Hero Forge has a couple of sample models that you can download for free and test out on your own 3D printer. Here's our first attempt...
When we loaded the model in our slicer software -- I know, so cyberpunk, right!? -- we saw immediately that in order for the printer to properly build all the stuff that sticks out from the torso, the slicer would need to add extra "support" plastic. The arms, the book, the torch, the sword hilt, the pony tail -- all of it was encased in a kind of plastic scaffolding. This poor adventurer came out looking like she was trapped in some sort of fiendish magical prison.
With my trusty Games Workshop tools, I set about clipping and scraping away the plastic supports as well as the stringy residue left by the printer. In the process, several appendages came off. I glued them all back on, but the whole process was very tedious and, as you can see in the photographs, there's still a fair amount of that leftover filament that I have yet to remove.
For future minis, we'll probably use Hero Forge to design something a lot simpler. It will need to be a straight up-and-down pose with a weapon resting against the shoulder rather than extending perpendicular to the torso. We'll also opt for a closed helmet rather than a face, as the resolution of the printer doesn't seem to support significant facial detail.
More experiments to come!
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