Palace Constructor, part 4

Palace Constructor is a line of blocks of my design, that can be assembled into palace-like structures. I have created modular blocks of different kinds that can be combined with simple joints. There are walls, columns, balustrades etc. All are stylized as historic architecture. Still decorations are thoroughly designed to be easy to print without supports and their proportions are well adjusted so they would look good in prints. The Wall block is 62.7 x 7 x 72 mm. It is large enough to achieve well visible decorations there.

Modular blocks of the same size can have different decorations, thus even the same structure can gain a different appearance. But the best fun is when you assemble structures with all kinds of blocks, so the final constructions can be more interesting and richer.

The Part 1 contains the basic set of blocks and is available here for free. More blocks are available in Part 2 and Part 3. Here you get yet another bundle of beautiful blocks.

Part 4 contains following blocks:
- 3 types of walls inspired by Romanesque architecture,
- wall dedicated for a single arched door,
- 2 types of single arched doors,
- 3 types of fanlights,
- arch and pillar decorated with bricks,
- 2 types of balustrades with dedicated corner and straight posts,
- parapet wall with battlements and dedicated posts,
- 2 types of roofs: single-slope and gable and 2 types of dedicated pediments for each one of them,
- additional joint to attach pediments.

All blocks of Part 1, 2, 3 and 4 can be assembled with the same joints. They're all compatible.

I have a lot of fun with Palace Constructor, I hope you will too. You can check my palaces on my instagram. A structure built mainly with blocks available in this set is presented here, some details - here.

Some photos of my palaces in higher resolution:
PCon.29
PCon.19
PCon.15
PCon.14
PCon.11
PCon.12
PCon.13
PCon.10
PCon.17
PCon.09
PCon.16

All blocks were 3Dprinted on Prusa MK4:
- in PLA (F3D Marble),
- infill 15% gyroid,
- all layers height 0.15 mm (including first layer).
Note1: I use slightly changed default Print settings "0.15mm SPEED MK4" in PrusaSlicer.
Note2: No support is needed for almost all blocks. Supports "for support forces only" are used for Wall.Door and Wall.Window. When Wall.Door is placed up side down in slicer, choose Paint-on supports, Tooltype -> Smart fill and click on overhangs; this would be the result. Here are screenshots of Wall.Window.A with the same procedure: screen1, screen2.
Note3: Door_LR means that there is left and right wing. Window is symmetrical, so there is no distinction.
Note4: I set min. 3 vertical perimeters for Capital. When I used default 2 vertical perimeters, sometimes the pin broke.
Note5: Sometimes you need to place a model on other face (e.g. upside down) to avoid supports, e.g. arch, capital, door, wall.door.
Note6: I advise you to set sequential printing for capitals. Otherwise in multiple printing there may happen some bumps/ unevenness on posts that will make smooth attachment to the column difficult.
Note7: Sometimes I set On Avoid crossing curled overhangs (e.g. for balustrades). It is experimental in PrusaSlicer 2.6.1.

Printing Time:
Blocks are small enough, so with Input Shaper printing time is usually short. The longest print is Wall.Window and it takes less than 2 hours. 4x Joint.B are 3d printed within an hour.

The most fragile blocks are Joints C - they're small and can be broken if dismantled too forcefully. But if you print correctly all blocks, they will interact smoothly, so no great force will be needed, thus no harm should be done. I have adjusted blocks very thoroughly to 0.15 mm layer height (also 0.15 mm first layer height), with 0.01 mm precision, so they can be assembled and dismantled easily.