I have been watching the growing list of 3d printable Napoleonic figures with interest. They are mostly available for 28mm with a very few people offering them printed in 54mm, but at that size they cost £5+ for a single figure.
I have an FDM printer (which I've had for 8 years) and have started playing around with a new version of the software and some 28mm Napoleonic Russian stl files to see what can be achieved.
The files supplied are really designed for resin printing but I have managed to work out how to create files that will print on an FDM printer.
This is a quick photo of my first effort.
On the left is a HAT Austrian line infantry man and on the right is a
3d printed Russian Fusilier officer. He could do with some more
cleaning up on the supports but I think he had come out quite well.
He is printed at 175% size of the 28mm original figure and comes out about the right size for matching with HAT.
If
I can get some consistent results this would mean I could add a small
Russian and Austrian contingent to my 1/32 Napoleonics collection at
some point in the future.
