Good news to all Patrons backing Gunslinger – the first month’s releases (the Black Sector Assault Team and Breacher Team) are now available in an updated and improved form. Following user feedback, Anton has been working like mad to get the files changed over, fighting real-world shenanigans as well as the regular monthly workload for both Gunslinger and the rest of the Flytrap range to get these changes done and into your hands. Frankly, the tonal whiplash between the bad news and the results over the weekend has been quite a lot, but he’s been an absolute machine.
The picture above shows the two changes in closer detail. The heads was something we were on the fence about when first discussing the range but it was made pretty clear that the effort to adjust the figures would open up improvements for both the people buying the STLs and our development plans. The ball and socket joint should give plenty of scope to expand out your force, both with head positioning and even swapping out the variants (ideal for those wanting to run these guys during the day). Additionally, all the existing heads that have been created have been updated to take advantage of the system, giving you 5 heads to start off the collection.
The other element changed in this release is where the suppressor attaches to the rest of the rifle. On the 416s, this join was especially thin (the gas block being a narrowing of material compared to the rail and the suppressor itself) leading to several snapped barrels, including even myself losing one after a nasty fall. We’re still wanting to keep the proportions of the guns as close to reality as possible but in this case to make it playable (and printable) we’ve added some extra material to the join.
A few other concerns have been mentioned (such as the radio antennas and the magpuls) as failure point, especially on other printers and while removing supports. While I’ve managed to print them successfully, these are definitely potential issues that we just ran out of time to correct in this release and were not quite as concerning as snapped barrels. That said, moving forward we’re going to be trying to maintain the details while making them print more reliably, such as adding a little bit of material to them to give them some extra structure.
As mentioned above, if you were a Patron of Gunslinger back in July, the unsupported versions of these files are in the Dropbox for the month now, with the pre-supported versions coming soon. If you’re a patron for this month however, standby for release around the 15th which will give you a whole load of extra guys to your Black Sector force. Additionally, for those wanting to get their hands on these figures but missed out last month, they will soon be available via the Flytrap Digital MMF page with a discount available for anyone currently backing the Patreon. So if you missed out on the Assault and Breacher guys in July, why not sign up now and get them at a lower price as well as the two new sets coming soon?
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