Miniature Painting
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How big is that thing?
You should do some burnt metal effects on those cones, it’s really easy to do and looks so sick.
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Aazrael
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The Mobile Suit is like 20cm tall. Then the backpack with thrusters makes the whole thing huge.
Yea thought about doing something with the gold thruster bells, at least on the backpack. They are easy to remove so might revisit it.
I'm kinda stuck in doing clean builds, should really try to practice some weathering. I'm getting comfortable with my lacquer paints and Varnish now so will probably try some chipping etc on my next build.
I would like to use enamels for that though as I can easily remove it with thinner. But for some reason enamel paint is hard to find here. But acrylics might work as well, they just dry faster but could use retarder.
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Was playing around trying to get a photo area working with lights and background. I have no idea how camera exposure and stuff works but tried some sliders in the photo app and took some pictures of an old build. It's a bit dusty though.
Anyone got pointers on how to get nice pictures?
Anyone got pointers on how to get nice pictures?
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Nice. I did my barrel holes for my Krieg a couple days ago and plan on priming them this week if I get a good weather day.
I just finished my current Skaven project and played some Warcry yesterday.
I just finished my current Skaven project and played some Warcry yesterday.
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Might be a better thread for this, but! I'm still casually searching for a Bertoxxulous mini and I came across this demon on thingiverse that has a good body structure. I'm thinking of just printing and kitbashing it, buuut I was thinking I might be able to edit the model. Anyone know a good and simple to use editor? I'm dicking with fusion 360 right now but it's beyond my skills, ha
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Hateyou
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You would want to use zbrush for sculpting organic things, not fusion360. I haven’t used it so can’t help you out much but it looks like you could copy paste that horn onto his sides and be good.
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Phanton
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Thanks! ended up DLing zbrush then finding out they have some bs paywall to export as stl files. I looked at what the guy used to make the original Barau and it was Meshmixer. seemed to work almost as well and they actually allowed me to export it in a variety of files. Gonna print this tonight and hope it works!
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Hateyou
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There are plenty of really nice resin printers for good prices, especially for miniature painting.
I got my Mars Pro for under $200.
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Hateyou
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Oh also buy a pair of these. They’re mini charcoal purifiers that run inside the machine. Gets rid of the chemical smell they put out.
Also get a Wham Bam build plate for whatever model go with. It makes cleaning and getting the model off the plate way way easier. It’s horrible without it.
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Mine.
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Aazrael
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That looks like Dark Magic watching them print...There are plenty of really nice resin printers for good prices, especially for miniature painting.
I got my Mars Pro for under $200.
ELEGOO: Best Consumer Level 3D Printers, Materials and STEM Products
ELEGOO specializes in the research, development, and production of the most quality & affordable 3D printers, Arduino-based STEM & robotic kits, making technology easy-to-access for all the makers around the world.
What do the runners do? I see lotsa pillars attached to the models.
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Very good resin printer is around $250. Plus consumables like the resin and alcohol to clean them, let them cure in the sun or buy a UV light.
Amazon product ASIN B07K2ZHMRF
Amazon product ASIN B07K2ZHMRF
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Gankak
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They provide support so the material doesn't fall apart while it dries/cures
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Hateyou
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Fuck alcohol. Buy water washable resin.
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They are the same as supports with an FDM printer but in reverse. They also snap off way easier than FDM type supports. If you didn’t have supports any kind of overhang you printed would have no way to detach itself from the bottom of the vat where it cures, it would just stay on the bottom and your print would be a failure. The free software (Chitubox) adds all those for you once you put the file in.
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