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A bit of an aside in regards to what you've accomplished. Great 3D content to work into prints... they're going to be really, really nice, and certainly for that level of detail resin printing is the way to go. So congratulations are certainly in order for great progress.

That said, here's what I was thinking. An alternative to painting all the figures once printed would be to do them in clear resin... sort of ghost figures if you understand what I'm getting at. Not ghost, as in scary Halloween stuff, but ghost as in ethereal. They'd be present on the model to add scale and realism, but not be the focal point of viewing when looking at the model itself. It's a bit of a different take on how to use scale figures, but I think it would be an interesting approach. Of course you can always temporarily place a few on the ship model to see if you like the concept, and if you don't like it, you then paint them.

Food for thought. Looking forward to seeing your progress on this. I personally FDM print (filament deposition), and full well know I can never reach the level of detail you'll get with resin. So I'll live vicariously through your actions.
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Herbs Ships said:
These are the looks I came up with prior to turning them into 3D and ultimately into the slicer….looking for any feedback or comments. Plan on printing some of them in 1/24, 1/76 and 1/96…View attachment 590740

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They look very nice with a real movements caught in time but in my opinion, their faces look too modern, kind of someone from our time travel back to the era of US Constitution. But with the model scale, this might not be that visible...
 
Fantastic figures….. can you also include the popular 1:48 scale 1” to 4 feet.

Will follow future posts. I have a 3D printer but have not branched out from engineering projects.

Thanks Seagull….
 
moreplovac said:
They look very nice with a real movements caught in time but in my opinion, their faces look too modern, kind of someone from our time travel back to the era of US Constitution. But with the model scale, this might not be that visible...
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At 1:24 scale, they're going to be around 60 to 75mm high (2.5 to 3"), so with those, the faces would be more clear. Certainly the hair cut or style would be pretty clear. That's what you're thinking of, right? Actual facial shape would be pretty consistent over the past several thousand years. Average body height has increased over time, but I'm thinking hair style and clothing (including caps) is the only distinguishing difference that might show up at different between eras. Is that kind of along the lines of what you were thinking about?
 
JSGerson said:
I would love to have some for my USS Constitution (1:76.8). Any idea as to when they could become available for sale?

Jon
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I am about 2 weeks away from firing up the printer. I need to get my ventilation set up, working on that now. Then each figure at any given scale needs to be printed and troubleshot for any issues. To give you an idea, 1/24 scale is about 8 hours to print while the fastest is 3 to 4 hours….After the troubleshooting then they can be packed into as many as will fit in the printer. The time for any given size
seadeep said:
A bit of an aside in regards to what you've accomplished. Great 3D content to work into prints... they're going to be really, really nice, and certainly for that level of detail resin printing is the way to go. So congratulations are certainly in order for great progress.

That said, here's what I was thinking. An alternative to painting all the figures once printed would be to do them in clear resin... sort of ghost figures if you understand what I'm getting at. Not ghost, as in scary Halloween stuff, but ghost as in ethereal. They'd be present on the model to add scale and realism, but not be the focal point of viewing when looking at the model itself. It's a bit of a different take on how to use scale figures, but I think it would be an interesting approach. Of course you can always temporarily place a few on the ship model to see if you like the concept, and if you don't like it, you then paint them.

Food for thought. Looking forward to seeing your progress on this. I personally FDM print (filament deposition), and full well know I can never reach the level of detail you'll get with resin. So I'll live vicariously through your actions.
:)
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my understanding of the clear resin is it needs to be polished to give it glass like finish…I will put it on the list to investigate…if it could give those like results would certainly be unique.
 
seadeep said:
At 1:24 scale, they're going to be around 60 to 75mm high (2.5 to 3"), so with those, the faces would be more clear. Certainly the hair cut or style would be pretty clear. That's what you're thinking of, right? Actual facial shape would be pretty consistent over the past several thousand years. Average body height has increased over time, but I'm thinking hair style and clothing (including caps) is the only distinguishing difference that might show up at different between eras. Is that kind of along the lines of what you were thinking about?
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Yes, here is a chart I am using as reference….assuming men were about 5’8” give or take….so 1/24 is 2.8” to 3.0”, or 72mm to 76mm.

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Kilo66 said:
VERY nicely rendered, sir. The running powder monkey in particular is magnificent! However, a couple figures...the two coated fellows shown side by side pointing and clutching a spyglass...do appear to suffer from the same malady that afflicted a number of the old Series 77 Britannia metal military miniature figures: they're a mite "short-legged. I don't wish to seem unduly pedantic; just wanted to give you the chance to make corrections before committing the digital prototype to actual production. I'm looking forward to seeing the final results.:rolleyes:
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Yes, I noticed they were short waisted as well….
 
Those are really spectacular. But why are you skipping 1:64 scale? Most of my ships are 1:64 scale. Also, when will these be available to the public?
 
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