One of the next miniature groups I want to paint is Skaven Slaves. The problem I keep running into is I can't find good miniatures for Skaven Slaves. I then had an idea, what if I instead re-painted my current Clanrats and current Gutter Runner to be Skaven Slaves and just printing new and better looking Clanrats and Gutter Runners. This might work, but the first step would be finding newer Models for Clanrats and Gutter Runners.
My current Clanrats are essentially a proxi of the old Mono-pose plastic miniature that would come in the Warhammer Quest box. This STL is available for free here and pictured below.
I found some STLs for some very old metal models (I think 3-4 edition Skaven). These I found on Telegram.
Skaven Clanrats Paint:
Skin: "Kislev Flesh" /w "Skeleton Horde" Wash
Metal Bitz:
"Gehenna's Gold" & "Runefang Steel" both /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Teeth & Claws: "White Scar" white
Woodend Shields: "XV-88"
Hats & Shawl: "Sotek Green"
Skirts & Pants: "Mephistone Red"
Nose, Tail, and Ears: "Emporer's Children" Pink
My current Gutter Runners is a "build your own gutter runner" STL kit, I found on Cults3d.com.
I found some STLs for some very old metal models (I think 3-4 edition). These I found on Telegram.
I selected 5 variations, and printed a total of 12.
Skaven Gutter Runner Paint:
Skin: "Catachan Flesh" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Metal Bitz: "Runefang Steel" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Teeth & Claws: "White Scar" white
Ropes & Belts: "Flash Gitz Yellow" /w "Agrax Earthshade" Wash
Capes & Face Masks: "Naggaroth Night"
Shirts & Pants: "Dark Angel's Green"
Nose, Tail, and Ears: "Emporer's Children" Pink
After finishing painting these, I did eventually find some Skaven Slave models I likes, so I just printed off 24 Slaves, and the old Clanrats and old Gutter Runners will no longer be used.
A few blog posts back I painted up the Catacombs of Terror expansion. I needed 3 Tomb Guardians for that expansion and was able to get the original STL. These turned out great and were so much better than the proxi I was using that I decided to print off 9 more, to replace the proxi's entirely.
Here are all 12 painted up.
So that's me printing & painting 33 miniatures, to replaced 33 miniatures I had already printed & painted just so they could be slightly cooler looking GW sculpts.
That's all for this post, may your lantern always stay lit.
DeMagic Tutor out.
Any advice on resizing models and the resin you use? I plan on a smaller scale Space Crusade and Warhammer Quest in time so any advice on your processes would be great as you seem to have things perfect
ReplyDeleteThe 3D printer I'm using is the ELEGOO Mars 4 MSLA. I've been resizing things to 67% of normal size, then having to make things fatter (both width and depth). How fat varies between +20 to +25%. If I don't make them fatter, skinny parts of the model become too brittle or don't print.
DeleteIf you find the model distorts while modifying less then all 3 dimensions, change the model to be upright and forward face, then save the model as a STL, then reload it into blender. This will relink the dimensions to the correct orientation.
I'm using Elegoo Standard Photopolymer Grey Resin, ( I just get it off Amazon). Hope this info helps.