Last week, there was a series of rather negative articles on Spikey Bits (and even worse facebook comments) regarding 3D printing that caused a bit of a stir in the 3D printing community. These started off with one regarding a Warhammer 40,000 tournament army that consisted of unpainted, 3D printed proxy models for an Adeptus […]
Article by VJM787, you can find his store in the marketplace here, or his page on thingiverse here. In starting a section on this site for 20mm war games and models, the old chestnut of 1:72 or 1:76 for vehicle models emerged. This is worth revisiting in the context of 3D printing, and the decision […]
Another great video from Little Wars TV: Once you take the plunge and buy a 3D printer and find some STL files you like, you’ll want to master the basic printer settings. In part four of this introductory series, Steve zeroes in on the most important settings you need to know for getting a good […]
Most of our focus so far on Wargaming3D.com has been around printing large items like WW2 AFVs and terrain, but what are some other things you should consider 3D printing for miniature wargaming, regardless of the scale? One thing I’ve found myself printing a lot of recently is accessories and “greebles” on both my FDM […]
Recently, one of our customers – Hendrik De Coster had this crazy idea to take the 1/300 file for a kriegsfischkutter designed by Black Hussar Miniatures and upscale it to create a 1/56 resin printed version. We thought he was crazy, then he sent the photos of the results. We asked him to provide a […]
Once again, Little Wars TV puts out a great video on 3D printing for historical wargaming with a guide on some of the more well known sites (yes, they missed us out, but I’m told we may feature on a future episode), you can check out the full show here: Make sure you tell them […]
Little Wars TV just released another great video in their series of 3D Printing for Wargamers that works really well alongside Deweycat’s seriest of 3D Printing 101 articles, we suggest you check it out below:
The team over at Little Wars TV have started a great series focusing on 3D Printing for Historical Wargaming, which you can check out below. We like these videos so much that we’ll be sharing each and every one as they come out. They are ideal for folks who are starting out in 3D printing, […]
So you’ve got the basics down, you’ve either got a 3D printer or are thinking of purchasing one. Now you are going to need to find something to actually print. This means you are going to need to track down some .STL files that match your needs. You’ll then turn them into .gcode files if […]
Recently I’ve been asked what it costs to print a model in FDM vs Printing it in Resin, as well as printing a hollowed vs solid model. Lots of prices get thrown around, but I haven’t really dug into how much it costs me in raw materials. So I thought I’d take a look at […]