Fountains

These fountains were a really cool find on Thingiverse, I am planning on printing more fountains and adding other greenery like lilies. The STL file is from Sablebadger, they have lots of great files you can check out on Thingiverse. I have printed these on our Ender 3 using eSUN PLA+ Filament plastic for games of Frostgrave and DnD.

These were probably painted in late September of 2019 using the Monte Morte paint range. I have primed with vehicle primmer filler to cover some of the prints layer lines then under coated in flat black. For the stone I dry brushed with Monte Morte paynes grey first then made a mix of two parts grey and one-part white, dry brushed with this then again made a mix of two parts grey and two parts white and again dry brushed. After that I dry brushed with the Monte Morte titanium white to finish the stone look.

To achieve the water effect, I have glued in a thick clear fishing line and covered it in clear two-part epoxy. I then filled the fountain base with the rest of the clear epoxy. I then added some grass tuffs I had hand made into the broken fountain.

There are a few more extra variations to the fountain but they had the water effects in the print whereas I wanted to add a more realistic water look.

Winterdale Small Cottage

This unique house is from Printable Scenery called the Winterdale Small Cottage; you can visit their website at www.printablescenery.com . This product is delivered as a .ZIP file pack containing STL files for use on a home 3D Printer. The files are set to 28mm scale but can be rescaled before printing. We have printed this building on our Ender 3 using eSUN PLA+ Filament plastic, to use for Frostgrave and DnD.

The roof we choose reminds me of a Japanese roof due to its shape and big beam running across the top. I love the amount of detail Printable Scenery puts into their work and is continually getting better.

The Winterdale Small Cottage is a five-part building with an optional removable door and a fully-modelled interior. The Winterdale buildings are designed to be glued and placed together.

I painted this piece in September of 2019 and used the Monte Morte paint range and Citadel lead belcher. I primed this piece with vehicle primer filler to cover some of the prints layer lines then under coated in flat black. For the wood I have dry brushed in Monte Morte burnt sienna and then dry brushed with Monte Morte yellow ochre. The roof has been painted with Monte Morte Phthalo blue, then dry brushed with Monte Morte Cobalt blue. For the stone I dry brushed with Monte Morte paynes grey first then made a mix of two parts grey and one-part white, dry brushed with this then again made a mix of two parts grey and two parts white and again dry brushed. After that I dry brushed with the Monte Morte titanium white to finish the stone look. The silver is a mix of Monte Morte silver and lamp black on the windows and door, for the reverts I used citadel lead belcher. I have used an Army Painter cream for the render.

I am looking into how to incorporate ways to light up the inside of all my buildings. I still need to do all the weathering and foliage on every print.

The Beholder

Ok, so this has been a very fun and surprising paint job. I have absolutely loved how this print has turned out and will defiantly be reprinting this again when my resin printer turns up.

My husband found the Beholder on Thingiverse created by Megs3d. You can check out their site at www.facebook.com/megs3d. He printed it off to use in DND as well as to add an extra monster to our collection. The beholder was printed on our Ender 3 using eSUN PLA+ Filament plastic. I painted this in August of 2019 with a variety of Army Painter, Vallejo and Citadel paints. With this miniature however I used mostly Army Painter paints as it is my largest collection of paints I currently have.

I was tossing up between painting the beholder blue or purple but went with blue as it’s my favourite colour. I decided to paint every eye a different colour for a cool effect and went with a red eye for the centre as it was the most striking.

I have used a vehicle filler primer to cover some of the prints layer lines. Then I did a base layer in dark blue and dry brushed up the multiple layers of lighter blue. The rest of the details I have used a variety of Army Painter, Vallejo and Citadel paints. To achieve some of the finer details I have used the Monte Morte mini detail brush set.

Even though the miniature is designed like this, it would be nice to be able to put it on a floating base.