A mad alchemist’s lab. Tiles were all 3D printed in copper colored amazon pla, accessories in black. I used exactly one roll of filament for the tiles. Printed in an ender 3 at 0.08 layer height. I’ve been working on printing and painting this project on and off for two months.
Stl info: The dungeon tiles are the steampunk set by dungeonprint, the wooden village set by fat dragon games, the brewing systems and barrels are from hero’s hoard, candles are from dungeonworks, and tables from fat dragon games.
I’m excited for GMing an adventure with mixing puzzles, potion puzzles, and oozes galore!
Wow, that’s petty rad. Sounds like a big project, I hope you get a lot of use out of it.
I hope so. Sadly it’s been sitting in my basement for the past couple of weeks. My group is currently rotating dms, so we are playing fantasy flight Star Wars at the moment. The next time I get to do a home brew, the group is definitely getting this encounter lobbed at them provided I can get them to actually go inside...
Fantastic! Holy crap that's awesome! I took a look at your blog too. You do great work! Are you running your own 3-D printers?
Thank you. Yes, I’m currently using an ender 3 and printing my own terrain and decor. I have not printed minis on it yet because while my paint job can obscure it on things like terrain, there is a subtle line pattern to the prints that I think would make minis look not great.
The ender 3 is a solid fdm printer and runs about $200 plus I put about $20 in upgrades. Only downside is you have to build it yourself, but there’s a great instructional video on YouTube by “tomb of 3D printed horrors” that was very helpful.
I use an FDM printer, which is basically a printer that melts a roll of plastic and spits it out in a long string that turns into an object. FDM materials are very affordable. I paid a little under $20 for the roll of 2kg PLA filament, which printed all of the terrain tiles you see. (I used the entire roll) The decor took 1/4 of a roll of filament, which cost the same. So $25 in materials for this set, not counting paint or electricity costs. PLA filament is fairly harmless and does not need much ventilation as long as you’re not running a farm of them or anything.
Resin SLG printers are the ones that are expensive. You’ll pay $60-$100 for a liter of resin. Resin printers excel at doing miniature figures and monsters. They have greater detail and print by shooting light into the resin mixture, which solidifies it. Miniatures and figures don’t use much material though. I would not recommend using a resin printer to do terrain. It would be cost prohibative. Resin puts out quite a bit of fumes, so you’ll want to have a well ventilated area.
Thanks for the info! I've been considering getting a 3D printer for doing prototype game pieces for a couple projects I'm working on. 200 bucks is not bad at all! Man, they've come down in price a lot in the last couple years!
You should consider doing projects for your friends. I'm sure you could recover your media costs and fund your hobby. You are doing great work and I hope you are very successful.
You should consider doing projects for your friends. I'm sure you could recover your media costs and fund your hobby. You are doing great work and I hope you are very successful.
Thank you! I do this on the side, so right now my printer and painting skills can only keep up with minis and terrain for our group's games!
A mad alchemist’s lab. Tiles were all 3D printed in copper colored amazon pla, accessories in black. I used exactly one roll of filament for the tiles. Printed in an ender 3 at 0.08 layer height. I’ve been working on printing and painting this project on and off for two months.
Stl info: The dungeon tiles are the steampunk set by dungeonprint, the wooden village set by fat dragon games, the brewing systems and barrels are from hero’s hoard, candles are from dungeonworks, and tables from fat dragon games.
I’m excited for GMing an adventure with mixing puzzles, potion puzzles, and oozes galore!
http://jessica-paints-minis.tumblr.com/
https://twitter.com/neondragonart
Wow, that’s petty rad. Sounds like a big project, I hope you get a lot of use out of it.
Fantastic! Holy crap that's awesome! I took a look at your blog too. You do great work! Are you running your own 3-D printers?
That's what happens when you wear a helmet your whole life!
My house rules
I hope so. Sadly it’s been sitting in my basement for the past couple of weeks. My group is currently rotating dms, so we are playing fantasy flight Star Wars at the moment. The next time I get to do a home brew, the group is definitely getting this encounter lobbed at them provided I can get them to actually go inside...
Thank you. Yes, I’m currently using an ender 3 and printing my own terrain and decor. I have not printed minis on it yet because while my paint job can obscure it on things like terrain, there is a subtle line pattern to the prints that I think would make minis look not great.
The ender 3 is a solid fdm printer and runs about $200 plus I put about $20 in upgrades. Only downside is you have to build it yourself, but there’s a great instructional video on YouTube by “tomb of 3D printed horrors” that was very helpful.
http://jessica-paints-minis.tumblr.com/
https://twitter.com/neondragonart
How much for the materials? I don’t know much about 3D printers, but aren’t the materials pretty expensive?
I use an FDM printer, which is basically a printer that melts a roll of plastic and spits it out in a long string that turns into an object. FDM materials are very affordable. I paid a little under $20 for the roll of 2kg PLA filament, which printed all of the terrain tiles you see. (I used the entire roll) The decor took 1/4 of a roll of filament, which cost the same. So $25 in materials for this set, not counting paint or electricity costs. PLA filament is fairly harmless and does not need much ventilation as long as you’re not running a farm of them or anything.
Resin SLG printers are the ones that are expensive. You’ll pay $60-$100 for a liter of resin. Resin printers excel at doing miniature figures and monsters. They have greater detail and print by shooting light into the resin mixture, which solidifies it. Miniatures and figures don’t use much material though. I would not recommend using a resin printer to do terrain. It would be cost prohibative. Resin puts out quite a bit of fumes, so you’ll want to have a well ventilated area.
If you are curious about 3D printing, the 3D printed tabletop YouTube channel is awesome for info on it: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCr_uz-iWzyR1VJNlN-E1y7w
Tomb of 3D printed horrors is also good, particularly for info on the Ender 3 and its maintenance.
http://jessica-paints-minis.tumblr.com/
https://twitter.com/neondragonart
Thanks for the info! I've been considering getting a 3D printer for doing prototype game pieces for a couple projects I'm working on. 200 bucks is not bad at all! Man, they've come down in price a lot in the last couple years!
That's what happens when you wear a helmet your whole life!
My house rules
You should consider doing projects for your friends. I'm sure you could recover your media costs and fund your hobby. You are doing great work and I hope you are very successful.
Thank you! I do this on the side, so right now my printer and painting skills can only keep up with minis and terrain for our group's games!
http://jessica-paints-minis.tumblr.com/
https://twitter.com/neondragonart
Can you please post a link to at least the brewing tanks you have for this? I'm basically trying to recreate your genius for my own uses