3D Printing an ENTIRE Medieval City (Miniature Diorama)

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This video has it all, 3D printing, Scratch Building, XPS and EVA foam carving, painting, flocking, scenic grass/shrubs, and an epoxy resin art pour gone wrong.
Take a look at how this mix of techniques can bring the most detailed piece of terrain I've ever made.
Inspired by medieval cities with large complex networks of canals, such as Venice, or the fictional city of Stormwind from World of Warcraft.
The houses are viable to print on both resin and FDM printers, and they are a great way to spice up any diorama.
The board is built using 10mm scale to allow for much more detail condensed into a smaller footprint. Also known as N Scale in the model railway community.
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[@davemartin8409]

Historical tip: to save money on building materials home builders had small footprints on the ground floor, and the 2nd floor was mostly made of wood with a floor plan that would over-hang the ground floor footprint. Some times a 3rd floor was added as the family grew or a business/ cottage industry had to grow. Sometimes those 3rd floors were close enough to the 3rd floors of neighbouring homes, neighbours could shake hands. E.g. City of York, U.K.

[@stayloose3727]

Houses were also taxed based on their footprint initially, but when people started expanding outwards on upper levels this was changed to a "window" tax, which would then base taxation levels on the quantity of livable rooms in a home.

[@CaedenV]

This had a lot of other advantages early on as well. The overhang would help reduce the need for gutters to keep water away from the foundation, and provide dry storage space for outdoor items when a separate shed would not be practical. The 2nd floor weight being on the over-hanging timbers also reduced the need for internal structure and supporting walls that would otherwise be needed to support the floor above because they would naturally bow up-wards in the middle of the floor instead of collapsing down in the middle. Not the best design by today's standards, but pretty innovative for what they had to work with at the time.

[@TravelinginMiniature]

Excellent project - I bought the files. One thought the design traps resin during printing. It might need a hole inserted so unused resin can drain out.

[@StudsonStudio]

Knarb, this is incredible! I wish I could go back in time, throw my Micro Machines city away, and give young me this city instead.

[@KnarbMakes]

Aww, I would totally give young Studson the city to play with. My daughter has been using it the most so far, she has little people she makes walk across and tells stories with it. (she's 3)

[@M33t3y]

Ok Boomer lol

[@jukio02]

I want to build a futuristic miniature city. If I can't live in one, at least I will have one to look at in the real world. This is a hobby that I can definitely see myself get into.

[@Boylei]

I love the smaller scale, man! The board turned out so great. Well done!

[@KnarbMakes]

Thanks Boylei!

[@saagaisme21]

Hey dude.. It is honored to watched this video.. Both you are my inspirator..

[@CaedenV]

Yeah, the more of these videos I watch, the more sold I am on the idea of moving to a smaller scale before I start my next campaign. I have wanted to kick things up a notch on the table pieces, but keeping things at a 5' to 1" scale just makes for massive props that require too much detailing, and take up too much space. Moving to a smaller scale just makes things waaaay more manageable to make in the first place while making things much more expansive.

[@sXeAndriex]

Absolutely fantastic. This feels like the sort of fantasy terrain I see in my head, as opposed to normal 28mm scale.

[@simonmears4073]

Dude your skill level on these projects is insane. The Cathedral you did, this project and many others blow my mind. Keep up the awesome content, I can’t get enough.

[@KnarbMakes]

Thanks a ton!

[@GlennG5150]

Absolutely gorgeous, I've done a couple christmas villages in this scale (with trains!), looking at getting a good resin printer and inexpensive laser engraver to do houses and other details I couldn't do very well back in the day.

[@daringdarius5686]

I've been wanting to do something like this for a while now, and then BAM! Knarb throws it right on to youtube, supplies the stl files, and has a guide. Your timing is perfection my guy! :) Thanks for the video, stl, and for just existing!

[@KnarbMakes]

Thanks Darius! Get to crafting!

[@badwolfforge]

Where are the files?

[@daringdarius5686]

@@badwolfforge It's linked in the description like he said it would be. Check the description, then scroll down to where is says "KnarbMakes", beneath that are links (Video | About | Instagram | Facebook | Pinterest) and right beneath that are a link to the models, and a video from Wyloch's armory on how put LEDs in miniature terrain. Hope this helps :)

[@danieldavis7388]

This is fantastic! Even if the buildings are painted simply, they look great all together! Nice work!

[@strongbif]

I love this project. Thank you! I just finished painting my first 10mm resin 3d printed army for a game called Fantastic Battles. I reckon it's time to print up a farmhouse or two.

[@somanybookstbr9716]

Beautiful! Such clever use of various technology to create this!

[@NScaleDystopia]

So many good ideas in this build! (and the fact that it's N Scale makes me swoon) Great job!

[@jaydorota3625]

For me it's an eye-catching and a thought-provoking miniature art. . A five star art.

