Monday 8 April 2019

3D-printed windmill from 3D-Print-Terrain

An old lady on a 25mm base, as size comparison.

I’m furiously building, printing and painting terrain for our Storm over Haag Chain of Command participation game for Gothcon this Easter.
It will be Fallshirmjäger trying to secure the airport of Ypenburg. We have checked maps and after-action reports in an effort to build the north-eastern part of the defences.
On my lot fell printing of this windmill and a couple of barracks (on the painting table now), as well as building all the canals.
So, here’s the first finished piece, a windmill that pumped water just outside the perimeter. It comes from the World at War II kickstarter, and can be bought from Jens’ webshop as part of a bundle. It is originally scaled for 20mm gaming, but easily upscaled to 28mm.
Unpainted on the painting table.
I’m also building a small hill with culverts to put it on. But that’s not finished yet.

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    1. I'm really satisfied with it. Next up are two baracks. Nearly finished

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  2. Looks good! Are you going to put the sails on?

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    1. I have that in mind, but I don't know if there is enough time. If I do I will make post about it.

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  3. With you tried to scale the buildings down to 15mm-1/100 scale. The windmill is awesome.

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    1. I game in mainly 28mm and also some 20mm (but more and more in 28).
      No 15mm for me! :)

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  4. Forgot, I did purchase I-Lovecrafts Romans roads, streets and alleys. The file print up great. Thanks for inspiring to try out 3d printing.

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    1. That looked awesome! I have some of his aztec-tiles, that are really beautiful. I actually just sliced some of them, in preparation to print.

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  5. Looks great Joakim how long did it take to print it ?

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    1. Printed at 130% scale (from 20mm to approx 28mm)
      Layer height .15
      5 pieces:
      ground floor - 5 h
      Balcony and main body (with supports) - 18 h
      Roof - 4,5 h
      wings - 1,5 h
      stairs (with suports) - 4 h
      Total: around 33 hours
      Around 250 g filament

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  6. I received my dark ages file from Jen this morning. My first print is the saxon house. It is a 18 hour print.

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    1. I got those files also. Nothing printed yet, though.

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  7. Printed the number 1 Saxon house. The print ran 22 hours. Printed pretty, during the printing supports broken for the over hang. Hope posts picture in a day or so.

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    1. Interesting! Are you printing it in the original 20mm 'scale'?

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  8. I'm printing in 28mm. The buildings are for Saga and other Dark ages battles. Printed Celtic house yesterday. That took 2:45 minutes.

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    1. 2:45 minutes...that's a fast printer :-D
      Hours, I guess.
      I'm printing the small Normandy farmhouse from this KS
      https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/3d-print-terrain/the-world-at-war-ii-printable-scenery
      Doing it for a friend in my gaming group, as there is no chance of me ever painting at the speed the printer produces new stuff.

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  9. Oh Boy, I meant 2:45 hrs.. See what happens when one awakes up, but did not drink his first coffee of the day..lol

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    1. And I was just about to buy the same printer you have :-D
      That first cup is important!

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  10. I love my Creality CR-10. Also have Ender 3 Pro. It is not running currently. The seller didn't send all the parts. Currently those parts are in the mail. Facebook has a great group. Creality Ender-3 3d printer user group A lot of great help and information on this page.

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