3d printing

[Tinwhistler]

cute
It's not for me, though. And it's not saleable due to it's non-commercial license on printables (which I'm not sure holds much legal weight as pertains to selling prints of legally acquired designs--otherwise companies like Shapeways would have been taken down long ago) and the fact that Transformers is trademarked IP.

 

[Tinwhistler]

Stepping away from cute and cuddly a moment to make this bone dragon. The local gaming store specifically asked for it for their display case.

 

[Tinwhistler]

My most ambitious print yet...about 54 hours total estimated to completion. Still got about 9 to go. Hopefully it will look pretty nice one all the support structures are carefully removed.

(For those who don't know, this is a Sleep Token Vessel mask. I'd never heard of them before getting this commission, but evidently they're a band that's become recently popular on the TikToks and the like)

 

[drifter]

Not a fan of the lore behind the band, but it's a cool aesthetic and they got chops.

 

[Tinwhistler]

 

[PatrThom]

May I ask why it was printed right-side up? Just to keep from having to post-process so much of the dome?

--Patrick

 

[Tinwhistler]

May I ask why it was printed right-side up? Just to keep from having to post-process so much of the dome?

--Patrick

yup...upside down is often suggested if you're going to sand and paint, but as I was multi-color printing upon request, with minimal post-processing, I preferred the top be as blemish free as possible.

 

[Tinwhistler]

I vend at local popup markets. 3d printing fidget animals and stuff. People have told me I should sell more 3d printed weapons (I do a couple of very blunt swords). I've specifically been asked to make balisongs. This is why I refuse.

(trigger warning: Already dead chicken murder)

 

[Tinwhistler]

I've learned a lot since October. The designer of these dragons specifically say that if you print them lower than about 60% scale, the joints will fuse.

I present to you: A dragon made at about 25% scale, with a jump ring thru the snout so it can be an earring! This is just a prototype--someone asked me if I could do it. I suppose the answer is "yes" I'll be making them a couple in color.

 

[Tinwhistler]

4 down, about 4 more to go.

plus, I designed and printed this beside caddy to slip over my friend's Ikea bedrail

 

[Tinwhistler]

Almost done whee

 

[Tinwhistler]

Sometimes, you just gotta make something for yourself. Approximately life sized

 

[PatrThom]

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Sometimes, you just gotta make something for yourself. Approximately life sized

Now go get an MRI and ask to keep the disk.

--Patrick

 

[Tinwhistler]

Am I officially a factory now?

 

[PatrThom]

Workshop, at least.

--Patrick

 

[GasBandit]

Oooh that's cool...

 

[drifter]

What it would look like if they made a French adaptation of Space Battleship Yamato.

 

[GasBandit]

What it would look like if they made a French adaptation of Space Battleship Yamato.

More of an Event Horizon, really. In fact it has a lot of the same story beats.

 

[drifter]

I just meant the ship looks like it could have been made from a repurposed Eiffel Tower.

 

[PatrThom]

I just meant the ship looks like it could have been made from a repurposed Eiffel Tower.

Yay for A.I., I guess?

--Patrick

 

[figmentPez]

People come up with some crazy mechanisms that can be 3D printed.

 

[Tinwhistler]

Now that I have 3 printers, I have time to print new stuff again.

 

[Tinwhistler]

 

[Tinwhistler]

Design just dropped, and I had to print it immediately. Cherry blossom dragon

 

[Tinwhistler]

and, an update on the 3d printed whistles..now in mutli-color wood fiber impregnated pla

 

[Dave]

and, an update on the 3d printed whistles..now in mutli-color wood fiber impregnated pla
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Did your post cut out or is there something called "impregnated pla"?

 

[Tinwhistler]

Did your post cut out or is there something called "impregnated pla"?

"wood fiber impregnated pla"

From Dictionary.com

Though admittedly the phrasing is mine. Most places call it a wood-pla composite, or call it an "additive" or call it "infused". But it's a valid use of the word

 

[figmentPez]

Did your post cut out or is there something called "impregnated pla"?

PLA, poly-lactic acid, a type of plastic. In this case it has wood fibers in it.

 

[Tinwhistler]

and video

 

[PatrThom]

Did your post cut out or is there something called "impregnated pla"?

PLA ("Pee-ell-ayy") is the acronymic abbreviation for probably the most common raw material used in consumer 3D printing, as Pez sez, above.

--Patrick

 

[Tinwhistler]

It didn't occur to me that Dave might not know what PLA was, and that maybe I didn't get cut off trying to type "plastic" or something

 

[Tinwhistler]

My Saturday was full

 

[figmentPez]

I don't know if this is a good deal or not, but Humble 3D Beastmasters Compendium with $1, $15 and $25 bundles of files for printing tabletop minis.

 

[Tinwhistler]

I don't know if this is a good deal or not, but Humble 3D Beastmasters Compendium with $1, $15 and $25 bundles of files for printing tabletop minis.

it looks good..but I haven't really looked into making minis aside from a couple of experiments. The local gaming store has a resin guy who does them, and I don't have enough personal need for them to spend a lot of time on it.

But I *did* make this bit of art yesterday while my printers have a little downtime...spoilered because art is often nudez

Spoiler: bewbs

 

[Tinwhistler]

Friend of mine requested this, and it turned out pretty good