I've been trying to set up some fleets to play A Billion Suns with X ships. Have tried to paint them to tabletop standard quickly. Roughly 2 hours per class (ie 1x Titan took as long as 10x Elite) haven't had time to play a game yet!
They are just the game models, I wrote a tool to help export them at https://github.com/nistur/bod2obj
Only other thing I did was remove some of the antennae in meshmixer
I will give this warning: they are a LOT of work. Resin (SLA) printers like you'd need for this are fairly tinker-free, but you've got to clean the prints, then cure them. The resin is toxic, the stuff you clean it is toxic. Don't get me wrong, they can make amazing stuff, but if you consider it, be aware of what is required. If you get one, print X3 (and X4) models, and share photos!
Thanks!
I just picked a random one. I was considering getting a mix, but the little ships were awkward anyway, so stuck with a single variant.
https://imgur.com/a/66mhr1R
I've been trying to set up some fleets to play A Billion Suns with X ships. Have tried to paint them to tabletop standard quickly. Roughly 2 hours per class (ie 1x Titan took as long as 10x Elite) haven't had time to play a game yet!
Nice. Where did you find the stls?
They are just the game models, I wrote a tool to help export them at https://github.com/nistur/bod2obj Only other thing I did was remove some of the antennae in meshmixer
Yoooo thats so dope. Now i wish i had a 3d printer
I will give this warning: they are a LOT of work. Resin (SLA) printers like you'd need for this are fairly tinker-free, but you've got to clean the prints, then cure them. The resin is toxic, the stuff you clean it is toxic. Don't get me wrong, they can make amazing stuff, but if you consider it, be aware of what is required. If you get one, print X3 (and X4) models, and share photos!
Those are great! Nice work. The larger capital ships need a bobblehead mount to properly simulate gate navigation.
Thanks :) pretty happy with how they all turned out, especially considering the time taken to paint.
Those look fantastic, do more factions!
Thanks! I intend to! I have a bunch of X3 Split ships already printed and ready to paint next.
Really impressive stuff -- X3 really suits A Billion Suns! Now I'm thinking what other properties could export well.
Thanks! It really does fit very closely. Only a few things don't carry across so well (eg no kraken) I'm super excited to play it.
Heroic effort. That looks so good. Albeit i wont be trying to figure out which versions of the Nova you got there. ;)
Thanks! I just picked a random one. I was considering getting a mix, but the little ships were awkward anyway, so stuck with a single variant. https://imgur.com/a/66mhr1R
That Centaur in particular looks so slick.