Sunday, November 11, 2018

3D printed islands and Pirates game

I'm finally getting consistently acceptable prints. Printed 4 islands I found on Thinggivers for free and painted them up. Very happy with end products. Also used them in a club game of Pirates by Wizkidz Games.






Here are some shots from the game. Despite the games name, our's featured 2 squadrons of English and French ships.






Here are some of the original islands that came with the game. They still work fine but its nice to have something a bit nicer to look at.

Monday, November 5, 2018

3D prints

I recently got a WANHAO Duplicator i3 Plus MkII 3D printer with the intent of printing terrain items for my games. This would allow me to make items while still spending time with family since time is at a premium right now.
I love the printer but as I am totally new to it I am having a large number of failed prints between each success. The learning curve is pretty steep but fortunately the facebook community is amazing.

I thought you all would like to see my first two real successes. The files for both where purchased from Printable Scenery and I am really happy with their products and prices.

First up a cave crawler which was a free file. I should have added a 28mm model next to it cause it stands well over 30mm. Would make a great purple wurm.





2nd is a long boat which I have already painted and plan to use in my FIW and Pirate games. I can fit about 10-12 28mm models with out problems (depending on base sizes). I'm going to be printing a small fleet of these once the printer is dialed in.