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6mm Fantasy Bronze Age

 Post subject: 6mm Fantasy Bronze Age
PostPosted: Mon May 22, 2023 2:20 am 
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Some test prints of a 6mm Fantasy Bronze Age line I am getting together. Snakemen, cobramen, Ugallu, Kusarikku bullmen, tons of stuff.

I have been iteratively experimenting with a recently acquired Sonic Mini 8k and some Siraya Sculpt resin, which is supposed to be able to survive the vulcanization process. I was hoping to drastically cut my development costs and time by printing masters myself, but printing enough to go straight into a production mold. The main impetus being a drastic increase in costs in terms of both printing and model mastering.

The detail on the Mini 8k is about as good as a Form3 as far as I can tell...which is crazy for a home printer. That being said, it has been extremely painful getting it to work correctly. And this high-temp resin is a huge pain in the ass. The quality is mostly okay...but whatever side faces the build plate tends to have a bit of a melty appearance. This resin is a lot thicker than normal resins, so I am assuming that the gloopiness is coming from resin dripping down over finished layers and partially curing from ambient light.

I have tried a number of different orientations...vertical seems to be the best, but is also a pain to support correctly. I also might be a bit too critical of the results. It is also extremely difficult to clean the damned prints properly. This resin is a lot thicker and takes more work to get all the nooks and crannies. Normally I take a little toothbrush to the models, but these little Cads have fiddly parts, not to mention when i hold them I cover 50% of the model with my hands.


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 Post subject: Re: 6mm Fantasy Bronze Age
PostPosted: Tue May 23, 2023 8:51 am 
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novel idea for a range, good looking minis and interesting reflection on the resin, not tried that

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