1:1000 scale, I take it. Congratulations, you've made the first ever 3D print of a Starmade ship. Next step: Get rid of the strings
Thanks man! :D I appreciate the support.
I've cut off some of the strings, however, I don't have a good enough camera to show. The above photos were taken with my co-mentor's camera.
The "strings" were due to the printer. and just appear underneath. But lessens as it goes on. May be something to do with the nozzle heat or other. The top of the ship looks a lot better than what these photos show.
With this particular printer, and because of the way it handles these "block" shapes, I don't know how much it can be avoided. We'll see how it turns out when the converter (fully) supports all angled blocks.
I think it's because it doesn't build "supports" underneath it (because it is so small), so the first layer 'flops' down as such. then flops less and less as it goes up. If I scaled the model up, to be physically larger, rather than the size of my thumbnail (roughly); then it might hold up better by making those supports.
We do have another printer which is better at building finer models. So when we have it back in action, I'll be sure to try and print on that one, then hopefully it will turn out nicer.
