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.
Ell done!
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of printer do you have?
I do also print miniatures, and are curious about your settings and what works best. I have a FlashForge Adventurer 3 (FDM), and I've also printed 54mm-ish miniatures (not Napoleonic though):
https://modelrailsandwargames.blogspot.com/2024/03/a-march-workbench-update-creating-ape.html
Roger, I have a Cubicon Style bought in 2016. I have done some moretweaking and printed another figure, so will report on this and the printer settings in the next post
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to it!!
DeleteI'm into model railways as well and print figures in scales between 1:87 and 1:19 (on a FDM) and my experience is that they need different slicing/setting.