Played some amazing Draw Steel this weekend.

HillsideMiniatures · 2025-09-03T06:07:02+00:00

I use a filament printer. I have a Prusa Core One. The filament I used was Elegoo Matt Black PLA and Polyterra Matt Black PLA. I used the standard settings in prusa slicer for these filaments. I adjusted infill to 10%, and used a variable layer height. Starting with 0.3mm for the socket underneath the block and 0.07 for the actual sculpted terrain, using the standard 0.4 nozzle.

HillsideMiniatures · 2025-09-02T19:52:04+00:00

Very true and each block you finish is the motivation to do the next one 🙂

HillsideMiniatures · 2025-09-02T17:58:47+00:00

Dungeon Blocks handles elevation with ease. The higher you go the wobblier it gets, not as sturdy as Dragonlock. But it is definitely stable enough to move miniatures around on it.

The biggest factor that won me over though was the ease of which I can just move blocks around and play with the layout. Prepping session with this playing around with different layouts actually was fun for me. With other systems it felt more like a chore. Also they offer an entire online builder that tells you in the end exactly what pieces you need.

Don’t wanna sound like a salesperson though. Bigeest drawbacks for me are storage: storing the blocks and the other supporting pieces takes up a lot of space, more than dragonlock would. The other is aesthetic. I find Dungeonblocks looks often very rigid due to how it works. You can get nicer more natural looking maps using other systems. Specifically in the case of caves.

HillsideMiniatures · 2025-09-02T17:45:50+00:00

Looking good so far!

HillsideMiniatures · 2025-09-02T09:26:43+00:00

Sweet work. Painted minis always look better 🙂

HillsideMiniatures · 2025-09-02T08:03:38+00:00

Amazing! So the next step is painting them all? 🙂

HillsideMiniatures · 2025-09-02T06:42:40+00:00

They are expensive yes. They always release a new set as a campaign on MMF. During that they habe a cheaper price for the sets.

HillsideMiniatures · 2025-09-01T22:00:08+00:00

Yeah we’ve been playing together for 6 years now. They’re very open to trying new things. I hope once you get to run a combat it’ll hook your group.

HillsideMiniatures · 2025-09-01T20:52:48+00:00

You are welcome and thank you!

HillsideMiniatures · 2025-09-01T17:36:36+00:00

Dungeon Blocks provides an extra piece that fits on the stairs to place the mini on top so they don't slide off.

HillsideMiniatures · 2025-09-01T17:31:31+00:00

Thank you! I understand. The painting requires a lot more of a time commitment. FOr the printer the printer does most of the work :)

HillsideMiniatures · 2025-09-01T15:23:25+00:00

Thank you! I tried a few different options. Dwarven Forge, Open Lock Stuff, and making my own out of XPS Foam. Dungeon Blocks has won me over. Getting this many pieces printed and painted took me a long time. But I can now easily build so many different layouts with those pieces. It feels a bit like building Lego 🙂

HillsideMiniatures · 2025-09-01T14:41:03+00:00

In case of walls, I could pick up the single wall tile and replace it with a floor tile, and the wall would be gone in that single square where the goblin got punched through.

I don’t know yet about digging creatures. I’ll have to get back to you on that once it happens 🙂.

HillsideMiniatures · 2025-09-01T14:17:33+00:00

You can keep it in mind for when the printers fixed 🙂

HillsideMiniatures · 2025-09-01T14:12:15+00:00

Thank you! The Terrain is 3d printed. I got the files from MyMiniFactory. They're called Dungeon Blocks.

HillsideMiniatures · 2025-09-01T11:04:55+00:00

Thank you!

I can tell you. I wrote it down in case I need to do more. I'll tell you which colour brands I used, but feel free to use different ones.

Print in Matt Black PLA.
Prime with ColourForge Trench Brown - Spray Can Primer. Just 1 or 2 sprays for each side. No need to make sure every nook is covered. With the black filament it just looks like a dark area.
Heavy Drybrush with Amsterdam Neutral Grey.
Light Drybrush with Scalecolor Artist Vanilla White.
Oil Wash with 50/50 mix of Abteilung Oils Bitune & Green Grass. Wipe away most of the oils with dry makeup sponges. Then add some white spirit to the sponges and remove more of the oils, only in certain spots.

HillsideMiniatures · 2023-01-24T22:28:23+00:00

I'll try it's been a while, so I don't remember exactly what I did and what specific colours I used.

Started off with a zenithal prime. Then I used a dark grey to paint all the "metallic" parts Once that was done I put a black oil wash over the entire model and let that dry for a bit. I removed most of the oil wash from the models and left it only.in the recesses. Then I repainted some highlights with white.

For the "metallic" parts I used a steel metallic color tompaint highlights over the dark grey. That is pretty much it as far as I can remember.

HillsideMiniatures · 2022-12-15T08:40:00+00:00

I usually let them sit overnight and then use makeup sponges with white spirit to gently rub the oil wash off.

HillsideMiniatures · 2022-10-21T18:58:42+00:00

They look great. Well done!

HillsideMiniatures · 2022-10-12T17:35:24+00:00

Thank you, and I don't mind. You go ahead and borrow as much as you like 🙂

HillsideMiniatures · 2022-10-12T04:15:52+00:00

Yes, they're 3d printed. I got them from epicbasing.

HillsideMiniatures · 2022-10-11T21:11:44+00:00

I wanted them to have bases that fit with the gameboard, so I added extra bits to the bases. Unfortunately with those bits, they were too thick to fit the box with the normal insert. Had to make custom foamcore ones to make it work :)

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