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As if the Thunderhawk isn't already claiming all of my hobby time, now the 3d printer I got from a Kickstarter last year suddenly turned up on my doorstep!


Corgi for scale.

It's a Phrozen Transform, a huge resin printer I hope to make some interesting stuff with in the future. First thing I'll try once I get it up and running is a base for my Knight in a theme that matches the Sector Mechanicus the rest of the AdMech is on.

Got everything unpacked and assembled. This thing is a beast!




I always wanted to get into 3D printing, but wanted to wait for a printer that could print high quality prints without having thick layer lines, had a large enough volume to tackle larger projects but was still affordable enough. This turned out to be the Phrozen Transform: it has a build volume of 29.2 x 16.5 x 40 cm.

Ordered the stuff to postprocess prints - like isopropanol to clean the prints - which should arrive soon, and then I can do my first test print!

Had some time to play with the 3d printer over the weekend, and managed to get some results:



I wanted to print a base for my Knight, so I found one on Thingyverse that matched the basing theme of my AdMech. It's far from perfect yet, but that's mostly because I didn't notice the errors in the model before I started printing: the tiles are misaligned in the model, and the aquila is not attached to the base which cause it to bend because it's so thin.

And I also need to get the hang of post-processing and maybe get a UV curing box. But a valuable lesson and a step forwards certainly. I'll make my own model to ensure everything is attached probably and give it another go.

Meanwhile, I did some work on the Thunderhawk. After many hours of sawing, snipping, filing and sanding I managed to release all the parts from their injection ports.



Baal Predator for scale. Seriously, there's enough resin in that alone to make a few tanks.



And managed to glue everything (and on occasion my fingers) together. The front top half is still unglued so I can paint the interior, so things like the dorsal cannon, the tail and the attack wings are also still separate. After I've done the interior everything can be glued together and I can start filling in the gaps.

Selfish question... I finally got some Lost Empire bases delivered from Dragon Forge for my Biel tan eldar. You've ended up with a really nice colour & faded effect on the hex tiles your Eldar sit on - Guessing, but did you pre-shade the areas between them with a black before adding grey (or tan?) all over? Or is it more like a spot highlight spray in the middle of the tiles?

 Ekfud wrote:
Selfish question... I finally got some Lost Empire bases delivered from Dragon Forge for my Biel tan eldar. You've ended up with a really nice colour & faded effect on the hex tiles your Eldar sit on - Guessing, but did you pre-shade the areas between them with a black before adding grey (or tan?) all over? Or is it more like a spot highlight spray in the middle of the tiles?

I simply primed them in a dark grey (Vallejo Panzer Grey) and then used my airbrush to spray a beige/sand color (I'm afraid I don't know which one it was exactly) in mottled patterns on the hexagons. After that I washed the recesses and runes with Nuln Oil for extra definition.

Back from the dead! 40k got put on the back burner for a while as life got in the way, but 10th edition sparked new interest, especially in continueing my first army: the Tyranids. I got the Leviathan box, but there were still a few models on my backlog I wanted to clear first:

Wanted to emulate my original style I started 15 years ago, but use the new contrast paints to make life a bit easier. After a few Termagant test models I think I got it where I'm happy. First up, a Tyrannofex with Acid Spray:





Also the first time I tried UHU glue for some special effects:

Finished Deathleaper. This new mini was too awesome to wait in the backlog queue, so it skulked to the vanguard.

Lovely work on the nids!

Fantastic work! The spittle on the Tyrannofex is particularly great.

These Tyranids are brilliant, the goo is really nice.

Great paintjob! I really like the special effects, very well done.

Thanks guys!

Finished up a Maleceptor. It's large bulbous head proved a little challenging to get right with my color scheme, but I think it turned out nice. What do you think?




Mandatory dead Ultramarine. Also having more fun with UHU glue:

Rounded up the last of the Tyranid's named characters, Old One Eye:


But of couse Old One Eye wouldn't be complete without a Carnifex bodyguard!


One is simply my old magnetized Fex where I painted up a new head, carapace and arms. Hence the color difference between torso and arms.


While the second Fex is a totally new one. I didn't bother magnetizing this one so I just gave it a somewhat generic load-out:


And I also completed a squad or Warriors with ranged weapons. 2 with deathspitters, 2 with venom cannons and 2 with barbed strangles. This is a combination of the old 4E kit I still had lying around and the current one.Sadly the Tyranid Prime now does nothing so he's generally the first one to die to preserve the special weapon carriers.


And managed to get my first real 10E game in! After moving to another city, I joined up with the FLGS here. Fun to meet new people! I played a rather casual 'Nid list against Imperial Knights and was pretty much tabled by turn 4, but it was fun nonetheless!

Lovely work on the 'nids mate!

Carapace transitions work really nicely, and I love the light blue as a tertiary colour on the maleceptor.

It's awesome to see them get some action, and as someone who's only ever played with a usually outdated codex, printing off datasheets seems like such an obvious quality of life improver.

Hey, how's the 3D printer going - after 4 years?

 tzurk wrote:
Lovely work on the 'nids mate!

Carapace transitions work really nicely, and I love the light blue as a tertiary colour on the maleceptor.

It's awesome to see them get some action, and as someone who's only ever played with a usually outdated codex, printing off datasheets seems like such an obvious quality of life improver.

Thanks! Yeah I loved the idea of the the printed datasheets. But the one GW offers look nice, but seemed too expensive too me. Plus that they have printer errors and are outdated upon the first errata. In previous editions I made my own army builder application that could print out PDFs which had a similar function, but with newrecruit.eu I just printed out the datasheets from there. Got myself a cheap laminating machine from Action and went to work.

Hey, how's the 3D printer going - after 4 years?

Well the printer is currently on a hiatus. I think I managed to get some resin directly on the LCD screen, which might require a new $200 panel. And I'm wondering if I print enough to have that worth investment. I never even got to print anything for 40k.😅

But I did print some other random stuff. Mostly Heroforge minis for Dungeons & Dragons, like these:

Tortle Storm Herald Barbarian:


Human Armorer Artificer:


Wood Elf Shadow Monk/Swashbuckler Rogue:


Taken by phone so not the best pictures😅

Those tattoos are really cool. I've always wanted to try that, but my free hand isn't good enough yet.