3D Printing Army Men

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  • @TheGeneralMoe114
    @TheGeneralMoe114 6 років тому +116

    You have achieved critical mass. TP paint them, your should probably use a spray paint that holds to plastic. It will apply an even enough coat that hides the layers, but doesn't smother the details on the soldiers.

    • @NimProductions
      @NimProductions  6 років тому +12

      Yea I don’t have that tho

    • @TheGeneralMoe114
      @TheGeneralMoe114 6 років тому +8

      @@NimProductions Yeah, but just buy some. Any tool shop or whatever seems them, once you have a can life becomes so much easier. You will be like "Hey, this thing is pretty great! Why didn't i do it sooner? That's Great!"

    • @NimProductions
      @NimProductions  6 років тому +8

      I have black and white paint spray paint that’s it

    • @d.o.f.t.1578
      @d.o.f.t.1578 6 років тому +2

      Nim Productions he said to go and buy it. No use what you already had. Oog ook ook Oog

    • @ovizcarra8667
      @ovizcarra8667 6 років тому +2

      Use acrylic paint

  • @Toasted_Failure
    @Toasted_Failure Рік тому +3

    "I recommend not trying to print tanks"
    Says the guy who litterally recreated the M60 boley tank like this is incredible how you have improved so much

  • @PineappleSyrup
    @PineappleSyrup 6 років тому +53

    time to make an army of soldiers now

  • @Cincinnatifamily
    @Cincinnatifamily 6 років тому +36

    You have really inspired my son Crosley. He loves your channel, wants to make army men videos and wants us to make our own army men with a 3D printer.

  • @f.d.6667
    @f.d.6667 4 роки тому +8

    Thanks for putting up this detailed vid. As a toy designer and art teacher (!), I too was amazed to find that nobody is printing their Green Army Men. I mean with the Toy Story movies out, even LEGO made their variant... I was surprised to see that Netflix' "The Toys That Made Us" hasn't covered the classic Bucket of Soldiers yet. Probably a phenomenon of our time where slaughtering zombies in a game is ok but a warped "gun" the size of half a matchstick is sending parents into panic mode. BTW: great approach to problem-solving! ...

    • @NimProductions
      @NimProductions  4 роки тому +2

      Thanks for the feed back, I’m glad to see people other than kids watch my videos

  • @cb3391
    @cb3391 8 місяців тому +1

    My young friend, Army men obsessed since 74
    Timmee rules.
    Keep filming

  • @thelucondrix391
    @thelucondrix391 6 років тому +7

    As someone who used to play with lead and tin armymen, and later the plastic armymen, I love this. And yeah, for future reference most teachers in that area don't help much, it's a thing that is mostly trail and error. I took CAD in college, and it's basically the same. XD

  • @ovizcarra8667
    @ovizcarra8667 5 років тому +33

    the "nazi toy sodliers' are actually british and thier by steve weston toy soldiers

    • @RHN_MSc
      @RHN_MSc 4 роки тому +2

      oscar vizcarra innit, that actually really annoys me they've labelled it that tbh

  • @jeffersonfan393
    @jeffersonfan393 6 років тому +5

    Thx for putting in the time and effort to 3D model the army men over if you can’t print them. I will be printing them if I can (my local libraries have 3D printers people can use for free) so thx a lot

  • @himselfadam8093
    @himselfadam8093 5 років тому +2

    Not bothered what anyone says about your vid I learned more about 3d printers from your vid than all the others I have watched thank you.

  • @Angrytroopershow
    @Angrytroopershow 5 років тому +2

    Thats my dream to make my own army men. Nice video toy soldiers fan!

