3D Printer

[EXOTICLEX]

Had no idea this existed.
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[King Darkness]

I had no idea you existed.

 

[EVILFACE]

I had no idea a sweater that ugly existed.

 

[EXOTICLEX]

I had no idea a sweater that ugly existed.

lol....I didn't even notice that hideous sweater

 

[Detale78]

This is amazing......and I noticed the sweater

 

[Centurion]

Is this what they used to build the Smart car?

 

[Darth Waller]

That's pretty damn cool.

 

[darthviper107]

Very expensive though. The printers themselves (for a good one) can cost over $100,000 and it usually costs them $10 a square inch for the material

 

[sarakawa]

This is pretty much how a lot of statues are made. Someone sculpts the figure in 3d, then the 3d model is printed using one of these printers. A mold is made and and that is used to mass produce. Actually, you can get 3d printers of your own for like $3000. They are obviously much cruder and smaller but they can still get the job done. The resin isn't that expensive either.

 

[darthviper107]

This is pretty much how a lot of statues are made. Someone sculpts the figure in 3d, then the 3d model is printed using one of these printers. A mold is made and and that is used to mass produce. Actually, you can get 3d printers of your own for like $3000. They are obviously much cruder and smaller but they can still get the job done. The resin isn't that expensive either.

The cheap ones are completely useless. They can't do very thin objects or small details. So they wouldn't be helpful for collectibles at all.


But Sideshow has been using 3D printing more and more now. I think some of their new maquettes are 3D prints. Looks like they're also doing that for stuff like armor and droids along with weapons. For stuff like that it's ideal, just to get something exact.

 

[EXOTICLEX]

The cheap ones are completely useless. They can't do very thin objects or small details. So they wouldn't be helpful for collectibles at all.


But Sideshow has been using 3D printing more and more now. I think some of their new maquettes are 3D prints. Looks like they're also doing that for stuff like armor and droids along with weapons. For stuff like that it's ideal, just to get something exact.

that is interesting to know.....never would have though that...

 

[darthviper107]

Here's a couple of maquettes from Sideshow that were done on the computer:

https://www.zbrushcentral.com/showpost.php?p=735079&postcount=640
https://www.zbrushcentral.com/showpost.php?p=711932&postcount=612