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I must say I’m quite happy with the result, considering this is the cheapest material Shapeways is offering. Most of the details came through, the 0.25mm stuff is almost impossible to see and would get lost after a layer of paint. I would need to update the design in such a way that most 0.25mm stuff is enlarged to 0.5mm, which shouldn’t be too difficult (a few exceptions here and there).
Another major flaw in my design was that I didn’t leave enough ‘moving space’ for the different components, meaning I had to file bits of the plastic to fit the model together. What this means is that the components are now stuck to each other, which means you don’t need glue to put them together (!!!), but the major downside is that you can take them apart. I liked the idea that players could constantly replace components of their ships, kind of like how I imagined the Legion ships to work in the setting as well. So that’s another thing I need to tweak in the next version.
I noticed that the details of the turrets didn’t fully come through, whilst not a major problem, I’ll try to tweak the design slightly to see if it’s still possible to do that.
All in all, I’m satisfied with the result, knowing that my design was too far off. Some fixing will be needed, but then it should be good enough to be printed in a better material so it can be cast.
Additional views of the ship can be found here: stefmanovic.tumblr.com/post/65…

Description

I must say I’m quite happy with the result, considering this is the cheapest material Shapeways is offering. Most of the details came through, the 0.25mm stuff is almost impossible to see and would get lost after a layer of paint. I would need to update the design in such a way that most 0.25mm stuff is enlarged to 0.5mm, which shouldn’t be too difficult (a few exceptions here and there).
Another major flaw in my design was that I didn’t leave enough ‘moving space’ for the different components, meaning I had to file bits of the plastic to fit the model together. What this means is that the components are now stuck to each other, which means you don’t need glue to put them together (!!!), but the major downside is that you can take them apart. I liked the idea that players could constantly replace components of their ships, kind of like how I imagined the Legion ships to work in the setting as well. So that’s another thing I need to tweak in the next version.
I noticed that the details of the turrets didn’t fully come through, whilst not a major problem, I’ll try to tweak the design slightly to see if it’s still possible to do that.
All in all, I’m satisfied with the result, knowing that my design was too far off. Some fixing will be needed, but then it should be good enough to be printed in a better material so it can be cast.
Additional views of the ship can be found here: stefmanovic.tumblr.com/post/65…