The first "just for fun" evening project (Patreon)

My friends, here are a couple of figures I painted with my girlfriend last weekend. It took us two evenings, and it was really fun! Of course, this was all done off-camera. Just some quality time at the workbench.

This has all started when I got rid of my old Anycubic Photon Mono SE and bought the brand-spanking-new Elegoo Saturn 4 Ultra. I bought it as another, better tool for what I do - printing diorama accessories and details for models. But as you can imagine, the new printer is more than capable... and it can print beautiful miniatures!

My girlfriend wanted to paint a small mushroom, so I printed her one, and I bought a pair of mushroom children from Dark Souls.

The painting process was really fun, and with these larger figures, you're sort of pushed to try different painting approaches. Employ the airbrush more often, use some enamel or oil washes, etc. Again, really fun!

We were really happy with the results, so I decided to quickly make bases for our miniatures. Here I must say that my partner managed to beat me at my own game because she painted better static grass than me.. on her first try! Also, the wooden sign made from plastic, and painted with oils and washes is her own creation... my only contribution was verbal.

I think it's time to make another, updated 3D printing post because the technologies have progressed drastically.

But my question is... since there are so many incredible 3D files of various fantasy and sci-fi figures, would you be interested in a video like this every once in a while? Pyramid Head from Silent Hill, Power Armor from Fallout, or Isaac Clarke from Dead Space, to name a few that I've bookmarked. Let me know!