Hello foruminians, I would like to try out the 3D printer at the library, which requires a .stl file on a USB to print. Do any of you have .stl files of ships or aircraft that you would like to share?
I distribute my designs on CGTrader and Wargaming3D. Most of them are paid, but the simpler designs and some sample models are free. You are welcome to work with those.
My CGTrader inventory is sightly out of date and my Wargaming3D inventory is slightly incomplete and does not yet include any of my free offerings. This is due to the fact that I recently upgraded my printer and have been calibrating it and working on printing proofs of my updated designs which I did recently. Keep an eye out for those to be trickling in to both sites over the coming weeks.
Hello foruminians, I would like to try out the 3D printer at the library, which requires a .stl file on a USB to print. Do any of you have .stl files of ships or aircraft that you would like to share?
Does your library have a resin 3D printer? Most libraries I've seen only have filament (FDM) printers and they won't be able to print the detail needed for ships at the scale WAS ships are in.
Hello foruminians, I would like to try out the 3D printer at the library, which requires a .stl file on a USB to print. Do any of you have .stl files of ships or aircraft that you would like to share?
Does your library have a resin 3D printer? Most libraries I've seen only have filament (FDM) printers and they won't be able to print the detail needed for ships at the scale WAS ships are in.
Are you sure about that?
All of my models are designed for and tested on an FDM printer. It's my goal to get the entire WaS line available for FDM printing, but that will take quite some time. I'm about 200 models in right now.
Does your library have a resin 3D printer? Most libraries I've seen only have filament (FDM) printers and they won't be able to print the detail needed for ships at the scale WAS ships are in.
Are you sure about that?
All of my models are designed for and tested on an FDM printer. It's my goal to get the entire WaS line available for FDM printing, but that will take quite some time. I'm about 200 models in right now.
That looks good and an impressive level of detail for an FDM printer. I don't think I'd be happy with that level of detail though for my WaS minis.
What size nozzle are you using? I have a PrusA with a .4 nozzle.
That looks good and an impressive level of detail for an FDM printer. I don't think I'd be happy with that level of detail though for my WaS minis.
What size nozzle are you using? I have a PrusA with a .4 nozzle.
Thank you. I'm also using a Prusa with a .4 nozzle.
I'd argue that in some cases, the detail is better than the WaS originals, and a lot of it has to do with my design philosophy so where it's lacking it's usually because I choose not to include the detail in the design because of style choice. Some of my design choices end up with nicer detail than war at sea, particularly when it comes to the commons like with destroyer guns, which were always an annoyance for me. Right now I only have one WaS original to compare to, the USS Massachusetts. I have an old picture, my profile picture, comparison but I have since updated the design with more detail so I'll post this weekend with a current comparison between my design and War at Sea style.
I've been playing around with my printer settings to get better detail. Got a bit of blobbing on the mast right now that I gotta tackle.
Hey I'm gonna check and see how some of your designs print out. I'm thinking to maximize the detail and minimize the cleanup I'll use the same settings I use for printing gaming figures. Slow all the print speeds down to 20 and click the "Avoid crossing parameters" checkbox and print at .1mm layer height.
Hey I'm gonna check and see how some of your designs print out. I'm thinking to maximize the detail and minimize the cleanup I'll use the same settings I use for printing gaming figures. Slow all the print speeds down to 20 and click the "Avoid crossing parameters" checkbox and print at .1mm layer height.
I used to run at .08 but when I switched to Prusa, I started using .1 layer height There isn't too much difference. I'm planning on experimenting with .05 this weekend.
If you have access to custom supports, I recommend putting them under only the guns and for a choice few ships the cranes. Otherwise just set the support angle really high such as at 75 degrees. Very few remaining parts of the ship need supports.
I'm planning on experimenting with .05 this weekend.
Well, that went well.
I never tried including propellers because I thought it wouldn't work, but I included them in my Shapeways versions. I figured I'd give it a shot while printing at 50 microns and oh boy. I basically surrounded the airplane in support material but it came out pretty well. I'll be printing all my airplane proofs this way now but I'll make prop-less versions available for download.
Last Edit: Sept 1, 2019 20:58:41 GMT by ghukek: Made image a bit smaller because it was huge.
Hey I printed out most of the free ships you have and I must say, they came out pretty darn awesome, I stand corrected sir!
Hey thanks, I'm glad you like them and I'm glad to hear that they worked out well! Keep an eye out for more free ones. I try to include a free one every few designs.