I managed to get all the bits printed today…. well that isn’t exactly true… I finished printing all of the bits today. Each bit takes a good old while. The centre bit, for example, takes 2 hours 48 minutes to do, the corner is speedy in comparison at only 38 minutes. I have become a bit anal in recording everything, but it is really handy to know how long a particular print will take…

I just hope I don’t lose this book…

As can be seen I write all the times down, it makes life easier knowing that I can go and do the horse and get back before a print finishes. Anyway enough of this jibber jabber… here is where I have got to with the shrine so far.

I am in two minds whether to put the building on the raised section or leave it off. A second thought I had was to build a separate raised section connected by a bridge. This other section would have the Buddha on it.

I will glue this lot together tomorrow sometime ready for undercoating.

I decided that I would purchase some more bits and pieces from 3DALIENWORLDS. So I am now the proud owner of some bridges, some ponds and the large banners that came out today. I have kickstarted a couple of STL makers, one is making some Mighty Empire style tiles and another is making some interesting roadways. Luckily I have managed to sell my Lizardmen to pay for my new addiction!

Nope, fear not I have done anything wrong with the first one, that is still fit and well. I want to use the building part for my shrine and am printing off a second. The building should be just about finished in 10 minutes…

Today was spent printing the various bits for it, I printed the roof overnight and the building this evening. The only thing I need to print now is the water feature, as I seem to have messed up savings file. The stone bench is called water feature on the memory stick! As it took only 6 minutes to print I am not that bothered. I needed it anyway.

Apart from that I think I have got everything done to get the teahouse build in its entirety.

The other thing I printed last night was a doggy!

Sadly he is now a three legged doggy as some pillock snapped one off today!

Today I spent a long time printing the teahouse. Okay I did little more than press print. The roof took just over 5 hours to do and the building itself just under 4 hours in total the building took most of the day to print.

Once again theses are amazing models with lots of details. The set comes with all the bits you need for the teahouse. I made a start on the fence too. I got as far as the gate and a corner piece.

There are lanterns as well as water features and the interior in the set too.

As can be seen in the background I added gates to the wooden gateway…See below for a closer look.

The other thing I printed was the test Sashimono at 100% this time.

I had a punt at these as they only cost a couple of dollars so it was worth the test. I have enough of the ones from Thingiverse printed then I doubt I will use these ones. Having the mon on them would make my life easier, but it would mean more time on the printer for something I already have a lot of.

Tomorrow I will carry on with the teahouse fences as well as the other bits too. I will also need to start on the canal pieces for the raised area of the shrine. I will then need to find a Buddha or something similar to add.

I de died not to paint anything tonight, no real reason, I just decided to print some bits and pieces instead. I also had a look at my new toys 😂

So the above is the start of my shrine idea. It will have a raised platform in the centre and the Torii gates will be outside of the main gateways.

I am printing off The tearoom as I type this. The main building should be ready in about 2 hours and I will print the roof off tomorrow. It will become the small building in the corner of the sketch below.

I am so pleased with these STL’s. They really are awesome and well worth the money I paid. I will definitely be on the look out for some more bits from them as they come along.

The other thing I tried was the sashimono. Now I decided to shrink them to 50% as they are for 28mm miniatures. I think I might have shrunk them a bit too much!

Now on the up side, I am really pleased that the printer managed something this small 😁

My new Samurai miniatures came today and I am really chuffed with them. Don’t get me wrong I love my Tin soldier ones. These will be for Skirmish gaming.

My plan is to get the Tin soldier Army finished before moving onto these.

Nothing painted tonight as we didn’t eat up until 8.00 and by time we watched a movie it was gone 22.00. So instead I chased Predators around a jungle on the console. I actually managed to survive a couple of times and escaped in the chopper.

Anyway, today I decided to have a go at printing the stone walls and I am really pleased with these too…

I still have gates to add as well as printing a whole lot more walls. I am considering getting another couple of sets of these as there really are some awesome sets available. As well as the Samurai sets, they also do Necron, Tau and Eldar (I think). I am so pleased that I found this company through a free wall sample on Thingiverse.

I decided to show you how the bits go together. There is a wall base and a wall top. In the corner the top is in two bits…

Like the wooden wall everything is designed to go together. The corner pieces cannot go our of line because of the recess and corresponding lump. The ends have holes as I can print ‘dowels’ to connect them and keep them together in a game. As mine will be static and fastened to a base then I will be using glue.

I will use the wooden fences for the farm and the stone ones for some form of shrine I think. I have got a discord painting session tomorrow evening so hopefully something will get painted.