# Mini Building from the Mini

**URL:** <https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/mini-building-from-the-mini/4317>\
**Category:** User's Gallery\
**Created:** [December 13, 2016, 4:14am UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/mini-building-from-the-mini/4317 "2016-12-13T04:14:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Daniel\_M\_Gessel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5e9695/32.png) [@Daniel\_M\_Gessel](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/Daniel_M_Gessel)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 4:14am UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/mini-building-from-the-mini/4317/1 "2016-12-13T04:14:20Z")

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Still fine tuning the paint job…

 ![image.jpeg](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/lulzbot/original/2X/e/e1d9ee4831b2a8f6c7b523360da2573d39531b09.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![robajohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@robajohn](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/robajohn)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/mini-building-from-the-mini/4317/2 "2016-12-15T15:08:46Z")

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WOW! That is small.

Is this part of a larger project like a diorama or something?

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**Author:** ![Daniel\_M\_Gessel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5e9695/32.png) [@Daniel\_M\_Gessel](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/Daniel_M_Gessel)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2016, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/mini-building-from-the-mini/4317/3 "2016-12-18T14:37:50Z")

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I’m planning incrementally larger and more complicated buildings. So far, I’ve been following designs for Anchor Blocks - Victorian era building blocks made of artificial sandstone - though it’s time to branch out a bit.

I call it an “art” project but it’s more of a hobby. - Dan

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**Author:** ![tacit\_caster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@tacit\_caster](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/tacit_caster)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2016, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/mini-building-from-the-mini/4317/4 "2016-12-18T16:39:54Z")

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That is some really impressive detail! What material is this? Did you use model paint? The colors are really good too.

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**Author:** ![Daniel\_M\_Gessel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5e9695/32.png) [@Daniel\_M\_Gessel](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/Daniel_M_Gessel)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2016, 11:46pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/mini-building-from-the-mini/4317/5 "2016-12-18T23:46:03Z")

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It’s PLA; after playing with my zoffset slowing print speed by about 40% and tweaking z hop a bit, I’m very happy with the prints I’m getting. I scaled the model size down about as far as the printer could go and still capture the detail that i wanted to see from the original designs - basically, bumpy features are in the half millimeter range, though I push it a little more since the layers are thinner.

Paint wise I just use thinned out acrylics and then a final dry brush pass. I’ll post bigger models once they’re painted.