Useful 3D Prints - Melbourne

01/06/2026

I've been a bit behind on blogs, it's been a busy May...
But this blog is pretty special to me, I've been doing this as my fulltime work for about 6 months now, and I've done a review of those 6 months.

Thank you to everyone that lets me keep doing this as my work.

I figured this blog is going to be a bit of a different one from my usual (even though I've missed a few weeks of D&D blogs). I'm Justin and I run Useful 3D Prints down in Melbourne. This weeks blog, a review of what it's like running your own business, and starting from scratch.6ish Months in revie...

01/06/2026

This weekend I ran an event for my other passion! A 36 person Age of Sigmar Tournament.
A Big thank you to all the players for coming down to spend a weekend together! A few shout outs to our sponsors:
Useful 3D Prints - Score card trackers
True Strike Dice - Custom resin D6 for all the players at the event as part of their goodie bag prize
SMS Paints - Best painted prize support
Gaming Arena - space host
Games Workshop - Battletome codes

And here's some pics of our event and winners!
Podium for the competitive bracket -
1st: Hakan
2nd: Kieren
3rd: Jeremy

Combined Comp/Narrative prize recipients:
Best Teacher: Bruce
Most cinematic moment: Dawn and James
Best Painted: Rian Littler

Narrative players got to enjoy a bingo sheet for their prize support as the event was running.

04/05/2026

Hey everyone!
This week I'm doing an additional 10% off any items from the May DM Stash set - The Crucible - Mini's set and themed around an arena style encounter!
If you're looking for mini's and want an extra 10% off, check out the store!
https://www.useful3dprints.com.au/category/featured-products
Discount code: MayArena10

04/05/2026

Hey everyone! It's Monday, meaning I've got a new blog!
This time I've got a goblin encounter guide for newer DM's or people on the fence about giving DM'ing a shot!

Hey everyone! I'm back with another encounter guide! This time we're talking Goblins.Running a goblin camp raid is one of the best early-game encounters in Dungeons & Dragons (D&D 5e). It’s flexible, scalable, and perfect for teaching players how to manage combat, positioning, and resources.This g...

25/04/2026

It’s been a super busy week again!
We’ve had:
A few orders
Our first B2B order for some displays and a GatchaPop machine
Some sponsorship work for at Arc this weekend.
Workshop now fully set up

Onwards and upwards! I thank everyone for their orders and for their patience with the quoting process this week!

14/04/2026

We're a bit behind on the Monster Menagerie posts but we're back up and running now that we're all finished with our first Convention as a Vendor! This weeks Monster Menagerie - Pentalia (Tiamat) — Mother of Dragons: Weekly Monster Spotlight is live! Check it our for quickstats, encounter ideas, and boss tactics for your D&D 5E table. Link in Bio