November Update Summary

Hey hey Everyone! October was a crazy busy month for me - I actually got that rare sensation at one point where I swear I felt myself leveling up - so there's lots to cover in this little update summary. For those of you who maybe new, I try to do one of these updates at the start and in the middle of each month to recap what has been created, give updates on on-going projects, preview new stuff in the works and generally just check in with everyone. 

Oh, quick reminder that all of the miniature links below go to the Printable Heroes Website Catalog and you may need to log in to access your Patron rewards.

Tis the Season

October saw the first release of Seasonally Themed Miniatures that celebrate the Halloween/Fall season for a limited time before disappearing to return again next year.

Jack-O-Lanterns

I wanted to do a set of pumpkin props and I thought it'd be fun to do a seasonal variant of them as Jack-o-Lanterns for people to set the mood with their Halloween themed games.

These will be available here until 11/2. They'll return again to celebrate Halloween next year.

Graveyard Elemental

I'd actually had the idea for this one every since I first did the Earth Elemental but just hadn't had an excuse to carve out the time for it until now. Glad it finally got to see the light of day.

This will be available here until 11/2. It will live again next Halloween season.

Headless Horseman

I loved the Legend of Sleepy Hollow when I was a kid and I don't know if there is a more iconic visage for me that represents Halloween then the Headless Horseman. I was excited that it was suggested and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. Also first time I'd ever really drawn a horse, so yay!

The headless horseman will be available here until 11/2. It'll be back again next year to hunt some heads. 

Flaming Skull Horseman

As a kid who also grew up on Ghost Rider comics I couldn't resist doin' a flaming skull variation of the Headless Horseman. 

The Flaming Skull Rider will be available here until 11/2. It'll ride again next Halloween season.

Blanket Ghosts

Blanket ghosts are such an iconic Halloween costume that it just seemed appropriate to do some ghostly blanket specters.

These Blanket Ghosts will be available here until 11/2. They'll be back to haunt your tabletop next October. 

All of these Halloween themed minis will be disappearing on November 2nd to return again October of next year. If you'd like to contribute suggestions for this year's Winter themed seasonal minis you can do so as a Patron at any tier here.

Regularly Scheduled Program

With the seasonal stuff out of the way, here's a look at the miniatures that were released and added to the catalog last month.

Stirges

Stirges have been a very commonly requested mini that I was going to do as an option for a Goal Reward but ended up needing some to terrorize my players with so they got completed and released early :)

You can download them here.

Nothic

Another frequently requested mini that I ended up drawing during a live stream. 

You can download the Nothic files here.

Half-Orc Brawler

I created this mini so I could use it to represent Yagra Stonefist in the Dragon Heist game I'm running.

You can download the files for this Half-Orc Brawler here.

Skeleton Re-Release

I went through and updated the art, PDF formatting, and added Studio cutfiles for these skeletons, available here. 

Miser Shen (The Weretoad) Re-Release

I also updated the PDF formatting and add Studio Cutfile support for Miser Shen and his Weretoad form. His files are available here.

Council Miniatures

Each month my Council Patrons (Tier 5+) get to suggest and then vote on a miniature (and usually an art variant of that miniature) each month. Last month they decided on a Human Bandit and a Human Assassin art variant. If you'd like to jump in on this month's Council Mini you can check out the November Suggestion thread for Tier 5+ Patrons that just went up here.

Bandits & Assassins

You can download the bald Bandit files here, the masked Bandit files here, and Tier 2+ Patrons can download the Assassin files here.

Goal Rewards

I like to celebrate Patron milestones with bonus miniatures that will be made available (complete with back views) free to everyone. It's a cool way for my Patrons and myself to do something cool for the community as a whole and hopefully provide some cool miniature options for GMs/DMs to use at their table.

I currently have a poll going on to select an design for a previous Goal Reward, if you'd like to pick an options you can do so here.

Pumpkins!

Last month we hit the Goal Reward for this set of Pumpkin Props, which are available for download here.

The Devil in the Flesh

The next Goal Reward will be the vampire Strahd which I'm currently working on (work in progress preview above). Strahd is an official Wizard's of the Coast character so I'll have to release him through their DMsGuild, but he'll be available for free on there once he's done.

Following Strahd I'll be doing a fun set of Intellect Devourers,

And from there I'll be making it up as we go along ;)

Current and Upcoming Work

Here's some stuff that has been on-going behind the season and/or new stuff on the horizon.

The Website

Straight form Alex:

The next website update is taking a bit longer than previously estimated. When it’s done you’ll be able to sort and filter by the following things:

Challenge Rating

Environment

Creature size

Alignment

Source

Type and Subtype

It’s been a learning experience for me to not bunch up tasks. I have some things in the works that will allow me to update the site more frequently and not require you to re-login every time the site is updated [huzzah! - Marshall].

~Alex

Dragon Heist

*** Possible Spoilers Ahead ***

I've been enthralled with the latest WotC adventure Dragon Heist and I started running the initial part of the campaign with some friends so of course I've had to make some minis for it. Here's some work in progress,

I'll be releasing these as I go like the Half-Orc Brawler and then whenever I've got the whole set I'll probably put a package up on the DMsGuild with official names/colors/etc. 

City Watch

I still want to do one more City Watch member and a Lamp post prop to go with 'em before I release this set of City Watch. 

Water Elemental and Dryad

I've been bouncing back and forth on the Water Elemental design between everything else and just haven't come up with something I'm excited about yet. I know this is one people have been looking after for awhile, but I just want to make sure I do something that feels cool and different enough to stand out amongst the myriad of existing Water Elementals out there. As soon as I get something I'm excited about I'll share an art update.

For the Dryad, I've been struggling with an appropriate/clever way to cover her butt that doesn't compromise how I have the leaves on her front view and she's kind of been sitting on the back burner for a bit. I'm hoping to spend sometime solving that issue and get her released this month.

News

Here's where I like to call out some of the exciting tabletop/boardgame/RPG news and/or creators that catch my eye, though to be honest this month I've been pretty heads down and to the grind stone so I'm a little out of the loop.

As many of you are probably aware last month was Inktober and one of the highlights for me was following the work of  @Max_Dunbar and his incredible Evil D&D party artwork throughout the month.

Dungeon of the Mad Mage and Guide to Ravnica are coming out this month and I can't wait have all of my wonderfully laid plans completely eradicated - by this time next month I hope to have created at least one mini that I can't even comprehend at this current time. 

Ross, the wizard behind 2-Minute Table Top recently finished up an epic Haunted Mansion map which is available (I believe for free) here.

The talented folks at PaperForge also did a wonderful Headless Horseman paper miniature which you can find at the Patreon here. 

It's always a pleasure when I see more monster tokens from Desert Druid come across my art feed. They have such a fun style and are perfect for virtual table top tokens.

The ever wonderful Papierschnitzel has recently released an Teahouse paper model 

If you're still in the Halloween spirit, @okumarts released a set of Pumpkin Cultists available through DriveThruRPG here. 

My good friend @TrashMobMinis recently released a pack of fiends also through DriveThrugRPG here.

Hmm, what else... I really need to get better at writing things down for this as I stumble across them, I always feel like I'm forgetting stuff. Ah well, if I missed anything I'll try to include it in the middle of the month update. 

Thanks as always for taking the time to check this out and a special thanks to all of my Patrons who make all of this possible.

Here's to another exciting month, cheers everyone!

-Marshall