A City worth fighting for?
1 Mar 21: Building up!
The next phase of the city build is 3D printed buildings. I backed Printable Scenery’s most recent kickstarter, which was thick with ruined buildings. Perfect for Frostgrave 😉
My first building is printed, primed and base coated. But I felt that it needed a base. I’ve been reading through Mel Bose’s book, and wanted to take this opportunity to apply some of the knowledge.
The base: foamboard, one paper side removed, brick texture drawn in with pen
The Hermit's Tower. This is the base component. More tower coming soon!
Some notes on my process for the prepping the 3d print for painting:
After cleaning up any string/ errant filament etc. I’ve been hitting the piece with a car body filler/primer. This seems to adhere to the PLA+ that I’m using very well. It’s self-levelling so it goes to a nice smooth finish.
What I’ve been doing is hitting the model with a thicker coat than I’d ever use on another miniature or plastic model. It fills the print lines well enough that they are hard to see, especially at gaming distance, but not enough to obscure the detail I want to see. The Printable Scenery details are nice and chunky, so they take the extra primer/filler well.
Then I can go over with a colour primer, as I have done here.
7 Apr 21: After priming and sealing the base board, I added extra grit and sand to blend the model into the base. 
When I dry, I hit it with the Army Painter red-brown spray I was using. 11 Mar 21: Laying down the pavers
Using dollar store craft acrylics, I’ve put the colour on the pavers. Just using overbrush/drybrush for the pavers. Using brown acrylic thinned with water to paint the spaces between.
13 Mar 22: Timber components done, cheap acrylic used!
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