Painting the Five Parsecs From Home Titan Forge Crew Bundle

Start with the files, not the paint pot

The Titan Forge Crew Bundle is a set of STL files, not a box of miniatures. Before you think about primer or a colour scheme, confirm that your printer and workflow can handle the files. The bundle is designed for resin printing and split to fit a minimum print bed of 120x60x150mm at 32mm scale. It includes both supported and unsupported versions of each miniature, so you can choose the route that matches your experience.

This matters for painting because supported files leave contact marks that need cleaning up before primer, while unsupported files put more of the support decision on you. Either way, the paint job starts with a clean, fully cured print.

What is in the bundle

• Five Parsecs From Home: Titan Forge Crew Bundle - STL: Includes files for the Captain, the Engineer, K’Erin, Soulless, Precursor, Feral, and Swift, plus a choice of 4 different scenic bases and a bonus Bust of the Captain. Seven distinct crew members and four base options give you a small, varied painting project rather than a single figure.

  

• Five Parsecs From Home: Titan Forge Crew Bundle - STL: STLs are provided in both pre-supported and unsupported forms. You can pick the version that suits your printing confidence, then adjust your cleanup and priming steps accordingly.

A practical painting order for the crew

Work in batches where the steps are the same, then split the crew by role so you are not repeating the same scheme seven times.

1. 1. Print and clean one test figure: Choose one crew member and one base option. Print it, remove supports if you used the supported version, wash and cure it. Painting one first shows you how the details read before you commit to a full batch.
2. 2. Prime and check detail: A thin primer coat reveals whether support marks or layer lines need more attention. If detail looks soft, fix the print rather than trying to hide it under paint.
3. 3. Paint the Captain and the Engineer together: These two are the natural core of the crew. Give them a shared palette so they read as leaders, then vary accents on the others.
4. 4. Treat K’Erin, Soulless, Precursor, Feral, and Swift as individual character studies: Each name suggests a different silhouette and role. Pick one dominant colour or texture per figure so the crew stays readable on the table.
5. 5. Paint the scenic bases separately: With four base options, you can match each base to a figure or keep a common ground scheme across the crew. Paint bases after the figures so you can handle them without smudging finished legs.
6. 6. Finish with the Captain’s bust: The bonus bust is a display piece. Save it for last, when you know the palette and have practised the face and armour on the full figures.

Supported versus unsupported: what changes at the painting table

Pre-supported files save time at the slicer, but the contact points can leave small pits on the model. Inspect those areas after curing and before priming. Unsupported files give you a cleaner surface if your support placement is careful, but they demand more judgement about orientation and overhangs. Neither version is automatically better for painting; the difference is how much cleanup you are willing to do.

The supplied information does not include a recommended layer height, exposure time, or resin type for these files. Those choices depend on your printer and resin, so follow your printer manufacturer’s guidance rather than a generic recipe.

Where to spend your painting time

• Captain and Engineer: Highest payoff from faces, armour trim and a clear leader colour. These are the figures the rest of the crew will be compared to.
• K’Erin, Soulless, Precursor, Feral and Swift: Use one strong identifying colour or texture each. Keep the shared crew palette in the weapons and boots so they still look like a team.
• Scenic bases: Four options let you repeat a simple ground scheme across the crew. Paint them in one batch after the figures are varnished.
• Captain’s bust: A display piece that rewards slower blending and a tighter face. Treat it as a reward for finishing the playable crew.

Licence and support limits to know before you print

These files are sold for personal use only. The licence does not allow sharing, distributing, selling or hosting the STL files, and it does not allow printing them for commercial or mass production purposes. That includes selling prints or posting the files on file-sharing or marketplace sites. If you paint miniatures for your own games, you are within the intended use.

The files are sold as-is. Modification requests and printing or technical support are not provided, so test with the free sampler pack first if you are unsure about compatibility. The supplied notes suggest a resin printer such as the Photon 4K or Elegoo Mars as compatible, and note that filament printers may work but are not supported as standard.

Scale and printer fit

• Five Parsecs From Home: Titan Forge Crew Bundle - STL: The files are designed for 32mm scale miniatures and split to fit within a minimum print bed of 120x60x150mm. Check your build volume and scale before printing a full crew, because a mis-scaled figure will not match the rest of your collection.
• Five Parsecs From Home: Titan Forge Crew Bundle - STL: The bundle is intended for resin printing, and the supplied notes suggest a Photon 4K or Elegoo Mars as compatible. Matching your printer to the intended process reduces the risk of failed prints that never reach the painting stage.