I finally took my new laser cutter, that my wife recently got me, to good use. I started out testing the material settings for MDF and other “useful” things and ended up etching out family crest onto everything I got hold of. Then I decided that I made enough progress to go a step further and to cut my own wargaming terrain.
I’m currently painting up 3d printed miniatures for the A Fistful of Lead: Reloaded ruleset and a listing on etsy looked quite nice. I got a whole bunch of those yummy wild west buildings and spend a whole weekend cutting and assembling them
I must really say that I’m quite pleased with how they turned out. At first I stood next to the cutter equipped like a fire fighter just in case something went up in flames because … reasons, and my personal self-assessment … the cutter came as a kit and I had to assemble everything from A as in pcbs to Z as in timing belt.
Besides having nice wargaming terrain, popping the parts out of the MDF plate is quite satisfying. Just your fingers are smelling like a forest fire after a while.
Now that I know how those models are designed, I started designing my own using blender3d and a dedicated CAD and export plugin that even considers the laser thickness to make sure that the joints are fitting snug and cozy.
For Triumph!, another wargame that I frequently play, I did some bases for the 15mm miniatures but also a custom measurement tool that indicates the movement distances of each unit type..
If every there is a Triumph! player in need for this thingy, I prepared a download (right click save as) under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license. Have fun!
