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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2017 2:31:47 GMT
another awesome job! Great idea to print them flat the soften them afterward, it's a great little detail.
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Post by jennifer on Mar 10, 2017 9:38:49 GMT
It's been a minute or two since my last post...but I am rarely completely idle. Sometime in the future I plan on sending my players to Dungeonland via the dungeons beneath Castle Greyhawk. Dungeonland is D&D's version of the Wonderland created by Lewis Carroll. In the adventure, the PC's will tango with the Queen's guards....so..... I designed and printed these playing card guards. The module called for the 2 thru 7 of hearts so that what I made. These guards print flat so I dunked them in near boiling water for a few seconds to soften the plastic so I could make them flow a little more like animated cards. Wow, these are really awesome! Good idea, melting and bending the plastic
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Post by curufin on Mar 19, 2017 15:30:32 GMT
I'm starting to play around with printing ABS plastic. It is much harder to print successfully than PLA plastic, but the benefits are a stronger model that is more resilient to heat and most importantly, can be smoothed with solvents. These two Violet Fungus models were printed in ABS at the same time and at the same resolution (.2mm Draft Quality). The one on the left is exactly what how it came off the printer. The one on the right was submerged in Lacquer Thinner for 30 seconds and then let dry. The solvent dissolves the plastic and smooths out the layer lines. I think this will really help with making printed minis look a lot better.
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Post by fantascientist on Mar 19, 2017 22:36:19 GMT
How large are those? I've never used ABS myself because of the fumes, but the smoothing seems very promising. I'm curious to see how they affect small prints like e.g. human sized mini's.
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Post by curufin on Mar 19, 2017 22:38:50 GMT
How large are those? I've never used ABS myself because of the fumes, but the smoothing seems very promising. I'm curious to see how they affect small prints like e.g. human sized mini's. My first post on page 1 of this thread shows the scale.
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Post by fantascientist on Mar 20, 2017 18:45:39 GMT
Ah, those are actually a lot smaller than I expected on first sight. I'm surprised the 'tentacles' turned out so well, since they are so thin.
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Post by curufin on Apr 12, 2017 13:17:24 GMT
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Post by fantascientist on Apr 12, 2017 14:41:48 GMT
I tried printing a couple shelves from your general goods store sample pack. Do you have any advice on how to paint them? Base coat in brown, then dry bush with lighter brown? I painted printed them in dark grey.
When I have some time I'm definitely going to get the pack and print them, I love your designs.
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Post by curufin on Apr 13, 2017 3:08:34 GMT
Thanks!
I base coat everything in flat black spray paint. I then dry brush dark brown, then Medium brown, then light brown.
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Post by curufin on May 5, 2017 13:43:38 GMT
Here is Miguel's Zombie Ogre. The Sword, club, and arrows are Games Workshop pieces.
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Post by curufin on May 5, 2017 13:48:30 GMT
I am a Greyhawk fan, so I pretty much love Greyhawk lore. I just couldn't help myself... I had to make The Great Stone Face.
The head is a file from Rocketpig (just scaled up). I designed the Rune Circle. The rest is foamcore.
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Post by curufin on May 5, 2017 13:52:03 GMT
I needed a Dragon Fountain and couldn't find one, so I did a little remixing. I took one of Arian Croft's Dragons and tilted his head down, then designed a fountain base and stream of water to go with it. I think it works pretty well.
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Post by Sam on May 5, 2017 14:46:54 GMT
All this stuff looks great. I'm thinking my grand children really need a 3D printer.
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Post by curufin on Jun 29, 2017 13:36:16 GMT
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Post by curufin on Jun 29, 2017 13:37:53 GMT
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Post by curufin on Jun 29, 2017 13:40:17 GMT
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Post by curufin on Jun 29, 2017 13:43:21 GMT
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Post by curufin on Jun 29, 2017 13:45:46 GMT
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Post by Sam on Jun 29, 2017 16:14:01 GMT
Love all the HeroClix conversions! I notice you completely remove the dial and base. I usually just remove the dial. I find it a lot easier. Thorin and Bilbo still have their "rectagular" bases, just painted. Thorin is on a a dial half. But it is over sized (1 1/4"). And Bilbo is on a novelty coin (1"). With the dials where the top half snaps into the bottom I often pry the dial apart, and use the figure still attached to the upper part of the dial. Masking tape on bottom to cover hole then flock on top.
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Post by jennifer on Jul 17, 2017 23:57:23 GMT
I am a Greyhawk fan, so I pretty much love Greyhawk lore. I just couldn't help myself... I had to make The Great Stone Face.
The head is a file from Rocketpig (just scaled up). I designed the Rune Circle. The rest is foamcore. THis is fricking awesome Would ya put up the rune circle on THingiverse?
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