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3D printing escapades continue with a mandolorian in green resin. Primed black with gray zenithal to bring out the details. Very impressed. The details are unbelievable.
Looks great! Are you using any digital design tools from HeroForge for your mini prints?
One Eyed Dollar
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The resin minis look so good!
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thingiverse is a treasure trove... I haven’t paid for a single sculpt. I had one buddy (@HanShot1st ) purchase an STL from heroforge and I printed it for him.
this looks rough, but it was a gnome. Super tiny.
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I love drybrushing for many applications. Some sculpts might benefit from individual highlights, but drybushing can do highlights or even be used to apply weathering or wear and tear on metal... This iron golem was painted almost exclusively with drybrushing (after a single color base coat).
You can also do a darker shade wash after base coating and before dry brushing.
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it’s usually one of my last steps.. before highlights and touch ups.
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Oh ya. His stuff if cool. Kinda low res compared to some artists, but what he lacks in detailed sculpts, he makes up in sheer volume and his comprehensive selection of the entire monster manual.
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this guyis worth following as well. The quality of his sculpts is insane.
https://www.thingiverse.com/Velrock/about
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A number of the players in my game have ordered Hero Forge minis, which offers up the option to purchase the 3-D file for like $8 (vs $30 to have the mini shipped to you). I printed the files for them at my costs. Here are some examples (I painted one as payback for the assistance during my table build):
Beaniman
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Never got into d&d but do some painting for friend's minis. I'm a 40k guy 
Balanar
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Holy crap, thanks for the link @RocAFella1 ! Never knew this sub existed.
How long does it take you paint one of these?
That blood splatter isNever got into d&d but do some painting for friend's minis. I'm a 40k guy
How long does it take you paint one of these?
Beaniman
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This one is old, probably 4-5 hours easy. Now a days I use an airbrush for light sketch and shafows before any details so a bit quicker. Maybe 3hrs now give or take depending on how detailed the mini is.
Amish Rabbi
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I do not have the patience or skill for painting, that is awesome for 3hrs
Since we're all stuck in extended spring break/social isolation, me and the boys are going to take a couple days to try and finish off Storm Kings Thunder. Right now their party has no hope in hell of surviving the final encounter, but I've got a very surprising ace I'm putting up their sleeves....
Potential spoilers for anybody who is thinking of running Storm King's Thunder.
Almost full-day game session two days ago went smashingly well! I decided to make a "battle-royale" style final encounter, and it was scarily epic. Sorry I didn't take any pics, but first of all I broke out my Dwarven Forge castle terrain and built a ruined amphitheatre for the battle ground. Then broke up the encounter into two parts (with no ability to rest in between, just a few round break). Hero side was a party of eight characters (four 10th level and four 8th level) and two storm giants. Part 1 villain side was 30 gargoyles and 1 ancient blue dragon. Part 2 villain side was what was left of the ancient blue dragon, 2 adult blue dragons, 4 enhanced air elementals, and a mummy lord. The parties survived, and except for the storm giants (which weathered the battle pretty well), everybody else was down to their last handfuls of hit points, and just about every magic resource got exhausted. I suspect that without the storm giants' immunity to lightning damage that the battle would have gone much worse.
Almost full-day game session two days ago went smashingly well! I decided to make a "battle-royale" style final encounter, and it was scarily epic. Sorry I didn't take any pics, but first of all I broke out my Dwarven Forge castle terrain and built a ruined amphitheatre for the battle ground. Then broke up the encounter into two parts (with no ability to rest in between, just a few round break). Hero side was a party of eight characters (four 10th level and four 8th level) and two storm giants. Part 1 villain side was 30 gargoyles and 1 ancient blue dragon. Part 2 villain side was what was left of the ancient blue dragon, 2 adult blue dragons, 4 enhanced air elementals, and a mummy lord. The parties survived, and except for the storm giants (which weathered the battle pretty well), everybody else was down to their last handfuls of hit points, and just about every magic resource got exhausted. I suspect that without the storm giants' immunity to lightning damage that the battle would have gone much worse.
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We played via Zoom last night and it worked pretty well, but the session was almost all RP with very little dice rolling. It will be more difficult when we have more combat.
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Well, I’ve actually play more D&D now than before the covid crisis. We’ve moved our games online, using Roll20 and video chatting through Zoom or Hangouts. It’s pretty slick. I experienced roll 20 when I was building my digital table. Many “table” tutorials were advocating using it as a platform to display digital maps to a TV. I found it cumbersome for in person play, but the stay at home orders necessitated we move to an online platform, and I’ve gained a lot of familiarity with Roll20 and it functions rather well, once you get over the initial learning curve. I’ll move back to dynamic dungeons animated maps once we can play in person again, but for now, Roll20 works.
here are some “behind the screen” pics of me playing and DMing online. (yes, I’m in my pandemic pajamas)
here are some “behind the screen” pics of me playing and DMing online. (yes, I’m in my pandemic pajamas)
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Nice! I've been playing more often lately too. We have 2 campaigns running now with the same group of 6 guys. One guy is still running his the old-fashioned way but using Zoom to chat and show us maps and stuff. It has been mostly RP lately and not much combat, so that's working fine. And another guy in the group started running the Stranger Things starter set with Roll20, so we've been learning that platform too. The Beyond20 Chrome extension is great.
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ive got some local buddies, who are very familiar with roll 20 ... there’s a ton of scripts and extensions to get the most out of the platform... the main one is called “enhancement suite”.
You dont get this feature on the regular roll 20... it’s just one of many cool features included with upgrading. PM me if ya want the links...
All I know is, many of the friends and acquaintances that I grew up playing D&D with, are some of the smartest, most creative, most educated, and most accomplished people that I'm aware of.
Poker Zombie
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Wait... you mean to say, that people that in their formative years, that are tasked with creativity and difficult problem solving, despite a culture that insists that you should do only the "popular" things... turned out to be successful, creative, critical problem solvers?
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Covid really slowed my gaming down.
We do use Zoom but it just isn’t the same as in person.
I am planning to paint these up for when we can get back to face to face.
Modular dungeon tiles made out of dental plaster:
We do use Zoom but it just isn’t the same as in person.
I am planning to paint these up for when we can get back to face to face.
Modular dungeon tiles made out of dental plaster:
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