| Waco Joe | 03 Mar 2017 12:57 p.m. PST |
I finally started on the Winterdale castle I backed on Kickstarter from Printable Scenery printablescenery.com First piece up was a tower, four sections plus a base and turret. The finished piece comes out to around 10" tall. Part of the stretch goals for the project was a frigate. Although the main files are for a multi-piece 25mm scale ship, one small file was for a one piece print. I scaled it down to around 90mm long so it matched my Portsmouth Miniatures 1/900 pieces. I will need to fine tune the print a bit because some of the very delicate railing work did not come out. Print time on the tower was about 4 days of continual printing, the ship was about 7 hours. The towers weighs 525 grams so comes out to about $15 USD
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| darthfozzywig | 03 Mar 2017 1:53 p.m. PST |
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| MajorB | 03 Mar 2017 3:13 p.m. PST |
That tower is far too tall and thin. Unless it's meant to be for fantasy. |
| MajorB | 03 Mar 2017 3:16 p.m. PST |
Part of the stretch goals for the project was a frigate. Although the main files are for a multi-piece 25mm scale ship Too small to be a frigate and the poop is too high. A frigate would typically have 28 to 36 guns. This one looks like it has 20 guns at the most. |
| Dwindling Gravitas | 03 Mar 2017 3:38 p.m. PST |
I have no idea about tower architecture, or naval ship construction. All I can say is I think everything looks  ing good! Including the BTR60 (if that's what it is?). Really nice! Is it just my olde eyes, or are there no striations on your prints? |
| Waco Joe | 03 Mar 2017 4:15 p.m. PST |
The striations are there but almost invisible at arms length. yes it is a BTR60 The Winterdale set is based more on fantasy than history. I can leave a section out to make it a bit more realistic like you see in this photo from their website
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| poiter50 | 03 Mar 2017 7:49 p.m. PST |
Ignore Major B, that poster is just jealous. Nice work and well done on the scaling down. |
| thehawk | 04 Mar 2017 6:51 a.m. PST |
The long print times are a problem for home 3D printing. The buildings in another KS take forever to print as well. I think 3D buildings are only worth it if the models are A-grade from an architectural standpoint. Even better if the stl was just the facade which could be glued onto a rigid backing. There is a tool that can slice a facade section off an stl. That might be the way to go. |
| UshCha | 05 Mar 2017 5:28 a.m. PST |
rheHawk,
Whats the issue with time? The printer just sits there and prints, no need ro stay and watch it. The cost is small and I have waired nearly that long for models to be delivered. It took 42 hrs to print 14 – 1/144 tamks but that was not an issue whan its a home printer. |
| darthfozzywig | 15 Mar 2017 11:13 a.m. PST |
Good point about printing time and delivery time, UshCha. |
tries a stucco repair product to contour his bases.
