

So you can do it as well, I'm sure :).Ĭoncerning the roules for the base game check out this link: But with the help of the instructions from YouTube, it was not such a big deal. My painting-scills are not really good and this was the first time I tried to paint someting this small.
#3D PRINT CATAN HOW TO#
Especially how to do effects like "drybrushing" Heres a fantastic build-guide from buildxyz, which offers you many usefull infos about planing, printing and painting the game: įor the painting it could help to check out videos about how to paint minitaures. Discover the magic of the internet at Imgur, a community powered entertainment destination. Nothing is more annoing than have printed a tile for hours just to find out the magnets don't stick to it. Uploaded from SolidWorks so I will have to rotate the STLs when I have a chance. Labelled as Work-in-progress because I have not yet successfully printed this and the files are all subject to change.

If the magnets go in right and still are able to turn in the wholes, keep these printer settings for all the tiles you're goint to print and use if you can the same filament. A small (less than 8' envelope) version of Catan that can be 3D Printed and hopefully snaps together nicely.

To be sure you're use the right settings, I recomend you to print the test-base-piece. When I came up with the idea to 3D print a whole Catan board I knew I wanted to make the pieces interlock a little better then the basic set because I always have the problem of those falling apart when someone hits the table or whatever. Important is, that the magnets don't come out again. from Saunder's Print Works, at Providence, Rhode Island, same months of 1843. To enter the magnets into the base, use something flat and metalic so the magnets stick easely to it and you can enter them into the wholes with some force. On Thursday last, the 3d instant, eleven as reporied in our last. I used 3mm round-magnets for the base that you can order online (for example here: ). I combined YAWongs tiles together with magnetic bases. And no, I'm not going to sell those pieces. I hope that the creativity behind 3-D printing is also going to give this game the possibility to evolve by the ideas of it's growing community. The idea behind my designs is, to give you something that you can add to your game and make your catan-expirience even better with something you made on your own. My intention with this collection is not to give you a fully printable version of the game and all its parts, so you don't have to buy the original game anymore. Here you find my new version of the game, check it out: Īuthorised shops (without quality guarantee):Ĭatan is a great game that I played since I was a kid and I apriciate the effort of it's designers a lot to create such a beautiful and versatile game.
