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Below is a painting guide, explaining the steps taken to paint the Gloomwood Trees The models were initially primed with army Painter Leather Brown primer. Stone This is the scheme used on all the stone underneath the roots. Full Layer: Army Painter Leather Brown. Dry Brush: Army Painter Arid Earth. Wood This is the scheme… Read more
Category: Finishing and Painting
Assembly Guide: Ithillian Sky Port
The Ithillian Sky Port is made of a number of pieces, which are designed to be assembled as individual sections before being glued together as one piece. Assembling the base level For this section, you will need pieces Base-A, Base-B, and Base-C Put the now fully-assembled base level aside for the moment. Assembling level 1 For… Read more
Painting Guide: Ironhelm Fortress
Below is a painting guide, explaining the steps taken to paint Ironhelm Fortress. The model was initially primed with matt black primer. Stone This is the scheme used for the bricks and stone. Heavy dry-brush: Army Painter Dungeon Grey. Lighter dry-brush: Army Painter Ash Grey. Final highlight: Army Painter Arid Earth. Trim This is the… Read more
Painting Guide: The Temple of the Damned
Below is a painting guide, explaining the steps taken to paint The Temple of the Damned. The model was initially primed with matt black primer. Bone This is the scheme used for the skulls, bone edging and teeth on the roof. Heavy dry-brush: Army Painter Leather Brown. Lighter dry-brush: Army Painter Barbarian Flesh. Wash:… Read more
A guide to wooden, stone and castle floor effects
A step by step guide to painting the wooden floors Use a paint brush and paint colours = oak brown, monster brown, true copper. (Any dark brown and light brown combination will work) 2. Wooden floors primed and ready to paint. 3. Firstly start with the black primed wooden floor tile, secondly paint a base coat… Read more
Removing supports from the OpenLOCK ports
OpenLOCK parts print with small supports in front of the OpenLOCK ports. Remove the supports so you can insert the OpenLOCK. Use a pair of pliers to remove the supports. Be careful not to break the dividers between the OpenLOCK ports. Save Save Save Save
Preparing and dry-brushing the stone barn
This step by step guide will show you how to prepare then dry-brush the stone barn. For more information on dry-brushing, please check out the speed dry-brushing tutorial. Part 1: Preparing the stone barn Part 2: Dry-brushing the stone barn The stones of the barn are dry-brushed with the following colours: Dungeon Grey as… Read more
Using filament in the guide holes
We design many of our models with guide holes. These small holes are built into each 3D printed part to allow you to align parts, and keep parts together while assembling. These guide holes can also be used to make connecting pins to hold building floors in place. To make the locking pins, you will need: A… Read more
A Simple Way to Paint the Maori Pa and other Scenery
A simple way to paint your Printable Scenery Maori pa palisade and buildings is a process called ‘dry-brushing’.. This is a fairly quick way of painting large lots of scenery. The results look good despite being a somewhat ‘rough and ready’ process. This technique is particularly useful for things like rough wood and thatch –… Read more
Creating Debris for Scenery
Adding extra debris is a great way to enhance your 3D printed ruin model. You can achieve different effects with painting methods to make the models come to life, but you can also go further with some physical effects using sand, a few small stones and your 3D printer off-cuts. Finally, you can put all… Read more