3D Printed Viking

In the last few months, I have bought a few 3D printed models, mostly from eBay, but a few from recently attended shows. There are some amazing looking sci-fi and fantasy figures out there so I wanted to get a few to see what the quality is like. I will try to share a few examples over the next few weeks.

One of those bought from eBay was a nice looking Viking type chap that would fit into my Ragnarok warband.

When it arrived, very well packed up in bubble wrap and a sturdy box, I had to laugh when I opened it up and saw all of the supports on the model.
This is the first 3D printed model I have received like this.

I know supports are critical to a 3D printed model, but I have to say I was surprised by how many there were.

Apart from a couple of pits left on the inside of the cloak, all of the supports came off fine.

There was also a scenic base included, but I will be basing him on a standard 25mm round base so he matches the rest of my Viking warband.

 

Viking House

This is test paint scheme for one of my Viking building designs with a “Teddy Bear” fur roof.

Since I built this one, I have gone back to the design and added opening doors.

I must force myself to stop changing the design once I have it finished it and it is on the final sprues for cutting!

Whats On The Table

I am having a Tudor house building and painting binge at the moment. Several of the model options have been finished over the last few weeks and I have been adding variations to one of the basic designs to vary the appearence.

I should have enough of this design for my Tudorish town soon.

To go with the Viking Longship, I have also designed a prototype jetty. I have a few more ideas for this which I will try to get finished in the next couple of weeks.

Viking Ship

I made some progress on the Viking Longship over the weekend. Having removed the plastic deck, I decided to get rid of most of it and only keep the centre bit to support the mast.

Using some polystyrene and foam card, I built up the deck to a good model height and then decked it all out with balsa.

Once some fiddly detail was added around the bow and stern (that’s the front and back to all you land lubbers), the thing is ready for painting.

I still have to make the mast this week, but that can wait.

Viking Longship

You may have noticed that there has been a Viking theme going on here recently, with no actual games being played, I have found a bit of time to design and prototype a few MDF Viking buildings.

Vikings are not Vikings if they do not have a Viking Longship to plunder and pillage. As if I do not have enough projects on the go, I am starting yet another.

I bought a Playmobil ship off eBay and plan to do a simple conversion, basically just to build up a flat deck after removing all of the current deck gubbins and give it a coat of paint.

Viking Longhouse

Here is another for the expanding Viking village, this is the main Chieftains Longhouse. I tried out a new way of doing stone effects on the sides and I am really pleased with the end result.

There are a few changes needed to the design, but I am getting better at getting the design right (well, nearly right) on the first attempt.

Viking Prototypes

In a brief pause in the design of Tudor buildings, I created a few Viking style buildings for whenever we get back to playing games like Ragnarok.

The buildings were easy enough to design, I had fun doing a slighty curved roof. Rather than just have a tiled effect cut into the mdf roof, I wanted to use some roofing material to make it different from my other designs. So far I have experimented with a couple of roof materials, old towel and teddy bear fur.

I used loads of PVA glue painted onto the roof to stick down the towel (above) and the fur (below).

With both drying, I then mixed up a bit of water with PVA and liberally applied that on all over the top to let it harden for subsequent painting.

I think the fur has the best finish and with a bit of drybrushing, the effect is pretty good.

The towel ends up looking a bit too flat, I don’t like that at all.

More to come with teddy bear fur!

Ragnarok

We played a three way Ragnarok game last week, two sides were CMON Game Of Thrones models, whilst mine were mostly old Rackham Confrontation models with a few others thrown in.

We have dropped a few of the Godpsark powers as they seem to be game breakers and we are now settling on some new favourites.

We also get the impression that spears are the weapon of choice as the 2″ range gives a big advantage over a standard sword or axe.

I can see some new Viking models being picked up sometime.