Barrels of fun

 This is a short one. Kinda squat and rotund. Like a Dwarf.

Would you believe these things cost less than $0.03 each?

3d Printed barrels. Printed on my Ender 3 Pro. The End is what is referred to as an FDM printer, which is a lower resolution printer not suited to a lot of fine details like you see on a miniature. Not that it's not POSSIBLE, (there are those that can achieve miracles with the damn thing) but that it is better suited for terrain and large prints that Resin printers are unsuitable for due to build plate limitations (the ender has an 8"x8" or so build area compared to the 4"x6" go my photon mono), or prohibitive cost of materials (1KG of filament does twice the printing for half the price as even the cheapest resins)

All said and done I think this is like a dollar's worth of plastic, and like five cents on my power bill.... If even that.

The file is one from thingiverse. I can't find it any more but in attempting to do so I actually found more that i liked even better. Such is the curse of this hobby. I will be printing barrels until the end of time ;) 

Anyway the painting instructions are simple. Khaki base coat, then a heavy inking with a homemade ink of black craft paint mixed with Nutmeg craft paint, suspended in isopropyl alcohol (i wanted a better flow than water, and a faster evaporate time)

Cheap

Flat Earth would work as well

Cheap. Literally $1.50 worth of paint here

Currently cheap, but harder to acquire. You can use water+ dish soap, but that takes longer to dry.

This is what they looked like drying

That's it. They couldn't be simpler.

Here they are with some of my other bits and bobs...

There's a lot going on in this picture. You should go now. These aren't nice people!