  • @TheeTroutKing
    @TheeTroutKing 3 місяці тому +1

    Teacher: no guns
    Also teacher: Drunk russian with vodka is ok

  • @ovizcarra8667
    @ovizcarra8667 5 років тому +2

    the grenadier is by a company called matchbox its in the us infantry set(1;32)

  • @Lego501st
    @Lego501st 4 роки тому +3

    This video is educational and hilarious👍🏼 Great video brother

  • @cartoonfox6128
    @cartoonfox6128 2 роки тому

    Myth. Your army men are excessive.
    Fact. This channel is underated

  • @chazcoronado3563
    @chazcoronado3563 5 років тому +4

    I think a good idea for 3d printing Army Men would be 3d printing the characters from the 3DO Army Men series like Sargent Hawk, General Plastro, and more 👌

  • @IMCproductions
    @IMCproductions 6 років тому +7

    2:43 fun fact that happened to me too but it was sketch up is harder

  • @putrid.p
    @putrid.p 6 років тому +2

    For the complex STL files that you couldn’t open in tinkercad, often/sometimes it’s possible to reduce the polygon count in a mesh editor without degrading its appearance. I use meshlab, meshmixer can probably do it too. Once you’ve reduced the polygon count enough tinkercad should be able to handle it.

    • @NimProductions
      @NimProductions  6 років тому +1

      I know but it was a little too complex to included into the video but i know u can do it

  • @privatemcguffin1537
    @privatemcguffin1537 6 років тому +8

    Interesting indeed...

  • @MBaran-wz4uv
    @MBaran-wz4uv 6 років тому +5

    I printed the normal guy, and it was awesome!

  • @greenbannerproductions3641
    @greenbannerproductions3641 6 років тому +59

    People think I like playing with army men like dolls.
    I DON'T LIKE PLAYING WITH THEM BUT MAKING FILMS.
    Their feeble minds just don't understand.
    Edit: thx for th likes (the most i ever got)

  • @colebailey
    @colebailey 3 роки тому

    The fact you made that on tinker cad astounds me

  • @pete8299
    @pete8299 3 роки тому

    Some of these army men look way different than the ones I grew up playing. Mine were the generic old 1950s models with the Korean war era poses

  • @rwcowell
    @rwcowell 2 роки тому

    Thanks for sharing. I'm new to 3D sculpting and printing. I would recommend that you prime the figures first, before painting them with acrylics. Cheers!

  • @aquapool8294
    @aquapool8294 4 роки тому +1

    Nim: I am making army men
    Friends and family: wHy Do YoU nEeD tO mAkE eVeN mOrE Of ThEm?!?

  • @Error-pe3rq
    @Error-pe3rq 6 років тому +1

    Everyone in my school knows the fact that I have army men and they say, "bruh this is the kid with his little soldiers!". So I just respond with something simple. (One of the lines i used) "well, I mean EVERYONE has to have a great hobby right?"

  • @IMCproductions
    @IMCproductions 6 років тому +2

    I have a question nim what did you’re going to do with the armymen with guns?

  • @NPC.MP4
    @NPC.MP4 2 роки тому

    i legit thought about this during school and now this was in my recomended

  • @alnorflorist5306
    @alnorflorist5306 3 роки тому +1

    “The next thing is to add stands”
    My brain: STAR PLATINUM

  • @Jjgm69
    @Jjgm69 Рік тому

    You my man do the work god needs to do.

  • @Darg0rTSL
    @Darg0rTSL 5 років тому +2

    i loved this toys simple yet very effective to entertain you my cousin and i had a cowboys and Indians set it was great

  • @thomasstolfi665
    @thomasstolfi665 5 років тому

    Ya know if you bole them in very hot water they soften enough to change most pose’s. Then run under cold water . To stiffen the figure into new pose. 3D printer looks like fun to make new poses. But what you really need are better quality plastic toy soldiers. Those your using are knock-offs of the better ones. But your not crazy 😜. Lots of people are into the hobby. Cool video 👍🏿

  • @christianletzerich6523
    @christianletzerich6523 6 років тому +4

    Are you going to make a t-54 international use

  • @hamiburgerdoesstuff4996
    @hamiburgerdoesstuff4996 2 роки тому

    The first 15 seconds of the vid is highly relatable lol

  • @o_sch
    @o_sch 4 роки тому

    Now I think I’m going to buy a 3D printer. (Don’t worry I’ll use it for lots of other things too) and some glossy paint. Maybe in the future I’ll get a 3D pen to help clean up the soldiers seams myself. Any good suggestion on a printer? I don’t want to spend a lot as I’ll only be printing small things like this.

