Factory Frame basics done

 Basics are done. This covers an area just shy of 3x3 feet, so a table all by itself. Now to pack it all up as the kids are back tomorrow, and then next week add some minor gritting etc and prime it. 

 

 The rest of the week will be spent with the kids, painting, and the Crisis show in Antwerp on saturday. Depends a lot on how I feel, not at my best atm.

Editing files to get more bang for my Euro

 I wasn't quite happy with the lack of damage variants (Pristine, damaged or destroyed, that is it) so trying out new things and learning on the fly. 

I wanted more broken side columns for the latter 2 bases, so snipped the original down to size and added 6 cylinders of various lengths for the rebar. 

Original on the left, my version on the right

 

I need to testprint a few to see if it prints ok, and start editing the other colums as well as I want one fallen one that snapped off at the base, but that is for later today.

I also remoddeld the roof trusses, starting with the destroyed one and slicing less damaged parts into it. for variation.

Literal factorylining

 Glued the spans, glued the legs, now superglue squares of paper over all of the seams (bolt plates) to give it extra rigidity, and then calculate out the base distance so everything is centered. After that glue in the longtitudenal beams. Once that is done check for cleanup and dremel some pieces for extra wear. 

This is enough for 4 bases. The other 2 bases will be much more knackerd. 

Working a a large factory frame - Ctrl+C > Ctrl+V and slice the night away.

 I picked up the Large Hall Construction from Patrick Miniatures last week and I started printing. After finding out it really is a bit massive.....I started printing more. 

But with 1 intact, 1 damaged and 1 destroyed part for each part it started to get repetevive quick. So I started with just cutting the lengthway beams down the middle and adding a mirror copy of the sliced side to it. Nothing rocketsience. Then I raised the bar a bit and spliced the underside of the broken column onto the top of the damaged column, to get that fine quality Russian concrete work feel that makes you eat a OSHA book. And then repeated that for the side columns. 

They printed off fine, and I just got back from picking up some MDF sheets 40x23 so I can base it up 2 spars at a time, going from ok to knackered. The slots in between I'll use a marker mould to drill in holes for putty and magnets so I can click in the lengthway concrete beams. If I place down the full set you cover a space over a metre long and 40 cm wide.....a table all on its own tbh. 

It was meant for Stalker....but tbh, should work fine for Historical, Necromunda, other Post Apoc etc.