14 DAY TRIAL // While there are many computer and console games on the market, pretty much all of them can be traced back to board games. D&D is one of the most popular board games in the world, and is still played by quite a few people.
D&D stands for Dungeons & Dragons and is a very old and yet widely acclaimed franchise, being the ultimate basis for titles like Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale, Planescape Torment and Neverwinter Nights.
It’s not strange, then, to hear that 3D printing technology is about to gain a stake in the propagation of this brand name.
Then again, 3D printing technology is bound to benefit at least as much from the association. And both sides have Alex Velazquez to thank.
Alex Velazquez designs the Demunny line of figurines
D&D is played with small game figurines and dice. And when you're expected to treat a little toy like the avatar of your character for months at a time, having a good-looking one is important.
Alex Velazquez is a professional character artist, a lead character artist at BioWare actually, who has created models for games like Saints Row, Doom 4, Red Faction, and Wolfenstein.
Now he is branching out from digital sculptor and character artist to physical objects. That SLS resin printer he bought recently may as well be put to work.
D&D seemed like a good enough starting point, though he did not go with hero figurines, but with some more likely to show up as antagonists.
He is preparing a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter in order to get his idea financed, and his first collection set is called ORCUS vs DEMOGORGON.
Orcus being a demon prince and Demogorgon (Reptilian Lord of the Gaping Maw) being another demon prince, or the prince of demons as he likes to call himself.
Velazquez has chosen to call his whole game figuring collection the Demunny Line and expects to produce less abyssal characters eventually, if the first funding session goes well.
Availability
The Kickstarter campaign has not yet been started, but the artist has revealed the overall plan through other means. Since the figurines will be very detailed and painted by hand, they will not be cheap. Orcus alone will cost $45 / €40 (70 mm tall). Shipments will start in June 2015.