1 Topic by IanVP (edited by IanVP 2014-06-14 00:55:20)

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Topic: Your two cents needed: Will this work?

Hi all, this is my first post here but after some lurking you seem like the sensible group of fellows to get an opinion on an idea I've been tossing around for a while.

I've been looking for ways to really justify having a printer and I'm certain I'm not the only one. my field of expertise is in creating monsters, video game characters, sci fi objects or fantasy items and so on, and various people have expressed an interest in procuring them in some form.

The reason I'm coming to you is to gauge whether or not there would be an interest from the 3D printing community in some type of subscription to unique, original printables.  Ultimately my goal is to make a monthly monster, raygun, movie or game replica props, test print it to work out the bugs, and put it out there in such a way that I can afford the time to make another one the following month and so on.  I love making things and I'm hooked on printing so I'd like to fuse them in a fun way that a lot of other people might enjoy as well and while I see that there's a lot of cool stuff out there, I'm not always up for testing and tweaking a found design until it actually prints.

Here's some recent examples of my work, please reply and let me know what you think of the idea, your two cents are much appreciated!

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2 Reply by Serin (edited by Serin 2014-06-16 00:10:59)

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Re: Your two cents needed: Will this work?

You should look into Printing services like Shapeways, Ian.
I run a store of sci-fi stuff that actually sells pretty well via their service, it's almost entirely paid for my recent printer purchase.

Honestly though if you're really looking at printing detailed models at home I'd suggest looking at the Form1 or Xfab printers not the Solidoodle range.

Also, LOL! MeatBoy! big_smile That game.... So brilliant

This is a crowd funding thing that I'm running: http://www.gofundme.com/bvi140 It's for pretty selfish reasons tongue

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Re: Your two cents needed: Will this work?

Thanks!  Great store mate.  Also, thanks for your feedback on my models.  As you noticed, those weren't really designed for FDM printing but my thinking is to pursue a collection of models that specifically exploit the strengths and weaknesses of FDM.  I think my next step is probably to make more representative samples.

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Re: Your two cents needed: Will this work?

support is BAAAAAAADDD on fdm.... so if you want to make model for FDM printer, made them WITHOUT automatic support needed (or include your own supports in the model...)

Find all my 3D printable models here
Game of ropes 2 online..Adult only

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Re: Your two cents needed: Will this work?

Agreed YSB.  The projects I have in mind would be focused on cool design and reliability.  I guess the proof will be in the doing.