Yeah unfortunately most Blender tutorials are quite generic and focussed on other purposes, which I guess makes sense since it's used for everything, especially animation/video game models. In honesty I just learned-by-doing. The only tutorial I used was the classic Donut tutorial to learn how the programme worked. That being said, Artisan of Vaul's KZbin channel appears to be focussed on making wargaming minis, and has tutorials for those.

I hadn't tried so I just gave this a test. I'm afraid it's not a perfect fit; you would need to do some editing work. The lapels are too long and span down beyond where the turnbacks start. The inward curve where the coat meets across the breast is also more exaggerated on the SYW figures so there's a bit where the jacket behind the lapels is visible in the model's middle. I'll send you a picture on Discord.

It bears mentioning that the coats, waistcoats and lapels are all new sculpts, not copies of the SYW equivalents. They're also longer than the SYW versions.

Would depend on your aim I suppose! If you wanted to put the new legs on but maintain the model's height, you'd need to move bits up, if you wanted the models to match the AWI's 8mm height, you wouldn't need to do anything except delete the old legs and base. I haven't tested this, but the waiscoat could cause problems, yes; it would "arc" forward too high up (above the knee). While it might look okay, it'd at least be more exaggerated than on the original model (look at the figure on the right at the start of the video and imagine if his knee was pushed down; the waiscoat would be stuck forming a sort of ridge above it).

16gb of RAM should be sufficient. The important thing is to give it time to load - on my PC it takes almost 5 minutes to open the file; this is because there are so many active modifiers on all the objects that need to be calculated each time the file is opened. Just leave Blender be and let it load, even if it looks like it's crashed.

@@turnerminiatures Blender crashes though, it disapears from Task Manager

@@clive3490 Ah well in that case I'm stumped - if it's closing itself with no intervention from the user, that's something I've not seen before. If you keep task manager open while trying to open it, what's the performance usage look like? Are you RAM capped? How long does it take to crash and how does it happen? Instant crash with a programme closure, hanging with the screen freezing a bit first? I've not had issues like that myself - in my case it just slows down my whole PC and hangs while it loads.

@@turnerminiatures 16gig ram, TM reports using beteen 90 & 95% usage at between 9.5 & 10.5 ish Gigs. Status reports as Not Responding alsmost as soon as I select the main file from the Recent Files selector and Blender crashes after loading for 3 mins 10 secs ish. This is after a hard restart with only Blender and TM running. No other app or service is using more than 100mb Ram

@@clive3490 Only thing I can think to suggest is trying out Razer Game Booster to further free up RAM, as I'm assuming you're RAM capped? Other than that, I can try partitioning the file up and uploading it in parts so it has a smaller performance impact when opened. I'll get that done tomorrow if it proves necessary. In my own case, I'm sitting at 12gb RAM usage with the file and two Firefox tabs open. Please let me know how you get along with trying Game Booster (if you're willing to try it; there's a video on it on this channel) and I'll try partition up the file if needs be.

They'll find their way onto my Only-Games store, where I sell physical prints made on my behalf, but that'll be in a few months. Google "Turner Miniatures Only Games" if you want to find the store :)

Hiya, the software shown in the video - Blender

It's easy enough to just toggle the hilt off (click it and press "H"); I'll make sure they're separate objects in the final release.

@@turnerminiatures awesome

You can just delete the other epaulette; select the pair, hold Z, select "wireframe" and then press Tab. Box select the epaulette you don't want and press X to delete it.

@@turnerminiatures Awesome. Thanks!

The reason I like to do it in Lychee is because it's a time-saver (though perhaps not by much); once you've made your typical strip arrangements, you can open one of your .LYTs, "save as" something else and then replace the models inside with whatever else you want to stick on a strip. In 3DBuilder you'd have to manually place stuff each time you want to make a strip. Again, not that much more time-consuming but I've personally liked just having a "one size fits all" template. But 3DB is certainly an option, yes.

Depends on how complicated a given ship is. I can knock a typical one out in two days, but the likes of Tonnant, with all the options, took more than a week.

Hey, I'll do my best (and I admit that, in the past, sometimes the odd negatively scaled object has snuck through; they can be easy to miss in files that have hundreds of objects) but anything complex exported out of the Blender files is going to need to be repaired. There are a few web services, here's one I've used on the very rare occaissions 3DBuilder hasn't worked: www.formware.co/onlinestlrepair

@@turnerminiatures Thank you for pointing out the online stl repair service! In spite of my criticism, I am and, as I suspect, always will be your loyal customer.

