K_Peterson
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I cannot stand transfers. And that intolerance stems from when I was a pre-teen, fumbling with them after assembling model planes. Always frustrating to deal with, and they'd never turn out right.
36-ish years later, I'm reliving the experience and it's not good nostalgia.
A couple of months ago, I fought with transfers again, this time with space marines and their curved pauldrons. After many, many poor results, I threw my hands up, painted over them and tried to find some other option. I thought, maybe there some kind of affordable option with 3D printed add-ons.
I've got a friend with a 3D printer, but I haven't seen him face-to-face since March. He'd print an STL if I asked him, but who knows when I'll see him next. So, I looked at Shapeways and Etsy to see if I could purchase something and get them printed and mailed. Shapeways turned out to have a lot of options - in fact, some options were convex so that they'd fit over a curved surface.
A little bit of cash, and a shipment from the Netherlands later... and I'm testing out options. This is one of them:
Not bad, and a decent 3D print. A little more pronounced that I expected. Need to see if I can live with this as an option or if it's going to bug the crap out of me. If I can't live with it, I might have to pass altogether on any chapter symbology, because I'm definitely not going back to transfers.
36-ish years later, I'm reliving the experience and it's not good nostalgia.
A couple of months ago, I fought with transfers again, this time with space marines and their curved pauldrons. After many, many poor results, I threw my hands up, painted over them and tried to find some other option. I thought, maybe there some kind of affordable option with 3D printed add-ons.
I've got a friend with a 3D printer, but I haven't seen him face-to-face since March. He'd print an STL if I asked him, but who knows when I'll see him next. So, I looked at Shapeways and Etsy to see if I could purchase something and get them printed and mailed. Shapeways turned out to have a lot of options - in fact, some options were convex so that they'd fit over a curved surface.
A little bit of cash, and a shipment from the Netherlands later... and I'm testing out options. This is one of them:
Not bad, and a decent 3D print. A little more pronounced that I expected. Need to see if I can live with this as an option or if it's going to bug the crap out of me. If I can't live with it, I might have to pass altogether on any chapter symbology, because I'm definitely not going back to transfers.