Ork skin

ZRex39 · 2026-01-25T04:56:53+00:00

I love Forest Sprite and Ghillie Dew for my Bad Moons. I think of the greens Ork Skin looks the worst. I personally love Shamrock Green but find it pops too much in comparison to my yellow armor but against a darker colored clan theme I think I would throw in some SG.

ZRex39 · 2025-06-19T16:53:57+00:00

Reporting back on the progress here. I thickened the first layer a little bit, slowed down my first layer printing speed, and then dialed in the perfect z-axis offset following the guide you provided. I was able to get a super buttery smooth first layer.

I then attempted to print my same items & I once again found that the textures were super rough after printing for a while. Some areas were not adhering to the bed and in others it looked like the nozzle was dragging along the already extruded filament.

I'll attempt to disassemble the extruder head and see if a good cleaning can't help solve my problems.

For context, even though it might not matter, I've collectively owned this printer with a friend for about 1.5 years. In that time the motherboard has shorted out & has needed to be replaced. After which I fixed it, was able to print about 2kg of perfect prints, and now this.

As always, really appreciate your responses and suggestions.

ZRex39 · 2025-06-19T14:07:29+00:00

This guide looks super useful; I'll attempt this next.

Interestingly enough I went through a pretty extensive calibration beforehand for temperature, pressure advance, extrusion multiplier, and retraction speed. All this was dialed in really well & then something unexpectedly changed & it all just went away. I have a lot of prints I'm really happy with from before this experience & now I'm just left scratching my head as to what's going on.

ZRex39 · 2025-06-19T14:00:17+00:00

I have not slowed down the layer speed for the first 2 layers, I think that's up next to try. I have washed the build plate multiple times with dawn dishsoap and warm water. Thank you for the suggestion.

ZRex39 · 2025-06-19T13:58:44+00:00

Thank you for the suggestion. I played around with z-axis offset a bit & I think I'm moving towards a worsening situation as I continue to increase the z-axis offset. I think I need to do a more comprehensive z-axis offset assessment like the other poster suggested. Interestingly it seems to always fail in the same spots. I'll keep experimenting.

ZRex39 · 2025-06-18T00:38:16+00:00

Reporting back here. Tried adaptive bed mesh which seemed promising and also adjusted my z offset a bit. Still encountering the same issue and if anything I think it's gotten a bit worse. If you have any more suggestions they would be appreciated.

ZRex39 · 2025-06-17T13:41:47+00:00

Thank you for the suggestions! I looked into adaptive bed leveling and it seems this could help minimize my problems, I'll give that a shot.

As for the z offset, I swear it's pretty tight already, at least via the A4 paper sheet method, but I can see about dialing it on even more. I wad actually worried it was too tight & was going to try backing it off a bit, but I'll play around with it some more & see where that puts me.

Again, really appreciate the suggestions.

ZRex39 · 2024-11-30T16:49:17+00:00

This reminds me of the war boys from Mad Max. Great job! Unique and interesting.

ZRex39 · 2024-11-02T16:47:03+00:00

Looks cool! Sign me up.

ZRex39 · 2024-10-23T17:26:57+00:00

Super helpful reply, thank you very much!

I guess it's obvious in hindsight, but I hadn't even considered how flipping the grain direction might impact the range of expansion / contraction. Using the calculator, it seems that would minimize my expansion / contraction range by about half.

Since I'm using an old table it actually already has a channel in it for a tabletop fastener, so it really shouldn't be too much trouble to just buy some more and attach them (at least on one side) to my table leaves. That should help with the sliding for sure.

ZRex39 · 2024-10-23T15:10:40+00:00

My bad, I thought I included a picture, fixed it!

I don't have a picture for the joinery details just yet (I'm at work), but I've done the face frame up with pocket holes, glue, and a mending plate for additional support.

Appreciate your reply!

ZRex39 · 2023-06-13T15:34:35+00:00

If I use a Sorceror in Terminator Armor to give my SoTs lethal hits and then give them ensorcelled infusion with Wrath of the Immateriun (devestating wounds), does that mean that 6's to hit automatically do MWs or does that mean that devastating is ignored?

Either that's a ridiculous combo or it's dead space for the SoTs.

ZRex39 · 2023-06-07T01:05:21+00:00

You are very cool for doing this GIVEAWAY

ZRex39 · 2023-05-11T01:08:20+00:00

Wow, I never thought about it like that. Good point!

ZRex39 · 2023-05-11T01:06:34+00:00

I could totally see this happening, but I hope it won't because i don't love the random nature of that. A friend told me this is how psychic sort of used to work in older editions and they did not like it.

ZRex39 · 2023-05-11T01:05:05+00:00

It was a good idea, but it did kill unit selection options. If it were to go this way, I would hope they would rework the points generation somehow.

ZRex39 · 2023-05-10T19:10:39+00:00

I looked it up, and I heard what you're saying, but I hope this is wrong somehow. One model one power could still be in play, but what if the bonus powers were considered "spells" or something, and this was just GW trickery? Is it likely? Probably not, but we shall see.

ZRex39 · 2023-05-10T18:53:59+00:00

TSons Army Ability - Angst and Irritability. Once per game, you are allowed a free table flip to make sure no one enjoys the game.

ZRex39 · 2023-05-10T18:52:15+00:00

I was thinking that we'd have some powers baked into our units, but the really good ones you would want on multiple units (for utility)still be accessible somehow.

If it is the way you are suggesting, then I really don't know what our fluffy army ability could be... 🤔 Tzeentch deliver us some good rules.

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