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Post by jennifer on Feb 11, 2016 21:46:05 GMT
Well Frostgrave has a situation where it calls for two Ice Toads, so I printed another one and painted it. Believe it or not it only cost just under 20 cents a frog in plastic filament to print. This $300 printer is gonna pay for itself fast (especially since brother and boyfriend each chipped in $75 ) The green frog.. I told hte printer to print it with supports (for under the legs) and it didn't. So it had the same problem as the blue frog, a bit of distoration on the underside /outside of both legs. But again I can just file a tiny bit and fill with modeling past and smooth it out as good as the original model. But I'd like to not have to do that. For the time being I didn't bother fixing them because to me it isn't that bad and you really gotta be looking down low to see it.
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Post by margaret on Feb 11, 2016 23:31:19 GMT
Those frogs are so cool! They tempt me to plan to run Frostgrave and buy a 3D printer just so I have an excuse to print them!
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Post by jennifer on Feb 11, 2016 23:36:00 GMT
Those frogs are so cool! They tempt me to plan to run Frostgrave and buy a 3D printer just so I have an excuse to print them! Giggle thanks. 3D printer is really affordable these days at $300!! and to think they only cost 20 cents a piece to print! And the ability to scale to any size you like is awesome as well. You'll get a little layer ringage but no mold lines. So it's a trade off I guess. The rings could always be filled in some how I think.. but they are so minute you don't really see them unless you photograph and enlarge.. like it's hard to see with the naked unmagnified eye. Here is a close up fo ryou:
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Post by Meph on Feb 12, 2016 0:02:26 GMT
About those print lines, everyone wants to make such a big deal about them but I really see it as a small issue. I have been buying pre-painted D&D and Pathfinder Minis for the last couple years at $300 for a case. I gotta say the molds and paint on at least half the models on each case really suck. There are also visible mold lines on a lot of them. If we tolerate that then I guess some print lines aren't a big issue. Honestly a lot of that can be disguised with good paint.
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Post by jennifer on Feb 12, 2016 1:23:00 GMT
About those print lines, everyone wants to make such a big deal about them but I really see it as a small issue. I have been buying pre-painted D&D and Pathfinder Minis for the last couple years at $300 for a case. I gotta say the molds and paint on at least half the models on each case really suck. There are also visible mold lines on a lot of them. If we tolerate that then I guess some print lines aren't a big issue. Honestly a lot of that can be disguised with good paint. Yeah like I was saying I think they're fine. I agree with you. I am concerned about the problem of having no supports where the back legs got jacked up underneath. This is gonna require some repair work with modeling paste. I love my toads! Love this printer! Love the $$$ savings. Love not having mold lines to clean up.
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Post by SpielMeisterKev! on Feb 12, 2016 2:15:01 GMT
Howdy, Where did you find those Huttlings? Awesome, Kev!
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Post by SpielMeisterKev! on Feb 12, 2016 2:24:13 GMT
Howdy, I'll see if I can get decent photos to post. Could be Karma in it for you... Pics please, Kev!
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Post by DnDPaladin on Feb 12, 2016 2:54:27 GMT
print lines, they are all over the sculpt and they are not always lines they seem to curve... me guess what you think are print lines are probably what the model came with. after all its a 3D model of a giant statue. and by their natures garden statues have lines in them.
i think those frogs are incredible as is.
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Post by Meph on Feb 12, 2016 3:08:35 GMT
No, they are print lines. Its how the printer "builds" the print in successive layers. It creates layer lines, there is no way around it right now. As the technology improves I am sure it will change but right now that is just the way it is. As I said earlier, it doesn't bother me like it does some people. You can see them on the demon also. Honestly, the camera accentuates them. When it's painted up sitting on your table, NOBODY will ever see them.
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Post by jennifer on Feb 12, 2016 3:56:47 GMT
Howdy, Where did you find those Huttlings? Awesome, Kev! Huttling? Well I found the frogs on Thingiverse .. do a search for "Garden Toad" and I made the stone huts myself with toilet paper mache.
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Post by jennifer on Feb 12, 2016 3:57:32 GMT
No, they are print lines. Its how the printer "builds" the print in successive layers. It creates layer lines, there is no way around it right now. As the technology improves I am sure it will change but right now that is just the way it is. As I said earlier, it doesn't bother me like it does some people. You can see them on the demon also. Honestly, the camera accentuates them. When it's painted up sitting on your table, NOBODY will ever see them. That demon looks awesome
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Post by Sleepy Hollow Mike on Feb 12, 2016 7:12:46 GMT
Amazing stuff Jennifer! Just amazing!
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Post by lordmorbius on Feb 12, 2016 15:36:17 GMT
sooo... in about 2 hours top, you printed a toad and a cube, which you painted already... did anyone tell you to stop drinking redbull... you're scaring the energizer bunny ! XD Also printed out an 8 bit (granular style) skull keychain for my nephew as well as one OpenForge tile. (Having a problem with the OpenForge tile.. was expecting it to be 2 inches square but came out to 1.85 inches square.... Jennifer has proven herself to be a crafting machine...like the terminator...she cannot be bargained with, cannot be reasoned with, she feels no pity, or remorse, and she will not stop until she has crafted it all! BUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
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Post by jennifer on Feb 12, 2016 18:25:47 GMT
Toilet Paper Mache Tower (7" diameter) Popped out the door and window forms I made (from 1/2" rigid insulation). This thing is gonna look beautifully old painted. I need a recommendation. Should I proceed to make this a somewhat fully intact (yet old looking) multi-level stackable round tower (like witchfate tor), or should I just make it a piece 2 or 3 level tower ruins? EDIT: Since the photo was taken above, I have cleaned up the small area to the top left of the window, with a pocket knife and then etched the bricks with an awl -- looks much better than in the photo now. Really like toilet paper mache masonry. Gives structures a 100% unique, organic look and cannot be broken falling from table.
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Post by Matt on Feb 12, 2016 19:27:40 GMT
How ruined are the other pieces that might appear on the table with it that use the same type of construction? I'd make it match those.
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Post by margaret on Feb 12, 2016 19:46:09 GMT
If I had the storage space, I would make this a one-piece, 2 or 3-story tower. And then make another take-apart one later if I needed something in the future where there can be an interior fight. It's pretty hard to hide the joins of a take-apart tower, even if you try to do it in a way that has the papier-mâché blocks interlocking. If you look through several photos of the Witchfate Tor model, you can see the joins in most of them.
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Post by jennifer on Feb 12, 2016 20:15:21 GMT
Okay I'll make it a two or three story, one piece, tower ruins! Thanks.
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Post by jennifer on Feb 12, 2016 21:05:38 GMT
Well here is how it is looking so far.. couldn't wait on the paint to see.. I'll add more paper mache and paint whatever I add on Could use some black wash or detailing here and there with black paint and a brush (shadows -- like around the door frame).
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Post by Matt on Feb 13, 2016 8:57:33 GMT
I hope those creepy toads model all your terrain for you for quite some time And good call on some shading to bring out the door frame. It really blends in.
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Post by jennifer on Feb 13, 2016 18:34:46 GMT
I hope those creepy toads model all your terrain for you for quite some time And good call on some shading to bring out the door frame. It really blends in. Message me your mailing address and I'll mail both of them to you.
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