my 6mm Sci-Fi project

[Jagannath]

Nice job! You always do a great job with turf and flock.

[Sangennaru]

Nice job! You always do a great job with turf and flock.

Thanks Jag! =) Yes, I tend to always use the same trick, but it works well.

[Sangennaru]

A very simple model i did yesterday evening, and printed in the night. The two parts of the building are indeed separate pieces, but they do stack nicely.
The ladders... are the very reason why 3D printing has a sense: making stuff that cannot be casted.


(apology for the crappy picture, better ones will follow!

Seriously, if i had to make a larger terrain piece, i'll make a mold for the whole buildings, printing only the thin and uncastable parts.
Considering to make a KS with all these files, and more.

Cheers,
jack

[Jagannath]

These are very cool! I'd be well up for a kickstarter of your stuff.

[Sangennaru]

Thanks, I've got a lot of concepts that could be done. Each needs some printing iterations to fine-tune the details and parts, but that is not impossible. I'm more worried about the bureaucracy and the fiscal issues, especially being based in Italy.

Anyways, more to come! ^_^

[Sangennaru]

Some more pictures, and a finished version of the building above!











Cheers
Jack

[sundayhero]

Can't wait to see it painted !

[Jagannath]

Beautiful. Those are really nice.

[Suber]

This whole thread is pure love

[Splod]

That is fantastic! I'd happily have that most recent piece on my table 

[Sangennaru]

Thank you all! It'll be a few weeks wait, since I'm now in chengdu and headed for the sichuan's tibet. By the end of November i will have the model painted, and hopefully many more in my concepts book. Yeah, I did start one!

[Sangennaru]

Back from Tibet! I indeed worked on several new concepts, but for now i'm just back to some painting.

I grabbed one contrast color (now i have two!) for the yellow, and tried it on my last batches of printed tanks. Compared to the previous versions, the new printer screen allows a higher definition, and that is reflected on the printed shapes and the effect of washes on them.

All in all, the resulting effect is pretty good.
For this first piece, i tried to highlight the edges on one side of the model. The effect was good, but it took far too much time.



I've already done a few more iterations, i'll post some more results once i'll have found my final workflow!
C&C welcome!

Cheers,
Jack

[fred]

Nice. The edge highlighting certainly lifts the model - can you do a quicker version with a dry brush along the corner of the hulll?

[Sangennaru]

Nice. The edge highlighting certainly lifts the model - can you do a quicker version with a dry brush along the corner of the hulll?

I've been experimenting more to cut off the times - for this project, i really don't want to spend time in detailing, i just want to add the two base colors for the details and then work with global effects (washes and drybrushes)

Right now i've reached this:

- grey-white airbrush
- Contrast (Iyander yellow)
- drybrush(wetbrush almost) of warcolours "yellow 4" (warcolours are eccellent glazes!), twice, until fully saturated.
- white drybrush, very light, to highlight the edges and desaturate a bit.



The result is pretty great imho, and it took me about 50 minutes for the 12 tanks. I reckon i could finish them entirely in about 2 extra hours, if not less.
And i'm quite happy with the tank designs too: the details really pop out!

Cheers,
Jack

[Jagannath]

Yeah that’s really effective! I always do one last spot highlight, literally dots just on the corners, which helps them pop. These look fantastic though - I really think 6mm is a great place for contrast.

Any more thoughts on a Kickstarter for those buildings?