Catan Brick Tiles - Single Nozzle, Multi-color Layers

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Dakanzla truly outshines with his stunning multicolor printed design, version 2. Unfortunately, I'm stuck with a single nozzle printer and my painting skills are laughable, but I still wanted to add some artistic flair to my set. Honestly, I was not impressed by the monotone sets available (they were very creative, but lacked in color). So, I tweaked the tile design slightly to allow the printer to take advantage of the color swapping technique at different levels. Chuck Hellebuyck explains how to achieve multi-color 3D printing in CURA 3 on an Ender 3 in this video. I also use this method on my Prusa. I'm most proud of the Brick tiles. Initially, I envisioned a mine shaft concept since there's about 7mm of space from the tabletop, but all designs were too complicated to print with the colors I desired. Instead, I kept it simple and let color speak for itself. I used the broken terrain tile on Tinkercad and added some boulders using their advanced shapes. You can find the complete set of tiles here. I utilized three color changes and was particularly fond of the silk red effect below ground level. I must admit that Dakanzla's Clay ovens are designed flawlessly in my opinion, but after a while, I start to crave stone-fired pizzas instead. The Tinkercad file for the Brick tiles is available here: Brick 1, Brick 2, and Brick 3. The two designs below are Dakanzla's work, separated into different colors for printing. They are Clay Oven and Small Bricks.