15mm Gruntz project log (Terrain and Models)

[stavrous]

Just creating a little spot to show off some of my 15mm stuff.  First up is a huge picture dump of some 3D terrain tiles that I found online and made changes to suit my needs(re scaling, correcting, creating new pieces).

I usually just print a piece here and there, then threw them in a box.  But when the box filled up it was time to start painting.  My paint scheme is simple since I had a few things in mind.

1. Quick - need to use an airbrush to do the painting with little brushwork.
2. Uniform - as tiles change the paint scheme needs to remain easy to duplicate.
3. Simple - not overdoing the color is hard to do, but accents will be picked up by special tiles.
4. Terrain - is meant to be nice but not an attention grabber.  2-3' rule applies here.
5. No washes - since these tiles are 3D printed I am not filling print lines.
6. Details - pick out just enough without going overboard.

Before priming



Yeah its a heavy wet coat of paint to fill in print lines



It looks worse than it is



Pile of tiles ready for the airbrush



Preshading



First batch of tiles paint chipped



Most of the tiles have finished the playable stage



Yes this took a tedious amount of time

[stavrous]

Part two of my work so far.

Bulkhead door fresh off printer



Cleaned up and ready



Completed



Board looks good with them in it



Decided to make a cargo tile



After priming decided to go big with the hazard stripes



Weathered and looking good

[stavrous]

Part 3 the details.

Since I now have the bulk of the tiles completed, I can begin working on some specialty tiles.  First, one I wanted to work on was some computer/command rooms.  Years ago, I picked up some terminals from Khurshan miniatures just for this purpose.  Now is the time to use them!

Laying out the a couple times and I found that my basing system should work for most of the tiles.

Smaller computer rooms



Perfect height and spacing



Don’t worry that flashing will be cleaned up



Larger control room



Walls are not attached



All three computer rooms together



Decided on painting the terminals white to give a clean appearance[b/]



A little cleaning up to do but not to bad

[Inso]

I don't see any images... just little no entry signs in the middle of where the images should be

[blacksoilbill]

Same for me.

[CookAndrewB]

I thought maybe I was the only one who couldn't see it.

Hope you get it figured out Stavrous! Sounds like it would be a great project to check out.

[stavrous]

Hoping that I fixed the links.....stupid google photo's.

[Oldben1]

Wow, it's the stuff that dreams are made of . . .

[War Monkey]

Okay good I'm not  the only one seeing the do not enter.

[Gunner Dunbar]

Yeah, nothing

[CookAndrewB]

Stavrous,

I find that i have to upload files here, on LA, and then I have the best results linking to them. I'm still not seeing anything, and I've had similar problems with Amazon and Google images. Images pop up but seem to have some expiration date for how long the link stays active. It is a pain.

[stavrous]

Stavrous,

I find that i have to upload files here, on LA, and then I have the best results linking to them. I'm still not seeing anything, and I've had similar problems with Amazon and Google images. Images pop up but seem to have some expiration date for how long the link stays active. It is a pain.

Hopefully they are working now, posted them on imgur and for some reason not all of the pictures are working correctly on my end now.  Stupid tech.

[aliensurfer]

I can see the pics, looks very good. May I ask what 3D printer you have and how easy it was to learn to use? I've never used one but I am getting more tempted to get one, and yours looks like it can do some good sized prints. Ty.

[Calimero]

Really cool stuff!

[manic _miner]

 Really nice project.