[@radu7472]

The detail on this is insane!! Well done!

[@rory3556]

Absolutely amazing mate

[@charlarp]

Stunning! Wow!

[@darylwayne611]

That was the most enjoyable video I have seen in a long while... I absolutely loved it, This seems so rewarding to make your own creations; towns and water... so freaking cool.. Thank you for sharing.. All the best!

[@jcboland79]

Looks awesome!

[@DarrenHughes-Hybrid]

It looks awesome. You have a definite talent!! Thanks for sharing it!

[@gueststrivler]

Magnificent work - particularly the water effect and the fairly lights - I've seen a lot of dioramas but this rates exceptional.

[@FunctionalDesign]

Fantastic! Love the process and result! 👏

[@eric4758]

so well done using modeling techniques, 3d modeling, and 3d printing. wow. i need to learn how to do this one day

[@gaveintothedarkness]

Amazing build, looks like you had a lot of fun making this!

[@tommcandries7483]

Excellent job as always.

[@36Marciano]

Great Stuff man!

[@williamvanparys6858]

That turned out great bro' can't wait to see more of your work...

[@michaelvonfeldt9629]

Epic! My new favorite channel

[@captainjohn787]

Your medieval city shows what kind of impact a 10mm (N scale) city can make --- beautiful! Add a couple of hay carts and sprinkle a few figures around for frosting on the cake. Thanks for the upload ~ looking forward to your other projects.

[@kellyfoster6983]

absolutely love it.

[@scjewell1961]

Brilliant. Love it.

[@BPCustomCreations]

What an epic project! Well done on all counts, Knarb!

[@AndersArman]

Amazing work

[@TheLord0Ice0Wind]

That's awesome!

[@sweetscraps56]

love it . miniatures are so fun to see

[@danwojcik8306]

Looks really good.

[@andymansgamingchannel3356]

Great job brother!! Thank you for the houses!! I play Warmaster and me and my buddies will totally dig these new terrain bits!

[@KnarbMakes]

Awesome! Enjoy!

[@Sampan24]

Absolutely love this! Thanks for sharing this! Big inspiration!!

[@KnarbMakes]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@BenjaminFletcher]

Amazing work!

[@Domino10112]

I love hearing that musical background at the beginning of this video. It reminds my of the time I play fantasy video games lol , also it's relaxing.

[@blank557]

Par excellence! I love it. That is old school cinema FX worthy!

[@atelier_AG]

Wow, this is amazing! What an immense project! It looks so good..

[@dedwin8930]

Amazing!! Thanks

[@plantnerdsa]

awesome work. really inspiring and might try this for a warmaster board

[@billdefranza4927]

Dude! This is AMAZING!

[@stuartrobertson331]

this is soo cool ! feeling very inspired to have a go at making a small diorama with your awesome houses!

[@triumphmanful]

my crude sweet potatoe box diaramas seem so simple now ! But of course I don't have all the nice machines you have. I have made a few diaramas . So far a hot wheels scale classic pick-up truck scene with small Christmas trees in the back of the trucks. Spray snow and a winter sceen from a calendar of Swiss countryside. My second one is mini-Teepees with small pine trees and a calendar scene of a small buffalo and mountains in the background. I am pleased with them. But they are nowhere as cool as yours. Beautiful job. Thank you for inspiring me !

[@connorbannochie9014]

This is awesome! Will have to try to make a medieval city myself. Nice work!

[@littlegirl-lc8lh]

looks so beautiful okay!!!!!!!! and oh the painting you have is very beautiful as well!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you very much WL!!!!!!!

[@bertpierey3655]

Wow. Nice work

[@hugohernandez6968]

remarkable is an understatement. bravo

[@CrankyPantss]

Awesome job on that. It looks great.

[@JonSteitzer]

Fantastic stuff.

[@josray2557]

that is awesome just felt sooo brief for all the work that went into it.. you could have swept through the city for a good long while showing all that off.. it looked like the water was amazing with all that underpainting

[@mv4463]

Just imagine someone that could build a modern tiny world like this you could play with with micro machine cars... I'd pay for that.. hours of fun with my grand children.

[@3dblend38]

Very impressive, a lot of different skills there being used

[@chaoshead87]

Very nice build. Thanks for making the buildings available to purchase. 10mm has become my new favorite scale over the last few years so I am slowly building up terrain and armies.

[@KnarbMakes]

Im thinking Ill make more in this scale too!

[@alexandervanhorn5633]

Looks awesome! Love the idea of smaller scale to make more fit.

[@rajakaz4075]

Amazing and inspiring!

[@IgnaceLaplaese]

fantastic dude

[@HacksawsHobbyBunker]

Awesome as always. I am especially intrigued by the use of the laser engraver, but every bit of it is impressive work. Cheers!

[@KnarbMakes]

Thank you very much!

[@Freddsche]

That's so cool!

