Modelling bits for 3d printing

[Malika]

Just shipped off a bunch of 6mm scaled upgrade bits for the tank I've designed for Vanguard Miniatures:


From left to right: Front hull iconography plate, twin linked HMG, twin linked flamethrowers, twin linked subatomic heat weapons. Basically your three different types of Immolation tanks for the religious sisterhood. But could probably also be used for more inquisitorial themed armies.


From left to right: left missile pod, right missile pod, missile launcher turret, heavy laser cannon, light battle cannon, quad autocannons, medical transport front hull icon. I decided to ditch the roof part of the medical transport for multiple reasons: (a) it was too thin to cast at this time (b) doing it true justice would mean re-designing a hull a bit (c) economic reasons. Note that the medical transport is most likely an objective, so going all crazy on it regarding design work and printing/casting simply isn't worth the money.


Extra armour for the IVR tank, either plating or reactive armour.

[MaWo79]

Hi Malika,
I really like your models. I would like to see some of the final results, printed and painted.
I have a question. Does the "sprue" that all the parts are connected to have any purpose? Is that just for better handling of the small parts or is it necessary for the printing process? Isn't it technically possible to print all parts separately? And wouldn't that be a lot cheaper as you pay for the volume of used printing material?

[Malika]

The sprue is mainly for handling the small parts, keeping it all together, and a request from Vanguard Miniatures. I know that price wise it can differ between companies, and even with the same provider. Shapeways for example used to have a policy that models with sprues were cheaper, I think they stepped away from that nowadays.

[MetalCoreKnight]

Shapeways for example used to have a policy that models with sprues were cheaper, I think they stepped away from that nowadays.

Depends on the material. for Frosted Detail Ultra you pay a flat service change and then pay for the amount of material used. Thier Soft and Flexible used to be a simpler pricing scheme a couple of years ago but now it's a bit more complex, account for the material used and how much space it takes up in printer so depending on the parts and how they're laid out so sprues can either more or less expensive now compared to before the change. Not sure how that works out for other printers thought.

[Malika]

Just wanted to quickly share my current vehicle pool with you. At the moment it consists of 17 different tanks (with the possibility of it becoming 21 if you're counting the turrets from the gun emplacements)



So yeah, from front to back and from left to right:
-"Hunter Hull": Bunker buster cannon, anti-armour heavy laser cannon
-"Siege Hull" with "spray weapons pack": Heavy flame weapon, subatomic heat weapon, chemical spray weapon
-"Standard Pack" (standard hull): multiple laser cannon, twin linked heavy machine guns, flame weapon, automatic cannon
-"Oddities Sprue" (standard hull): quad automatic cannons, light battle cannon, multiple laser cannon with multiple missile launchers, heavy laser cannon, medical transport
-"Weapons of Faith" (standard hull): Twin linked flame throwers, twin linked heavy machine guns, twin linked subatomic heat weapons.

[Malika]

Look what arrived at Vanguard Miniatures' doorstep:

[Malika]

By the way, my Novan Infantry Fighting Vehicle is now available for pre-order.

Also, soon available:

[Malika]

Working on the Novan Elite Fighter.

[Malika]

Update time!

[Malika]

The fighter is almost ready...

[mlkr]

Following your stuff on Taccom too and I am very impressed at the quality of your sculpts. Would love to have that skill ^_^ the arate of output is also pretty crazy

I need to get some locals into the 6mm scifi gamingscene!!!


/Mlkr

[Malika]

Thanks! And you should get your friends to play some 6mm games!

The fighter is ready to be shipped off to Vanguard Miniatures

[Malika]

Some prints have arrived at Vanguard, including some of my designs:

[Blindhorizon]

Those prints look amazing!

The nose on the fighter looks off. The two nipple on the end are odd, if you had a single large one on one side a little below so it was off center by itself or two smaller ones on the other side of th big one stacked on top it would look way better.

[Vermis]

Ooh. Nice, er... earth... reavers...

I take it Vanguard's taken over the Troublemaker range, then? (Only an 'if' and 'maybe' situation last time I checked) That's heartening.