Daisy - 3D Printed Custom

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Good idea about using clear to have glazed windows. Wonder how well paint will adhere to resin?

Use some under-coat, which I would on plastic as well and I reckon it will be fine. Maybe I'll have to try it when I get some time

But seeing as many people use resin printers to make miniatures that they then paint I don't see it being an issue...

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Only thing about painting miniatures for table top gaming is that they aren't played with like these trains. I think its a bit different with miniatures that are pretty much to look at. Not all plastics will even accept primer with a good bod and with these trains like Daisy with having to squeeze the sides to open them up and the odd crash here and there I would suspect the paint would start to crack and come off. No proof of this but a theory developed from some experience with other plastics but they have come a long way with primers but its the prepping the plastics that is most important. I just haven't heard or seen anything about this type of resin and paint. I am curious though.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/publictran...0513614803

In the gallery link I posted above shows the shapeway 3D shell Daisy as well as the one made by Nigel. For Nigel's daisies, all of them came in white. One is spray pained and the other one was coloured in using sharpie.

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Which one is which Leyland?

Only thing about painting miniatures for table top gaming is that they aren't played with like these trains. I think its a bit different with miniatures that are pretty much to look at. Not all plastics will even accept primer with a good bod and with these trains like Daisy with having to squeeze the sides to open them up and the odd crash here and there I would suspect the paint would start to crack and come off. No proof of this but a theory developed from some experience with other plastics but they have come a long way with primers but its the prepping the plastics that is most important. I just haven't heard or seen anything about this type of resin and paint. I am curious though.

If you use acrylics which are the standard these days for mniatures I don't think you'll get cracking unless the paint is very thick layers.  Now enamels are a different matter, they are old technology and highly likely to crack from what I recall of them...

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My concern is that miniatures aren't played with like our trains are, meaning they aren't bumped, bruised or flexed

Which one is which Leyland?

all except the three photos in the galleries are made by shapeway.  The last 3 photos shows the daisy shell made by Nigel

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They look almost the same. Did you select a certain type plastic with the Shapeway version?

I pickes thr cheapest option on shapeway