The figures of this set are made based on a single pose and vary by their uniforms, equipment, and firearms. The set includes 12 basic figures and 6 additional variants of basic figures. Four figures are available in two versions: with a rifle without a fixed bayonet, and with a rifle with a fixed bayonet. For two figures, there's a second variant either during or right after the shot (trigger pulled, hammer hits the cap, the musket barrel rises up and body leaning back from the kick, the facial expression is different). In total, the set contains 18 files.

This Confederate infantrymen are made as toy soldiers especially for printing in the 1/72 scale (with a possibility to print them well in 28 mm size or in a larger scale) and have corresponding proportions, distortions of some parts’ sizes, and simplifications specific to the small scale toy soldiers.

The 3D files are made specifically for printing in the 1/72 scale on LCD and DLP resin printers (Anycubic, Elegoo, Phrozen and others) with a resolution of 35x35 micrometers (35x35 µm or 0.035x0.035 mm) and higher (28x28, 22x22, 19x24, 18x18 micrometers, etc) with a thickness per layer of 25 micrometers (25 µm or 0.025 mm) or less. These parameters are determined by the sizes of small elements, the thickness of the thin supports and the sizes of the contact points with the thin supports of the figures.

The figures are made specifically for printing in this specific position on specially modeled supports. While sculpting the figures I took note of their positions for printing and it had an impact on the figures’ geometry. The figures and supports are made as a whole. The baseplates are especially made thicker to prevent deformations, which could appear after taking the small figures off the building plate. The baseplates are attached to the supported figures as separate elements, and if needed, the baseplates can be split off and replaced with others in the right software.

The figures on the very same supports are good for printing in 28 mm size. Also, the figures on these supports can be printed well in the 1/35 and 1/32 scales, but with this, the supports will look more like thin sprues of plastic models, so it is better to cut them off than to break them off. I had no problems with that.

In the instructions to the set are the parameters for rescaling.

These Confederate riflemen are made so that they will be easy to print on your own. The STL filies have been checked and are ready for printing. They do not need any corrections, regardless of what the slicer may offer. Add the files to a slicer (don’t correct anything), put in the settings necessary for you, slice them up into layers, and start 3D printing.

 All of the figures in the set have been printed in the 1/72 scale and 28 mm for tests. For the 32nd and 1/35 scales, the main variants were printed.

All the figures in photos were printed on an old Phrozen Mini 4K resin LCD 3D printer. The print quality on modern models of Anycubic, Elegoo, Phrozen etc. is usually higher.

If you have had negative experiences of printing presupported figures (which are most often just generated automatically in a slicer), I would like to note that the figures in this set, for the most possible successful printing in 1/72 scale, are made with manually modeled supports that are an extension of the figures themselves. For the printed figures from the attached photos, when slicing into layers in the slicer for my printer with my settings, there were not at all any unsupported islands for figures in 1/72, 28mm, and 1/32 scale. In this case, for printing from 1/72 to 1/32 (I think and 54 mm too) for other printers and other correct settings in this or another slicer, then there will either be no islands or islands will be of several pixels with thickness of one layer only, and they can be easily removed with slicer tools or, for example, in the free UWtools program will not affect the geometry of the figures. Try to avoid printing with unsupported islands, especially when it is thicker than one layer, so as not to damage the film in the resin vat. I cannot recommend printing with unsupported islands, but of all the islands, islands of a few pixels and one layer thickness are the least dangerous for the film in the resin vat, if you just print without checking for islands and removing them. Also, during printing with my supports, I did not have any parts of the figures torn off. As a result, with the correct settings, a rough build plate, and a film in good condition in the resin vat, this will make printing without any trash on the film or in the resin vat.

Below, you can download detailed instructions for this set.

This work is made with 3D-sculpting only. No AI, 3D-scanning, body and pose generator programs, clothing design and wrinkle generation programs, and any third-party ready details or their elements were used.

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