etotheipi | 02 May 2020 10:11 a.m. PST |
Well, we started answering this in the other thread about figures (with which I would include vehicles … hadn't thought to specify that), but I think terrain is different. A lot of terrain is more boxy and linear than figures, so a lot of the limitations of lower-end (hobby) printers have a lower impact. So, how much do you have? None A few onsey-twosie piees Just bits (doors, windows, hatches) Small terrain pieces (crates, consoles, etc.) Some Buildings Lots of buildings ALL THE TERRAIN! I don't have any full printed buildings. I do have a fair amount (one square foot of 100% cover) of full terrain pieces and a small (but growing) number of bits, mostly doors to go on the outside of scratchbuilt buildings. |
Andrew Walters | 02 May 2020 10:50 a.m. PST |
I'm going to answer "Just bits". I like scratch building. And why print the whole building when you can just print some cool windows and a chimney and scratch build the rest the way you used to? That way your printing time is an hour instead of a day. There are important uses of 3D printing left out of your choices: stone bridges, bases for figures, stands for figures, piles of skulls and other exotic items, statues, casualties, wrecks. |
Royal Air Force | 02 May 2020 11:52 a.m. PST |
Lots of buildings and scatter terrain. Lighter, cheaper, and more durable than resin. And I love being able to scale and modify before printing. |
Slow Oats | 02 May 2020 12:27 p.m. PST |
A few small terrain pieces. Some low walls, a campfire set, and a shrine from the new Zelda game (a tiny one though, like 6mm scale). I haven't painted or used the campfires or shrine yet, but I use the walls every now and again for boardgames. |
Doctor X | 02 May 2020 12:42 p.m. PST |
None. Still too many print lines for my taste unless you print in resin. |
Hlaven | 02 May 2020 1:43 p.m. PST |
link Just a couple of printed items I have. I try to buy Viking and or Medieval buildings. I have really never been disappointed. Yes there are visible lines on some; but painting does make a difference. They vary in price from all the people printing nowadays; but shopping around never hurts. |
Tango01 | 09 Jun 2021 4:24 p.m. PST |
This Kickstarter (finished and no pledges) show nice terrain and figures… link
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Gauntlet | 10 Jun 2021 6:37 a.m. PST |
For 10mm I've printed a hundred or so groups of fir trees that I cover my forest templates with. I printed them hollow so they are very cheap. The base for a group is about an inch across so they never topple. I can move them aside as troops enter the forest. I've also printed buildings, bridges, and low walls. |
Camcleod | 10 Jun 2021 5:17 p.m. PST |
Lots of buildings, Sci-Fi corridor systems, Necromunda Hive City & 40K parts, misc. Napoleonic terrain. |
chironex | 11 Jun 2021 5:39 a.m. PST |
So far, one dropship and one spaceship that is not ready for vehicle assembly, as many of the components are still being manufactured. And some tiny-scale SF buildings that should do for Battletech. |
le Grande Quartier General | 21 Jun 2021 10:41 p.m. PST |
Does anyone know if Vauban fortifications in 3mm scale (for 6mm gaming) could be printed, and by whom? I would sell my mother to the Arabs for such a wonder. |
N Drury | 22 Jun 2021 2:32 a.m. PST |
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Nick Bowler | 22 Jun 2021 4:34 a.m. PST |
I have slowly given away my scratch built terrain and gone with 3D printed buildings, roads, hedges etc. The printed parts are durable, cheap, and almost indestructible. I even 3D print modular hills, terrain hexes, measuring sticks, etc. As far as I am concerned, a 3D printer is the best accessory a wargamer can have. |
MrZorro | 22 Jun 2021 11:51 a.m. PST |
I have a bunch (8) 3d printed Tudor-fantasy buildings in 1/56. I really like them. |
Sgt Slag | 22 Jun 2021 12:53 p.m. PST |
None. I prefer crafting/building, to printing. Cheers! |
etotheipi | 22 Jun 2021 2:03 p.m. PST |
I'm a big scrathbuilder, too. I think 3D printing intersects because I can print things like doors and windows for buildings instead of wasting lots of time on the fiddly little bits. I have a lot of scratchbuild WIPs that show various techniques for quickly making a decent door or window, but having some nice, consistent ones is … well … nice. Also, since I put my printer together myself and did the 3D models myself, it's a kind of scratchbuilding. Just an advanced tech form of making a jig. |
Tortorella | 22 Jun 2021 8:27 p.m. PST |
None. This has come along to late for me. I have purchased or scratch built everything I am likely to need. But if I were just starting, I might think this is the future. |