  • @shanellepaz8356
    @shanellepaz8356 3 роки тому

    You made many in one, your smart i never think about that

  • @rebelandchief
    @rebelandchief 4 роки тому

    The background music is good lol. Jazzy Erika and British Grenadiers.

  • @cb3391
    @cb3391 3 роки тому +1

    Subbed
    👍
    Green Army Forever!

  • @williammellethin10210
    @williammellethin10210 3 роки тому

    Thank you for showing me how I love this video

  • @kieslingsfilms
    @kieslingsfilms 5 років тому

    Great video. Not going to lie if I had access to a 3d printer I would do this. School teacher can be strange beasts.

  • @mr.yuuochung8083
    @mr.yuuochung8083 5 років тому +1

    Yo comrade, you can change their position by melting them for abstract positions like falling out of a tank etc, hope this helps!

  • @FernandoRojas-du3sg
    @FernandoRojas-du3sg 3 роки тому

    I have experience painting plastic soldiers, you must get the figs printed first with printing paint or other hard paints with spirits base in order to paint with the acrylics smoothly.

  • @o_sch
    @o_sch 4 роки тому

    I wonder if I could design a way to make the guns interchangeable and maybe even joints on the soldiers. Or maybe I could design accessories for them too.

  • @ArmyMenProductionsYT
    @ArmyMenProductionsYT 6 років тому +2

    I need the WHOLE WORLD OF ARMY MEN

    • @Sgt-lott10
      @Sgt-lott10 6 років тому

      Army Men Productions you can’t have mine!

    • @ovizcarra8667
      @ovizcarra8667 6 років тому

      I have 300 to 1000 army men

  • @senz7909
    @senz7909 5 років тому +2

    Very well made video

  • @erizmo4468
    @erizmo4468 4 роки тому +1

    Nice job dude!

  • @thatsalotofsodiumcoins1615
    @thatsalotofsodiumcoins1615 5 років тому +1

    That is why legos are so amazing for stop motion films

    • @NimProductions
      @NimProductions  5 років тому +2

      But they are more time consuming to film

  • @ronantubridy5019
    @ronantubridy5019 5 років тому

    *Tries to 3D model an army man*
    Teacher: *sees un-realistic gun*
    Student: *Gets called down to the guidance office*

  • @Swordonator
    @Swordonator 6 років тому +9

    I was reading comments about you doing a 3d printing army men video

  • @brianstabile165
    @brianstabile165 3 роки тому

    It’s a good idea,maybe company’s could sell the model right and a person could make there own using the right

  • @Callsign_Phalanx
    @Callsign_Phalanx 2 роки тому

    you should make a file with all the base parts of the "grenadier" so people can make them easier.

  • @zmanthepanda3255
    @zmanthepanda3255 4 роки тому

    Teacher: you can’t make toy army men with guns
    Me: Oh Sorry I just thought this was AMERICA!

  • @therealspeedwagon1451
    @therealspeedwagon1451 3 роки тому +1

    Alright if you say I can’t make a tank I’m gonna 3d print a KV-2, Katyusha rocket launcher and KV-6

  • @thatbuzzkill3897
    @thatbuzzkill3897 3 роки тому

    You should make casualty figures for all sides

  • @CindyV0rtexy
    @CindyV0rtexy 5 років тому

    I just realised you were using the Finnish song "säkkijärven polkka" for the background music and to that I say
    IS THIS A MADAFLIPIN WINTER WAR REFERENCE!

  • @FilipinoMapperAndEditor
    @FilipinoMapperAndEditor 2 роки тому

    The picture that you showed in the intro had the same army men as i did!

