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Miniatures Adventure => Colonial Adventures => Topic started by: Arteis on February 20, 2015, 10:47:11 PM

Title: Maori meeting house, and other huts
Post by: Arteis on February 20, 2015, 10:47:11 PM
I had fun this morning painting these 3D print-outs from Printable Terrain.  This company produces computer files for printing these buildings on a 3D printer.

More info and pics here: https://arteis.wordpress.com/2015/02/21/maori-meeting-house-and-other-buildings/ (https://arteis.wordpress.com/2015/02/21/maori-meeting-house-and-other-buildings/)

(https://arteis.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/img_3525_a.jpg)

Roly
Title: Re: Maori meeting house, and other huts
Post by: von Lucky on February 20, 2015, 11:06:47 PM
They;ve come out lovely.
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Post by: juergen c. olk on February 20, 2015, 11:19:00 PM
Wow ! those are great!
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Post by: Marine0846 on February 21, 2015, 12:53:14 AM
The buildings look great.
Love them.
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Post by: War In 15MM on February 21, 2015, 01:01:29 AM
That is good looking stuff!  Richard
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Post by: folnjir on February 21, 2015, 03:11:12 AM
They do looks good
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Post by: huevans on February 21, 2015, 03:47:31 AM
Simply wow!

You've single-handedly brought this type of product onto my radar screen.
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Post by: beefcake on February 21, 2015, 06:53:42 AM
Very nice. I really hope my Kickstarter printer arrives... Ever arrives  :'(
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Post by: sepoy1857 on February 22, 2015, 01:34:23 AM
Wow those look amazing! And they are 3D printed???
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Post by: FifteensAway on February 22, 2015, 03:20:10 AM
Very nice.  Does this mean you own a 3D printer?  And, if it does, do you just use for hobby stuff and, if so, how do you justify the cost?  Or have the printers come down in price?  The whole idea of 3D printing is interesting.  I'm just wondering where it is on the cost justification continuum?
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Post by: Atheling on February 22, 2015, 07:34:55 AM
Stunning stuff..... technology eh?  :-* :-* :-*

Darrell.
Title: Re: Maori meeting house, and other huts
Post by: Arteis on February 22, 2015, 07:38:53 AM
No, I don't own a printer myself.  My mate does.

He believes 3D printers will be common household items in a few years, just as 2D paper printers are now.  He also says the 3D printer at this stage is a bit like the dot-matrix printer was, and over the next few years 3D printers will get better and cheaper.

One thing he did say is that if a club pitched in and bought a 3D printer jointly, it could be much more cost-effective in the end than pitching in and buying a bunch of one-off scenery items.