Hey, Well, technically yes - but 6mm is what the miniatures were designed for, so I can't guarantee that parts won't snap off. We have had someone print them at 2mm; but I'd imagine the muskets and bayonets would be quite fragile as a result! Try it out on the free figures: www.myminifactory.com/users/henryturner/collection/free-models

@@turnerminiatures Don't have the printer just yet- currently looking into something suitable. Cheers.

@@peezebeuponyou3774 I'd go for a Mars 3 as a cheap entry-level machine that'll also produce great results. Resin printing is quite a big learning curve at first, and can be very frustrating, but will work nicely and consistently once you've settled on a resin and stable print settings :) If you want advice from others, you can feel free to ask any questions on the Facebook group or the Discord! facebook.com/groups/turnerminiaturesfans discord.gg/U6tdUBn

@@turnerminiatures Thank you- I'll definitely take a look at the Mars 3. Already joined the FB group.🙂

Both will depend on the printer. Going to use resin printers as an example, since I consider FDM inappropriate for these (while it can work, it'll take a lot of tinkering *and* will take forever to print off a unit). In the first case; the size of the print bed. On the smaller end, a printer like the Mars 2 can do 320 figures (that's four 6mm figures on strips; 80 strips total). A printer like a Mars 3 will have a larger bed and so fit more. As for time; completely depends on what sort of SLA printer it is. A mono screen should manage these in 3 hours; it doesn't matter if it's 1 figure or 320 due to the way the technology works. An older pre-mono printer will be about 6-7 hours for the same. If you need more reading about just what an SLA printer is or why the number of models being printed at once doesn't matter: www.wargaming3d.com/2018/12/31/the-complete-and-utter-idiots-guide-to-3d-printing-in-resin-for-wargamers/

@@turnerminiatures Brilliant -thanks.

Hey, there are two ACW ranges; the 6-15mm range and the 10/15mm range. The 6-15mm ones are in the same style as these SYW miniatures; exaggerated in proportions and supportless. The 10/15mm ones are an older range and more realistically proportioned, but will require supports. You can find each has a collection here: www.myminifactory.com/users/henryturner?show=collections

Alternatively they're also both available as add-ons to the SYW Kickstarter.

Thank you!

Yes, the Napoleonics will be available as an add-on and, of course, you can copy and paste assets between them. I should think I'll see a lot of people kitbashing 1790s troops or perhaps updating the early French models with the new SYW assets!

Generally only backers. There are a few exceptions (like the 6mm ACW figures) where models are sold with Blender files attached. I *always* will write "Plus Blender Exporter" or something like that where that's the case. If a product doesn't make mention of Blender, it doesn't include it. In the case of Napoleonics, the Blender files are only available to backers or people who purchase the files as an add-on to one of my newer Kickstarters. We just finished funding for the WWI project about two weeks ago and the next project will be the Seven Years War, which should launch within two months or so. That'll be the next opportunity to get the Napoleonic Blender files.

@@turnerminiatures wow! I wasn't even finished with the video yet 🤣 quick reply! Appreciate that sir. Anywho. Would there be any way to purchase the ability to do so?

The perks of spending your working day in front of a computer, I suppose! The Blender files are made available as add-ons each time I release a new Kickstarter - so the next opportunity will be when the Seven Years War project launches, hopefully within the next two months.

@@turnerminiatures fair haha. Well I'll keep my eyes open! I wish I had caught the Kickstarter from the beginning!

@@treposey4107 Here're some links if you want to keep abreast and be among the first to know! Mailing list on the site: turnerminiatures.co.uk/ Discord: discord.gg/U6tdUBn Facebook: facebook.com/groups/turnerminiaturesfans

Well my main collaborator was one of the brains behind Great War Spearhead, so we of course have a bit of a bias when answering this question ;)

Hey Jorge! Yes, the troops you see after 0:44 are Australians. New Zealanders are an early stretch goal: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uqrcliejy3IPnZ9IZ5qL1L1NYPNfOvhQsmvfA5r8ZKM/edit#gid=0

Hey, yes, I sell the STLs on my two webstores: www.myminifactory.com/users/henryturner?show=collections www.wargaming3d.com/vendor/henryturner/

Hey! I've both a 6mm and 15mm ACW range, you can find them here: www.myminifactory.com/users/henryturner?show=collections Unless you meant the English Civil War? In which case, no, not covered that yet :)

ACW is what im into! thanks!! I hope to buy the models soon!

I did not know that! Thanks :D

Hey! It's just a blank Blender file that has the scaling settings re-configured. But it doesn't matter since this is actually an out-of-date method, I covered my new method in a view I put out two weeks ago: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZXMc4uJh7qherc

@@turnerminiatures Thanks