Category Archives: 3D Print

Late Arrival

UPS got their act together and remembered to put the parcel on the van this time, so the new batch of 2mm building prints have arrived. This package contained, amongst other things, the farms, factories and terraced houses that we … Continue reading

Posted in 3D Print, Land Ironclads, Previews, Small Scale Scenery | 2 Comments

2mm Building Previews

As mentioned earlier this week, we’re working on a new range of buildings for our Land Ironclads VSF range. The buildings are all modelled at 1/1000th scale so besides Land Ironclads they are also ideal for 2mm or 1/1200th vehicles … Continue reading

Posted in 3D Print, Land Ironclads, Previews, Small Scale Scenery | 5 Comments

Brig​ade Shapeways Store ​- 10% off this week ​only

For this week only, all of the items in our Shapeways store are 10% off. To get this deal you need to e-mail us with your requirements, NOT purchase them directly from the store. We’ll send you a PayPal invoice … Continue reading

Posted in 3D Print, Shapeways, Special Offers | Comments Off on Brig​ade Shapeways Store ​- 10% off this week ​only

Tiny Houses (redux)

A couple of weeks ago we brought you pictures of some 3D prints of our first set of Land Ironclads scale (roughly 2mm / 1/1000th) houses. Sadly these weren’t really up to scratch, being a bit off the mark in … Continue reading

Posted in 3D Print, Land Ironclads, Previews, Shapeways, Small Scale Scenery | 12 Comments

An Old Favourite

One of our most popular spaceships has always been the German Pommerania Dreadnought. It was one of our earliest models and has been through several iterations as a multipart kit, then a single piece hull cast firstly in metal and … Continue reading

Posted in 3D Print, Previews, Spaceships | 4 Comments

PacFed Prints

Finally managed some photos – the translucent prints aren’t the easiest thing to photograph, the lack of contrast makes it hard to pick things out but the photos below are reasonably clear I hope. There are a few print lines … Continue reading

Posted in 15mm SF, 3D Print, Previews | 5 Comments

More unidentified stuff in a jar …

No, I promise it’s not something nasty  ! Any guesses what the model is ? It shouldn’t be too hard …

Posted in 3D Print, Previews, Spaceships | 13 Comments

Clean-up Job

One of the most tedious parts of getting a model into production is the unglamourous but very necessary job of cleaning up master castings (known as ‘tins’) ready for the production moulds. I find this part of the process extremely … Continue reading

Posted in 15mm SF, 3D Print, Mouldmaking and Casting, Previews | 1 Comment

More 15mm Goodness

Following on from the first successful castings of the Bizon bits last week, I’m suddenly feeling much better about finally making some progress with our new 15mm models. We have several Neo-Soviet vehicles printed and in various stages of the … Continue reading

Posted in 15mm SF, 3D Print, Previews | 1 Comment

Interesting Times

For the last year or so we’ve been experimenting with 3D printed models in various shapes and forms. We’ve been playing with different printing materials from different printing houses, different types of mould, different ways of preparing the models before … Continue reading

Posted in 15mm SF, 3D Print, Mouldmaking and Casting, Previews | 2 Comments