What’s on the workbench, /toy/?Sculpts, castings, 3D prints, dioramas, mods, kitbashes, and repaint are all welcome!Post WIPs, finished projects, ideas, techniques, ask for advice, and most of all, have fun!HELPFUL TIPS:-Invest in a rotary tool such as a dremel for sanding/sculpting, especially a flexible extension tip.-Pin vises for drilling holes can be found at hobby stores like Hobby Lobby and are great for making peg holes.-For soft, flexible parts get Sugru silicone putty and Oyumaru-Hardware epoxy putties such as Waterweld, KwikWood, and PlasticWeld are similar to milliput, greenstuff, and apoxie, can be cheaper some times, and can be found at local hardware stores such as Lowes, Ace, and Home Depot.-Bootleg figures make great custom-fodder, especially if the legit figures are pricey.-Body-chan/kun, Figma Archetype He/She, Romankey x Cowl, and Sozai-chan/kun, Notta Collection bodies are great base bodies for import-style human characters.-For 3D models to use for editing, the following sites are good to bookmark:>NEW TIP UPDATE: -To loosen tight or stuck articulations in figures use Silicone Grease/Silicone Oil, it serves as lubricant without harming the figure unlike WD-40 or other solvent based lubricants, as it is meant for Treadmills and other such things>cgtrader.com (free and purchasable models)>cults3d.com (free and purchasable models)>models-resource.com (FREE 3D game models)>turbosquid.com (free and purchasable models)>grabcad.com (free and purchasable models)>renderhub.com (free and purchasable models)
>>11784861Oh hey, my Arcee made it into OP! Nice. Need to hurry up and paint her...As mentioned here >>11784705 I'm trying to de-Primaris a McFarlane Marine. Coming along nicely, though I'm gonna have to do quite a bit of sanding and sculpting. Also still waiting on the backpack to print.Also have the AP Blood Angel coming in soon, will probably do something similar with him.
Did a test-print of the crotch of the commission I’m working on, trying to see how much of the chainmail sculpt actually is visible with SLS PA11, and honestly it worked out better than I expected (wasn’t actually expecting this much detail in the first place). I think it’ll work best to paint the chainmail thong area silver and then doing a flesh-color wash over the centers of the rings, similar to that anon who did that to the Figma Ninja Catwoman’s fishnet parts. I’ll run this by my client and see if he approves or if bigger rings are needed.
Done the first wheels, made few takes on tank tracks, soon the vehicle may stand on it's own.Also found new concept art for it, haven't seen it before, it's really low res but it shows how the tank tracks should look like.
>>11786386This is awesome, man. Do the tracks work? Also I forget what scale is it?
>>11786477Thanks, it's in 1/12 scale. I made it to fit Tunshi's figs. Tracks should work, all wheels spin and tracks themselves are elastic. I'll see if everything works once I print all the missing parts.
>>11786490Nice! Is the hull FDM? I have a Bambu A1 and I really like it but I'm struggling to get decent results. I always find I get nastiness near where the plate or supports touch parts.
>>11786493It's all pure FDM, matte PLA and PETG mechanisms inside. Print orientation is what matters the most, i find it better to just make multiple parts instead of a single one that requires supports.>I always find I get nastiness near where the plate or supports touch parts.If you have a smooth build plate the parts should be smooth... maybe you need to use isopropyl alcohol to clean it. Drying fillaments solve most of the issues people can have.
>>11786503It's more like I find bits the layers tend to slightly delaminate and "droop" a bit near the bottom of the print, even with fresh PLA. Probably user error though. Thanks regardless and good luck with the tank!
