Bugger it, my back has gone. Therefore I am unable to get anything painted tonight. I have however managed to get some more of the French cavalry sliced. I suddenly remembered that the slicing software can cut the files. This has been A whole lot easier to work with. Things would have been easier if I had used a mouse as I can zoom in with it.

So today I printed off a couple more mounted dragoons. These came out okay. I do need to replace (or strain) the ISO to avoid any weird bits floating around in it as the wash cycle is taking place.

I had a play around with the miniature builder for the Printing Goes Ever On Patreon.

So there are lots of options to choose from, this is a screen grab…

And this is my version of a cavalryman (elf)…

Hopefully tomorrow I will carry on with the painting. Tonight I have six infantrymen on the build plate.

It was my eldest 15th Birthday today. They are now called Sam, but were originally Beth. They came out as non binary in May, which is why sometimes I say my daughter, sometimes my son and sometimes my eldest. Poor soul has sciatica, which is crap at there age. They are also in the middle of tests at both school and the doctors. Yesterday was birthday takeaway. A very nice Chinese meal. We finished it off at lunch time today.

Now that the old Zero is warmed up again then I have been busy printing these French cavalry for my mate. So far I have 4 dismounted and one mounted done. Problem is it is taking forever to split them up accurately and then a good old while printing them out.

The flag holder took over 7 hours to do as he was so tall. I could have put a second mini on there and in reality I meant to print the other single as a test and as I wasn’t wearing my glasses I couldn’t see the small writing on the screen…

So here we have the dismounted troops…

And the mounted dragon…Avec un drapeau.

The barrel of the rifle had a bit of bad luck when I removed the supports, but otherwise it has come out ok, and the size isn’t massive like I thought it was going to be.

Some day I may actually pick up a model or a brush, but it was not this day. We had a hiccup in our planning where my good lady was on a video call until gone 8, so I went and got my eldest from Drama. So we didn’t eat until gone 7.30 (chips) and then homework and revision and then Pass the Pigs….

Worst run of luck in my entire life in this game…

Yes, I achieved a grand total of Zero points, much to the hilarity of the rest of them! Stupid Game, I never liked it!

It was a nice sunrise this morning though….

So tonight was spent trying to find the charger for the laptop. It was eventually located in the shed, and no one knew how it managed to get there.

I then had a fight with 3D Builder to split the miniatures up. After a bit of a battle I began to win!

They are so tightly packed together it is difficult getting the slice in the correct place.

i did however manage to get them sorted

Well okay, maybe not hate it, but spent most of this evening helping my daughter study for a test tomorrow. Not only maths, but Biology and Chemistry too….

Therefore I was not really in the mood to do anything else this evening.

I have been a busy bee today and this evening. We have rearranged the kitchen, removing the counter I added in and replacing it with a table. The counter will be recycled and will end up in the conservatory.

This evening I was downloading STL’s for a mate who wants me to print some WW2 French cavalry for him. I tried to sort out some of the things I have too, not to mention trying to contact both Kickstarter and Patreon owners to work out how the heck to get my files.

I had a jolly good play on War Thunder too. Tested out my Christmas presents to make sure they are compatible with the PS4 and they are. So they are going away until Santa arrives.

Tonight I decided to get some more paint on the traveller from ‘the Printing Goes Ever On’ Patreon…

Now, having a look at him he seems to be going shiny like the rhino and wolves on the diorama. The difference between these and other ones is that these were undercoated with a brush then dry brushed white. Part of me is wondering if it is having an effect on the Contrast Paint. Either that or the Contrast is going a bit weird. Maybe it just needs a bloody good shake, more than I shake it normally I mean.

Not a huge amount achieved because I spent ages looking for his bag. In the end I took everything out of the box one by one and then returned them in the same manner, I then spent ten minutes hunting around on the floor, still nothing. Then at the point of believing that I had totally imagined Printing the thing, I turned around and there it was on the above tile on the windowsill. My daughter had moved it in case it got lost!

Tomorrow I am going to be moving the FDM printer in with the resin printer as it is warmer in the bottom shed.