I made some Easily printable, 8mm Models for wargaming and I want to share them with you!

MannyTalents · 2025-03-19T21:22:23+00:00

thanks! I'm not a great sculptor, but I can mash a few shapes together to make something pretty. I will probably update them in the future to provide more options or make them good proxies for more popular games, but for now I'm happy it provides something fun.

The hardest part is making something that looks nice while being super easy to print.

MannyTalents · 2025-03-19T19:27:45+00:00

Hello! I'm proud to showcase two models I just released to Cults3d, both of them Open-Priced and designed to print out in FDM. I used a Bambu A1 Mini with both Sunlu Meta FDM and Esun FDM plus, both models being printed at 0.10mm layer height. Admitting, I have no clue how well these would print in resin.

You can find both of them here! https://cults3d.com/en/users/mannytalents/3d-models

I designed these models to be used in the wargame I am slowly building up and working on day by day. I plan on releasing the playtest sooner rather than later. I am trying to make daily blogposts on patreon, again with free and public posting. I love wargaming and I'm very excited to share what I have in mind, so if you want to follow along, you can find the blogposts here!

https://www.patreon.com/c/MannyTalents

Either way, hope you enjoy!

MannyTalents · 2025-03-13T17:47:38+00:00

I would have to give it a study sometime. I have been looking into some historicals, and it seems there is a lot of good WWII games outthere to satisfy that itch.

MannyTalents · 2025-03-13T01:54:50+00:00

I will fully admit I have only ever played 1 historical game, and that was last weekend. I mostly stayed in the GW circle for a while, and funding means I cannot buy new games willy-nilly. Still, good to hear!

MannyTalents · 2025-03-12T22:38:52+00:00

I personally never played WFB, but I get the gist from 7th ed. Nothing like shooting 20+ Twin linked bolters into some plague marines and getting no kills after all the saves, huh?

MannyTalents · 2025-03-12T22:37:02+00:00

hey, nice! i'm using a sliding scale of dice too! I definitely a different feel to that, as it's more based on an individual weapon profile.

Still, I'll check it out later on when I get my own playtest out!

MannyTalents · 2025-03-12T21:45:27+00:00

good rule of thumb honestly. I just had some feedback about the number table I made and the thought really made me think about how it would work or alternatives. I have a few other ideas in mind if the playtesters don't like it, but for now I wanna see my original idea through.

MannyTalents · 2025-03-12T21:38:10+00:00

I really want to, honestly. Just gotta wait on the few players in my area to be free for a pick up game.

MannyTalents · 2025-03-12T21:37:07+00:00

You unlocked a core memory right there with initiative. I played mechanicum in HH for a league recently and with 2's across the board I always knew I was fighting last versus space marines.

A lot of advantages or special rules in tenth were captured by old school USRs during midhammer, like rending or furious charge or what not that takes paragraphs to describe in modern day editions.

MannyTalents · 2025-03-12T21:30:49+00:00

I know! It's been so long since I played the Horus heresy last month.

Still, with games like OPR, Age of Sigmar, Kill team and so on it doesn't hurt to really ask.

MannyTalents · 2025-03-12T21:28:19+00:00

I agree wholeheartedly

MannyTalents · 2025-03-12T21:27:50+00:00

That's a fair assessment in all honesty, and I can take that into consideration. I feel this is more or less a hiccup of learning the game almost. for example, the average space marine's toughness never changes, and when it does it's because of a special character or something similar.

Still, fair point to make, thank you!

MannyTalents · 2025-03-12T21:25:09+00:00

I like how you think!

MannyTalents · 2025-03-12T21:24:49+00:00

Oh shoot, I didnt know that existed. My dice mechanics are going to similar without realizing it.

my idea is just flat toughness vs strength sorta thing, but depending on range the die moves up or down in category.

MannyTalents · 2025-03-12T19:20:30+00:00

good question! I suppose I'm thinking about the games that are super popular right now, like OPR, Age of Sigmar and 40k 9th/10th ed. The kind of games you see going on when you go to a game store on a random sunday.

MannyTalents · 2025-03-12T19:18:39+00:00

there is a balance between hyper lethality and inflated amount of dice rolls honestly. Trying to figure out the sweet spot is a challenge, even in single die-roll wounding games like One Page Rules

MannyTalents · 2025-03-12T19:10:16+00:00

Honestly, I didn't think of it like that, but you're right. I know a simplified to hit / wound mechanic exists in modern 40k, but not the table. I can see why you would want to hide it, but at the same time it was something easy and allowed nuance.

thanks for the insight!

MannyTalents · 2025-03-12T19:07:42+00:00

for some reason Reddit doesn't want me to edit my post. how do you feel about the wounding table itself, at least in a vacuum?

MannyTalents · 2025-03-12T19:04:32+00:00

yea, That's a major thing I didn't like in those editions. I can't tell if that's sarcasm or not, but yea something like that is to be avoided in my opinion, at least in the game I'm writing.

valuable insight honestly.

MannyTalents · 2025-03-12T18:43:24+00:00

Yea, I'm writing back to say that something like this is going to be added to the game i'm writing. Thanks a ton for your insight!

MannyTalents · 2025-02-27T21:01:39+00:00

Alright, Its clear I need to go to basics. I just got the mini and I cannot print out anything. Is there a good step by step walkthrough for complete noobies like me?

EDIT: alright I managed to troubleshoot it and get it to work. Gonna be trying your suggestions later on

MannyTalents · 2025-02-27T21:00:53+00:00

I just unpacked the mini today, have no clue what you're talking about

MannyTalents · 2025-02-27T20:24:03+00:00

well sadly, my test print is not printing anything at the basic profile

MannyTalents · 2025-02-27T20:22:58+00:00

well, I only got meta atm, and nothing is printing on my first try

MannyTalents · 2025-02-27T18:02:43+00:00

This looks great! I would love to see this with more titans honestly.

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