While the STL files for November's fighter, the SF-135 Drachen, did release at the end of November, the full official box art and ortho illo release is going to be dropping soon this month (working on that in-between freelance work for Palladium Books). The full release will include a pre-supported mini version of the Drachen...
2022-12-11 21:30:32 +0000 UTC View PostPost header say it all, I hope everyone's having a Happy Thanksgiving!
Enjoy the holiday weekend!
This is one of the first few test prints I've run of the new SF-135 Drachen fighter. The fighter has been printing pretty nicely overall but I've been tweaking and adjusting the supports with each subsequent print to weed out some mild shifting and droop. Zero failures (not that I have them occur frequently at this point anyw...
2022-11-14 01:26:46 +0000 UTC View Post
A couple of new Sharurä painted prints to share. We have a dark spotted camo red tip paint (quite happy with this one, it's a variation of what the pending Navaja 121% tutorial paint looks like) and a tan aqua marsh camo paint.
Dark spotted camo red tip Sharurä: Tamiya Gray Green (IJN) base coat wit...
Quick update:
As the header states, I've ordered the replacement LCD for the Elegoo Mars 2 Mono, along with some more resin (Elegoo gray), and some Kapton tape to seal the screen after I install it. It'll likely arrive no later than Saturday but I could see it arriving even sooner. Either way the replacement is on the ...
So, it appears the LCD might have caused a print to catastrophically fail to the point it punctured the FEP, or the reverse; the print failed causing the FEP to leak and that resulted in the LCD issue. This was likely one of those scenarios. It wasn't a huge FEP puncture but enough to leak resin onto the screen (first time I'...
2022-09-17 12:27:03 +0000 UTC View Post
The most recent SF-123 B Möwe painted print that has been making the rounds on various social media platforms to promote the prints. This one was painted with Tamiya Light Blue (Luftwaffe) base coat spray with AK pigment Sienna Soil and Dark Earth (for the camo) and Burnt Umber, Black, and Dark Steel for weathering and tints...
2022-09-11 00:13:48 +0000 UTC View Post
It's looking like the sleek looking SF-106 A Sidewinder will be September's primary STL release. This fighter is a revisit of an older Zbrush model build, from last year, that I had already made a pair of 2022-08-25 14:23:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a collection of photos of the initial test print for August's pending STL release; the SF-123B Möwe. This is a very quick, and dirty, paint on this print. I realized the (supported version) test print was smaller, in size, than it should have been so, while I wanted to do a paint, I a...
2022-08-06 16:02:57 +0000 UTC View Post
These are the two new fighters I noted in a prior post. For now I'm just dropping a collection of quick Zbrush renders but there are indeed 3D prints of both of them now with photos to follow.
The fighters are as follows (the names and model numbers are potentially temporary though the Möwe is set as the name for the ...
The weather's been stupid hot much of the last week so I haven't really been printing as much as I planned. What I have gotten to is doing more painted prints and I'm also working on a tutorial, on how I have been approaching my painted promotional prints. The tutorial will likely go up at some point soon but I'm not going to...
2022-07-22 20:35:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Just a short and quick update; as the header states, up for next month will be the TE-46 Javelin D variant of the very first fighter release, the original TE-46 Javelin. Initially my plan was to pos...
2022-06-22 21:42:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a collection of photos of a new painted print of the Sharurä A.I. gunship. This is, of course, somewhat similar to the Sharurä box art, though a bit different as well, with white wing and tail markings and just the bit of yellow on the nose (very Messerschmitt BF109).
This one was painted wit...
But may be delayed a few days later than the usual prior early month releases, because...
I, apparently, got the Covids.
On Monday, I went to a close friends wedding and, while I have the shots and all that Jazz, it appears I caught it, along with another friend of mine (how I found out before it hit like a truc...
I'm pretty sure this one's going to be the release for May. Unfortunately, the weather here in Michigan has been all over the place and has continued to be cold (that warm spell I noted a few posts back didn't last and it went right back to Ice Station Zebra winter cold nonsense again... in bloody April) up until the last few...
