Re: Les aventures de Malika en impression 3D

[Pix]

We really should start an "EnglishFriendly" Section...

[Malika123]

Merci beaucoup tout!

So i finally tried them new material. It seems very interesting too me from what you say.
No more grainy surface so ? only clean and smooth surface all around. From what i know it makes this material pretty interesting to cast.
And about the "see-through" issue, maybe just a thin layer of white paint and some black ink will make them very visible !

The surface is still grainy, and cleaning it up does take a lot of work. Also, the FXD (as well as the FUD) material has a layer of 'frosting' which apparently causes some problems when combined with the rubber used for casting moulds. So keep that in mind: extensive filing and cleaning.

Nice model otherwise. I enjoy specifically the 2 fighters (some Battlestar Galatica flavour).
Could be nice to play with them to TrenchRunnerz !!

Speaking of that, I started working on a '3d gaming board', each piece being a 1.5cm x 1.5cm square:



I need to test print a few more pieces and maybe also the 'stems' for the fighters to see if this would work. In the meantime, my girlfriend will probably use this bit for a piece of jewelry she's designing...

Ideally the city designs would be more like this:

The seconds makes me think about the old stormbird design for pre heresy space marine. Is that your aim ?

Yes and no. Yes in the sense that it's a large 'fighter-bomber' (depending on the variant) craft that has transport capabilities. No in the sense that it's more influenced by the Yager from Dreadnought and the "Baserunner" from Shipbreakers (the Homeworld prequel).

We really should start an "EnglishFriendly" Section...

Nah, I should just improve my French, but I don't have the time to translate everything right now. Apologies for that!

[Pix]

Speaking of that, I started working on a '3d gaming board', each piece being a 1.5cm x 1.5cm square:

Good news !!
Could make a picture with somethin which we do know the scale ?
Just a better idea of the piece.

And so the FXD is not the magical material they are talking about...
We should still try to do a real test to see how it react with silicon.

Nah, I should just improve my French, but I don't have the time to translate everything right now. Apologies for that!

Even, i am feeling we should a bit more welcoming for our foreign readers. I am sure more englishspeaker could come if we start to make a small effort.

[Malika123]

Good news !!
Could make a picture with somethin which we do know the scale ?
Just a better idea of the piece.

Sadly enough I don't have any 28mm scaled miniatures at home, which was why I put the models next to a ruler to give you a sense of scale. I'll try to find some miniatures to picture them with. :-)

And so the FXD is not the magical material they are talking about...
We should still try to do a real test to see how it react with silicon.

It's not, but it's a pretty close one. Shapeways' Wax is pretty decent (check out my rifle design), but it's very fragile, meaning that even the protective cotton might mess up the design's texture.

The best option still is to go to the more high-end services, which are still rather expensive. However, FXD might be a solution if you don't mind spending a lot of time cleaning up the prints.

[Uvogovine]

Thanks for all those details!
That's a nice review of Shapeways' resin and I find it very useful!
I'll take a few minutes tonight to translate our last chat for all non-fluent english readers

[Malika123]

Update!!!

Corvette Carrier:




Corvette Gunship:

[Heavygear]

Jolis, est-ce qu'ils sont de la taille d'un croiseur léger ou d'un escorteur?
dans ce cas le premier servirait comme Escorteur de transport / Escort Carrier ?

[Alistair]

Sympa, j'aime bien aussi ... tu aurais une vue arrière ? pour voir les réacteurs.

[Malika123]

Jolis, est-ce qu'ils sont de la taille d'un croiseur léger ou d'un escorteur?
dans ce cas le premier servirait comme Escorteur de transport / Escort Carrier ?

Ils sont environ 40 mm de long.

[Heavygear]

Jolis, est-ce qu'ils sont de la taille d'un croiseur léger ou d'un escorteur?
dans ce cas le premier servirait comme Escorteur de transport / Escort Carrier ?

Ils sont environ 40 mm de long.

Ok, ce sont des escorteurs. Ils seront disponibles quand dans ta boutique que je les rajoute à la liste de proxy.

[Malika123]

Continued tweaking the existing ship designs, and revived a really old design.

About two years ago I worked on this:


Today it has evolved into something that could match the rest of the designs I've made:


The ships still need a whole lot of work, but the idea is basically they are a more heavily armed, but less armoured versions of my 'normal' corvettes.

All ships are the same size (40mm long):


And now there are three weapon configurations instead of two:

Lances:


Weapon batteries:


Carriers:


The original ships (ones in the back) are as good as done, little tweaking here and there. The sleeker (front) ships need some more work though, (A) to match the aesthetic of the other ships better and (B) to make each a bit more unique.

