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Here is a video that compares cheap craft paint from Walmart to miniature paint.
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@dnd My group made their way to the woodland manse this week. I don't think they were expecting Anchorites of Talos to pwn so hard!
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@dnd My group made their way into Dragon Barrow last week.
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@tabletopminis My group ventured into Dragon Barrow last week.
@zhunk Acrylic paint is water based so it shouldn't even adhere really. I just printed it yesterday and haven't painted a lot so I'm unsure.
@Bitswap they are that visible because it's a functional paint cup that I printed in a day. I use the same printer and settings on my other models at slower speeds and it's much better. Also that's a multi-colored filament that may be affecting it too.
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@3dprinting Hey everyone. I recently went to a miniature store to pick up some more premium paints for my miniatures I'm 3D printing for DnD. While I was there I saw a really nice paint cup for brushes. I knew I could get a model offline so I didn't buy it and instead opted to print one. I found a really nice one, but it lacked that little extra something. So I modified the original design and added the DnD logo. I think it turned out really nice. What do you guys think?
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@dnd Hey everyone. I recently went to a miniature store to pick up some more premium paints for my miniatures I'm 3D printing for DnD. While I was there I saw a really nice paint cup for brushes. I knew I could get a model offline so I didn't buy it and instead opted to print one. I found a really nice one, but it lacked that little extra something. So I modified the original design and added the DnD logo. I think it turned out really nice. What do you guys think?
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@tabletopminis Hey everyone. I recently went to a miniature store to pick up some more premium paints for my miniatures I'm 3D printing for DnD. While I was there I saw a really nice paint cup for brushes. I knew I could get a model offline so I didn't buy it and instead opted to print one. I found a really nice one, but it lacked that little extra something. So I modified the original design and added the DnD logo. I think it turned out really nice. What do you guys think?
@Mautobu yeah all my prints are fdm. All my paints are cheap Michaels bulk sets. I might be upgrading those to something specific to painting miniatures soon.
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@dnd My party began exploring the Gnome kingdom of Gnomengarde this week as well.
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@dnd A couple of weeks ago I showed part 1 of a dwarven ruin my party was exploring. Here is part 2.
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@3dprinting Two weeks ago I showed part 1 of a dwarven ruin my DND group was exploring. Today I have a follow up. All 3d printed of course.
@RQG love your user name and profile picture!
@Canopyflyer Awesome! I'll have to check it out. I've been painting them with the cheap sets of acrylic paint from Michaels.
https://www.michaels.com/product/acrylic-paint-value-pack-by-craft-smart-10278752?michaelsStore=1581&inv=12
I've seen a few tutorials and they spend as much one like 1 paint color as I did on a whole set.
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@tabletopminis I was told I should post here by @ReadyUser31
I'm new to painting miniatures, but I've been playing DnD for a long time. Recently I've been 3d printing and painting my own miniatures. I'm not great at painting and unfortunately I'm trying to keep pace with the campaign I'm running. Here are some examples.
@VentraSqwal I bought a double sided set of 3 or 4 off Amazon for a good deal.
Here is the link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085198LF5?ref=p
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@dnd Another night of DND! My players made their way to a hilltop where half orcs were summoning a giant monster!
There were runes, twig blights, and giant thunder boars! All tokens were printed and painted by me.
@versus I use the standard .4mm. as for the tiles I use anything compatible with open lock.
Link to the walls and floors
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2343306
@lodronsi yeah! I have a few offers to buy paint and filament, so they must have!
@TopShelfVanilla I should have said my one of my other nerdy hobbies! Lol. My wife wishes I only had one.
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@3dprinting This may not be the best example, but I have been 3d printing for about 2 years. Only recently however have I combined it with my other nerdy hobby, DND (Dungeons and Dragons). I may not be the greatest painter and not everything here is painted, but I'm very happy with the results and clarity of my prints. Everything here I printed.
Printer: Elegoo Neptune 3 Pro Filament: 3DHoJor
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@dnd Last night we ran part two of a campaign I'm running and while some pieces are still unpainted I'm overall very happy with how my abandoned temple looks. There were some secret passages but at this point they were hidden so not displayed here.
Here are some pictures of my models close up.
@antaymonkey sure thing!
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2623169
Tents
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3193414
Craters, for Ankhegs
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4232956
Ankhegs
https://www.printables.com/model/12070-log-for-gloomhaven
Logs
I'll post some close up photos later if your interested.
@Piecemakers3Dprints @Ironside I rent and don't have a safe space for resin and it's vapors. I would have preferred one for sure.
@Ironside I purchased a set of dungeon mats off of Amazon. I used that for the back drop. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085198LF5?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
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@dnd running the Dragon of Ice Spire peak, when my group came upon the logging camp. I printed the models in my 3d printer, paint them, and try like hell to have a functional set every other week for our game.