{"id":33782,"date":"2017-08-29T17:46:53","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T21:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/?p=33782"},"modified":"2017-09-07T14:42:38","modified_gmt":"2017-09-07T18:42:38","slug":"materials-explainer-black-high-definition-acrylate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/materials-explainer-black-high-definition-acrylate","title":{"rendered":"Materials Explainer: Black High Definition Acrylate (BHDA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/materials\/high-definition-acrylate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shapeways Black High Definition Acrylate<\/a> is a great material for making extremely detailed objects, from tech accessories to jewelry to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/marketplace\/games\/tabletop-wargaming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wargaming miniatures<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy friends think it\u2019s really cool I\u2019ve got my own custom army,\u201d says James Tasker, who runs the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/shops\/terror-form-miniatures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Terror Form Miniatures Shapeways shop<\/a> and makes many of his fantasy figures in High Definition Acrylate.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative; height: 0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"position: absolute; width: 100%; height: 100%; left: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7DJDzz2EOfg?ecver=2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>High definition acrylate is printed one 50-micron layer at a time. Once a model comes out of the 3D printer, Shapeways technicians wash it in an alcohol bath, remove support materials by hand (unless you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/27473-bhda-finishing-tips-and-techniques-support-and-nub-removal.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prefer to remove them yourself<\/a>), and cure it under ultraviolet light.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/shpws.me\/Mdt8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">goblin warrior<\/a>\u00a0was the first miniature I printed in BHDA,\u201d Tasker says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was really amazed by the smooth finish and how paintable the material was. I&#8217;d tried <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/materials\/frosted-detail-plastic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Frosted Detail<\/a>, which has amazing resolution, but it had always been a bit tricky to paint. Even though I&#8217;d seen some pictures and read up on BHDA, I was still really impressed at how close it comes to typical injection-molded plastic models.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Tasker urges anyone interested in working with BHDA to pay close attention to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/materials\/high-definition-acrylate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">material guidelines<\/a>. He took a conservative design approach at first, then got more ambitious with his\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/shpws.me\/MH8k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cleric&#8217;s ball and chain<\/a> and his scaly\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/shpws.me\/MPG6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">snake-monster<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Painting can start off simply too, says Tasker. \u201cThe goblin warrior is pretty much just a few basic colors applied with a run-of-the-mill paintbrush with some inks to add shading,\u201d he says, adding that YouTube is full of great tutorials for painting miniatures. \u201cAfter the goblin warrior I started playing around with an airbrush, which can add a serious amount of character and shading in seconds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What have you made in Black High Definition Acrylate? 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