect for me. But I totally understand and have empathy with those who struggle with it. Especially when it barely pays the bills. - But this is another topic. 

TP:  What do you think is most inspiring about your miniatures and why?

DLW:  Honestly. I don t think they're anything special, and thats their selling point. They're generic, forgettable. I make bundles of encounters, - I make big fun pieces now and again, and funnily enough, noone buys them. So i don't make them and they're not my focus. I'd love for people to want my more fun pieces. But unless they're pin-ups or are exactly what they're looking for (for DnD) they don't want them.. + This is a 3dprinting market - we're all fighting against the grain. 

TP:  Where do you see your business taking you in 5 years?

DLW:  No idea, I want to continue what i'm doing. Kickstarters, miniatures, tabletop game or 2 with an expansion maybe. Who knows. We'll see what happens in the market between then and now.. I'm definitely on the right track, i think. But the market is turning, and its spooky to see. 

TP:  If you were given the time and opportunity to create anything you wanted what would it be and why?

DLW:  Most of the stuff i want to do isn't really farfetched. I have contacts in the industry to work wherever i want on whatever i want. I've worked on Lord of the rings, Fallout, Judge Dredd - I did go for a Games Workshop sculpting job in house, but the pay wasn't quite what i was looking for. Again, fiscally minded. - My future is more important to me than their miniature line, as cool as Bloodbowl was.. Currently in talks with Josh Kirby's IP to work on some discworld minis. I'm very happy. - I love discworld

TP:  Who do you admire in the fantasy community and why?

DLW:  Duncan Shadow  - The guy who inspired me to start a patreon. After seeing what was possible - while his work isn't really my cup of tea, the business side of it was very alluring to me. He was alot bigger back in 2019. But as more people muscled him out of the limelight, he fell back a bit. But he's still here. And its great. 

But, honestly. every hard worker out there trying to make it work for them. I have less respect for the huge ass teams dropping the quality of the models but putting out massive amounts and lowering the bar for everyone. 

TP:  What got you all into TTRPG's in the first place?

DLW:  I've never played a TTRPG - but i got into making miniatures by Tom Lishman - a phenominal artist. He got me into the industry working on the aforementioned moonstone, and while he stopped for a while doing freelance works working on manner of projects - he stuck with steamforged for a long time. And now he's moved back into games, currently working on sea of thieves. All round cool guy.