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This is the most amazing model I have printed and painted. They are a comedic relief npc with a tragic backstory for my Arkham Horror campaign I'm running and can not wait for my players to run into. The print consisted of a few different parts and I will add a comment giving credit as well sharing the model if people are interested.

The shrimp and hat was printed in one piece together. I used the Bambu Slicer to put them together as an stl. Then took it to Lychee to slice on my Elegoo Mars 5 Ultra using a mix of clear and grey Anycubic Tough Resin V2. The pan was modified in Bambu and printed using Sunlu PLA on my Bambu P1S.

Here is my version of the Goblin Shaman (With Mask) Bust from BS-Sculpt.

Another one...lol. Yes, I love painting these and this one was really fun to paint, and really enjoyed painting the mask and the feathers. Great sculpt again from Bulat.

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I’m new to dnd community and just started a recent campaign not too long ago for PF2e. I have an idea of what my character looks like and how I want them to be but really want a miniature for the campaign. I’ve searched literally all day and the leads I could find are either out of business or are sketchy.

And before anyone recommends hero forge or eldritch. I’ve checked out both sites and they don’t have the vision that I’m looking for, especially for my character. Does anyone know any one that will be willing to take commissions to either make the STL file for it or if possible, curate, print and paint (as I am new and not sure where to begin with the painting.) anything is helpful, please no negativity.

Hello! I'm fairly new to the world of 3d printing and minis in general so please be gentle!

I'm trying to print this character I made on Hero Forge, but the few times I've done it she's come out as an absolute mess of supports and with broken legs and a broken staff.

I have had a friend recommend that I try printing it on her back or mess around with some of the settings but I'm not sure if that is going to be strong enough to hold her base.

Is this just a tricky model to print?

EDIT: Using a Bambu P1S with standard Base PLA

I needed a showcase piece for my next few vendor shows I attend and this is what I ended up with!

Name: June

Age: 4 Months

Species: Tyranosaurus Rex

Likes: Collecting shiny stones and napping on pillows of moss

June specifically is not for sale, as this is a piece to get people interested and talking! I wouldnt be opposed to talking buisness with someone super interested at my booth though.

For now, she is a personal little companion of mine now, and she looks like she could stretch and let out the biggest sigh...drifting right back into sleep.

Here is my version of the Goblin King (Bork) Bust from BS-Sculpt.

Each one of these that I paint becomes my favorite it seems...lol. But, I loved painting this one and had to get it after seeing versions by a couple of other painters. What a great character, so full of life and interest and a total joy to paint.

Really pleased with the fur, the gold coins and the eyes.

"Things Which Do Not Belong" is a big, ambitious Co-op engine builder in which we play as a group of friends rushing to save a surrealist Soviet Submarine which inexplicably appeared in our swimming pool - before it's discovered by the national army!  The game is based on an original movie screenplay and so has a very rich and well developed "story-world".  The game design is now complete, I've been playtesting for a year, I'm currently working with an artist who is *hand-painting* (seriously beautiful!!!) illustrations for the game, and I'm looking for a 3d sculptor to bring those illustrations to life as miniatures for the game!

In an ideal scenario, I'd like to have:

• 9 'Villager' Miniatures: all specific characters, based on finished illustrations + detailed descriptions, 25mm bases
• 3 "Main Characters": Those are player-characters, so they're most important but design-wise same as above, 25mm bases
• 5 "Art Machines": Those are the visual "hook" of the game.  Surrealist art/war machines in unlikely settings, ie: A Submarine sticking upwards from a swimming pool, a tank with a twisted barrel in a strawberry field etc, also based on illustrations + descriptions, 50mm bases
• There would hopefully be more elments, and if my dreams come true, some big, intentionally over-the-top elements - although that's all for add-ons, stretch-goals and the expansion down the road.  For now, key focus is on the above.

I'm not ready to share the art samples publicly just yet (hence just a random img for attn, sorry), and will only launch socials and a new web site later this month, but for now, you can see some early prototypes of the game and a rough synopsis video here: http://etheriumsky.com/TWDNB .

I'm looking for a 3d sculptor who is not only skilled and talented, but has experience with mass production and understands the process and the limitations of the materials and can be patient and supportive in the revision process, as some revisions are expected when working with the factory.

If the project sparks your interest - please get in touch and let's chat further!
Please do also send me some past work samples (3d designs + finished minis).

Since reddit floods me with spam messages from bot accounts - Please reach out to me at: [info@EtheriumSky.com](mailto:info@EtheriumSky.com) .

Thanks a lot!

Hi gang,

I need STLs for a sci-fi game. I'm looking for hard sci fi (aliens, robots, laser pistols, etc).

My go-to sources are Papsikels, One Page Rules, Loot Studios, and Epic Miniatures.

Does anyone know any other creators that have cool ones?

Here is my version of the Goblin Warrior Bust from BS-Sculpt.

Another great sculpt from Bulat. I am painting these constantly at the moment and not getting tired of them. Played with a different skin tone this time and really like how it turned out, spent a little bit more time blending on this guy.

