The Menagerie: 3D Printable Miniatures & 5E Adventure Book
Created by Arcane Hound
A thrilling adventure with all-new 3D printable miniatures, terrains, battle maps, complete 5E compatible adventure, and so much more!
Latest Updates from Our Project:
It has begun!!!
over 3 years ago
– Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 09:29:55 AM
Greetings fellow adventurers!
We wanted to give you all a quick update! This last month we have been in our planning and preparation phase before we go heads down to work on the book and miniatures in full force. We are incredibly excited as Devin is going to be able to focus on modeling full time!
Pledge Manager
Keep an eye out for an email from BackerKit at the end of the month for pledge manager access. We are working on getting this all setup and are taking our time to make sure we get it right.
As a reminder, here is the delivery schedule for rewards:
October 2021First drop of STL Files. We will send out the STL file bundles we have complete to backers and will deliver the rest in periodic drops as they are ready between then and March 2022.
January 2022: Draft PDF of the book available for feedback from backers
March 2022: All STL files delivered and final book PDF delivered
April 2022: Physical book available on DriveThruRPG, print codes sent to backers.
July 2022: All collectors edition minis, sand worm, books, etc delivered
Add On/48 Hour Bonus Timelines:
Flying Platform STLs: October 2021
Critical Fail PDF/Book: December 2021
Battle Maps: January 2022
STL Bundles
Starting the end of October we will start releasing our STL miniatures in bundles as well as our Flying platforms!
Our first bundle will be TRIBE OOLOAP!
This includes King Ooloap himself, Ooloap Archer, Quagwaa the Elder, Ooloap Elite Warrior, Ooloap Builder, Ooloap shaman.
Some of the fierce warriors from Tribe Ooloap
After each sculpt is finished they are put through our QA(Quality Assurance) phase to check for imperfections, support free/pre-supported- and overall detail. We will then we'll zip them up and send them your way for you to start printing and painting!!
After each bundle is finished we'll announce the next one and list out all the models included in that bundle. Here is a preview of all the bundles for the STL miniatures!
Tribe Ooloap
Clan Skarn - Stone Giant Herd
Demon's and Devils
The Ochsilion
The Lion and the Serpent
Monsters of the Menagerie
The Order of M
The Ruins of Creation
The Sisters of Shavir
Braithport's Finest
The Astral Sea
Q: What about all the environments?
A: Oh don't you worry they are coming! Will be sculpting all those after all the character miniatures as these take the longest to do.
Q: What about all the other miniatures that are already sculpted? Can we get those right now?
A: Not quite. they all still have to go through our QA phase. We will release them in their respected bundles!
Successfully funded - Thank you!
over 3 years ago
– Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 12:49:42 AM
Successfully Funded!
Thanks so much to everyone that helped make this Kickstarter possible. We are incredibly humbled by all the interest and support the community has shown our first Kickstarter project. It is incredibly exciting to see our characters come to life and to be able to bring our stories to the world.
Now that that the Kickstarter is over we are looking forward to focusing our efforts back on creating minis and writing the book. In the meantime, here is what you can expect next:
1-2 Weeks: Kickstarter will charge cards, keep an eye out for any emails from them indicating that there were issues with your payment method, you will have a week to correct it if so.
1-2 Months: BackerKit surveys will be sent out.
~2 Months: First drop of STL Files. We will send out the STL files we have complete to backers and will deliver the rest in periodic drops as they are ready between then and March 2022. This should be all of the models you saw on the page and any other minis we model between now and then.
January 2022: Draft PDF of the book available for feedback from backers
March 2022: All STL files delivered and final book PDF delivered
April 2022: Physical book available on DriveThruRPG, print codes sent to backers.
July 2022: All collectors edition minis, sand worm, books, etc delivered
Add On/48 Hour Bonus Timelines:
Flying Platform STLs: October 2021
Critical Fail PDF/Book: December 2021
Battle Maps: January 2022
We will keep you updated along the way with monthly updates on our progress. We expect to release groups of STL files on this cadence as well as they are finished.
Have a great weekend everyone!
-Devin & Jon
Final countdown & more stretch goals!
over 3 years ago
– Thu, Aug 12, 2021 at 04:09:45 PM
Hey everyone, with just a little over 24 hours left in the campaign we are incredibly humbled by all the support we have received! We have unlocked 2 more stretch goals since our last update as well! Without delay, let us see what Devin rolled on the loot table.
This stretch goal includes an STL and stat block for Rugu the Ancient one. This Basilisk Alpha is feared by many in the deserts of the Menagerie. Many have crossed her path in hopes of killing the prized beast and collecting her rare venom, and more importantly her eyes, which can still turn its prey to stone... even detached from her body.
