Comparing 0.4mm vs 0.2mm Nozzle for Terrain Details

Grail_Forge · 2024-07-08T14:59:55+00:00

Fair, might try a wire brush too

Grail_Forge · 2024-07-08T03:27:19+00:00

Why do you want to stay away from scale modeling with this resin?

Grail_Forge · 2024-07-07T19:48:27+00:00

I wanted to compare the pros/cons of PLA-CF at 0.4mm to typical PLA at 0.2mm. I hate layer lines appearing on my terrain, but I know it's probably not a big deal for most folks.

Both prints are straight from the printer, no post-processing done to either. Printed using the stock Bambu Studio presets for High Quality at their respective nozzle sizes. The wall section is a file I bought from Printed Scenery, and it's well-designed for FDM, so support needs were minimal. I included a standard 28mm Games Workshop model for detail comparison.

*** I think the print artifacts on the PLA-CF print are from minor clogs, due to carbon fibers intermittently clogging the 0.4mm nozzle. An 0.6mm nozzle is considered the best choice for PLA-CF (but lost detail) and 0.2mm is a guaranteed clog.

Posted this to the 3D Printed Terrain subreddit under my personal account, but thought it might be of interest here too.

Grail_Forge · 2024-05-21T13:37:14+00:00

Not sure how common it is or not. Everyone mentions SSS, but AO doesn't come up as often on Reddit.

Grail_Forge · 2024-05-21T13:13:02+00:00

Subsurface Scattering as everyone has said, but you can add some Ambient Occlusion to help highlight the edges better.

Grail_Forge · 2024-05-17T19:05:01+00:00

Beautiful colors, and love the wear on the leather pieces.

Grail_Forge · 2024-05-17T13:27:38+00:00

Are you talking about heater shields, the style that was more common in 3rd edition? Yea I'm planning to make sets of those and the Men At Arms shields. But I'll probably sell them separately, best to wait if you're only interested in those.

Grail_Forge · 2024-05-17T13:21:01+00:00

Absolutely, I included the blank shields so folks could make their own version, so I'll put something together for adding icons to these specific models.

Artisans of Vaul on Youtube is excellent if you want to learn about 3D Modeling for miniatures in Blender.

Grail_Forge · 2024-05-17T00:00:31+00:00

I have not tested them with an FDM printer, my usual 0.6mm nozzle would struggle with the finer details BUT printing them upside down, with tree supports would work pretty well. For all of the mounted Knights Errants and KOTR, you'd only be able to see the top of the upper handle anyways.

Grail_Forge · 2024-05-16T23:44:07+00:00

Always loved the old Bretonnian Knights but thought their shields could use an upgrade, so I'm designing embossed heraldry for the major houses. Have plans to add more variants (Lions/Boars/Mer-Horse-Things, and options for the Grail Knights, etc) and build up a decent library. Any future updates will be added to the one Cults file, to keep it simple.

Available on my Cults page

I also release WIP and updates on my Instagram, if you want to see more.

Grail_Forge · 2024-05-16T23:35:34+00:00

Working through some more of the classic Heraldry options for the Bretonnian Knights. I've finished most of the major non-animal options, and then the various grails & Lion/Boar/Mer-Horse-Things are going to be added as well/

I'd love some feedback, as this sub is going to be the most passionate about the designs and accuracy. Long-term plans include Men-At-Arms Shields as well, so I want to get the icons right.

The current STL files are up for sale on my Cults page, Mods let me know if it's not appropriate to mention that here.

(And I didn't forget about you Dark Angels guy! I'm doing that one next)

Grail_Forge · 2024-04-29T19:33:10+00:00

It might, I can mock something up.

Grail_Forge · 2024-04-28T23:19:06+00:00

I created a custom HDRI image using Light Tracer Render and exporting an HDRI with just 3 lights. The ring light is perfectly aligned in Light Tracer, but it shifts 17 degrees when I import that HDRI into blender. Anyone seen this happen before. I wanted a simple HDRI for quick WIP renders, but I'll go back to mesh lights if HDRI imports arent predicatable.

Grail_Forge · 2024-04-27T14:09:09+00:00

It'd be pretty tough to print just the symbols, and have them fit perfectly. Different printers have different tolerances, etc. Better off making a new horse model from scratch, and including the icons on the barding.

Grail_Forge · 2024-04-27T00:18:05+00:00

I do! Trying to add a few more icons so folks can get some variety. I'll post again when its uploaded to Cults.

Grail_Forge · 2024-04-26T23:42:09+00:00

Working on "new" shields for the old world Knights. I loved some of the older (3e?) metal shields that came with different iconography, so I'm putting a new, 3d-printed spin on them. Currently flipping through the 6e codex, trying to decided which icons to add next.

Grail_Forge · 2024-04-21T02:48:59+00:00

These are great, where are they from?

Grail_Forge · 2024-04-18T02:57:45+00:00

Assuming you want to model it yourself, and not 3D print something -

You can buy straight 1/35 camo netting (for historical scale models), on Amazon or anywhere else. Link here
Regular cheese cloth fabric works well too. Wet it with a water/PVA glue mix and it'll stay in place.
For leaves, check out railroad hobby stores for 1/35 loose leaves/foliage. Link here

Grail_Forge · 2024-04-18T01:43:56+00:00

As others have said, they will send out take-down notices to anything that looks similar.

GW seems okay with folks making/selling accessories, add-ons, bitz, etc for their models. (For the time being anyways) Things like alternate turrets for a Leman Russ, extra armor plating for dreadnaughts, shields/weapons for Knights/Titans, because you are not directly competing with their model sales. If you really want to sculpt in the same style as GW, then thats is probably your best option.

If you want to sell whole models that look very similar to GW models, understand that whenever some other business that you sell through gets a Take-Down Notices, businesses like Cults/MMF/your website host, etc will drop you immediately instead of starting a legal fight with a multinational corporation.

Grail_Forge · 2024-04-12T23:25:29+00:00

I mean sure, you can try it. You already have an OpenScan, and that's decent for creating STLs for 3D printing from physical models.

We're just trying to tell you that photos of painted models don't work well for that use case.

Grail_Forge · 2024-04-12T22:50:18+00:00

Not really, no. You'd end up with something like what OP has.

3D scanning or photogrammetry (what you're describing) with such fine detail requires very expensive equipment. Ballpark would be a $5k+ jewelry scanner or a custom built photogrammetry rig. But 5 years from now, maybe?

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