Masterwork Tools

Sandstone corners bring it all together

Added 2024-09-30 22:03:33 +0000 UTC

This release offers three cool things:

corners, which are necessary
pieces that transition from one texture to another and work well with sandstone tiles from previous releases (You'll note that these have a "3 lobe" profile, but prior caves had a "2 lobe" profile - I needed the three loves to be able to do the next item on this list effectively, so we have transition pieces that let all of these work together)
Sandstone strata don’t generally run just horizontally. We’ve got a two-part 4x wall that you can use to create a more natural-looking angle.

I'm super excited about some of the cool things that can be done with some of these techniques moving forward, the angled strata is just the first experiment with the possibilities!

What you do is print these tiles in Overture Rock (Fossil) PLA and Overture Rock (Sedimentary) PLA (Amazon associate link) or other similar banded filament. I strongly suggest printing many walls together at the same time, as this results in two great side effects. First it means that the banding changes faster than if you print one at a time, in which case it can be hard to get even one transition in the wall. Second it means that all the parts printed at the same time have the same banding, so they go well together.

For the sloped tiles, I recommend printing the bottoms first, and then print the tops in a separate print, as that will maximize the texture color differences at the discontinuity.