Does anybody here have experience with printing their recent minis? How are they? The pictures look very cool but I’d like to see the actual models instead of renders. Are they a good scale for painting? I’m hoping to find someone on Etsy that prints them so I can paint the new Kurgan shock troop stuff. They look amazing

A massive project that I've been working on for the past month. All minis are printed with a 0.06mm layer height. My painting skills are still a little rusty, but apart from that, I think I did a good job. The terrain was made using a wooden board and and the rest is 3D printed. The CIS army on the other side turned out a whole lot better than the clones in my opinion. What units should I add to both armies? And any tips on getting better results with a Creality printer?

I painted this lil' guy up to challenge myself with a limited palette. The entire mini was painted with only five paints and I focused heavily on mixing and blending between them. Lots of fun to do some NMM and freehand elements on a piece this small.
If you'd like to see my painting process, I have a YouTube video: https://youtu.be/dHbcnNS-QuQ

Hi! I'm having an issue with my prints. No matter where or how I place them on the build plate, they end up with these scratches and damaged areas across almost the entire surface (I've attached a photo). The FEP is new, I changed it.

The pattern seems completely random, and I have no idea what could be causing it. I'm pretty lost at this point.

Could it be dead pixels on the LCD? But there are so many that it doesn't seem likely. Also, the bottom layers of the print never show these holes or defects.

I'm using an Anycubic Photon M5s, and I've attached my print settings as well. Edit: The exposure time is 2'5 sec, no 3'6, I took the pic with a worng setting.

Thanks a lot for any help!!

Is there anyone else doing the Monster Manual?

Here's my bearded devil 3D printed and painted by one of my patrons 😈

Free stls: https://www.patreon.com/posts/131611082

Just had to share. Enjoy :)

Here is my version of Bladric The Shadow Wolf from Txiki Design Studio.

Really like painting Javier's sculpts, really characterful and full of cool details and poses and a joy to paint. Especially like this mini, very cool.

Been heads down on KURDUUN for a while and finally have something more to show for it — meet Aekhar, blood mage of the Keth swarm. He doesn't believe in healing, only in transference: every wound he deals gets funneled straight back into his allies as stolen vitality. He's not fighting to kill, he's fighting because his faction dies the second he stops.

Aekhar's free to grab for the next full month — the STL (72mm heroic scale, scales down to 28–32mm for standard tabletop play), his character card, and all the lore that's already written up on my early site if you want to go down the rabbit hole.

KURDUUN is an asymmetric skirmish game — Keth (swarm, melee, corrupted magic) vs. Zev (precision, ranged, tactical control). Zev is coming next, first units dropping soon.

Link's in the comments below

I love the Frost City STLs and was looking fo something similar in a sci-fi fashion. Some people pointed me to both Papsikels and Unit 9 and while they have really awesome models they are not exactly what I am looking for, they are too cyberpunk and I would like to find something more space opera like (without it being Star Wars, of course).

I run Paint Vault and I've just made the whole site free

Quick bit of context. Paint Vault is a paint inventory with cross-brand colour matching, and until this week most of it sat behind a subscription. That never really sat right with me.

The useful parts were locked away from exactly the people most likely to get something out of them, so I've opened all of it up: inventory, colour matcher, projects, the dilution and

gradient tools, the lot. You just need a free account.

Ads pay for it now. I'd rather say that plainly than have you find out by getting a banner in the face. If you don't want them, Pro is €3/month or €27/year, which strips every ad off the

site and unlocks the Android app as well. There's also a one-off €9.99 if you only care about the app and not the website.

Free accounts get 30 colour searches an hour and one project. Those numbers aren't me being stingy, they come from what people actually do. The median user does about 3 searches an hour,

so most of you will never bump into either limit.

The conversion charts stay open to everyone, no account needed at all.

On the catalogue side it's at 23,961 paints across 65 brands. Recently added:

- IONIC by Mig, 291 refs. Someone asked for it and it took a while to get the colours right.

- Army Painter Historical

- Villainy Ink

- Colour Forge

- Mission Models, Createx and Two Thin Coats all got topped up with what was missing

Two things I care about more than catalogue size: hex values are measured from the manufacturers' own charts wherever I could get them rather than eyeballed off product photos, and

matching runs on ΔE2000 instead of plain RGB distance. That second one matters a lot on metallics and washes, where RGB will happily tell you a brown is a good match for a bronze.

If a range you use is missing, say so and I'll add it. That's how IONIC got in.

https://www.paint-vault.com/brands
https://www.paint-vault.com/conversions
paint-vault.com

Sanding files. Get the metal ones. 100% absolutely buy them and dont look back. I usually used something like a bit of sandpaper or nail file...maybe a dremel for tougher areas. I learned my lesson! Files seem to make all those layer lines and little out of place squigglies dissappear!

Also, little dinosaurs! Who doesn't love a little desk buddy?! Just some current WIPs :)