![]() As 3D printing every single piece will take a while (and cost a bit), they instead designed and 3D printed a master mold of the crystals. ![]() Cool, or what?Īnd as they explained, it's very easy to make loads of them using 3D printing. Paint them grey and line them up neatly, and you've got a necromancer's tomb. Paint them green and spread them around haphazardly, and you've got the surface of an alien planet. ![]() 'We designed these crystals to be very simple to make and easy to manipulate.' And obviously, they're multi-functional. Now they've created something you won't quickly find in your local gaming store: futuristic, multipurpose and stackable 'crystals' that could be used in both a 40k and in a fantasy setting. We've learned a lot, making things ranging from a bizarre transparent jungle, to a crystal laden field, or from a standard bunker to a menacing tomb.' Though 3D printing is a production technique they seem to hardly use. 'Because what the big companies sell are expensive, and what we make ourselves is cooler anyway. But have you ever thought of 3D printing some terrain? That's exactly what the father and son team behind 18charlie have done.Īs you can see on their website, the pair have built a lot of terrain from scratch already. However, constructing terrain requires different skills than painting miniatures, and before you know it you've made some expensive and time-wasting mistakes. Or even worse, pieces of badly painted cardboard or paper! ![]() Just ask any player of Warhammer, 40k or any similar game system: nothing quite diminishes the thrill of two armies clashing like the same old, generic store-bought houses or rock formations that you have to fight around. If there's one problem with table top miniature gaming, it's that terrain can be a bit dull. ![]()
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