Monday, 30 December 2019

From TomM: My first print ever - 6mm statues (4 pts)

So, at Christmas, Noshi gave me an Ender 3, and I immediately started printing with it of course.

Now, I also need to learn Cura, scaling, and more of those things, but for a first start, I did all right... except the scaling.



The print was intended to be a 28mm size priestess figure, but I forgot that if you put in 28mm, it calculates the base and all it is mounted on.  So it turned out far smaller, yet ideal to suit a 6mm gaming table instead.

So not too much of a loss... it's also a fairly quick print, barely using any filament and taking 12 minutes to chuckle out, so it was good to test the machine's settings.



A quick paint job later, and it was all good to go for the gaming table...



In fact, I liked it so much for what it needed to serve, I actually used up the remainder of the small roll of test filament to print some more...

Pointswise?  They are obviously to small for a cube of scenery, being somewhere between the size of a 15mm and 20mm figure each, so I'd guess 1 point each, for a modest 4 points total?

After all, this was more a creation of pure joy for a new toy, then an actually planned entry this year to reduce lead mountain :-)

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Ahh, the joys of the first print. Welcome to the fascinating and infuriating world of 3D printing Tom! These priestess looks pretty darned cool. My first print was a large frog. Kinda pointless, but I never thought of making him into a statue... (Quietly adds it to the painting queue.) These will look great on a 6mm table - perhaps a grand avenue with these four lining the thoroughfare. It would look quite grand, I think.

Let's place these as four single15mm figures, so 8 points total. 




14 comments:

  1. Congratulations on your first 3D print. Your statues look like they'd be useful even if they weren't what you intended.

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  2. I guess a lot of us will be following you this season, as you're not the only one brand new to the world of 3D printing. Seems like a pretty good first attempt to me!

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  3. All these people with their 3D printers! I might have to join in the fun and buy one for myself.

    Nice statues :)

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    1. One of the top home budget models, the Creality Ender 3, is now clocking in at around 160 euro overhere, and 20 euro for a roll of kilo of filament. Which should give you some decent amounts of terrain to churn out

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  4. Good looking 3d prints!
    Best Iain

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  5. Congrats on the first print and enjoy the new toy.

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  6. I salute anyone who can tolerate the insanity of 3D printing...well done.

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  7. Very brave work and glad the teeny tiny statues worked out!

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  8. I like what you did, also thinking of getting a 3D printer for myself.

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  9. Really cool Tom, must be very nice to see something you've made from scratch come to life when painted!

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  10. Pretty damned good for a first print! I have printed my fair share of spaghetti...

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