PaganMegan Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 (edited) Like planning out a character right now like those ogres. Clean version! Edited January 13 by PaganMegan 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lidless Eye Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 14 minutes ago, PaganMegan said: Like planning out a character right now like those ogres. Clean version! Those feel more like Goliath Gangers for Necromunda than Ogryn to me, which would explain the human size scaling suggestion. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuldGrump Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 4 hours ago, Lidless Eye said: Those feel more like Goliath Gangers for Necromunda than Ogryn to me, which would explain the human size scaling suggestion. Or even smaller for squats. Thing is, I like those tanks better than the GW originals... But I already have a number of Not-Leman-Russ.... The Auld Grump 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haldir Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 So I picked up a Rocketpig Games mini that was perfect for a creature, but I had yet to slice it as it was oversized vs what I wanted. Some reason, I never thought it wasn't huge size, ha ha. I resized everything (it was multi-piece mini) & I was able to fit everything onto my build plate.Mini consisted of main piece, head, weapon & then 2 connection squares. I think my next big hobby purchase will be a bigger plate printer, but right now I'm happy with what I've got. I can't complain about the quality I'm getting. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haldir Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Free on MMF!! Just search Siege Titan by Dragon Trappers Lodge 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezler the Polychromatic Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Sigh. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glitterwolf Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 25 minutes ago, Pezler the Polychromatic said: Sigh. /cdn-cgi/mirage/469b68ce7fa34336ab9afa8f70396beee043ed967462e14d6cc569d3b37013ee/1280/https://forum.reapermini.com/uploads/monthly_2023_01/20230115_124325.thumb.jpg.553d9e3354d4dbcd891b1d0d789bbf33.jpg Time to change the FEP...I hope resin didn't pour into the machine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezler the Polychromatic Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 28 minutes ago, Glitterwolf said: Time to change the FEP...I hope resin didn't pour into the machine? No, I was fortunate enough not to have a leak despite leaving resin in the vat for a week. I still have the original vat that came with the printer, so I can use that for now. Looks like this is a good time to try out that new NFEP to see if it's any better. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olaf the Stout Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 What ripped it do you think? Or just age? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezler the Polychromatic Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 8 minutes ago, Olaf the Stout said: What ripped it do you think? Or just age? Possibly something during the last print, but I can't be sure. I noticed some loss of tightness with it a few weeks, but had tried to do some corrections. Mind you, I've been using it since August, so it's high time that it gets changed out. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haldir Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 1 hour ago, Pezler the Polychromatic said: Possibly something during the last print, but I can't be sure. I noticed some loss of tightness with it a few weeks, but had tried to do some corrections. Mind you, I've been using it since August, so it's high time that it gets changed out. I think you'll like the nfep sheet. I think it's a little stronger the standard fep, but I'm not 100% on that. I do know it's allot better & slicker then fep material. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haldir Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 So I have a question regarding supporting flat surfaces. I printed off some tombs & their lids this morning, I printed them flat to the plate & they were both supported. The bottoms of the prints had bulged up so bad that the lid wouldn't fit. How do I prevent this in the future? Also, I printed a large size base the other day & the way it came pre-supported, it was completely flat on the plate with a couple of supports for some plants or spikes (whatever they were) on the base. I was afraid of that one, but it turned out to be probably my favorite printed base, at least the bottom of it. There was no clean up, no shaving of support stubs, etc etc. It was a flat factory fresh base. So should things like bases & flat object like the tombs & lids above just be printed on the plate itself? I'm knda confused on this one. