Hello everyone!
I usually realize that I'm not very active in my Gallery thread...where I would not post WIP stuff. However, as I think I'm dabbling into a lot of stuff that you might find interesting with very long time to play out fully, I thought it would be a good idea to start this thread.
So, let's start with something - 3D printing. I've been using 3D printers since 2019, but my first machine was still an early type with a lot of drawbacks. However, last year my father purchased a Phrozen 4k Mini that I've been using myself as well to print figures and vehicles. Among 28mm fantasy types, I've been printing a lot of 1:72 historicals. Unfortunately the 3D sculptors are not really active in 1:72, mostly 28mm or 1:100 (15mm). Thankfully the technology makes it easy to up or downscale stuff, although sometimes details become too thin or too thick, so it's not always working. I try to find the models where it works.
And to start off with a pic, I've printed a Winter War Finnish infantryman from "Just Some Miniatures" from Poland. The figure was scaled for 15mm, so it was upscaled to 140%, but for the next I will do 150% to make it fully compatible with the Strelets figures.
He sells the same figures in 28mm too, the difference is that the heads and weapons are somewhat bigger on the smaller scale models which work very nicely. Previously I have printed out his Soviet arty crew in 1:72, they were indeed a bit thin compared to other figures. Because of this they would print neatly in 1:48 or 1:35 too if needed I think.