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Author Topic: Is 3d printing getting more accessible for wargamers now?  (Read 3298 times)

Offline YPU

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Re: Is 3d printing getting more accessible for wargamers now?
« Reply #30 on: January 27, 2018, 09:55:40 AM »
Connectamabob hits its on the head.

Perfect 3d prints often look uncanny due to too perfect angles, add in the fact that undercuts and nooks tend to get filled in for 3d printing first, and then again for moulding and you get a very artificial looking model.

I actually had a happy accident with the first cars I did for Eureka. There was an issue with my printer (if you have a resin printer, there always is...) and I had to do a lot of filling with putty and finishing the models with fine grit sanding, fine by me, I like doing this kind of work. But at last years salute there were a couple of people who commented that they "didn't look like 3d prints" I think that that handwork and the minor flaws it brings along helped avoid the uncanny valley.

What I will say is this. I do a bit of stuff in 1/300, and at that scale a "minor flaw" might just be too much, the extreme precision of resin printers starts to become necessary there.
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Offline arloid

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Re: Is 3d printing getting more accessible for wargamers now?
« Reply #31 on: February 16, 2018, 09:54:33 PM »
Okay my predictions where right, the future of cheap 3d printers does lay in cantilever style 3d printers. We already had printers like the malyan and monoprice select mine, but the tronxy x1 and creality ender 2 also get really cheap during sale periods. Sure those 3d printers have a small build area, but if you play on a smaller scale let's say 15mm or use modular systems like openlock this isn't a problem.
One thing is for sure, I couldn't resist buying a ender 2 for less then €150.

Offline Connectamabob

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Re: Is 3d printing getting more accessible for wargamers now?
« Reply #32 on: February 17, 2018, 01:23:46 AM »
IMO if you have the choice between one larger printer vs two smaller ones, go with the multiple smaller ones. If you need a large print, you can print it faster and with less risk of failure by sectioning the model and printing the parts simultaneously on separate machines.
« Last Edit: February 17, 2018, 01:49:04 AM by Connectamabob »
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Offline Compas

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Re: Is 3d printing getting more accessible for wargamers now?
« Reply #33 on: October 28, 2020, 02:25:20 PM »
I often need to convert some images and I search for the best tool.  Now I'm interested in this online image converter https://onlineconvertfree.com/converter/images/ How effective is it?

Offline Rich H

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Re: Is 3d printing getting more accessible for wargamers now?
« Reply #34 on: October 28, 2020, 02:31:10 PM »
Probably best start a new thread, this one is very old and about 3d printing ;)

Offline FramFramson

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Re: Is 3d printing getting more accessible for wargamers now?
« Reply #35 on: October 28, 2020, 08:08:45 PM »
Funny how far you've come, eh Rich?  :D


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Offline Rich H

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Re: Is 3d printing getting more accessible for wargamers now?
« Reply #36 on: October 28, 2020, 08:13:50 PM »
Funny how far you've come, eh Rich?  :D

Just read back through  lol you're not wrong!

 

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