@hopper1999 I’ve access to both resin and PLA printers, and while resin has a couple of extra steps compared to PLA, I wouldn’t consider it painful. I’ve come to appreciate resin’s ability to show detail even in very small scale. For me its worth the extra steps to clean and cure, for those results. What’s great is there are so many free units available, with some simple editing/converting you can quickly build cool armies.
As for casting, while I haven’t casted any A&A parts yet (still building my unit library), I have casted a lot of 3.75 action figure parts. I’ve gotten best results using a syringe and pressure pot. (I converted a old paint pressure tank). You inject your mold, and then put it under pressure, I’d do around 30psi, to help the resin into the thinner parts of the mold and prevent bubbles. It also helps, when making your mold to put it under pressure as well. I’ve found it helps prevents bubbles in the silicone and between the silicone and the part being cast.
I plan on using casting to duplicate units I already have, that I can’t find stl files for.
Global Gaming Table
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Did the pictures expire?
I would like to see table examples.See this thread for an index to table picture threads, and for a few pictures directly incorporated in the index:
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Sorry for bumping an old thread but I’d really like to see the finished product. Any progress on this amazing table?
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I took a slide picture of the world projected it on the wall and traced it on a twin flat sheet and then darkened the lines good and then broke out the paints and put the colors down of the major powers at war and did the minors in a stripe pattern, now its just a matter of trimming it and then gluing down to some plywood
I love to hear the stories of ya’ll and your maps.
Get some naval Mini’s they look so good on the large maps -
plexi-class or acrylic or class …
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Wow that woodburning is top notch! I have other skillsets pertaining to my hobbies, but that is certainly not one of them. I am very impressed with this.