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A new kickstarter started yesterday, 'Starship - 3d printable OpenLOCK-compatible Deck Plans', which runs until 3.59PM (BST) on Friday 6th October.

The KS started off with an initial goal of 5,000 SEK (Swedish kroner), approx. £480 or US$ 620, it reached this in under 1 hour and has since already unlocked the first 2 stretch goals. The stretch goal map looks as if it will particularly easy to follow on the homepage. The current stretch goal map showing the first two stretch goals unlocked is here (though expect it to expand fairly quickly) : https://ksr-ugc.imgix.net/assets/018/228/557/2c718f9527403e44f2dde95afd3c40a5_original.png?w=680&fit=max&v=1504770517&auto=format&lossless=true&s=ede13ceb31a6aec67078e4270aa9a376

There are numerous pledge levels ranging from 50 SEK (£4.80 / $6.20) up to 2,500 SEK (£240 / $310).

The tiles are 'OpenLock' compatible and based on the 2 inch square which means they should be able to fit in nicely with other similar OpenLock tiles from other designers making crossover use easy.

The link to the kickstarter is: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/446184237/starship-3d-printable-openlock-compatible-deck-pla/description

This seems to be a great set of designs suitable for both wargaming and RPG.

Well not only did this kickstarter funded within the first hour it has now gone on to already unlock 5 stretch goals already and is approaching the 6th one.

The kickstarter is based on the 'OpenLock' (designed by PrintableScenery.com) tile system, and as the name of the kickstarter suggests is for the building of the internal decks of starships (though of course many of the designs will obviously be incorporated into any futuristic or Sci-Fi system on solid ground).

Here are a few of the pics from this kickstarter:


(Pledge level basic rewards)


(Curent stretch goal situation)



(Two photos of painted tiles used to form a dioramma]


The link to the kickstarter is: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/446184237/starship-3d-printable-openlock-compatible-deck-pla/description

So I need a $1200 CAD 3D printer if I want to print to the quality seen in the kickstarter? 3d printing is so cool unroll every time I start looking into actually buying one.

Nah. $200 usd is all you need.

Yeah, a lot of cheap printers on aliexpress. Even amazon

This is a really good one and goes on sale a few times a year for $150ish. 4.7"x4.7" bed which is usually enough for most of the open lock stuff.

https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=21711

Yeah, the price of actually getting started with 3d printing isn't as much as it may seem. There are some good entry level printers around the 400 USD mark.

Wow, really cool! I am in!

Those are actually pretty reasonable prices for the commission stuff. I've seen some pretty heinous numbers thrown around, but that's pretty good.