[@nyverdaletabletop1674]

That's amazing

[@paulofreire7520]

Very cool! 👍🏻

[@ElCuentodeRoma]

Wow. Simply wow!

[@rmcgavock1]

Great work man!

[@KnarbMakes]

Thanks!

[@3DPrintedTabletop]

Really great use of so many different tools, Knarb. The city looks PHENOMENAL! Well done!

[@KnarbMakes]

Thanks Danny. 3D printing really elevates it to levels I couldn't have done without it.

[@3DPrintedTabletop]

@@KnarbMakes You definitely could've done it, but your point about efficiency and automation was a really good one. It's one of the best arguments for using 3D printing IMO.

[@sebastiendesautels8567]

Amazing work! I love it!

[@modeltreestore]

Love every aspect of it! Very cool build!

[@Alstorm2]

This looks amazing!!!!

[@stephenjburkhart6902]

Wonderful. Love it.

[@rudiloof7064]

Wow! Really nice! 👍🏻 Wish I had your skills in drawing and printing.

[@pgadeb]

Very inspiration for those of us "thinking" about jumping in....I live in an historic New England town that I'd like to do in a <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="76">1:16</a>0 N scale with passenger train...that luckily has fewer structures. But you've provided some very helpful suggestions.

[@denniscliff2071]

Incredible creation. Thank you.

[@andrewdrauth]

Dude, this is absolutely amazing. Well done. Would like to see some printed up warmaster armies roaming around the streets

[@deathlytree434]

I am just floored by how amazing this town is :O

[@lockhard80]

The city came out great!

[@hervebuteau169]

Really well done !

[@davevan8864]

Very nice work.....Love the creativity.

[@RealTerrainHobbies]

Daaaaaaang dude. This turned out amazing! Tip of the hat on them blender skillz.😎. You’d mentioned issues with the resin pour but things seemed to turn out alright. Were there any other issues you were having? Overall fantastic project on a much more manageable scale. 🙂

[@KnarbMakes]

Thank you sir. After the overall leaking issues, I had some issues with the very middle not curing fully. Ended up doing another topcoat and it seems ok now.

[@RealTerrainHobbies]

Ah gotcha. Glad it all worked out for ya. Again, fantastic project 🙂

[@SebMakesStuff]

Love this! I think I'm going to have to try some smaller scale builds

[@PokePikaProject]

So incredible! Love it! 👍

[@ivandeoz]

what a beast. it really looks amazing

[@dreddpirateb]

This is bloody amazing. Inspiring mate!

[@KnarbMakes]

Thanks a ton!

[@YeeKongChan]

Awesome!

[@turntabletop4165]

Amazing work! The very first glamour shot with the lights on, oh boy!

[@KnarbMakes]

I'm loving the way the lights turned out! Thanks!

[@Jestunes]

I think it's really great what you are doing with the 3D printing machine. I even gave you a thumbs up, but personally I am so much more impressed when people make these miniatures by hand, because I, like many other people who watch these videos don't have the funds to buy a 3D printer. Not saying that you don't work hard at it. I've seen others working on their computers and see how hard it is to make their ideas come to life. I'm just a retired man with little funds to do much and like to work with my hands and make something out of nothing. Wishing you the best in this new year. Sincerely, Jestunes

[@philliphaasbroek]

Lovely. Wow my friend its beautiful. I am planing to build a city on a ball. I learn allot from your video.

[@JHWorkshopRC]

Great work!

[@lolostanley1082]

Love your works

[@mattkey6023]

Very nice work!

[@lauraandedwardcannon8861]

This was awesome. I love the smaller scale, so much more area that could be modeled.

[@KnarbMakes]

Glad you like it!

[@sylvainvanduyl6143]

Looks good! I work in multiple scales. From 1/16, 1/35, 1/72 and 1/160 to 1/700 and 1/3000. N-scale (1/160) is maybe one of the best scale to do everything worth working on. It is small enough. And big enough to do details. Nice work!

[@g-ready1887]

Amazing 👏

[@craft-o-matic2377]

Yeah, I love it! Incredible work Knarb! I could live there! Beautiful! Lisa

[@KnarbMakes]

Thank you so much!

[@goesbysteve]

First time channel viewer. Really nice outcome. Makes me want to get my medieval castle with village idea started.

[@KnarbMakes]

You should! Thanks for watching!

[@jmei46]

Amazing job

[@ftangftang4909]

I don't what I'd do with it but I want one!! Really impressive.

[@FrankyDCrafter]

I don’t think I have ever been this jealous before.

[@KnarbMakes]

Thanks Franky. I wish I could borrow your skill in painting some of it up :)

[@stephenrenwick8781]

Awesome work

[@KnarbMakes]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@matthewfriedewald8551]

wow... that's very clever. I'm jealous I cannot game using it. well done brother

[@tsjoencinema]

Impressive work.