DM Stash Celebrates 5 Years With Its Biggest Terrain Bundle Yet

Bastion of the Wandering Mage is the biggest pack DM Stash has ever produced, by the creator's own account, and the numbers make that easy to believe. The full preview dropped on March 28, and the release scope is substantial: 30 unique models not counting variants, a terrain set measuring approximately 800 x 600mm across three vertical levels, 41 furniture and prop pieces, and a print commitment of 30 build plates to assemble the full layout.

DM Stash described it plainly in the preview: "This is the BIGGEST pack we have ever made by a long shot." Five years into running a MyMiniFactory tribe, that framing carries some weight.

Subscribers get two exclusives tied to the anniversary: a limited edition DM Stash anniversary plinth and The Longsword of Erdrydion, a specially engraved prop model built into the campaign lore.

The giveaway running through April puts hardware at the top of the prize structure. First-place winners choose between an Elegoo Saturn 4 Ultra or a Bambu Lab P2S, both bundled with store credit. Lower tiers include additional printers or store credit packages, spreading the prize pool across multiple entrants rather than concentrating everything at the top.

The painting competition runs concurrently with a specific format worth understanding before you prep a model. Entrants select a 32mm medium model from the release, paint it, and submit. From there, an ELO-based ranking system determines the shortlist before work reaches the guest judges. Those judges score each entry and record video commentary, which means every shortlisted painter receives actual structured feedback rather than a placement number. ViggoStar, Reaper Miniatures, and ChronicleRPG are named as competition sponsors.

That judge-to-video feedback loop is the most practically useful part of the competition structure for painters who treat contest entries as a learning exercise. ELO shortlisting also means early community engagement matters, and the video critiques become shareable content that outlasts the competition itself.

Terrain at 800 x 600mm across three levels is a different project than a character base or a small scatter piece. Weathering scale, OSL decisions across vertical floors, and composition across that footprint are skills that don't get stress-tested on a single 32mm figure. The Bastion gives painters a concrete, time-bound project to work through those challenges in April, with a competition deadline and sponsored prizes attached to keep the work focused.