The next step is to start painting them.
This last photo is my current work in progress. It was too wide to fit on my printer, so I loaded up all the larger files in Meshmixer and cut them in half. After the two sides have printed, I'll glue them together and then apply a bit of Liquitex Modeling paste to the seams and they will look just like the solid versions.
The War Tower
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ReplyDeleteThese are looking fantastic, Jason.
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ReplyDeleteThese are looking real good. What kind of print time is invested in each of these pieces? I just got my own 3d printer, any advice in printing these up? Please keep posting your progress in painting these up.
ReplyDeleteSorry for the slow reply. On average, I would say most of these take somewhere between 1 and 2 days to print. I usually set up the printer when I first get up, print another job later in the day, and a third before going to bed. I've gotten pretty good at picking items that I know I'll be around when they finish so I can pretty quickly get a new job on the printer. For the most part, these have all gone really smooth. Basically I "set it and forget it". I've been really lucky in that my printer (Printrbot Play) has had almost no problems. Other than priming, I haven't done any painting yet, and I really need to get to work on that. I've gotten quite a few pieces that I need to paint now.
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