3D Printed Build

[Kurgan]

The detail looks nice, it will look even better when painted. I hate to ask, but what do you estimate for the cost of printing something like this?

[Sandman0077]

The detail looks nice, it will look even better when painted. I hate to ask, but what do you estimate for the cost of printing something like this?

Gaming Geek estimated $150 in PLA and magnets, I believe. I have 7 rolls just sitting here, so that's a cost I already ate.

[iKarith]

Apparently you can get pretty fine quality printing minis with FDM these days—the cauldron I ordered off Etsy was a 3D print and I swear I could only barely make out layer lines when drybrushing, and they honestly disappeared pretty again—and this was not printed with a very fine layer height at all, I'm led to understand. Apparently the devil's in the details with the settings and quality of the PLA you're extruding.

But if this print is any indication of what's possible when you choose quality over speed, you can get amazing results printing something that doesn't require quite that level of details without much fuss. I think you're going to be very happy with the result.

[Sandman0077]

I wish I had a larger resin printer to print the whole dungeon, but alas, I'll have to reserve it for the minis. I've seen some FDM printers print near-resin quality; mine is not that dialed in, even after 3 years of tinkering on it ugh.

[cornixt]

My comments on the build:
I don't like the way the wall slots are covering up so much of the squares. I prefer the way people have spread the walls in the Hurst Arts tile sets, adding spacers where necessary. Ideally you'd be able to do each room separately, but then you'd have to work out which rooms have walls and which will use the walls of their neighbours - I can see that being a big hassle for set up. You probably can't tell how yours is split when it is all connected up anyway, so it's more of a mental thing for me.
Very nice print quality there, I'm guessing you added an ironing step to smooth out the top layers since they can often be really noticeable of undulating things like tiles. Or do you have non-linear printing set up?

[Sandman0077]

My comments on the build:
I don't like the way the wall slots are covering up so much of the squares. I prefer the way people have spread the walls in the Hurst Arts tile sets, adding spacers where necessary. Ideally you'd be able to do each room separately, but then you'd have to work out which rooms have walls and which will use the walls of their neighbours - I can see that being a big hassle for set up. You probably can't tell how yours is split when it is all connected up anyway, so it's more of a mental thing for me.
Very nice print quality there, I'm guessing you added an ironing step to smooth out the top layers since they can often be really noticeable of undulating things like tiles. Or do you have non-linear printing set up?

I agree about the walls, but the squares are 1.5" so it won't really affect gameplay, just looks odd. My old attempt had the walls done like you said, but it changed the board layout and I decided I wanted to stick to the original layout as much as possible.

As far as the printing, there is no ironing pass, as my previous attempts with it weren't as clean, oddly.

[iKarith]

1.5" square tiles is going to be massive. Like > 3 feet x > 2 feet massive.

My preference for walls is either similar to the original board where they're just marked into the board, or to have them be very low, like < 10mm at most, with notched door bases that fit over them. As I said, tall walls look great for pictures and whatnot, but having them be flat is better for being able to play the game without obstructing player's sight lines.

[Sandman0077]

Yeah, I'm building a gaming table to fit it (and other boardgames), probably 4'x4' play area in the middle. Maybe smaller if I can manage.

[iKarith]

Yeah, I'm building a gaming table to fit it (and other boardgames), probably 4'x4' play area in the middle. Maybe smaller if I can manage.

Can't get much smaller if you're gonna have a 39-40 inch wide board. Need to have play area for people, too. More and more dynamic models is pushing everyone to larger and larger scales and … I don't know where people plan to play in 32 or 37 mm scale.

[Sandman0077]

Yeah, I'm building a gaming table to fit it (and other boardgames), probably 4'x4' play area in the middle. Maybe smaller if I can manage.

Can't get much smaller if you're gonna have a 39-40 inch wide board. Need to have play area for people, too. More and more dynamic models is pushing everyone to larger and larger scales and … I don't know where people plan to play in 32 or 37 mm scale.

Exactly, but I plan on sticking to 28mm for the most part. Never played D&D so I stick mostly with supplied minis and boards.