Have been working on sailors for my ships…

[Herbs Ships]

What of the grizzled salty dog seamen found so frequently of old?

Would you mind if I used your face? love the beard!

 

[pugwash]

Would you mind if I used your face? love the beard!

Er, yes I do mind... but a generic likeness would be fine.

 

[Herbs Ships]

Ventilation installed. Have to put glass into the cabinet doors...run LED lights. Fingers crossed, run first test print this weekend.....

 

[Herbs Ships]

A bit more set up tomorrow morning and will try printing in the afternoon. Here is my set up.

Bought a cabinet last year on Facebook Marketplace for $10. Had a use for it and then went in another direction. When I started thinking about the 3D printer I decided I could use it for that with ventilation on top going out a window.

Station 1 - Elegoo Mars 4 resin printer


Station 2 - Elegoo Mercury XS cure and first wash station


Station 3 - Elegoo Mercury 2 final wash station


Overall cabinet with extraction/duct work located on top with exhaust out the window. System uses a 6” diameter Infinity exhaust fan with Infinity controller (can control up to 4 fans - plans to set up small acrylic paint booth adjacent to 3D printing station with another Infinity fan tied to integrated controls). Infinity controller has thermometer input that is set up in the printing station

 

[manning16]

Er, yes I do mind... but a generic likeness would be fine.

Oh ..c'mon Pug ,,,you have a great face..who else can hide a fully rigged sloop in their beard? Get a few royalties off your mug!

 

[manning16]

I'm in for 1/64 and 1/48..I'm with Pug ..grizzle up those Hollywood faces!

 

[Herbs Ships]

I'm in for 1/64 and 1/48..I'm with Pug ..grizzle up those Hollywood faces!

How’s this?

 

[Herbs Ships]

First test print in the printer. Making a “rook”, standard test print for Elegoo. There is nothing fast about this process. I see why people might have multiple printers, this rook which is only 1.5” tall is taking the better part of 4 hours!

 

[manning16]

How’s this?

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much better!!

 

[manning16]

Please let us know when you are offering figures.

 

[Herbs Ships]

Please let us know when you are offering figures.

So far I have printed the rook and then had some operator issues and finally got a 1/72 grizzled old salt of a cook printed. Right now it’s printing a 1/12 scale 12 yo boy sitting with a tiller in his hand…will post later. What are you after?

 

[manning16]

So far I have printed the rook and then had some operator issues and finally got a 1/72 grizzled old salt of a cook printed. Right now it’s printing a 1/12 scale 12 yo boy sitting with a tiller in his hand…will post later. What are you after?

generally 1/64 and 1/48 figures for Confederacy, Victory and Winchelsea. Also, 1/30 scale for the Royal Caroline

 

[Herbs Ships]

Is the Royal Caroline by ZHL?

 

[manning16]

Is the Royal Caroline by ZHL?

no..yang quing or something like that.. I did her with the optional pear carvings..some prints were 1/28 other was 1/30..thanks to Neptune ,sorted it out by extending keel 30mm.

 

[Herbs Ships]

King/queen in 1/30 scale. Also did a ships captain and a soldier at attention. I took all of them out of their structures and found some areas that will be a struggle for owners of the figures. Will king, queen, yacht captain and 2 armed guards at attention be enough?

 

[Kurt Konrath]

How’s this?

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I know a few guys who resemble the beard and belly!

 

[rshousha]

am learning to be more specific in my descriptions of the sailors,

This is amazing work, Herb! I am trying to understand your workflow. This note of yours seems to tell me you are starting with some sort of AI. Is that the case? If so, you are doing something amazing. How do you get from the 2D image to the 3D shape? I think I've missed something in your descriptions.

One way or another; well done!