Today I proudly celebrate 10 years of 3D modeling free 3D printable minis!
Today I proudly celebrate 10 years of 3D modeling, printing & painting D&D minis, all for free and all for the world to enjoy! It all started 10 years ago when I posted on reddit a simple black dragon I put together on Tinkercad that the local library 3D printed for me. It blew up on reddit so I made another dragon. Then I learned Blender and decided to 3D model the entire Monster Manual. From there this went from a simple hobby to now my full time profession and I'm loving it!
Thank you all for your kind words and support over the years. I was able to set up a successful Patreon, grow a small community, and model over 5000 minis! If you ever need a mini 3D printed for your games chances are I've made it. Just google "name of creature mz4250" and you'll see the free link, be it on Shapeways, Printables, Thingiverse or on Patreon directly.
Here are a few of my favorite galleries of my works that I think would set up anyone for their D&D campaign. The free file links are below each image:
Monster Manual - https://imgur.com/gallery/1R9Rt8G
Monsters of the Multiverse - https://imgur.com/gallery/KBiK1Yp
Fizbans Treasury of Dragons - https://imgur.com/gallery/xrvhfIf
I've actually made a variety of other D&D books ready for 3D printing but these are the must haves I feel :)
Anyway thanks again friends! And as always all my models are free and posted daily here: https://www.patreon.com/mz4250
Oh and if you're curious about about my Patreon I offer my patrons access to all my 5000+ pre-supported TTRPG models in one place, along with commercial options, a discord, and requests board. The drives have all the same models that are already out there for free in the internet. Its more for convenience rather than exclusivity.
Working on a battle damaged version of Terra’s lingering will armor, I’m calling it broken will. It’s based off the old cinematic BBS trailer. I 3d modeled and printed all the armor pieces. I’m almost done painting them just a little more weathering to do. Next will be to work on the custom undersuit.
MARINA IS ALREADY PAINTED, AND IN THE MIDDLE OF PERLINA WEEK AAAAAAAH.
It's a shame I didn't have it for the 3rd day of Perlina Week, which was "New Merch". But the important thing is that it's already here, just missing the base to be a real "amiibo". By the way, I “painted” the laptop with stickers!
I'm going to try to paint Pearl in time for the release of Side Order, and I'll time the hours it takes because with Marina it's been like that more than 15. My back hurts.
Can we please notice the habit that my figures have of breaking just before photographing them, in this case the pendant. AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE LACES OF HER SHOES BROKE, THEY WERE LIKE THAT BEFORE I STARTED PAINTING HER, I'M SAD.
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MARINA YA ESTÁ PINTADA, Y EN PLENA PEARLINA WEEK AAAAAAAH.
Una pena no haberla tenido para el día 3 de la Perlina Week, que era “New Merch”. Pero lo importante es que ya está aquí, a falta tan solo de la base para ser un auténtico “amiibo”. ¡Por cierto, el portátil lo he “pintado” con pegatinas!
Voy a intentar pintar a Perla a tiempo para el lanzamiento de Side Order, y cronometraré las horas que tardo porque con Marina han sido así a ojo más de 15. Me duele la espalda.
Por cierto, destacable la costumbre que tienen mis figuras de romperse justo antes de fotografiarlas, en este caso el colgante. Y NO SÉ CUANDO SE LE ROMPIERON LOS LAZOS DE LAS ZAPATILLAS, ESTABAN ASÍ YA ANTES DE QUE EMPEZASE A PINTARLA, ESTOY TRISTE.
Some close ups of Machetes face, it was really difficult to paint such small details, but it worked so much better then on the first one! This time around he also finally has some proper tiny teeth :D