So the negotiations begin to find a mutually agreeable date amongst the interested parties. A date has been suggested. Now the wait to see if people can make it. And if not the bit that’s more complex than the current Brexit negotiations, finding a suitable alternate date.
In the meantime preparations continue for whatever date is finally settled on.
You already know the scenario/adventure I’ll be using (thank you Matthew Colville for your services to DM’s everywhere).
So I thought I’d get some bits together to bring the map of the dungeon to life.
I managed to get some goblin figures, plus a goblin mage that will double as a goblin druid for this scenario. Plus I decided on the undead creature I’d use for one of the rooms, so I got a couple of minis for them. Luckily the Wizkids pack comes with two of them in a pack. Which is all I need.
I also made the decision that the reason for the adventures to be in this dungeon would be held in a cage. Once again Wizkids do a nice one of these.
I already had the big bad. Luckily for me I only need one of those. The other in the pack was broken (I wrote all about that last year). As I write this post I’m trying to fix the broken one. Just in case.
I wasn’t able to find a brazier that I liked. The ones that Wizkids did were with flames coming out of them. I wanted something that looked empty or it held water. In my travels I came across a scrying pool. But it was a 3D model only. I needed a 3D printer. The same modeller also had some loot markers that would be really nice to have also.
But the problem was I didn’t have a 3D printer. Luckily after a post on Facebook a friend offered to print them both for.
I picked those up today just before Standard Showdown (you’ll be hearing about that tomorrow).
It would have been nice to have a plinth and statue of a knight on it. But unlike the other stuff I have it’s pretty situational and it’s reusability is low. Although the plinth part with swappable statues would be cool and reusable.
A number of plain sarcophagus would be handy and reusable, plus a more fancy one with a swappable top. The top would have a figure on it, like a resting knight, or king. But I can live without these.
As you can see I’m looking at stuff that I can reuse, and trying to avoid spending money on stuff that I can only use once. Getting the maximum bang for my buck.
Sadly I don’t have a massive mini collection. I barely have any. So I’m going to have to cobble together something from what I have for the players. So I’ll check my two D&D boardgames and see what figures I can borrow for the session. To be fair, if this was going to be an on going campaign then I’d hope that the players would get their own figure to represent their character. Just like we have in the D&D game I take part in on a Tuesday.
I’ve sprayed the 3D printed stuff with primer, and some of the creatures. I may be lazy and just apply a wash. We’ll see how the mood takes me. Motivation to get painting again has been a hard thing to come by the past few months.
For those interested below are links to the 3D models that were printed for me.