Bat out of Hell

Nozzle: 0.4mm
Layer Height: 0.08mm High Quality pre-set
Material: Bambu Matt PLA
Supports: Auto Tree with outer Brim

This months Mantic Vault had the Matsudan Grav biker model which previously had only been available in resin. I already had one but really needed a couple more for a proper squad to deploy in Firefight. So I cranked up Fusion 360 and imported all the parts in so they could be joined into one model before sending over to the printer.

In the end I popped the heads off so they could be replaced with spare ones from the infantry kit I had left over. Again the A1 has done a great job considering these are really made to be printed off on a resin printer. I did keep the model orientation upright even though it meant lots of support's on the bottom as it also meant all the marks from removing the supports are on the bottom out of sight.

Whilst I was painting up the bikes I also took the chance to paint up the Matsudan Medic Bots that I'd had printed up in resin a while back. I printed off some barrels and boxes to mount the models on as I'm not a fan of flying stands.

Going Big

This week the printer has been going big with some larger prints being produced.

First up was a Abyssal Dwarf Hellfane for Mr T. This is very much a centre piece model for the army which also buffs the infantry.

It's a big old beast and the files came as quite a few separate parts so it was a real relief to get to the end and find that I needed barely any trimming to get all the bits to fit.

The Mantic Vault files do include three crew to ride atop the beast which I've sub-contracted out to the Cirencester arm of the printing empire as they have a resin printer. I can't wait to see how Mr T paints this chap up, though I suspect it's going to take a while.

Next on the large print queue was a larger Stuka, the one I'd printed before didn't really look the right scale against other vehicles. These will just be 0200 Hours objectives to be blown up so they don't need to be super detailed. One bonus was that each is a single piece, so no gluing was required.

I've also completed the painting on the sand-bag emplacements I printed off to match the resin ones I already had. A close up picture shows you can see a bit of layering on the PLA print but once you step back a bit it's really hard to tell them apart. Had I go with the smaller 0.20mm nozzle I expect the difference would have been even smaller.

And last of all I printed off a Kaijudan for Deadzone. The proper model is much smaller than this so I had to blow him up, but it worked out rather well. I just need to sort out a base and slap some paint on now and he can start terrorising cities!