2022-05-01 02:07:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Coming sometime early in the month (as with prior releases) will be the U.A.P. alien fighter. The end of March was rather hectic so I didn't get a chance to drop an end of the month post announcing April's fighter. The U.A.P. release is just waiting on wrapping the art package but it should drop soon. No April Fool's nonsense...
2022-04-01 22:32:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Surprise stealth reveal of two brand new variant designs of the original Javelin and Ballista fighters. Obviously they have resulted in successful prints so they both will get released soon. Now that the weather is warming up I can actually print, test, and potentially release a great deal more. I'll have a pile of more photo...
2022-03-18 20:10:00 +0000 UTC View Post
I can haz test print?
indeed I can.
Not a lot to say about this one and that's a good thing. This first test print, produced on the Elegoo Mars 2 Mono, went without a hitch. I've now produced enough of these fighters that I feel I have a reasonable handle on setting up how to support them quickly and effectively...
Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon, or in old school terms: UFO. This is the first true enemy antagonist fighter to potentially join the 3D fighter print series. An alien enemy to the fighters that have been featured so far and, a true unknown to the human colonies military (the manufacturers of the TE fighters) when this alien a...
2022-03-10 23:27:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Working on the art package for the TE-62 Navaja fighter so it can drop sometime in early March. The Navja has, like the Stiletto, consistently resulted in fantastic prints for me so it should be a hassle free release. Unless anything changes, the Navaja will definitely be next month's fighter release. While I've continued to ...
2022-02-22 22:53:19 +0000 UTC View Post
The more I work with resin prints the more I see similar things you learn with making the 3D models themselves; namely painting the prints is not too dissimilar to changing the material on your 3D model so you can see the details and potential errors better. I'm becoming less and less enamored with the unpainted resin prints,...
2022-02-10 16:23:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Today I have some quick and dirty photos of the first (and utterly successful) test print of the newest fighter to the Military Spacecraft Series; The TE-65A Sharurä A.I. gunship. The only hiccup is I can see I'll need to beef up some supports on the rear fuselage (there was a slight dip in the print but no ...
2022-02-09 23:36:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Military Spacecraft Series .03 will be the TE-60 Stiletto fighter (this is the updated Zbrush model that now prints perfectly so it has a slightly different nose tha...
2022-01-28 02:29:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Well, I can't say 2021 was a swell year, nor was the year prior, a mess of a global pandemic kind of changes things and now, for better or worse, we seem to have a new normal. That said, with a positive outlook, you forge ahead to make the things happen that you want to happen.
This year I started something, I honestly...
It's been some time coming but it's finally officially live. The first STL files are now available and the fighter this month, as noted in the prior post, will be: The TE-46 Javelin. Next month will likely be the 2021-12-02 16:11:30 +0000 UTC View Post
So, finally, here we are: The Javelin will be the first printable fighter to be available for download. The Javelin will be number .01 and the first fighter to kick off: Small Scale Resin Printed Replica Spacecraft Series. All of the TE (Tri Engine) fighters printed so far (with potentially other designs like the SFI-19 Arhva...
2021-12-01 00:02:54 +0000 UTC View Post
As noted in the last upload post, while I still produced work, 2020 wasn't remotely as productive as I would have liked it to be. I will be far busier this year, including more pending freelance (so I will be doing the best I can to juggle contract work with Patreon posts). Since pretty much switching to Clip Paint I've found...
2021-03-25 01:52:17 +0000 UTC View PostYes, after a good year of random, off and on, blue screen issues, with a relatively new PC (just over a year now) it seems the source of the issue is resolved.
Apparently it was a bad stick of RAM.
While this seems straight forward enough, pinning it down was not (it passed memory tests early on but I suspect th...
Apologies for the late attention for the page for April, it's been quite the 2020 so far... not the 2020 we all hoped for or expected. And for God's sake... toilet paper? Really? I would have never guessed that would be the thing in the "apocalypse", this isn't V8 shiny.
It's been a pretty frustrating month as fa...
As we roll into 2020 the last year has been a bit of trial and error as to finding an approach here that feels right for me and helps grow Patreon as an eventually successful endeavor.
My original I.P. work with TKP work has brought freelance clients to me throughout the years so hiding it all behind a paywall isn't s...
