Free and near-free finds for miniature painters and D&D players — tools, STLs, tutorials, and resources that cost nothing.
Not a free-stuff week exactly, but it is the next best thing: a charity bundle with a deadline attached. Humble Bundle has collected 19 top-rated Dungeon Masters Guild books starting at $5, and it closes tomorrow. If you run a D&D table, or paint minis for one, this is worth five minutes of your Friday.
We featured this one back in Loot Drop #6, but it has added a lot since then, and with paint ranges getting renamed and reshuffled this year, it has earned a second look. Plus a fresh STL find for anyone with a 3D printer. Miniature Painting Forge: Free Paint Converter, Matcher, and Color Toolkit Miniature
Finding something genuinely free from a major publisher usually comes with a catch buried somewhere in the fine print. This one is pretty clean. D&D Beyond Maps: Free Official Virtual Tabletop D&D Beyond Maps is Wizards of the Coast’s own virtual tabletop, built directly into D&D Beyond and free to use with any free account.
This week’s haul is all about learning. Whether you’ve got a pile of unpainted minis sitting on your desk or you’re just getting started, both of these are worth bookmarking. MINIAC: How to Paint a WHOLE Mini (Free YouTube Masterclass) If you’ve ever finished basecoating a mini and then had absolutely no idea what to
If you’ve ever stared at an unpainted mini wondering where to even start with colours, GW’s free paint app just became your best friend. Warhammer Colour App The official Citadel paint app (iOS and Android, completely free) holds thousands of step-by-step painting recipes searchable by subject – type in “skin,” “leather,” “fire,” or “rusty metal”
A lighter week for freebies, but this week’s free miniature painting tutorials are genuinely worth your time – and one of them is worth knowing about now so you’re not late to it when it drops. Army Painter Painting Academy — Free Tutorial Hub with New Combat Se7ens Series The Army Painter Painting Academy is
A lean one this week – just a single find, but a useful one if you’ve been wanting to push your monster painting forward. Free Step-by-Step Painting Guides: Warhammer Community (July Edition) Warhammer Community publishes free painting guides year-round, and this month’s content is themed around Chaos and Beastmen. The techniques covered – dark undercoats,
A solid three this week — a free beginner painting guide from one of the hobby’s most respected painters, a browser tool that deserves a permanent spot in your bookmarks, and a free Games Workshop mini available in stores from next Friday while stocks last. Miniature Painting Made Easy V2 — Free PDF Guide by
Slim pickings this week, not going to lie. The hobby world has been heads-down processing the 40k Armageddon launch and the Warhammer Summer Preview, so the free-finds calendar is a little quiet. Still managed to dig up two things worth your time. D&D Beyond Drops – The Subscription Perk That Keeps Growing If you’re already
Three freebies landed this week, and all of them are worth grabbing. No subscriptions, no strings – just free stuff for D&D fans. D&D: Magefall (Free Comic from Dark Horse) Dark Horse Comics released a free D&D comic as a prologue to their upcoming Magefall series – and it’s a straight PDF download, no account
