I’ve entered the Cymon bot into a reddit contest sponsored by ToyBuilder Labs. If you have any multi-part prints you should take some pictures and enter. http://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/1xcnue/toybuilderlabs_february_contest/
My Trophy on Wil Wheaton’s 3D printer
I never did print the TableTop Trophy I made. I knew it would work. The one part I had a question about I isolated and worked on until it was good. But Wil Wheaton printed it, and it looks marvelous. Whether or not this trophy will be released for others to download or whether it will be kept exclusive I …
Cymon is really real!
I am super excited to show off that Cymon, a character I created years ago as a mascot for my projects, is now a super posable toy with 17 points of articulation suitable to be a mascot for my 3D printed projects now, too. I’ve made the files available on CGTraider so you can make your own. Be warned, it’s a …
Another quick Saturday project
I’m still setting up my new workspace, and just like last Saturday I needed something. In this case it was something that doesn’t exist. Do I let that stop me? Not when a few minutes in blender will get me what I want. A little block extrusion and smooth subidviding makes a part as nice as any you could find …
Sacrifice a few damsels on my build surface and this appears
Spelunky. I love Spelunky. My kids enjoy Spelunky. My 4 year old son asks for it by name. Well, he calls it “Speedmonkey” but it’s basically the same thing. It’s a game of exploration, adventure, mastery, risk and reward, and just plain fun. There’s an item in the game called the “Kapala“. It’s… well it a little bit morbid but …
What a day for a knight
Lots going on in this little model which you can download for free on CGTrader, in case you want to skip my rambling and get something cool to print. First of all, why am I modeling a knight? Well, besides getting to practice posing a model with the skills I learned from the barbarian, I’m working on a trophy for …
Printin’ Cymon part 2
Just a quick update on Cymon, Before I resized the pieces I wanted to come up with a new joint that would be easier to use, hold strong, connect easy, disconnect easy, and print well. 3D Printing for Architects had some information on tolerances and fittings that I had never seen before and helped guide my design until I found a …
Have 3D printer, will travel
…may not travel far, but you’ll see cool stuff. Skycraft Airplanes contacted me through MakeXYZ because they wanted some 3D printed models of their airplane and I’m local. Under that trophy above is a 3D printed plastic plane in 2 parts that they glued, polished and prettied up. So I got to print a box of some very pretty airplanes. …
Modeling a barbarian
My latest commission from Just Game (thanks to Nat for letting me show off the work I do) is a Barbarian figure, 1 1/2″ tall. This one really gave me the chance to flex some modeling muscles in new ways (pun intended), beyond the skills taught in 3D Printing Blueprints. First of all I had never before had reason to model …
Quick modeling a shelf peg
Did some modeling this morning and thought I’d show off how quick and easy it is to do a quick model when you need one. Do the pegs work? You bet they do. [Insert related plug for http://learn3Dprintingblueprints.com here] The model at the beginning is another one for Just Games and I’ll probably have a post about that experience after …