TLDR Terrain doesn’t ask much from filament in the traditional engineering sense. A dungeon wall doesn’t need to hold up an engine. A stone floor doesn’t need to survive outdoors for ten years. What terrain does need is good detail, reliable printing, reasonable durability, and a material cheap enough that printing an entire dungeon doesn’t … Read more
TLDR It’s easy to assume that smaller layers always make better terrain. Technically, finer layers can improve surface quality. But if you print an entire dungeon at 0.08 or 0.12 mm when the pieces look nearly identical at 0.20 mm from across the gaming table, you may be spending a lot of extra printer time … Read more
TLDR One of the pleasant surprises of owning a 3D printer is discovering how little plastic is actually inside many large terrain pieces. A castle wall can look substantial while still being mostly hollow inside. A dungeon tile may use only a small amount of PLA. And even a large building doesn’t necessarily require anything … Read more