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glitterwolf Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 (edited) 1 hour ago, haldir said: So I have a question regarding supporting flat surfaces. I printed off some tombs & their lids this morning, I printed them flat to the plate & they were both supported. The bottoms of the prints had bulged up so bad that the lid wouldn't fit. How do I prevent this in the future? Also, I printed a large size base the other day & the way it came pre-supported, it was completely flat on the plate with a couple of supports for some plants or spikes (whatever they were) on the base. I was afraid of that one, but it turned out to be probably my favorite printed base, at least the bottom of it. There was no clean up, no shaving of support stubs, etc etc. It was a flat factory fresh base. So should things like bases & flat object like the tombs & lids above just be printed on the plate itself? I'm knda confused on this one. I have printed some bases like that as well. Sometimes you get an elephant foot around the bottom. My concern is that it may cause too much suction force on the fep but so far it worked. I also printed bases raised and supported at an angle of about 35 degrees. This works as well but need more clean up. Less strain on the fep I think. Still not sure what's the best solution. My main problem with flat surfaces is that they usually print great but after curing they sometimes warp a bit, especially larger bases etc. I want to know how to prevent that. Edited January 17 by Glitterwolf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnwulf Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 1 hour ago, haldir said: So I have a question regarding supporting flat surfaces. I printed off some tombs & their lids this morning, I printed them flat to the plate & they were both supported. The bottoms of the prints had bulged up so bad that the lid wouldn't fit. How do I prevent this in the future? Also, I printed a large size base the other day & the way it came pre-supported, it was completely flat on the plate with a couple of supports for some plants or spikes (whatever they were) on the base. I was afraid of that one, but it turned out to be probably my favorite printed base, at least the bottom of it. There was no clean up, no shaving of support stubs, etc etc. It was a flat factory fresh base. So should things like bases & flat object like the tombs & lids above just be printed on the plate itself? I'm knda confused on this one. yeah, this is elephants foot. Sometimes designers who are actually desiging things to be printed flat on the plate will taper the bottom edges of things to compensate for it. Basically, your burn in layers 'bleed' out a little and swell some. Most slicers will have something to compensate for this. Lychee keeps it behind the paywall, under the 'compensantion' section, for the burn in layers. Chitubox puts it in the advanced tab but it was at least a feature in 1.8.1 which is the last one I installed and wasn't paywalled, it was called 'bottom tolerance compensation' 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haldir Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 13 minutes ago, Glitterwolf said: I have printed some bases like that as well. Sometimes you get an elephant foot around the bottom. My concern is that it may cause too much suction force on the fep but so far it worked. I also printed bases raised and supported at an angle of about 35 degrees. This works as well but need more clean up. Less strain on the fep I think. Still not sure what's the best solution. My main problem with flat surfaces is that they usually print great but after curing they sometimes warp a bit, especially larger bases etc. I want to know how to prevent that. I've printed all of my bases & most everything at a 46 degree angle, unless it's pre-supported, then whatever the maker/supporter choose are those. I just thought it was odd that the large 50mm base came flat to the plate with very little support to it. The supports were single posts for those plants/object things as well. I clipped the supports, then used my wide plastic razor blade to pop it off the plate & then trimmed off the support stubs, perfect base. I've heard & seen vids with regards to elephant's feet in printing, so I've been weary of printing flat on the plate. I did notice when I was printed up the Ashen Alfar from AG, there was a file for someone's* flat style base with each figure (*someone being, what's his name (very popular youtuber, but I can't stand the guy, wears tank tops allot) that does or did the pre-supports for AG). I think for when I re-print those tombs, I'm gonna angle the pieces, then print them on their sides (sorta), so the wide bottoms are perpendicular to the plate. They are terrain pieces so I'm not to worried about details. 4 minutes ago, Cygnwulf said: yeah, this is elephants foot. Sometimes designers who are actually desiging things to be printed flat on the plate will taper the bottom edges of things to compensate for it. Basically, your burn in layers 'bleed' out a little and swell some. Most slicers will have something to compensate for this. Lychee keeps it behind the paywall, under the 'compensantion' section, for the burn in layers. Chitubox puts it in the advanced tab but it was at least a feature in 1.8.1 which is the last one I installed and wasn't paywalled, it was called 'bottom tolerance compensation' Does elephants foot occur even with supporting the heck out of the bottom? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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