Fountain of Salmacis
As the dawn creeps up the sky
The hunter caught sight of a doe.
In desire for conquest,
He found himself within a glade he'd not beheld before.
As promised, this month is ancient Greece/myths theme, and I'm using this opportunity to do a tribute to one of my favourite pieces from Genesis (the bit from 3:14 in particular), with some Hoplites on top.
New supportless models:
- a terrain piece - spring with pool, acting here as a spring of Salmacis
- young hunter with javelin/spear (playing the role of Hermaphroditus)
- doe
- Naiad, Greek water nymph
- 2 Hoplites with spear
- Hoplite with sword
get them in the repository (new link!)
I usually avoid models with single thin bits sticking out, if you're experiencing too much warping on the spears in FDM, print 2 models at a time to allow the filament to cool down before a new layer.
I'm going away for a week, my ladyfriend finally gets some vacation after a difficult year, see you soon.
Comments (11)
Hoplites are amazing!
This is SPARTA!!! Rhaa love that!!
Love the greek theme, may I suggest a macedonian pikeman? Would work best if it was modelled with no pike, so a bit of filament could be inserted to act as one.
Wow!! Enjoying the hoplites may we have more please. :)
Love the hoplites! However, the stls in the 2 spears folders are disorganized.
d-oh! indeed, uploaded correct zips now.
Loving the hoplites! Enjoy your well-deserved vacation.
Hoplites!
In love with that doe!
These hoplites are fantastic, and the doe is absolutely gorgeous. The naiad is perfect as a Greek woman/townsfolk, but I’m not getting a true Ancient Greece naiad feel (I’m not trying to criticize). Maybe if her dress was painted to look wet, but you could do that with any clothing.
Ha, I knew this would raise questions, ancient pottery shows nymphs as basically normal women in traditional clothing, so I stuck to that.