"Napoleonic STL files: Has anybody tried these?" Topic

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They seem to have French infantry and some camp miscellany.

Cheers,
John

I did. The French are nice. Obviously a nice variety of poses. The detail wasn't quite as nice as a metal figure. They also come with molded on flagpoles and such. depending upon your resin this may be an issue. Muskets and swords are realistically thin and once again this may be an issue. Out of the box the figures are rather large but obviously can be scaled down. I had trouble with the pre-supported figures and wound up doing my own supports, YMMV.

The camp stuff is nice but the scale is all over the place. Generally too big. Could have used more food items IMHO.

The British look nicer than the french and come with separate flagpoles. So "tally Ho, I'm in"!

Thanks. It was the camp paraphernalia I was most interested in since my collection is pre-1812. I hope you don't mind if I ask a few follow up questions:

I take it each item is a separate file. Am I right?

Do you get a guide for what percentage to use for different scales or is it a case of trial and error?

What's YMMV :-( ?

Thanks,
John

Each item is a separate file, yes. Files are there in 15mm and 28mm. I wont speak to the 15mm items, I didn't print any. the 28mm things seem to be all over the place. For instance the drum and the camp stool seemed huge. The tents seemed right. The individual musket was a different size to the stacked muskets. I found I had to print it and then scale it to taste.

"Your mileage may vary" I find there are a lot of variables in resin printing: The printer, the resin, room temperature, etc. I found having to redo the supports tedious and annoying but in correspondence he says everything was test printed and worked so perhaps it was things at my end.

Feel free to ask anything else

If you want a sample let me know, ill pop one in the post for you

That's a very generous offer but I live in New Zealand so the postage would probably bankrupt you . . . :-)

It'd be for 15mm I'd be wanting them.

Cheers,
John