Patrick Hand Posted Monday at 08:27 PM Posted Monday at 08:27 PM I'm starting to sculpt some 1/56th. scale (28mm) Pyrate miniatures in Blender for a game of “Blood and Plunder”. And I figured I post some of them here as I go along... This is the first one so far, It isn't “rigged” yet, so it's still in a “T” pose, but once I have a bit more done on it, (weapons, belts, etc...) I will then rig and pose it, and then 3D print and paint it. I saw in another thread where Stynky thought a Pyrate with a tankard would be cool, so that might be next. I remember how much people (kinda) enjoyed seeing themselves in the Pyrate Comic, so I might do something like that for the minis.... Oh yeah... I don't sell the minis, but post them on Thingiverse where the .STL files are free to download and print. Outta curiosity, does anyone here also have a 3D printer ?
madPete Posted Tuesday at 12:15 AM Posted Tuesday at 12:15 AM 3 hours ago, Patrick Hand said: I'm starting to sculpt some 1/56th. scale (28mm) Pyrate miniatures in Blender for a game of “Blood and Plunder”. And I figured I post some of them here as I go along... This is the first one so far, It isn't “rigged” yet, so it's still in a “T” pose, but once I have a bit more done on it, (weapons, belts, etc...) I will then rig and pose it, and then 3D print and paint it. I saw in another thread where Stynky thought a Pyrate with a tankard would be cool, so that might be next. I remember how much people (kinda) enjoyed seeing themselves in the Pyrate Comic, so I might do something like that for the minis.... Oh yeah... I don't sell the minis, but post them on Thingiverse where the .STL files are free to download and print. Outta curiosity, does anyone here also have a 3D printer ? That looks really awesome Patrick! I was thinking a group of accessories might be easier for personalization (I dont have a 3D printer): dented or blasted mug belaying pin clyster syringe Aye... Plunder Awaits!
William Brand Posted Tuesday at 04:01 AM Posted Tuesday at 04:01 AM 7 hours ago, Patrick Hand said: I'm starting to sculpt some 1/56th. scale (28mm) Pyrate miniatures in Blender for a game of “Blood and Plunder”. And I figured I post some of them here as I go along... This is the first one so far, It isn't “rigged” yet, so it's still in a “T” pose, but once I have a bit more done on it, (weapons, belts, etc...) I will then rig and pose it, and then 3D print and paint it. I saw in another thread where Stynky thought a Pyrate with a tankard would be cool, so that might be next. I remember how much people (kinda) enjoyed seeing themselves in the Pyrate Comic, so I might do something like that for the minis.... Oh yeah... I don't sell the minis, but post them on Thingiverse where the .STL files are free to download and print. Outta curiosity, does anyone here also have a 3D printer ? Awesome... ...and hello Mister Hand!
Stynky Tudor Posted Tuesday at 05:03 PM Posted Tuesday at 05:03 PM 20 hours ago, Patrick Hand said: I'm starting to sculpt some 1/56th. scale (28mm) Pyrate miniatures in Blender for a game of “Blood and Plunder”. And I figured I post some of them here as I go along... ... Oh yeah... I don't sell the minis, but post them on Thingiverse where the .STL files are free to download and print. Outta curiosity, does anyone here also have a 3D printer ? @Patrick Hand this looks great! It's been more than a decade since I dabbled around in 3D, but I assume it's all pretty much the same - polygons, verts, edges, quads and triangles. I don't own a 3D printer (currently), but I've got a friend just south of me in Ashland that does. My (30+ year old) kids have been lobbying me to get one to make them stuff. My nephew, @James Tudor has one that he's used it to make Star Wars helmets and RC plane and car parts. I believe @blackjohn also has one that he uses for D&D campaigns and I think I saw one the last time I was visiting @michaelsbagley - maybe.
Patrick Hand Posted yesterday at 03:02 PM Author Posted yesterday at 03:02 PM I got thinking about the specific details about FDM vs. Resin 3D printing, and how I should sculpt the Pyrate miniatures... (gotta think about this stuff in advance) I'm thinking that most people would only have (or have access to) FDM printers. When I started sculpting and printing minis, I had an Ender 3 (FDM) printer. It took a lot of fiddling with to get decent prints of 1/56th scale (28mm) minis... So I bought a Mars 4 resin printer, and could get really good prints. I recently bought a Bambu A1 Mini (FDM) printer (with a .2mm nozzle) that can print “almost, but not quite as good as the resin printer”... With Resin minis, the supports are much easier to remove, and can be sculpted with much finer detail. With FDM minis, even with support density set at 7%, the supports are a real pain to deal with. And the parts have to be thicker so any details will print, But if I cut/slice the minis, so all the parts can be printed with fewer supports, and would print better. (but they would have to be glued together once they were printed ) So to make a long story short(er); I think I might have to sculpt them for Both, FDM and Resin printers.
Mary Diamond Posted yesterday at 07:27 PM Posted yesterday at 07:27 PM Oooooohhhhhh - the possibilities! I believe you may have a career ahead of you, sculpting up custom minis! 3d Printer0 - Yet another thing to fundraid for… Oooh, shiny!
michaelsbagley Posted yesterday at 08:13 PM Posted yesterday at 08:13 PM Yeah, I own both an FDM and Resin printer.... I use the FDM printer for larger/lower detail items, and the resin printer for figures and smalller more detail stuff. I know some people print figures using FDM, but resin is the way.
Mary Diamond Posted yesterday at 08:47 PM Posted yesterday at 08:47 PM Ahhhh, a source! We must chat…. As I bought the source files for Port Royal. Oooh, shiny!
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