  • @luked1727
    @luked1727 6 років тому +1

    Two things 1: do you want to some how trade army men 2: do you want to some how make a stop motion film together
    I know its stupid but cool
    I need more solders
    And would be cool to make a movie

  • @sammywest2583
    @sammywest2583 5 років тому

    I play with 3d modling all the time, and its really not as hard as you make it out to be. If you think making armymen is hard, then you are going probably the high poly route, rather then the low poly. Poly is polygons, or how many vertices are with in the mesh. with 3d animation, its fairly easy to make stuff. It just takes practice. If you think something is hard, its just because you haven't practiced enough and learned the functionality of the program you work with.

  • @3dprintwiz378
    @3dprintwiz378 6 років тому

    Learn blender man, it's hard at the start, but when you get use to it, you can pose and position any character you want the right way. By the way you made me lough, and I just want to say, I think my family thinks of me the same way, but makers make, not matter what. Keep it up.

  • @rockonnotman1699
    @rockonnotman1699 6 років тому +2

    It's funny I was think about this the other day in my 3d printing class

  • @SUBSZO
    @SUBSZO 6 років тому +2

    Good memories.... the Type Of Vids I watched

  • @lokiloki981
    @lokiloki981 6 років тому +1

    can you upload your soldiers, i wanna print them without wasting all the time creating them.
    Your good at this!

  • @Franco.Tarantula
    @Franco.Tarantula 3 роки тому

    Please make a new version of this video

  • @IMCproductions
    @IMCproductions 6 років тому +2

    I worked tinkercad when I was in my robotics school and I printed a tiger tank

    • @NimProductions
      @NimProductions  6 років тому +2

      Cool

    • @IMCproductions
      @IMCproductions 6 років тому +1

      Nim Productions yeah but sadestly it was pretty bad printed and it wasn’t the correct scale :/

    • @NimProductions
      @NimProductions  6 років тому

      🤷‍♂️

  • @DragonixBeys
    @DragonixBeys 5 років тому

    1:05 I hate these soldiers🤣. Amazing video bro

  • @rainman7992
    @rainman7992 3 роки тому

    the stop animation is so cool...and funny.

  • @TheHunter-xt7yb
    @TheHunter-xt7yb 5 років тому +1

    we can all agree they are great for playing AND film

  • @Sergeantlumi
    @Sergeantlumi 9 місяців тому

    I do poses but I don’t quite know the best ones

  • @nickolaswolfe1197
    @nickolaswolfe1197 4 роки тому

    I'm also obsessed with those

  • @demolitiongaming2894
    @demolitiongaming2894 3 роки тому

    I make films with army men but I have not made one in quite a while. But it’s cool and my younger brother likes them lmao.

  • @KositarFilm
    @KositarFilm 5 років тому

    This video is so funny! Good sense of modern humour...

  • @ADODSER
    @ADODSER 4 роки тому

    I got a soldier poses that are so good!

  • @AverageOhioan1903
    @AverageOhioan1903 5 років тому

    is the girls und panzer theme in the background or am i crazy

  • @KoalaTContent
    @KoalaTContent 6 років тому

    Couldn't you print models of any soldier if they're going to be painted? I'm sure there's a large selection of non Army Men soldiers that can be printed and painted green/tan etc

    • @NimProductions
      @NimProductions  6 років тому +1

      Yeah there are knights and war hammer 40k figurines for modelers and war gamers

  • @adr3im
    @adr3im 4 роки тому

    YOU ARE A GENIUS, REALLY GREAT THANKS.

  • @IMCproductions
    @IMCproductions 6 років тому +1

    That’s how you actually make a prototype

  • @chrispark7053
    @chrispark7053 4 роки тому

    Error404: 3D Printing Army Men.exe Has Encountered a mom.

