If you are a fan of Dungeons & Dragons, you are going to want to have your own 3D printer. Because you will be able to print all its monsters and have them for whatever you want for free. All this thanks to the work of Miguel Zavala, an artist who has created three-dimensional models of the creatures in the popular role-playing game. Do you want to see how they are? Well take a look.
From reality modeling software
Miguel Zavala is a artist specialized in 3D modeling who has been creating 3D figures for a few years now, so that other users can download and print them if they want with their own 3D printers. Although now is when some of us know him thanks to the repercussion that his project is achieving based on Dungeons & Dragons.
Thanks to the support of his wife, who was the one who encouraged him to dedicate himself to it, Zavala left his job to dedicate himself to the creation of these 3D figures. Figures that you can later have thanks to sharing the 3D file for free. Although, how do you make a living or how do you generate income? Well, through the Patreon platform.
It is there where at present it already has more than 3.000 patterns who support your work. And it is not for less, because if you are a fan of Dungeons & Dragons You will know what it means to be able to have figures of the different creatures that appear in their games. Either because you use them during the games or simply because you want to have them as decorative elements.
And it is that, if you have a 3D printer (one of the ones he recommends is the Elegoo Mars) you can download the files and print them. Of course, with the printed figure you will have to outline details and then paint them to achieve finishes as striking as the ones you see in these images.
What does Wizard of the Coast say?
Dungeons & Dragons is the most popular role-playing game on the market. So much so that it has inspired a multitude of video games throughout all these years. Well, Miguel Zavala did have problems with Wizards of the Coast a few years ago, but really because of the platform it used to host the designs.
Due to legal issues, this platform took over the rights to the works that its users uploaded. If these were original designs there would be no problem, but when they are inspired by something that already has an owner, then yes.
That meant that Zavala had to stop offering these 3D designs for a while, until he was able to make the leap to another platform. From there and taking into account their own fan licenses Wizards of the Coast offers Regarding the use of his material, he was able to share his work again with all interested users and for free.
If you're a D&D fan and have a 3D printer, from these two Shapeways profiles (The DM Workshop y mz4250) you will be able to download all the files related to the role-playing game that he has been creating. You will have a good repertoire to choose from.