Fabricator’s Lair 3D Prints- Epic Sector: Industry – “Horton Spheres”

Fabricator's Lair 3D Prints- Epic Sector: Industry - "Horton Spheres" 2x2 Tanks

More prints from Fabricator’s Lair on MyMiniFactory today. Or is it just one print many times? or two prints each times eight and a hell of a lot of photos of almost the same thing? I dunno. You decide.

Fabricator's Lair 3D Prints- Epic Sector: Industry - "Horton Spheres" 2x2 Tanks

We basically have two smallish pieces from the wide variety of Mechanicum set – specifically “Tanks>2×2>Tank_2x2_Cover_1 &  Tank_2x2_Support_1” that I have simply printed eight times each, clipped together, sprayed zenithal white over grey filler primer, painted in the metallics, added number decals and then sprayed with matt acrylic before adding an oil wash (more from that same oily weekend with Marouda!) for a hopefully realistic grimy look.

Fabricator's Lair 3D Prints- Epic Sector: Industry - "Horton Spheres" 2x2 Tanks

By keeping them so simple (no aquilas, etc) the plan was to end up with fairly generic pieces that could be used in a variety of settings and scales. You know by now how much I love that kind of thing! I wasn’t sure whether to paint in the supports in metal, which is less realistic than real ones – but Marouda agreed that they would look more interesting with the steel painted in, so that’s what I did.
Fabricator's Lair 3D Prints- Epic Sector: Industry - "Horton Spheres" 2x2 Tanks

These are once again from the Epic Sector: Industry bundle which is basically the bundle from their second Epic-Scale Kickstarter held some time ago.

Fabricator's Lair 3D Prints- Epic Sector: Industry - "Horton Spheres" 2x2 Tanks

There are a ton of other pieces in the same little sub-set of 2×2 Tanks. Basically, I just started printing a bunch of them semi-randomly and playing about with them. I found the ball using these matching segments appealing and decided to print up a few more, then a few more after that.

Fabricator's Lair 3D Prints- Epic Sector: Industry - "Horton Spheres" 2x2 Tanks

I really need to get some modern vehicles painted up. I’ve at least started building a few, so give me 6 or 16 months and I might have something more appropriate than these old, old Finnish vehicles to show alongside modern-looking industrial stuff!

Fabricator's Lair 3D Prints- Epic Sector: Industry - "Horton Spheres" 2x2 Tanks

Since I have always liked how Horton spheres look in the real world (as far as the aesthetics of industrial areas go – obviously as a result of the wargaming hobby plus being big impressive machinery – I’d slowly decided that eight of them would be an ideal number, as I can arrange them in a bunch of ways to create different layouts – especially when combined with others

These models were finished back in July, and still count for Dave Stone’s Season of Scenery ’25.