Hi guys, I have fallen in a period where I want to paint and build one or two medieval vignettes.
I have ordered a couple of 3D printed figures from the Swedish company Speira.
One of the vignettes is called The last of us. The name refers to the survivors of the battle.
Printed figures has good and bad sides.
Good: A lot of unique poses and you don’t need to put the figures together.
Bad: There are a lot of visible print layers, it takes time to sand them down and maybe they are in places impossible to sand. Details are often very thick, extremely thick compared to the scale.
It works ok in 1/72, but in 1/35 that I do know it’s not good.
Since the figures are complete they are sometimes tricky to paint, especially the heads/faces.
It would have been great if the heads had been separated.
Due to the thickness on a lot of details you will never win a competition with printed figures, unless you do a lot of modifications.
Although I find it nice to work with these figures because of the special poses I have chosen.
The scene is a fictional medieval aftermath battle scene. The guys that won the battle will have white and blue clothes, and the other ones black and yellow.
So far I have modified some figures and primed all of them, I have started to paint some of the figures.
Glad to see you back Erik.
This is amazing, brilliant idea and layout, it’s balanced just right to my eye.
The guy with the sliced head is genius…
Yes it’s very gory, but this is exactly how medieval battles and hand to hand combat played out.
Can’t wait to see more paint go down.
Not sure about it being in AFV/Armour though (although what’s a knight without his armour?)
Going back to look at it all again to see the ton of stuff I know I missed !!
Thanks guys!
Well, let us see this thread as a historical AFV one.
I mean, the knights and cavalry was the AFV of that time.
Here are two pictures that show the print layers I wrote about. Nasty issue, don’t know it it depends on the quality of the printer that is used?
In 1/72 scale this is not a problem, no layers are visible in 1/72.
/Erik
Kind of graphic…I LOVE IT!! I also have some medievals from Speira, in 1/43. Haven’t noticed any print layers. I better look more closely again.
I notice that Speira print from several different designers. Maybe quality depends on the definition used by the individual designer.
My son, who has more experience than I in 3D printing (I have none), tells me that filament based prints leave noticeable layering. With resin printers the layering, so long as you program the unit properly, is greatly reduced. Doesn’t help with all the sanding, but possibly explains what’s going on.
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I wanted to see if anyone noticed it. He will grab a shield of course.
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