The question of making the carvings for HMS Sovereign of the Seas hull decoration has been to either carve them from wood like Uwe did, or to purchase a quality resin 3-D printer, and use Blender to make high resolution figures. The model is not at that stage yet. I used to do 3-D modelling using Lightwave by Newtek, but that software is antiquated now and Blender is a better choice. A close friend stayed in 3-D animation professionally, and recommended the resin printer over the filament printer because of the higher resolution. The cost is higher, but the results are smoother. For linear parts like your grating, you can clean them up easily by sanding to make angled surfaces very smooth, but for tiny carvings that are only 1 cm in size and 2 mm thick, the resin printer may be the way to go as long as you don't mind the resin smell. I'm off to look at your HMS Victory build log...I’ve also had similar issues my advise if you want excellent parts then buy an inexpensive 3D resin printer and produce your own parts there are several 3D programs for 3D printing that are free and very easy to learn and use. I have a 3D filament printer and I’ve printed some awesome parts for my1:98 scale victory. Look at my posts
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