[Heavygear]

Peux tu poster un sujet dans la section Manufactorum BFG-FR quand ils vont devenir disponibles S'il te plait

I think the sleeker one could not pass for an escort carrier too slim for 2 squadrons
The big one could easily pass for an heavy frigate, Q-ship or an escort carrier.

Je pense que le plus mince des deux ne peut pas passer pour un escorteur de transport trop mince pour porter 2 escadrons.
Le plus gros des deux passe facilement pour une frégate lourde, un vaisseau leurre ou un escorteur de transports.


For a 270° lance arc your slim escort is missing prow weaponry

Pour faire un arc de 270° pour les lances ton escorteur mince manque d'armement de proue.

[Malika123]

Je vais poster un autre sujet une fois que les modèles deviennent disponibles.

Les navires de plus lisse seront élargis un peu pour les rendre réalisables.

En ce qui concerne les armes de proue, je ne suis toujours pas sûr que de les donner. Je suppose que les tourelles auront à faire pour l'instant, ils sont relativement légers escortes encore.

Rappelez-vous le raider? J'ai un peu tordu la conception un peu...

[Heavygear]

Euh? j'ai pas bien compris ta demande Malika tu peux doubler en mettant ta question en anglais s'il te plait, je pense que tu as une erreur sur ta traduction en français

[Malika123]

Je vais poster un autre sujet une fois que les modèles deviennent disponibles.

Les navires de plus lisse seront élargis un peu pour les rendre réalisables.

En ce qui concerne les armes de proue, je ne suis toujours pas sûr que de les donner. Je suppose que les tourelles auront à faire pour l'instant, ils sont relativement légers escortes encore.

Rappelez-vous le raider? J'ai un peu tordu la conception un peu...

And now what I was actually trying to say:

I will post another topic as soon as the ships are available.

The sleeker ships will have their hulls widened a bit so they'll look as if they can actually carry their weapons.

Regarding the prow weapons, I'm still a bit in doubt here. I imagined these ships to be relatively 'simple' ones, so mainly batteries and such on the sides, and maybe a turret for the front. It's a bit of a tricky one.

[Heavygear]

Je vais poster un autre sujet une fois que les modèles deviennent disponibles.

Les navires de plus lisse seront élargis un peu pour les rendre réalisables.

En ce qui concerne les armes de proue, je ne suis toujours pas sûr que de les donner. Je suppose que les tourelles auront à faire pour l'instant, ils sont relativement légers escortes encore.

Rappelez-vous le raider? J'ai un peu tordu la conception un peu...

And now what I was actually trying to say:

I will post another topic as soon as the ships are available.

The sleeker ships will have their hulls widened a bit so they'll look as if they can actually carry their weapons.

Regarding the prow weapons, I'm still a bit in doubt here. I imagined these ships to be relatively 'simple' ones, so mainly batteries and such on the sides, and maybe a turret for the front. It's a bit of a tricky one.

OK, pour te répondre pour les armes de proues
les torpilles seront assez faciles à faire
Pour les lances ou batteries d'armes une tourelle sur le dessus de la proue peut le faire ou prévoir un canon/pack d'armement à coller sous la proue si tu préfère ne pas tout sculpter d'un bloc.

Comme les armes de proues alternatives pour les vaisseaux Eldars Noirs

[Alistair]

C'est normal ou je suis le seul à ne plus voir les photos de Malika ?

[Zuvassin]

C'est normal ou je suis le seul à ne plus voir les photos de Malika ?

Non t'inquiète, j'ai également le même soucis

[Malika123]

I'll try to take care of it later this week!

[Malika123]

Been working on the frigate sized craft some more. It's becoming more 'techy' than 'ornate' looking, combining my two favourite ship designs (BFG and Homeworld). Kinda curious to see where this'll go...

[Malika123]

That's a pretty good idea actually!

Continued working on the escort ships, considering their size I'm still not sure whether I should make their broadside weapons modular (basically the weapons battery option you currently see, and the launch bays option).

Now we've got the Frigate and and the newly added Destroyer (formerly Corvette). The Destroyer's length will be slightly decreased (3mm at most), will still need to figure out how exactly. The Destroyer will also need some torpedo tubes...

Oh yeah, and I need to start thinking about adding an actual bridge to the ship...

[Malika123]

Frigates:




Destroyers:



Stations:





Fighter:

[Uvogovine]

The space station is really impressive !
But frigates are also well done. I really like the torpedo system on the front, well found and different from other design.
Would be great for navy or KO escort ships.

[Malika123]

Merci beaucoup? Pour erm..KO?

Aussi: boarding pods!





Et Stormbirds (different pattern from the FW models, closer to this one:

[DarkRaf]

excellent work !frigates are awesome and I really like the boarding pods ... remind me the honorverse !

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