Speaking of miniatures, there are two great needs that, as a dungeon master, I’ve always wanted to satisfy. The first is the desire to have multiple sizes of the same type of creature, to vary the encounters and characterize the enemies. The second is to be able to play, at least once, the scene in which the adventurers easily massacre a poor creature only to discover that her huge angry mummy is nearby. Louve 3D is about to please me. They have recently opened a Kickstarter campaign called Monster Families. You understand what it is, right?
Monster Families and the circle of life
After all, every creature, from the most tender to the most frightening, has had parents. At least until a group of adventurers decide that no one single form of life is worth more than a handful of experience points.
Seriously, Monster Families is a project that offers miniatures of creatures in double format: two small versions and one, aesthetically very different, of more impressive dimensions and features. Parent and children. Younger and older brothers. Boss and minion. What you want. All models are 3D printable without supports with an FDM or SLA 3D printer. Every projects is with square and round bases.
Actual collections include: warrior mushrooms, treant, sapiens lizards, elusive panthers, dragons (the latter with two adults, a little one and a nest with eggs).
The authors show great passion in their work and have worked hard to make the miniatures expressive and with a good yield even with cheap printers.
Creators family
The authors are not a family … but almost. The young company La Louve 3D is in fact formed from the Canadian Cassandre Loiseau and her companion. They are on their first project therefore there are no comparisons with previous works, but they made up for it by providing many illustrations of the previews of their projects.
The family offer of… Monster Families!
All pledges other than the highest offer only the STL file and no physical rewards. On the other hand, for each miniature you have the choice between the square and the round base. With about €11 you receive the projects of the warrior and treant mushroom families. With about €40 you can get the files to print all the miniatures, plus bonuses and stretch goals. Finally with about €68 you get the physical version, printed in resin, of the collections listed above, while the stretch goals remain only digital.
Stretch goals unlock new monster families. Sphinxes in both formats are already unlocked. Foxes are the next target which, according to statistical forecasts, should be comfortably achieved.
Last but not least: for transparency La Louve 3D also offers the free download of a creature’s project.
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