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  giorgis 10:56 pm on April 11, 2026 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: 3dbreed, 3dprinting ( 57 ), marchtohell ( 3 ), minis ( 172 ), modern ( 3 ), painting ( 190 )   

  Miniatures pt165 – Viet Cong women’s Rifle Squad 

  A year ago, I had gotten several vietnam-war related 3d miniatures models from 3dbreed and their March to Hell Vietnam range. These miniatures are not meant for FDM printing, and while I did print some US Special Forces for my Forgotten Ruin campaign (which I regret to say I did not continue with – and I should!) the results left a lot to be desired. I decided since I know a lot more about 3d printing today, to give it another go. First I measured a lot, and settled on a 60% scaling of the 28mm miniatures (5% larger than my old prints), and then I experimented with different options for supports. I tried the following:

  • 28mm unsupported miniatures with tree supports in bambu slicer using /u/ObscuraNox guidelines
  • 15mm pre-supported miniatures scaled at 115%
  • 28mm miniatures supported in SLA generated by prusa slicer
  • Combination of first and second option, using both
  • Combination of first and third option, using both

  *miniatures were rotated 30 degrees backwards for best results

  The best results were the tree supports. Hats off to ObscuraNox for well defined settings. However removing the supports was a pain – not due to them sticking on the model (a common issue which leads to undesireable artifacts), but because they wrap around the mini so well, that the legs needed careful cuts using flush cutters many times, and removing little pieces slowly. I broke legs sometimes and had to reprint, taking even more carefult steps. However the end result was more than worth it.

  I tried to get a historically accurate and popping colour scheme, and gave them a wash from my DIY sepia recipe (except the blue and black uniforms to which I applied a DIY blue-black wash). I also attached a Jungle base by EC3d that painted and then I populated with flock and grass tufts.

  Love these little dudettes, and looking forward to printing and painting more in the future.
  I only did 4 out of 7 of the squad, but took notes of the paints I used so I can keep the consistency, when I do the last 3.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

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    Onibaba 9:20 am on April 13, 2026 Permalink | Reply

    Amazing results!

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      giorgis 9:25 am on April 13, 2026 Permalink | Reply

      Thank you! ☺️

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  giorgis 10:53 am on January 6, 2025 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: 3dbreed, 3dprinting ( 57 ), marchtohell ( 3 ), minis ( 172 ), modern ( 3 ), painting ( 190 )   

  Miniatures pt122 – US Special Forces 

  I like to showcase painted minis so that the end result is evident. Here’s the US Special Forces from March to Hell Vietnam by 3dbreed. My print is missing one miniature which I replaced with the one from their free Promo.
  They’re printed in 15mm scale, in FDM at a Bambu Labs A1 mini with 0.2mm nozzle. 0.04mm Layer Height. ELEGOO PLA filament.
  I had some issues mainly with supports, but at the end I think I’ve solved it. So these prints have been printed with different settings. I resolved to scaled down 55% versions of their 28mm designs, with manual painted Normal Snug supports, but you’ll also find a couple that were printed from their resin-lychee-supported 15mm versions that survived the initial batch printing I did. A few minis had some minor defects due to me mainly being rough with them during support removal before nailing down the setting a, which I solved with UHU Hardplast Glue.
  Painting them was tough, as I tried to create the colours from acrylic palette as I’m missing the Vallejo range. I think they turned out nice.