Project 54mm 40k (inquistor scale)

[Sudsy]

Pushing my FDM printer to the limits here!

Final results first. More to follow when I am in front of my PC and not my phone (I can type so much faster that way).

Couldn't help but put these guys in front of Silveroxide's awesome Super Chimera I finished last year. His build post mentioned it being closer to 54mm than 28mm, and I must agree after looking at it next to these guys.

 

[mijob]

Wow that is looking great.

 

[DanBKing]

Nice work!

 

[Sudsy]

WAAAGGGGGHHHHH!

Project 54mm turned green in a fungal way!

Hardcore Miniatures Space Orc Boy scaled up 160% to 54mm.

When Inprinted these on the Lulzbot Taz 5, it had an E3D V6 hot end (modified from OEM Hexagon), and a .25mm diameter hardened steel nozzle. Layer height was .1mm and I was using the latest Cura Lulzbot edition that has tree supports. Plastic is Matter Hackers Build PLA (US/North America available).

All these models look great, but have tons of strings! I have since discovered this is an effect of using hardened steel which doesn't dissipate heat as fast (and you get extra ooze and strings). Still working on finding that sweet spot with feeds and speed (temp, retraction rate, feed, and head movement speeds to be precise).

 

[Rhaven Blaack]

You did a great job on painting those figures!

 

[mijob]

Wow I realy like this one and you did paint it beautifull.

 

[zathros]

I think they came out great!! No steel will dissipate heat fast. You may want to set your cooling fan higher, to get rid of the strings. I don't know how fast you are printing them, feed, speed, printer head temperature all interact (otherwise it wouldn't work). Brass Nozzles dissipate heat faster, but may wear quicker, though with PLA, I don't think that's an issue. That's a really expensive printer. I would think that the faces would be smoother. I've seen samples from that printer and the faces are smooth as a baby's bottom.

Getting these printers, especially if you are using someone else's program can be problematic. I've been doing mostly ship hulls, but have stopped the last few months, as I am too busy to mess with it.

I have a Creality K1 Max. I'm happy with it, but these machines should have a way of inserting supports by passing the stem or other built in support systems. The machines are capable, but the software is lacking. I used to program 4 and 5 axis CNC machines that cost 1/2 a million dollars and they used the same language as the $10K printers.