I printed some VERY small Catan pieces I designed, somewhat inspired by the Game of Thrones intro. I don’t have a Macro lens so I did the best I could with extension tubes.
I’m pretty happy with how they came out, very surprised that the teeny-tiny staircase I put in the upper tower of the city piece actually came out. I did notice however a few issued with the bases of the prints, there was some less-cured resin and lopsidedness. It may be that I’m not using enough supports, because I notice this happening exclusively on the support side of the models.
I will share the stl files later, I will probably make some changes before I print a full set. The reason I added the flag pole was so I could use the flags to differentiate the colors so I wouldn’t need to dye or paint them.
I will share the stl files later, I will probably make some changes before I print a full set. The reason I added the flag pole was so I could use the flags to differentiate the colors so I wouldn’t need to dye or paint them.
That looks like fun! I think I’m going to try to make some too. It’d be really cool to have a set where every piece was a little different. As long as they had roughly the same footprint/height I don’t think they’d be too hard to tell apart. Making 15 roads might be a bit of a challenge though.
Have you played the expansions? I have Traders and Barbarians and it comes with three bridges, six knights, and one wagon per set. At first I thought the road you made was a bridge.
Hirudin, further to your answer on another thread, could you enlighten this non-USA resident - is that a quarter or some other coin?! General request, guys - to indicate size, would you mind using a ruler rather than American coinage? 96% of the world’s population, including many Form 1 buyers, don’t live in the States. Many thanks
Very nice! What diameter are the flagpoles? They look extremely smooth; were they printed oriented vertically? And, if you please, how big are the stairs?
@Hirudin, I have seafarers, but I haven’t played the other expansions, I didn’t know there were bridge pieces, so I may need to design different roads in order to make it a holistic set.
@Paul Herbet, it’s a US quarter, I think all my rulers are standard, so I’m not sure they would help much in this situation.
@Carl The flagpoles are all 1mm in diameter, the road and settlement poles were printed vertically, the city was printed at about a 30degree angle to the platform, and had one support along its length. They are very smooth, and a bit flexible, I might just build features to put wire poles into going forward.
The stairs range in size, I printed the road (bridge) stairs at 1mm pitch, the settlement (small square) stairs are .5mm pitch, and the small upper lever city stairs (barely visible) are .25mm high.
I will try and get the models up on Thingiverse this evening.
