Here we are again for another POTM. If you caught last months you'll remember I talked about some larger scale 'mechs I printed, but as much as I loved them, they didn't feel... well.... big enough, if you know what I mean. The Centurion especially was not really at a scale I was completely happy with, so I though I'd try a couple other 'mechs and see if I could make them a lot closer to 28mm scale or 1:64. I went back and found some models of some well known 'mechs and got to printing!!
Each 'mech was around 50 hours of printing, and as cool as the Warhammer is (see below for a pic with the Marauder and the Warhammer together), I feel the Marauder came out especially well making it my print of the month for March 2018!
Information on the battlemech from sarna.net;
Anyone who has been keeping up with this blog or my Instagram will notice I'm on kind of a Battletech kick at the moment, but I promise I'll start printing something other than 'mechs in the near future!!
The Marauder (and the Warhammer for that matter) is one of the mechs from a group call the 'unseen'. I'm not going to go massively into politics here but to cut a long story short, the rights to the designs for a lot of 'mechs are owned by another company called Harmony Gold. Mechwarrior Online changed the designs just enough that they were able to reintroduce the designs back into the Battletech universe but now with HBS Battletech coming out, the lawsuits have started flying again and HG is making a big fuss. For more information on the situation click here.
BACK TO THE PRINT! The layers on the majority of the model came out perfectly! In fact I haven't printed many models where the layer-porn has been this good;
Statistics
The PLA is the standard 3dFilaprint stuff that I use all the time.
Layer Height: 0.2mm
Print Quality: Normal
Total Height: 210mm
Scale: 28mm or 1:64
Total print time ~50hrs
Big thanks to Minimalistix on Thingiverse! Keep doing what you're doing mate, the models are amazing!
Right guys, I promise to do something a little different in the coming weeks because I'm sure you're all getting a little tired of Battletech by now so just hang in there... Of course if you would like me to carry on with giant fighty mech stuff, just let me know in the comments!
See you next week!
Each 'mech was around 50 hours of printing, and as cool as the Warhammer is (see below for a pic with the Marauder and the Warhammer together), I feel the Marauder came out especially well making it my print of the month for March 2018!
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| All three of the 'mechs printed at 28mm scale! |
The Marauder was first built by General Motors in 2612 for use as an attack and direct fire support BattleMech. The first 'Mech to diverge from the traditional humanoid shape of previous machines, the Marauder was one of the most well-known 'Mechs in existence and originally meant to usher in a new generation of 'Mechs. Unfortunately, with the fall of the Star League, this new generation never quite materialized. On its own merits though, the Marauder was a devastatingly powerful 'Mech, outclassed only by larger machines like the Stalker and BattleMaster.
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| A 28mm figure stood in front of the Marauder |
Anyone who has been keeping up with this blog or my Instagram will notice I'm on kind of a Battletech kick at the moment, but I promise I'll start printing something other than 'mechs in the near future!!
The Marauder (and the Warhammer for that matter) is one of the mechs from a group call the 'unseen'. I'm not going to go massively into politics here but to cut a long story short, the rights to the designs for a lot of 'mechs are owned by another company called Harmony Gold. Mechwarrior Online changed the designs just enough that they were able to reintroduce the designs back into the Battletech universe but now with HBS Battletech coming out, the lawsuits have started flying again and HG is making a big fuss. For more information on the situation click here.
BACK TO THE PRINT! The layers on the majority of the model came out perfectly! In fact I haven't printed many models where the layer-porn has been this good;
Statistics
The PLA is the standard 3dFilaprint stuff that I use all the time.
Layer Height: 0.2mm
Print Quality: Normal
Total Height: 210mm
Scale: 28mm or 1:64
Total print time ~50hrs
Big thanks to Minimalistix on Thingiverse! Keep doing what you're doing mate, the models are amazing!
Right guys, I promise to do something a little different in the coming weeks because I'm sure you're all getting a little tired of Battletech by now so just hang in there... Of course if you would like me to carry on with giant fighty mech stuff, just let me know in the comments!
See you next week!
Troez.
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