Category Archives: Small Scenics

Massive Darkness 2: Chests (Chests and Pillars 3D Pack)

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Massive Darkness 2: Chests (Chests and Pillars 3D Pack)

A pretty quick one today – some chests I’ve been knocking out in small batches over the last few days. We were cleaning up a little (not that you’d notice!) and I found a tub with these in it, primed and forgotten about several years ago – because who needs more chests, right? Anyway, in order to get rid of them for good (and maybe good use in a game one day) I decided to smash the little bastards out. No idea where the pillars from this set are – I can’t find them on the blog, so they’re unlikely to be painted, so no doubt they’re also in a tub somewhere with other annoying little bits. Possibly primed but certainly waiting for me to come across them in a similar mood to the one that took me this past weekend when I decided to get the chests done instead of shoving the whole container to the side.

Zombicide: Black Plague – Dungeon Trapdoors (3D Print)

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For my recent(ish) birthday I recieved partial use of a FDM (Filament) 3D printer. Specifically a Bambulab A1, which various YouTube videos describe as being closer to an appliance than a hobby – which is what I personally want from a 3d printer. I say partial use, because it’s been spending a lot of time when I thought it would be printing miniature scenery. boardgame components and related objects it has in fact been printing shiny bangles and earrings and the like. I’ll say more about all that later own down the road.

In the meantime while I get used to using it, and try to figure out how to get around various pitfalls (I dunno how people are printing great looking figures without horrible support scarring), I’ve been printing a lot of scenery and objects on the simpler side – these trapdoors for Zombicide Black Plague amongst them.

I used Sunlu PLA Meta using FDG’s presets. One set each for the purple and Yellow Trapdoors. I changed up the stone colour as well to provide more visual interest and distinction. One of the hinges on one of them broke clipping them in after painting so I superglued it back on and will play with fingers crossed! Turns out that I later found another version of the file with reinforced hinges. Ah well, hopefully these will last! I also added texture trying to subdue the print lines on the top surface using AK Interactive’s Easycast texture Medium.

Being pieces for Zombicide, I’ll assume that they also qualify for Dave Stone’s latest Apocalypse Me challenge as well…