May's 3D print release: The TE-65A Sharurä A.I. gunship
Added 2022-05-01 02:07:19 +0000 UTCI'm pretty sure this one's going to be the release for May. Unfortunately, the weather here in Michigan has been all over the place and has continued to be cold (that warm spell I noted a few posts back didn't last and it went right back to Ice Station Zebra winter cold nonsense again... in bloody April) up until the last few days so this has been mucking up plans for a return to regular printing. I've had a string of print failures (damn prints peeling off the build plate which, unfortunately, is a common Elegoo issue) that are clearly related to either the printer or inconstant temperatures (it definitely not the models, all of the ones I've been having issues with ran perfect prints prior). Re-leveling, exposure tweaks, lifting speed tweaks, etc. I've been working with all of that and I'm sure I'll sort it out.
As I type this I have a Javelin D print running with bumped up bottom exposure settings and this one looks good so far (all of the prior fails peeled in the early bottom exposure stage and this one hasn't) with no signs of major failures. The madness of 3D printing chaos theory can be tedious while you're working to sort out what could be causing print failures but it comes with the full 3D printing experience package. You run enough prints though and eventually you get a bit of a feel for why things go sideways which can make it less frustrating diagnosing the problem. I'm sure many of you have been there in resin printing chaos theory country as well.
The Sharurä will drop, once again, at some point in early May (box art and ortho illos underway). If printing gets back in gear (which I'm sure it will) than May might see a bit more going on with potential releases (possibly the Ballista C-2 or Javelin D) but it will come down to being able to regularly print and test files. There's a LOT more of the Three Nine Line anime screencap illos coming as well so sit tight, there will be more.
Have a fantastic rest of the weekend everyone and, always thank you for the support and interest in the work!
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You're welcome! It's been pretty hectic of late so my replies have a bit of delay but, even though you did end up figuring it out I wanted to get you those direct links right quick. As you likely have seen in some of the posts, I'm running an Elegoo Mars 2 Mono and it tends to print pretty fast (with the default settings) as well. Even when I've tweaked some of the exposure times/light speed up still, none of the fighters have taken over 9 hours to print. Generally they hover in the 5 to 7 hour range, depending. The Elegoos can be a pain with getting prints to stick to the build plate but they produce gorgeous prints once you have them dialed in. Again, I appreciate it on the box arts. I've had a lot of people now tell me they love I'm doing them so I plan to keep doing them as long as I reasonably can. The Gunship might drop a little later than I've typically posted the month's print but it's coming soon enough (just have to finish the art package). It's already been a busy start to the month but I expect it to settle down so I can get to more stuff for the Patreon. If possible, I may drop an additional fighter this month if I have time to get it ready. We'll see :) Best!
2022-05-05 00:30:53 +0000 UTCThanks for the info. I did figure it out, but it took a little bit of time as i've never gotten stls directly from Patreon before. Right now I have a Javelin in the printer @140% just to see how it turns out. I use a Mars 3 and with nFEPs I can vroom at 150mm/min lift speeds so it'll only take about 10 hours to print. If everything goes well I'll post some pictures tomorrow before work. Thanks for your reply with the info. I'm really happy about being able to print these and the various box art are now my desktop images.
Johnny Turbo
2022-05-03 19:10:34 +0000 UTC
