Into The Badlands - Hero Forge Customised Miniatures

Big shout out this time to my brother Dan, who not only 3D printed my Into The Badlands models for free, but who I also have to thank for getting me back into the hobby a few years ago following a decades-long hiatus. He invited me along to Salute, where I was blown away by how much the industry had moved on since my school days, and while there he bought me a surprise gift of the (now sadly defunct) Judge Dredd Miniatures Game – we were both huge 2000AD fans in our youth. Many thanks Dan!

The models were printed using the amazing Anycubic Photon UV Resin SLA DLP 3D Printer (http://www.anycubic3d.com/products/show/1022.html). For anyone not versed in 3D printing tech (i.e. me!!), SLA = Stereolithography and DLP = Digital Light Processing. In simple terms, the printer builds up the models in a bath of liquid resin which, when complete, are then cured under a UV light source:

Multiple models can be printed in a single run without increasing the overall print time (in this case, around 9 hours).

Unfortunately, the initial print run had to be aborted partway through due to a power supply issue (a dodgy desk lamp plugged into the same power block…) Fascinating to see the partially constructed block of models complete with support structures:

A second print run proved vastly more successful, although unfortunately the Minerva on Horseback model did not quite come out right (the base was not fully formed):

Dan tried again to print the mounted Minerva (this time using grey resin as he had used up all of the translucent green resin), but unfortunately the problem with the base recurred:

So for right now, I decided to leave this model out of scope. We may try again to print it at a later date, or alternatively I might order a physical copy from HeroForge (would be interesting to see how their premium plastic option stacks up alongside the Anycubic resin version).

Next step: cleaning up the models ready for painting…