3D Printing question.

I have a few 3D sculpts that I want to have made. Does anyone know of a 3D printer (company) or a 3D printing process which produces great quality and detail?

I have had work from Shapeways, it was terrible.

How Terrible? Just a wondering.

Orangepeace said:

How Terrible? Just a wondering.

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I chose a material which they (shapeways) says is for the greatest amount of detail. What I got back was basically a shell of my 3D design with no details at all. You live and you learn.

Sculpteo.com is another option. I've had good experiences with both companies. Shapeways has to problem detection and fix on upload which has been a bit of a pain, where as sculpteo does, but is a little more expensive, but also seems to be a little more flexible with fine detail and being able to print smaller parts.

dreampusher said:

I chose a material which they (shapeways) says is for the greatest amount of detail. What I got back was basically a shell of my 3D design with no details at all. You live and you learn.

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Take a look at the custom Sheldon Cooper threads to see outcome of those prints from both Shapeways and sculpteo.

dreampusher said:

I chose a material which they (shapeways) says is for the greatest amount of detail. What I got back was basically a shell of my 3D design with no details at all. You live and you learn.

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https://visionproto.com/
This is meant to be really good for quality and detail

jamesnix said:

https://visionproto.com/
This is meant to be really good for quality and detail

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I've heard good things about visionpronto.com

Visionproto is good, they have the Envisiontec machine which is VOXEL base technology, resulting in a minimum stair stepping effects.

What about shrinkage? Have you guys had an experience with this? This was also a big problem with shapeways.

I guess what I'm looking for is the equivalent of a grey model. I'm not sure what the process is to get that quality. My guess is stereolithography.

Well, since I'm also new to this 3D printing, size is also a problem for me, I still can't figure out the correct size for printing. I've done 2 prints with 2 different company and I gave the same instructions for the size, however, one came 10% too small and the other one 10% too big.

I guess different companies and printing machines handle thing differently and might need more specific instructions . But quality wise, I'm sure that Vision Proto is one of the best.

This guy does really incredible 3d prints...he does whole figures. His site just isnt up. I have no idea what machine he's using but this is the level of quality I'm looking for. The name of his company is Ownage. https://www.zbrushcentral.com/showt...rint-Game-is-ON-P-3!)/page19&highlight=ownage

Interesting topic. When printing a small object like a head do most people try to include the interior space for HT necks as part of the mesh or do most people dremel that out after the fact? I imagine there must be a disposable post built up on the table surface before the head itself is printed.

Kamandi said:

Interesting topic. When printing a small object like a head do most people try to include the interior space for HT necks as part of the mesh or do most people dremel that out after the fact? I imagine there must be a disposable post built up on the table surface before the head itself is printed.

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It can be digitally sculpted in, the cavity for the neck peg I mean. Then print it like that.

I'm guessing most head sculptors include a foundation, it's not going to just be the chin and back hairline connecting to the table...

Here's my original model and the shapeways results.

dreampusher said:

Here's my original model and the shapeways results.

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It sucks. From what I see your project was very smooth and the final result is not. Total lack of details, too.