If you are a fan of Dungeons & Dragons , you are going to want to have your own 3D printer. Because you can print all your monsters and have them for what you want for free. All this thanks to the work of Miguel Zavala, an artist who has created three-dimensional models of the creatures of the popular role-playing game. Do you want to see what they are like? Well take a look.
From modeling software to reality
Miguel Zavala is an artist specialized in 3D modeling who has been creating 3D figures for a few years, 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 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 creating these 3D figures. Figures that you can later have thanks to the free sharing of the 3D file. Although, how do you earn a living or how do you generate income? Well, through the Patreon platform.
It is there where he currently has more than 3,000 employers who support his 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 games or simply because you want to have them as decorative elements.
And, if you have a 3D printer (one of the recommended ones 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 RPG 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 he used to host the designs.
For legal reasons, this platform was made with the rights of the works that its users uploaded. If these were original designs there would be no problems, but when they are inspired by something that already has an owner, then yes.
That made Zavala have to stop offering these 3D designs for a while, until he could make the jump to another platform. From there and taking into account the own fan licenses that Wizards of the Coast offers regarding the use of their material, they were able to share their work with all interested users for free.
If you are a fan of D&D and have a 3D printer, from these two Shapeways profiles ( The DM Workshop and mz4250 ) you will be able to download all the files related to the role-playing game that has been created. You will have a good repertoire to choose from.
