Tag: heroforge
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Tokens for VTTs, Part 2
In my first entry in what apparently is a series now, I explored some ways to turn photos of gaming miniatures into consistent virtual tabletop (VTT) tokens. I’ve updated my workflow after discovering some plugins for Affinity Photo and have shifted from photography to Heroforge.
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Making Tabletop Simulator Minis With Blender
I recently figured out a decent pipeline to get Blender models into Tabletop Simulator (TTS) for online gaming. Let’s face it, if I’m painting digital minis I can keep putting off painting my physical ones.
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Hero Forge and Shapeways, Part IV
Bonus Content I think I found my answer. This is my GTA-hole printed by Impact Miniatures. My friend told me about this small shop and I was able to send Tom the .STL file right over facebook. Shipping speed was about on par with Shapeways and the price was great. In practice, I’d compare this
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Hero Forge and Shapeways, Part III
In Part II I expressed concern how the Professional Plastic (black HP nylon) from Shapeways would handle my ham-handed painting techniques. I tried a little ink wash right after I primed it just to see, and the wash mostly worked. The issue was that the wash would cover the pebbly surface and make the whole
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Hero Forge and Shapeways, Part II
In Part I, we looked at three miniatures in three different materials. I’ve primed all of them with white matte spray paint and wanted to get this brief post up, since Part III (what it’s like to paint them) is going to be contingent on me having time to paint. The elf decker and cowboy,
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Hero Forge and Shapeways, Part I
I took advantage of some Black Friday deals to get some miniatures 3d printed, like I need more or something. I designed all 3 in Hero Forge but only ordered one mini direct from them. For the other two, I downloaded the .stl files and uploaded them to Shapeways. Shapeways recently revamped the materials they offer and I
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