valas
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I'm being twisted, on the sideway down.
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Post by valas on Sept 19, 2016 2:50:45 GMT
Since I bought my printer, I have been primarily printing Dragonlock tiles. It's been a learning experience. I picked up a davinci 1.0a fairly cheap as a learning printer. The stock software sucks and I purchased Simplify3D - great investment! I use ABS for my tiles, though I am planning to switch to pla soon. Printing the tiles is easy, its the painting part hat kills me! Painted Partly painted Freshly Printed
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Post by curufin on Sept 20, 2016 14:22:36 GMT
Simplify3D FTW! Awesome stuff! And I totally hear you on the painting....ugh.
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Post by jennifer on Oct 4, 2016 17:09:53 GMT
Good job painting. Love the multi-color brick! Share a dungeon photo sometime when you get them done!
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Post by sgtslag on Oct 4, 2016 18:50:35 GMT
Well, I will suggest a different painting technique which is m-u-c-h quicker, and easier... It is also much less impressive, in quality. The Dip technique. Paint a lighter shade of gray (it will darken with the stain-varnish). When completely dry, paint on Minwax Polyshades Urethane Stain, either in Tudor (black), or Royal Walnut (dirty brown), soaking up any pooling areas with a paper towel before it dries. It will not win a painting contest, but it is fast. At arm's length, it looks pretty good to most folks. You can try one sample piece, to see if you like it, or not (soak it in Simple Green cleaning solution to remove the paint and varnish). If the Satin finish is too shiny for your tastes, you can apply a matte clear coat, to dull it down. What you lose in finish quality, you make up in volume of finished pieces -- your time is valuable, and these are terrain pieces, not miniatures (I use it on mini's, but mine are mostly for mass battle games, so I need quite a few mini's -- this is the only way I can get them table-ready in my lifetime...). All up to you. Just throwing it out there for your consideration. Cheers!
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valas
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I'm being twisted, on the sideway down.
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Post by valas on Oct 7, 2016 2:37:37 GMT
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Post by jennifer on Oct 7, 2016 8:05:57 GMT
Very cool! Nice work! Love the paint jobs and all the accessories!
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valas
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I'm being twisted, on the sideway down.
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Post by valas on Oct 7, 2016 18:53:52 GMT
Thanks!
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Post by jennifer on Oct 7, 2016 22:11:43 GMT
Are your players excited about playin' this dungeon ? I bet it will be some experience for them!
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Post by fantascientist on Oct 8, 2016 1:10:09 GMT
Looks very nice! What's that thing to the left of the dragon?
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Post by jennifer on Oct 9, 2016 5:27:57 GMT
Looks very nice! What's that thing to the left of the dragon? Looks like the pet dragon's water bowl? Giggle.
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valas
Room Planner
I'm being twisted, on the sideway down.
Posts: 459
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Post by valas on Oct 27, 2016 23:36:49 GMT
Looks very nice! What's that thing to the left of the dragon? A pile of bones!
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Post by Draklith on Oct 28, 2016 13:58:41 GMT
Good stuff, thx for posting man
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