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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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

Today’s 3D printed buildings are a few more Epic Scale pieces from Fabricator’s Lair on MyMiniFactory. They can be found in the Epic Sector: Industry bundle which is basically the bundle from their second Epic-Scale Kickstarter held some time ago. They can also be found in a very affordable $10 building pack with several other buildings. Nope, I’m not paid nor did I get these for free – I just believe in supporting artists who provide their work at a very reasonable price.

It’s been a bit of time since I’ve had the opportunity to get any photography done, so when I finally had the chance earlier this evening I took the time to do so, with Marouda assisting as she often does. As you can see above, the ruined cooling tower is pretty cool. I painted these pretty traditionally with acrylics and then as I wanted to show off that lovely cracked and pitted detail in the damaged tower, these two pieces also got to participate in that big old Oil Wash fest we had some time ago – yes, these have been painted for bloody ages now! They’re just so big that they don’t play well with my light box on their own – let alone in a pair. This is the main reason for the long delay in model terrain showings-off.

I really need to get some modern stuff painted to use to showcase this sort of thing, but as you can see with these 15mm WWII Finns – while out of scale, they still “work” ok in the wonky-scale context of our wargames.

Taking that to the next level again, this collection of Men in Iron Armour show how the towers also work as more generic industrial chimneys/sci-fi cooling towers in the more usual 28-32-40mm scales that we toy soldier enjoyers so often play in.

Once again, these models count for Dave Stone’s Season of Scenery ’25.

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

Fabricator’s Lair 3D Prints- Epic Sector: Industry – Cooling Tower & amp; Cooling Tower: Damaged