  • @zdrahir1381
    @zdrahir1381 3 роки тому

    haha i love it, gived me idea for projekt at school. you culd do full plate and put it on kinkerkad, that wuld be usefull :D

  • @DragonixBeys
    @DragonixBeys 5 років тому

    Can you make video where you 3d print army Men?

  • @napyis
    @napyis 2 роки тому

    Cool stuff

  • @radicalelias9709
    @radicalelias9709 Рік тому

    From an arcade when I was like 10, I got lots of tickets from the arcade until I saw the army men toys that it would cost 5 tickets, guess what me and my cousin, but 100 of them is that crazy or what 😳

  • @Soundwav-Cinema
    @Soundwav-Cinema 6 років тому +1

    Ooooh cool

  • @thepiperat4308
    @thepiperat4308 6 років тому +1

    You crazy boi!

  • @CrazyPawnz123
    @CrazyPawnz123 5 років тому +1

    Good

  • @oldkid820
    @oldkid820 3 роки тому

    Welcome to the glorious courses of CSE where the teachers teach you jack shit on how to actually develop something.

  • @InternetArbiter
    @InternetArbiter Рік тому

    nicely done

  • @bengroce7973
    @bengroce7973 3 роки тому

    Thanks man! I'll try this out

  • @Sgt-lott10
    @Sgt-lott10 6 років тому

    WHEN IS THE HOW TO ON THE JEEP COMING OUT YOU SAID SOON OVER A MONTH AGO DO IT !!!!! I NEED A JEEP FOR MY ARMY MEN !

  • @coltonbeal45
    @coltonbeal45 4 роки тому +1

    Love this guy he’s funny

  • @greenbannerproductions3641
    @greenbannerproductions3641 5 років тому

    When will you show the prints?

  • @Soundwav-Cinema
    @Soundwav-Cinema 6 років тому +2

    Nice

  • @thehistoadian
    @thehistoadian 4 роки тому +2

    The "Nazi Toy Soldier" looks more like British WWII lol

    • @DragonixBeys
      @DragonixBeys 4 роки тому +1

      Yep these are british you can notice it from their helmets

    • @thehistoadian
      @thehistoadian 4 роки тому +2

      @@DragonixBeys Yeah, and the equipment and rifles etc lol

  • @elitesparky
    @elitesparky 4 роки тому

    You should try to make a m60 Boley tank lol

  • @thatisjake
    @thatisjake 5 років тому

    Owning a 3D printer is harder than using someone elses. Its a PAIN to make sure the bed is constantly level to stop failed prints. Or maybe thats just me.

  • @cesarsanchez4301
    @cesarsanchez4301 6 років тому +3

    Sane un nade fun of for likeing toy soilders i mean there awsome and thanks for the tip

  • @jeffersonfan393
    @jeffersonfan393 6 років тому

    I can’t import the file to Tinkercad because it’s a .zip file. How do I fix this?

    • @NimProductions
      @NimProductions  6 років тому

      Its a zip file (basically a packaged folder), you have to unzip it and open it up

    • @jeffersonfan393
      @jeffersonfan393 6 років тому

      Nim Productions thx.

  • @AverageOhioan1903
    @AverageOhioan1903 5 років тому

    You should make 2 shotgun guys so that it looks like he pumped the action just an idea

  • @m1rifle235
    @m1rifle235 4 роки тому

    How old can I do 3-D printing? I’m only 11 in the six grade

  • @Antiiant_48
    @Antiiant_48 2 роки тому

    Why would the teacher not let you print guns that are a part of history in a way

  • @KrXFnnTMIFdrM7kDIyAPg
    @KrXFnnTMIFdrM7kDIyAPg 3 місяці тому

    This is a comment from five euros later but I love this video so much and I’ve been watching this channel for 10 years or something like that but just so you know you don’t have to use a plastic army men model you can use a basic human model and then download props like helmets, guns and other equipment and then scale it to size you can find a lot more human models than army men models that are free if you’re on a budget, I actually did this by using a Donald Trump model, cutting its hair off and replacing it with a helmets and then giving it weapons in a backpack