Rugu test print turned out great!
Thanks so much to everyone that participated in both of our social stretch goals, we hope you all had as much fun as we did!
We will be getting more art work from the incredible Gary Laib for our book, Elwood Chronicles: The Menagerie! Gary is a very talented fantasy and concept artist who has worked for a number of AAA studios. Gary's work is already featured in our book including our cover!! He is also the creator of The Roon Series! Check out Roon & The White Raven and other incredible stories and artwork in the link below.
Final week of the campaign, two more stretch goals!
over 3 years ago
– Fri, Aug 06, 2021 at 09:46:24 PM
Hey everyone, we are back again with another update. We have unlocked two more stretch goals since we last spoke, so lets head over to the loot table with Devin and see what we roll!
One of the most beautiful sites the Menagerie has to hold is the city of Buuhnasia, and at its center the Great Pyramid. This gratuitously large terrain STL is fully support free will be a beautiful center piece at your table. You can print it whole or we also will have it sliced into 4 pieces for SUPER BIG print! This stretch goal includes a battle map and associated book content.
3 more high quality battle maps featuring Trible Ooloap's village, The cliffs of Al'shem in the Ochsilion, and Shalheira's lair! Print at home or use in your favorite VTT package. The 3 maps in this stretch goal will be available to ALL BACKERS!
King Ooloap Social Stretch Goal Update
Minis from backers: Richard O, Benjamis P, Steven W, Steven T, Shawn P, Arno (left to right, top to bottom)
So far we have had 6 backer submissions to the King Ooloap painting social stretch goal! If we get 4 more we will unlock ANOTHER stretch goal!
Here's how to get involved in this social stretch goal:
Download and 3D print the Ooloap sample STL file. You can download a pre-supported and regular version of the STL files here.
Print Ooloap on your favorite 3D printer!
Prime and paint your Ooloap mini! There are no wrong answers here, we never said your painting had to be good. It doesn't matter if your 5 year old paints it or your painting looks like a 5 year old did it, it still counts!
Submit a picture of your painted mini using this form! (One submission per backer!)
Hopefully this is a fun way for everyone to get involved. We are really looking forward to seeing what you all paint!
Book Preview
We wanted to share some of the book with you all so you can get a better sense for the story and all the amazing art we have put together. You can check out a PDF preview of the book here.
Last call for "Earlyish Bird" backer level!
We wanted to give everyone who supported us early on in the campaign a chance to get some kind of discount so we have continued to extend this deal through the campaign so far. We will be turning this off at 9am PT on Monday morning though. If you are still on the fence about backing, now is the time to get off it and back the campaign!
Devin & Jon
Social stretch goal unlocked & new social stretch goal!
over 3 years ago
– Thu, Jul 29, 2021 at 01:14:17 AM
Hey everyone, we are back with a special update today! We are incredibly excited to share that as of today we have had 8 painted Grubnubs submitted, which means we get to unlock another stretch goal! Anyway, let's talk less and get on to rolling on the loot table!
These magic items cards feature the beautiful artwork from the book and allow you to give your players something physical that have the stats of the magic items on them. This is a high quality print at home PDF that you can use in your games. This reward is unlocked for ALL backers!
Check out some of the amazing Grubnub submissions we got from backers below:
Credit: Steven W, James C, Beelzmodius, Gerald W, Arno, Will C, Marcel R, Steven T (left to right, top to bottom)
Thanks so much to everyone who participated and painted a mini! We will leave the submission form open and would love to see any more Grubnubs that you paint.
King Ooloap painting social stretch goal
The Grubnub painting social stretch goal was such a success we have decided to launch another one! This time around we wanted to try a much larger mini! We are going to be making the Ooloap model available and launch a new social stretch goal! If we get 10 people to paint and submit an Ooloap, we will unlock another stretch goal!
Ooloap prints great support free on FDM printers directly on the base! Go for a low layer height to get some nice detail and you will be really happy with how he turns out. We have also included a pre supported version for resin printers. Keep in mind Ooloap is a large creature (2x2 on a battle map). He should fit on standard resin printers (Photon, Mars, etc) but beware that Ooloap is a big boy and will take up most the plate.
Here's how to get involved in this social stretch goal:
Download and 3D print the Ooloap sample STL file. You can download a pre-supported and regular version of the STL files here.
Print Ooloap on your favorite 3D printer!
Prime and paint your Ooloap mini! There are no wrong answers here, we never said your painting had to be good. It doesn't matter if your 5 year old paints it or your painting looks like a 5 year old did it, it still counts!
Submit a picture of your painted mini using this form! (One submission per backer!)
Hopefully this is a fun way for everyone to get involved. We are really looking forward to seeing what you all paint!
