Urban Terrain: Biggut's Fish Franchise

I've been learning how to use Blender for 3D modeling, and I used it to design (and then 3D print) this 28mm-scale building. It's a small, modern fast food restaurant that specializes in fish, loosely based on "Urist Biggut's Fish Franchise" from our homebrew D&D world.

The restaurant is printed on a 4" by 8" base so that it can be used as a modular component of a larger board. The base and walls were printed together, then the roof was printed separately. (The small beam across the top of the skylight was also printed separately, using less than one gram of filament.)

While I'm not finished painting (with mostly weathering to do), it's currently in a table-ready state. First, everything was primed with Craft Smart Black, as usual. The brick is a haphazard mix of FolkArt Imperial Red (4669) and FolkArt Matte Coffee Bean (940); having a bit more or less on each brushstroke gives some nice color variation. The blue is Vallejo Blue (70.925) and the grey is Vallejo Heavy Bluegrey (72.144). The front concrete is actually a different grey, Ceramcoat Rain Grey (02543), but the two are very similar. The roof was a progression of dabbed colors with a coarse brush, though a sponge may work better in the future. I went with a mix of Black (70.950) and Basalt Grey (70.869), then some haphazard mixes of that with Luftwaffe Uniform WWII (70.816) and Rain Grey, then some FolkArt Real Brown (231) and Coffee Bean. The metal bits are a mix of Gunmetal Grey (70.863) and Oily Steel (70.865), with a bit of that mixed with Craftsmart Orange Spice for a little bit of rust.

The closed security gate at the front is actually a piece of thin cardboard. I scored lines into it with an old ballpoint pen, then painted the whole thing with Oily Steel. I then dabbed on some Real Brown and Coffee Bean—especially around the base—to dirty things up.

The big sign is just a placeholder, as I hope to make up a bunch of (scale) signs, posters, and other things, put them all onto a single sheet at high DPI, and get them professionally color printed. I may also finish the interior with scrapbook paper (for flooring and wallpaper); scale restaurant furniture is possible, but unlikely for the foreseeable future.

I hope to design and print more modular tiles for this set soon!

Supervillain: Veinglory

Sometimes the puns come first. Veinglory takes down those he feels are overburdened by pride: imposters, corrupt executives, and those who take others' accomplishments for themselves. These are the targets of his blood-themed crimes. A dedicated martial artist, Flynn Harkon was set to become a global champion, but then a blatantly unfair, nepotistic judgment in the world tournament cost him his chance for fame and fortune. Determined to have his revenge on the powerful judges who had cheated him, Harkon hunted them down and killed them using his distinctive "Hundred Bloods" technique. While the superhero Tempest was unable to stop him before he killed the tournament winner, Veinglory was subsequently captured and imprisoned. Veinglory is one of Tempest's rogues; they are nearly evenly-matched martial artists, but Veinglory claims Tempest's wind powers give her an unearned advantage.

This model is made from Anvil Industry Parts. The body and arms are from the "Secret Service Team" pack and the head is from the "Wasteland Survivor Heads." The mask was painted right onto the plain white resin, with a layer of Ceramcoat Cardinal Red, then a layer of Vallejo Bloody Red (72.010). The mask's white lines are Dead White (72.001). The shirt is Heavy Red (72.141). The suit is a mix of Heavy Red and Black (70.950). Everything except the mask was then washed with old Agrax Earthshade. (Those few remaining drops are priceless.)