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  • The Secret Formula for Running Great Dungeons

    The Secret Formula for Running Great Dungeons

    Using the 5-Room Dungeon Approach to building great experiences without the intense preparation.

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  • Meet the Shackled Blacksmith

    Meet the Shackled Blacksmith

    He's more than just a monstrous blacksmith. He is a plot hook with a hammer. A moral dilemma with a forge. A well, read on and find out...


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  • Build a Dungeon with the Kin of the Rat

    Build a Dungeon with the Kin of the Rat

    Witness the power of the Five Room Dungeon in action.

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Tabletop RPG Articles

Dark fantasy TTRPG dungeon scene illustrating the Five Room Dungeon technique with detailed miniatures and terrain.
Dark fantasy TTRPG dungeon scene illustrating the Five Room Dungeon technique with detailed miniatures and terrain.

The Formula for Running Great Dungeons

Using the 5-Room Dungeon Approach to building great experiences without the intense preparation.

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Slave Blacksmith, a 3D printable dark fantasy miniature with grotesque mutations and multiple limbs.
Slave Blacksmith, a 3D printable dark fantasy miniature with grotesque mutations and multiple limbs.

Meet the Shackled Blacksmith

He's more than just a monstrous blacksmith. He is a plot hook with a hammer. A moral dilemma with a forge. A well, read on and find out...

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Kin of the Rat miniatures, a horde of mutated sewer dwellers with grotesque rat-like features.
Kin of the Rat miniatures, a horde of mutated sewer dwellers with grotesque rat-like features.

Build a Dungeon with the Kin of the Rat

Witness the power of the Five Room Dungeon concept in action with a Kin of the Rat themed Encounter.

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Iron Maiden Flesh Golem miniature displayed in a grimdark dungeon scene, 3D printed in resin.
Iron Maiden Flesh Golem miniature displayed in a grimdark dungeon scene, 3D printed in resin.

Creating Dungeon Encounters with Miniatures

Tips and Tricks to create memorable dungeon encounters for your next TTRPG Adventure or One-Shot.

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3D printable Iron Maiden torture device terrain displayed before burning cage scatter terrain in a grimdark dungeon.
3D printable Iron Maiden torture device terrain displayed before burning cage scatter terrain in a grimdark dungeon.

Dungeon Terrain for your battle map

Tips on how to build memorable dungeons for TTRPGs using miniature terrain.

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Mutant Jailer miniature with a grotesquely swollen head standing before bound prisoner objective markers.
Mutant Jailer miniature with a grotesquely swollen head standing before bound prisoner objective markers.

10+ NPCs to Spice up your dungeon delve

A stable of madcap merchants, uneasy allies and strange companions, ready to make some deals.

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Painting & Hobby

Peeling & Necrotic Flesh | Tutorial

Discover the secrets of creating sickening wounds and rotten flesh with PictorNox of the Conclave Obscura.

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Crafting the Allstein Laboratory

Squiglover shows us a truly awe inspiring and brutal diorama, featuring the creations of Moro.

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Before and after painting comparison of a pile of corpses and fleshy cocoons featuring a realistic wet finish.
Before and after painting comparison of a pile of corpses and fleshy cocoons featuring a realistic wet finish.

Painting Wet & Gross Flesh

Want to achieve the wet and glossy realistic finish you've seen on our Studio Miniatures? Find out how right here.

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A home for the Jailer

Figurinescapes demystifies the creation of an evocative diorama featuring the dreaded Jailer.

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Conclave Connections | Dungeon Edition

A quadruple roundup of a set of epicly dungeonesque hobby projects from our pals at the Conclave.

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Before and after painting comparison of a pink demonette miniature featuring a colourful grimdark paint scheme.
Before and after painting comparison of a pink demonette miniature featuring a colourful grimdark paint scheme.

Painting Guide | Demonettes

Follow the steps to create a uniquely colourful, yet grimdark result for demons of all flavours.

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Guarding Bile in the Dungeon

Katyfear walks us through the creation of her gristly diorama in the depths below the Crimson Abbey.

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Remade Elves and Arachnoid Horrors

bruce_p85 from the Conclave Obscura offers insights to their incredible Remade diorama.

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Wargaming

Anatomists 3D printable miniatures used as proxy models for the Court of the Seven Headed Serpent in Trench Crusade.
Anatomists 3D printable miniatures used as proxy models for the Court of the Seven Headed Serpent in Trench Crusade.

Anatomists in the Trenches

Bringing a little fleshcraft to Trench Crusade, with this Court of the Seven Headed Serpent Proxy Guide. As if the wyrd war could get any more miserable!

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Kitbashed dark fantasy miniatures for Trench Crusade and Weird War tabletop settings.
Kitbashed dark fantasy miniatures for Trench Crusade and Weird War tabletop settings.

Kitbashing for Trench Crusade

How to get the most out of our Trench Crusade Kitbash set. Featuring the modular Penitent Crusade, and useable across our modular range.

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