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Post by jennifer on Mar 5, 2016 13:58:52 GMT
Love the idea of the huge library! For some reason I keep imagining it with the gravestones of past librarians worked into the floortiles like you see in old churches. oh nice idea.. have any photos of something like this?
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Post by margaret on Mar 5, 2016 16:10:41 GMT
Probably won't find any of librarians entombed in a library floor, But if you google "tombstone in church floor", you will find a wide variety
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Post by jennifer on Mar 8, 2016 15:05:10 GMT
Did a remix of the OpenForge stone tile. They didn't offer a 6x6 tile so I combined a few of the smaller tiles in Blender to make a 6x6. This won't print on the Monoprice Maker Architect 3D printer -- too large. Made it for Meph to try on his PrintrBot Simple Metal. Here's the link: www.thingiverse.com/thing:1399768
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Post by jennifer on Mar 19, 2016 10:59:15 GMT
OpenForge 2.0 2x2 Twelve Penny Base
Made an alternative base for OpenForge 2.0 tiles. Details here: www.thingiverse.com/thing:1427451
\ Summary from Thingiverse: This is an alternative base for the new OpenForge 2.0 tiles. (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1419276) Devon Jones says we can design our own bases for his new stone cut tiles as long as each base is 25mm x 25mm and 6mm tall. So here is a base meeting those requirements as an alternative to the magnet bases. Just hot glue up to three pennies per hole and enjoy the extra weight and stability -- even just 4 pennies helps significantly. This 2x2 base weights 8 grams with 20% infill, without any pennies. Each penny weighs 2.5 grams. So 4 pennies adds 10 grams of weight and 12 pennies adds 30 grams of weight. So this base with 12 pennies would add 38 grams of mass of a 2x2 tile. With this added weight, they'll feel like the heavy Dwarven Forge tiles. I haven't printed this yet but it should work fine. How about try printing one to see how it lines up. Try using variable amount of pennies in the hole to have the tile your desired weight. Once I get some feedback on these, I'll work on all the other sizes, and add all of them to this Thing's files. I did some calculations and while those magnets are awesome for things sticking together, they come to like 50 cents per 2x2 tile just for the magnets. Whereas this base solution only costs between 4 to 12 cents for all that additional and wonderful stabilizing weight.
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Post by jennifer on Mar 19, 2016 11:18:15 GMT
Wyloch 2x2 Fifteen Penny Base www.thingiverse.com/thing:14275202.5" x 2.5" x 1/4" Summary (from Thingiverse): This is a 2.5" x 2.5" x 1/4" Wyloch tile base. It allows you to put between 5 to 15 pennies in the base, adding a significant mass for the 3/16" thick tile you glue on top of it. Just hot glue the pennies in place. I haven't yet tried this tile base, but it should work fine. Please leave me some feedback on this and I'll make more other sizes. Working on a set of Wyloch tiles with stone tiles & walls. Going to ask Devon Jones if I can use his new OpenForge 2.0 Stone Cut textures for them.
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Post by jennifer on Mar 19, 2016 15:05:44 GMT
Printed one of these, added 8 pennies, and weighed it along with an actual Dwarven Forge tile. 36g and 33g respectively. See the following link for photos & details: www.thingiverse.com/make:205292
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Post by jennifer on Mar 19, 2016 17:16:19 GMT
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Post by jennifer on Mar 19, 2016 17:31:15 GMT
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Post by jennifer on Nov 5, 2016 7:51:34 GMT
Tree Bases Just started working on tree bases. Figured out an easy way to make them in Blender. So far I made one, for three trees. But, I'll be making at least a dozen of various sizes (for 1 to say 5 trees). All of which you can re-dimension on any axis to get even more shapes & sizes. I printed the one I designed in blender: Snipped and filed the bottom of the trees and hot glued them onto the base, then painted. See how FLUSH they sit on the mat? I love that. Also there is no mess making them.. No sanding of MDF or Foam. No warpages from glue or paint. I'll definitely be doing all my bases for various terrain in this manner in the future. You can't even tell there is a base! I printed at .2 layer height.. I don't recommend .1 layer height as it'd probably be dangerously sharp on the edge lol. Compare to my warped chipboard/foam one, which took time and was a PITA to make.. very messy.. the foam dust probably wasn't healthy either. Anyways, is there interest in these? Like a set of 12 or so different ones? Took about 2 hours to print this one at .2 layer height 25 percent infill -- about 40 cents with filament that costs $15.99 a roll (btw, I never spend more than $15.99 a roll these days.. never had a single problem with cheaper filament). EDIT: I think I'll make a couple ponds as well. Basically the same thing .. raise it up a bit.. then drop it down for painting and filling with clear mix resin stuff (whatever that is.. haven't used it yet but intend to). Thinking about making my own 3D river and road tiles as well.
