After what feels like thousands of hours I've finally finished (most) of the painting on this terrain build.
Instead of printing out pictures to put into the picture frames I decided to hand paint little caricatures instead.
Overall this was an amazing project but it has been sooo much work from design, test printing, play testing and painting.
I built a modular death house set and the walls needed some artwork. I had originally thought I'd print out some tiny creepy photos to add in but then thought hand painting would be more fun (and less work than looking up a dozen++ creepy paintings)
I just use sticky tack and it holds them in place really well. Also this way the landlord doesn't try to take my deposit when they find holes in the walls and they want to run the house of lament or some other gothic horror with the terrain set.
Originally this was part of a Kickstarter and we got fully funded.
This week after months of effort I've finally finished making all of the props and minis for this modular terrain set. Pretty well entirely test printed and primed - many just waiting some paint. This was a challenge and a monstrous project for myself and I'm so relieved to see the end in sight.
Today I've published the standalone files for the Death House on Cults3d. Links and some more details in the comment.
Marked NSFW for the gore and partial (potential nudity depending on how someone would paint it).
Still no Walter and I haven't found Fred yet, sorry!
NSFW because it's graphic and could be construed as nudity.
I finished sculpting these minis today. These are inspired by the work of Moonberry Maple with my own twist on them as well.
I think the necromancer got carried away again!
Plus a sad commoner that snuck into the photo.
There are cured but they're wet from a water rinse and now drying in the sun. Still some post processing / manicures needed.
I've been working on minis for Curse of Strahd's Death House. I made a suit of armor with a wolf's head too but haven't printed it yet.
I had my printer setup for terrain in near draft mode, supports at 15% and 8% infill so I could / should probably do another pass but I think they still turned out ok for simpler minis.
I compiled the files for my Church of Barovia today. I think it turned out pretty good. As a part of this project I created some plain versions of the structure and have shared them for free on the major print sites.
This structure matches the layout of the Church but doesn't include the undercroft (yet). The bell tower is nearly a 2x2 space and works with my modular tower parts. I also have plans for more towers because towers are cool.
This game is playable on web over here: https://adambissonnette.github.io/backhalls/web/
Full spiel in the comments in case you want to read my novella about how this was made and which tools / services that I used.
Earlier this year I made a modular castle and then I decided to try making a modular version of the death house. What I thought would take a few months has taken ages but I'm finally happy to have a painted + textured version of the Death House (technically lots more painting to do)
I'll add a spiel to the comments for anyone interested in the process and where this model can be found etc...
The underlying idea is to create a set of freely available props to support running the Death House and other scenarios in Curse of Strahd.
Links in the comments.
These are free STL files available on Printables. I have some variants that I put exclusively on my Patreon but these just require a follow in exchange for getting access to the files. Links are attached to each of the photos.
There are lots of other creatures in the set but most of those models have already been made - I recommend MZ4250 for most people since they're good quality minis. If you're using FDM then I usually recommend BriteMinis.
I spent some time and compiled the full list of minis for the set over here: https://gmbuddy.com/adventure/stranger_things_welcome_to_the_hellfire_club
Just a quick disclaimer that I used AI in my workflow for many of these minis. A lot of them were made when I was livestreaming my work so from there you can see how I took the base mesh then sculpted and rigged it to create the end result. Most all of them started in a T-Pose with relatively low-poly features and no props so they needed a lot of work to become that final result. Some folks get mad and may dislike them but for being free I think they're good enough. The Demogorgon V2 was made entirely by hand tho and I'm really happy with that work.
Working on a terrain set and I wanted to have some shelves for it so I whipped these together. I think they turned out really nice. Super simple low-poly models that print supportlessly.
Files available here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:7393257
Really cool make of this mini from the Hellfire Club module. Amazing paint job :0
Files available here: https://www.printables.com/model/1503156-dardew-tiefling-bard-dnd-ttrpg
I saw someone asking for Gnawholes (a warhammer prop for a whirlpool / vortex) a few days ago - I couldn't find much around so today I whipped together a few.
I've made a few size variants (200, 150, 100, 50, 25) of water, a whirlpool and vortex model. I wrote a little spiel about how I made these too in case anyone else wants to try their hand at them.
Models are freely available here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:7391661
Dungeon Forge made a better one but I felt inspired to make a Jimothy mini so I created this 32mm scale (20mm small) version of Jimothy today. Files are freely available here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:7390826
Files are on Thingiverse here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:7385248
These were really simple handmade models that I kinda rushed together. I'm sure an MZ4250 or other creator could make much much better ones but I had fun and I think they turned out OK. Sadly my players only made it 1/4 through the dungeon so won't be seeing these until next session (maybe) but I wanted to wrap these up and share before moving onto my next project.
My lovely wife donated a nice sock and some sewing time to make this a reality. Hopefully this adds some levity to the dungeon that might be a tpk.
In the event that they can't stop laughing at this I have some "firebells" to throw at them.
I'm not sure yet but I'm half thinking of having Neferon DM the rest of the dungeon after being introduced. Yea? nay?