In this article, we’re going to show you how we rig the sail for the Viking Longship, what hobby supplies you’ll need, and how to resize the mast base to fit our mast. The techniques used in this guide can also be applied to most other model ships. For this guide, you’ll need the following supplies and tools: To get started,… Read more
Throne and Ash is designed at 32mm, but because you print it yourself, you can choose to print it at 28mm. Neither scale is “wrong”. The right one depends on how your games actually use the castle. The short answer: Print at 32mm (original size) for skirmish games when your figures will be moving around… Read more
Here at Printable Scenery, we do our best to ensure our models best represent the scale they’re designed for. We do this through testing and experimenting till it’s right. Most of our models are 28mm-32mm and sometimes in between. We use relative scaling, which, in short, means things are scaled to the relative height of… Read more
“Which printer should I buy?” and “What to look for when buying a 3D printer” are common questions among first-time printers. In this article, we’ll cover the factors to consider when buying a printer, like what you will be printing, how much to spend, and what specs to look out for. We have divided our… Read more
You’ve downloaded your STLs, put them through a slicer, and patiently waited for them to print. Now, it’s time to take them off the printer and assemble them for painting. To help with this next stage, we’ve put together a range of tips for assembling 3D-printed models, both FDM and Resin models. 3D-printed models are… Read more
In this article, we’ll cover some basic tips for painting 3D models. We’ll be using some models from the Gloaming Swamps and Wilderness campaign, for which there are painting guides that cover the colours used, if you’d like to get started straight away. Getting Started It is important to note that there is no right or… Read more
At Printable Scenery, we design our models to fit the specifications of most 3D Printers. Each model is delivered as a .zip file containing folders with multiple versions of our models. For example, we often provide a ‘small printer cuts’ folder to fit on small print beds and a pre-supported resin cuts folder for models… Read more
Mirroring is an easy way to get lots of extra value out of your STL files, and gives your buildings way more variation in the process. So what is mirroring? Simply put it is reversing the detail on your model without having the Openlock port switch to the wrong side. “Witchcraft!” I hear you cry,… Read more
