Europe Asunder Free Sample Pack: Supportless 6mm Napoleonic Miniatures NAP-1
Europe Asunder Free Sample Pack: Supportless 6mm Napoleonic Miniatures NAP-1
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Published 2021-05-14T17:17:29+00:00
This is a selection of the miniatures included in my upcoming Kickstarter Europe Asunder, set to release on the 27th of May 2021.
The core set includes armies for 4 nations (France, Austria, Russia, Prussia) with two expansion sets covering 6 more (Great Britain, Spain, Portugal and Bavaria, Saxony, Sweden and Württemberg). In addition, all the nations listed here also have full artillery crews (resins of which are among the images attached here).
One thing that will make this project unique is the inclusion of an option to purchase my original Blender files that include all the modular assets I've built, allowing for the export of custom figures in any mix of assets (for example, one could model the Dutch Imperial Guard Grenadiers by exporting a flank company body with a bearskin head and removing the front plate).
Of course there will be pre-exported "default" models, of which I've completed the following, ready for delivery the moment the funding window closes:
FRANCE:
-Line Fusiliers in Bicornes
-Grenadiers in Bearskins
-Voltigeurs in Plumed Shakos
-Drummers
-Standard Bearer
-Eagle Bearer
-Eagle Guard with Halberds
-Officer in Bicorne
-NCO with Musket
AUSTRIA:
-Fusiliers in Helmets
-Officer in Helmet
-Drummer in Helmet
-Grenadiers in Bearskins
-Standard Bearer
-NCO with Musket & Cane
-Zimmerman
RUSSIA:
-Fusilier in Shako
-Grenadier in Shako
-NCO with Spontoon
-Drummer in Shako
-Officer in Bicorne
-Standard Bearer
PRUSSIA:
-Musketeer in Cocked Hat
-Grenadier in... err... Prussian Bearskin/Hat type thingymajig
-Fusilier in Shako
-NCO with Cane
-Officer in Cocked Hat
-Standard Bearer
All of the models have been test printed on an Elegoo Mars 2 Pro by myself and a Creality Photon (by one of my Patreon patrons).
If you don't mind my tooting my own horn a smidge, I have to say I am very happy with how these have printed - a lot of people discount the detail that even cheap entry-level resin printers can achieve at 6mm and, as you'll see, these models have distinctive faces with visible noses and mouths, the details are crisp (though, yes, print layers are visible up close) and, perhaps most appealingly for me at least, we've nice flexible bayonets that aren't going to get bent!
Consider the fact my test printing four battalions of infantry (160 figures) only cost £0.40 and three hours of printing time and I hope this may well be a compelling direction for 6mm Napoleonics!
I guess the final thing to say is that I will have a preview of the full KS page up as soon as I finish filming my painting tutorials/photographing fully printed/painted battalions. Once the page is available you'll see there's also an array of compelling stretch goals :)
Some of you might notice the conspicuous lack of cavalry among all this (I've only covered infantry and foot artillery); I felt that, Napoleonic cavalry being so numerous and various in type, it was best to represent them with a separate project that will follow up after this one.
I'll be happy to answer any questions!
Hello everyone!
For 6mm prints, please scale your models in your slicers accordingly:
INFANTRY: 11.65%
STANDARD BEARERS: 116.5%
This will produce model sizes matching Adler/Baccus.
Unfortunately, due to a "quirk" with Blender, any models I export below a certain minimum size
seem to automatically get blown up to a larger scale which, for the time being, I haven't found a way
to rectify (rescaling and saving the models in 3DBuilder doesn't seem to apply the changes).
The models have all been sculpted to be exactly 6mm from their boot bottoms (when unposed) to their hat brims.
To get them to match Adler/other prominent 6mm manufacturers, they need to be scaled up to 120% of their
original size.
However, near all the infantry have been overscaled by Blender's export process, and so, strangely, need to
be scaled to 11.65% to match the proportions I've specified.
The one exception are the Standard Bearers, whose poles are tall enough that Blender properly exports them
at that original "true 6mm" scale, so these need to be scaled to 116.5% to get them to match.
I apologise for any confusion and the inconvenience. This is a frustrating issue that is endemic to exporting
models from Blender and I've yet to find an easy fix. Nonetheless, should you apply these scales every time
you slice the miniatures, you should be fine!
Henry
OTHER SCALES
Note these are subjective approximations
10mm: 17%
15mm: 25.5%
18mm: 30%
28mm (might look a bit too chunky): 50%
| Date published | 14/05/2021 |
| Sin apoyo | YES |