One of the things you learn with a project like this is that good things take time. You can see a wonderful plan - Lybbanns Miniatures Youtube - then you can see all sorts of fantastic terrain pieces to print, access the stls (please support creators) but being ready to build doesn't happen overnight.
The printing of all the steps, walls, roads, ruins, buildings etc takes an enormous amount of time. Like a real long time. I purchased my printer in mid-July and I have been printing non-stop since then. By calculation, the printer has been utilised 80% of the intervening time since of switched it on. That is 19-20 hours per day for 70+ days. This is something worth thinking about when you plan your project. While the printing has taken 13+ kgs of PLA, it is the time to print that is your real constraint. When I built my 40k board purchasing GW kits was expensive but they were available in 1-2 days.
So get used to running a printing pipeline! This is the reason I am so please with my Creality machine. It has been a joy with little to no downtime. The issues I've had were related to filament replacement (solved by Youtube search), bed adhesion (solved by adding brim/raft where necessary/keeping the bed clean/using hairspray for very tall prints). Youtube, Google and the Creality CR-6 Facebook Group solved all my issues - fast and effectively. No real downtime...production keeps running.
Here is a list of some of the STL File creators that I have used. Again Lybbans did a lot of the work but there are a few I found myself:
https://www.infinitedimensions.ca/ - Wightwood Abbey - walls, ruins, buildings
https://www.printablescenery.com/ - Medieval scenery, ships, buildings
https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-dark-realms-arkenfel-bridge-2-ruins-136279 - Dark Realms (particularly Arkenfel) - Buildings, bridges, towers, ruins
Here is a selection of buildings/terrain I have printed and which is is now incorporated in my build:
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Dark Realms Ruined Bridge
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| Infinite Dimensions Stables |
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| Dark Realms Ruined Rookery |
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| Gumtree Roads being printed |
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| Leichheim City Walls |
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| City Walls being printed |
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| Printable Scenery Sunken Ship |
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| Wightwood Abbey Gatehouse |
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| Dark Realms Arkenfel Ruined Bridge |
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| Centre Pieces of Dark Realm Bridge |
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| More of the ruined bridge |
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