About Us
Dungeon Master Minis started with tabletop miniatures and a few resin printers. Over the years, our obsession got bigger — literally. Today, we focus on larger-scale collectible figures, garage kits, and professionally painted pieces built for collectors who appreciate the details.
From Etsy To Our Own Domain
Once upon a time — okay, 2022 — Dungeon Master Minis wandered into the wilds of Etsy armed with resin printers, tabletop miniatures, and an alarming number of late-night print failures. Somehow, that little shop grew to more than 2,000 sales and 800+ five-star reviews.
Eventually, Etsy’s ever-shifting algorithms and fees convinced us it was time to forge our own path. Dungeon Master Minis moved to its own home on the internet and continued evolving right along with the hobby.
What began with tabletop miniatures gradually moved toward the pieces we personally enjoyed most: larger, more detailed figures and garage kits. These days, that’s where our attention lives — collectible figures with enough detail, personality, and shelf presence to make you wonder where the hell you’re going to put the next one.
You can still stroll down memory lane by visiting our old Etsy shop: DungeonMasterMinisUS.
The Figures Just Kept Getting Bigger
The name Dungeon Master Minis made perfect sense when most of what we produced could comfortably stand on a gaming table. Then the miniatures became figures. The figures became larger figures. And somewhere along the way, our shelves started losing the battle.
As our own interests shifted, so did the business. We moved away from being primarily a miniature print shop and toward larger-scale resin figures and garage kits from talented digital sculptors around the world.
Today, the focus is on professionally painted collectible figures and commissions. Instead of trying to crank out mountains of tiny prints, we’d rather spend our time on larger pieces where the sculpting, painting, textures, lighting, weathering, and all those ridiculous little details can actually shine.
The Person To Blame
Hi, I’m Raphael — the one responsible for this wonderfully expensive hobby masquerading as a business.
My love affair with RPGs is older than some of the interns at Wizards of the Coast. Baldur’s Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Planescape: Torment, Diablo 1 & 2 — if it involved fantasy, monsters, or questionable life choices, I probably played it.
That eventually led to tabletop miniatures, then 3D printing, then larger figures, garage kits, and finally the realization that painting giant fictional characters is apparently a perfectly reasonable way to make a living.
Today I personally handle the painting, preparation, customer support, website development, and most of what happens behind the scenes at Dungeon Master Minis. It’s a small operation on purpose, which means the person answering your message is generally the same person obsessing over whether that tiny armor scratch needs one more highlight.
Because Buttons Make Terrible Ogres
Back in the early 2010s, a friend pulled me into a Dungeons & Dragons campaign and I was instantly hooked. Before long, I was Dungeon Mastering, building encounters, and orchestrating the occasional deeply educational TPK.
The problem? We had no miniatures. Buttons, coins, and random table debris became our brave adventurers and horrifying monsters. Functional? Sure. Immersive? Absolutely not.
I started with a Creality Ender 3 filament printer. It was, generously speaking, a character-building experience. After selling that disappointment on Craigslist, I discovered resin printing and never looked back.
Resin printing opened the door to incredibly detailed tabletop miniatures, and those minis eventually became the foundation for Dungeon Master Minis. As printers improved and digital sculptors started producing increasingly ambitious work, my interests moved toward larger and larger pieces.
That progression eventually brought us to where DMM is today: larger-scale collectible figures and garage kits, with an emphasis on professionally painted pieces where all of that extra detail can actually be put to good use.
Because Details Matter
Painted By A Real Person
Every painted commission gets hands-on attention from start to finish. No assembly line, no anonymous production crew, and no factory speed-painting your collectible between lunch breaks.
Details Get Attention
Skin, armor, fabric, weathering, tiny accessories nobody sane would notice — those details are the fun part. Larger figures give us room to actually make them count.
Collector-Focused Work
We focus on larger-scale figures and garage kits meant to be displayed, appreciated, and occasionally rearranged for the seventeenth time because apparently that shelf still isn’t quite right.
Real Support
If something is wrong, contact us. You’re dealing with a real person, not a faceless warehouse or support bot named Steve.