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Post by fantascientist on Nov 5, 2016 9:27:30 GMT
What I really want to learn next in Blender is how to splice the head of one creature onto another. Like I wanna put this frog's head on top of Naslfeshnee. A bit late maybe, but take a look at Meshmixer. It's free, and it was made to do stuff like this. Some of the tutorials on youtube are a bit outdated unfortunately, the UI has changed here and there over the last few years.
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Post by jennifer on Nov 5, 2016 10:23:32 GMT
What I really want to learn next in Blender is how to splice the head of one creature onto another. Like I wanna put this frog's head on top of Naslfeshnee. A bit late maybe, but take a look at Meshmixer. It's free, and it was made to do stuff like this. Some of the tutorials on youtube are a bit outdated unfortunately, the UI has changed here and there over the last few years. Thanks. I'll check it out some time. But as is, I can make a new one of these in just a few minutes. Already got one for a single now. Gonna whip out two more single variations now.
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Post by jennifer on Nov 7, 2016 4:38:22 GMT
Started on my first monster sculpt ever.
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Post by sgtslag on Nov 7, 2016 15:38:50 GMT
Looks old-school. I like. Just remember, the eye-stalks will be fragile...
I made my first Beholder out of Sculpey, complete with 10 eye-stalks. They did not last terribly long. Even if you make them thicker/stronger, they will still be fragile. That is one of the biggest reasons I used pipe cleaners for the stalks on my latest attempt -- most other things were just impractical for long-term survivability. You could always add the stalks manually, using TP/watery-glue, a' la DM Scotty's techniques; you could also try using Simple Green epoxy, but it may be too brittle as well. Cheers!
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Post by scififan27 on Nov 7, 2016 17:46:46 GMT
Nice beholder sculpt! If I was making one, I'd drill into the main body and glue in wires as armatures, then sculpt them on with Milliput, but I know there's a few folks on here who aren't a big fan of using potentially harmful chemicals.
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Post by l7arkness on Nov 7, 2016 18:31:18 GMT
Looks old-school. I like. Just remember, the eye-stalks will be fragile... I made my first Beholder out of Sculpey, complete with 10 eye-stalks. They did not last terribly long. Even if you make them thicker/stronger, they will still be fragile. That is one of the biggest reasons I used pipe cleaners for the stalks on my latest attempt -- most other things were just impractical for long-term survivability. You could always add the stalks manually, using TP/watery-glue, a' la DM Scotty's techniques; you could also try using Simple Green epoxy, but it may be too brittle as well. Cheers! I have a feeling that the 3d printed stalks will be strong enough for game play, wouldn't you think?
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Post by kgstanley81 on Nov 7, 2016 19:23:09 GMT
I have seen where some people have kept the eye stalks close to the body and I think it looks good
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Post by sgtslag on Nov 7, 2016 22:38:26 GMT
l7arkness, I have no idea how strong the 3D printer plastics are. Never worked with them. Just wanted to warn about the fragility of the eye stalks -- they really make the model a Beholder, above all else. With them broken off... Cheers!
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Post by l7arkness on Nov 9, 2016 13:49:02 GMT
l7arkness , I have no idea how strong the 3D printer plastics are. Never worked with them. Just wanted to warn about the fragility of the eye stalks -- they really make the model a Beholder, above all else. With them broken off... Cheers! Well i believe they should be but i haven't printed something with that many weak points before but im in the process of scanning my sculpted beholder in so i can print it, so i will let yall know
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Post by jennifer on Nov 9, 2016 18:41:00 GMT
How are you scanning it? i want one!
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Post by l7arkness on Nov 9, 2016 19:13:54 GMT
How are you scanning it? i want one! Im using 123D Android App, its by autodesk and allows you to use your phone to scan a model with your camera, its being a bear to use but ive seen some preety good results and its free
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