3d printed giants

Introduction

We finally have something produced by the 3d printer!

Spoiler: it's not as good as I expected it to be.

Cloud giant

This is it:

All those extra support columns are needed due to the way this guy holds his arms. I cut them off using clippers, hobby knife and bare hands:

To get this. Doesn't look so bad.

Fire giant

Pretty much the same deal.

Looks reasonably good with the sword placed in his hands.

But this is where it starts to get ugly. The sword is fine on one side:

But is a mess on the other.

Look closer to see tiny strings connecting the hand and face.

Fingers on the left hand broke off when I cleaned away the support columns.

And there is a massive layer shift at around his knees. That's where the print head simply moved a couple of milimeters and continued from there.

The arms are also a mess, where the support columns had connected. They are supposed to be easy to snap off, but they left a ragged surface.

Storm giant

Yeah, so around the shoulder region the printer decided to just stop. We printed the head and shoulders again. The sword has the same problem as the fire giant's.

A severe case of hobby hands

The picture doesn't do justice to how my hands looked after the work done above.

Afterthought

After the initial excitement at having something 3d printed came the severe disappointment at the quality of the prints. It took an entire evening to clean off the excess material, and the miniatures still looked like crap in some places.

After the disappointment came hope again. I have tools. I have green stuff. I can make this work!