cowgirl 3d print
Hey guys, been a little while since I have posted but thought you would like to see one of our recent prints.
Its an 8 inch print of "Lady Mechanika" by Joe Benitez that we have painted with a bronze effect.
It was modelled in zbrush by Ioannis karathoma[FONT="]s [/FONT]http://www.jkarathomas.com/lady.html
[FONT="]it really was a challenge to build, pushing what is possible pretty far. The print was built in 16 micron layers in separate parts then reassembled after painting. was very surprised the shoe laces came out!!!!!
On the whole I think it came out ok, what do you guys think? Enjoy![/FONT]
http://www.pdmodels.co.uk/
Its an 8 inch print of "Lady Mechanika" by Joe Benitez that we have painted with a bronze effect.
It was modelled in zbrush by Ioannis karathoma[FONT="]s [/FONT]http://www.jkarathomas.com/lady.html
[FONT="]it really was a challenge to build, pushing what is possible pretty far. The print was built in 16 micron layers in separate parts then reassembled after painting. was very surprised the shoe laces came out!!!!!
On the whole I think it came out ok, what do you guys think? Enjoy![/FONT]
http://www.pdmodels.co.uk/
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i was thinking of something a bit more anthropomorphic when reading cowgirl, though.
http://www.pdmodels.co.uk/
His company is linked in the profile. This looks really nice but I am curious as to how much this model would have cost a person to print if they were contacting you as opposed to you all creating a promotional piece. I don't see any pricing information on your page which translates to me as "You'll never afford it."
I've also been curious as to the pricing of 3d prints. Are they expensive because of the materials used to create them or is it more of a "no one else makes these so we can have a high price to match demand."
In terms of why 3d prints in general are expensive it really is about the cost of the materials and the machine. The materials the model is printed in costs around £220 per kg! Then you have to factor in the support material that you need to build a part that costs around £100 per kg. Coupled with the initial cost of the machine itself (ours cost about £70k) you can see how these things get expensive when you are dealing with this level of accuracy.
Hope that helps.
first of all, she's not a cowgirl. she's "Lady Mechanika" so you'll want to make sure you contact Joe Benitez and make sure he's okay with you selling his character.
second of all, you could have chosen a better model; ie. one that actually has the characters proper facial. don't get me wrong most of the model is decent, but it's very clear after looking over the sculpt that the artist failed to capture this glorious character as she should have been.
and finally, i'm a little disappointed that EITHER of those things above had to be pointed out to you. there are hundreds... of not thousands of fantastic, ORIGINAL high res models to be found on this and many other sites, and i'm sure their creators would be thrilled to have worked with you.
you've sold yourself short on this one, simply for the sake of a little due diligence.
Geeze man, I think you could've been nicer with your response.
This looks cool though. I'm a sucker for bronze statues
Joe has been contacted and as we are NOT selling these he has given us his support.
That said it think that I must defend Ioannis's work. I think he did a great job on the modelling and so does Joe for that matter. The detail put into it is amazing.
As you said there are allot of people out there that we could have worked with on this project, and we did indeed contact a good cross section. The point to this project was always to create a showpiece that could promote the capabilities of our 3d printer and ourselves. Ioannis's model ticked all the boxes; it had the right amount of detail and delicate parts to pose enough of a challenge from a technical point of view for us to warrant showing it off.
You say we have sold ourselves short, i don’t think we have.
Thanks again to Ioannis and Joe- great work.
in a nutshell, i felt you had damaged yourself by not doing this kind of check up before you'd made the post. your services themselves are fantastic i can't argue (and wouldn't argue) with that, and i'm happy you had a good resolution! it could have gone the other way, and that would have sucked.
again, sorry about that.
Neox-
you know how many hookers and drugs i could buy with that???!?!?! :poly142::poly142::poly142:
lol nah if i had 2400 i would for sure be putting that into a new desktop this laptop is starting to feel its age ( its only 3
lewis you plan on making any videos of the process from start to finish?.. that would be dope to see!
Probably going to make 2. First one will be rough since it will be my first one. Second will be the nicer shiny one
In terms of the quality I think lewis's prints will definately be higher resolution though. But I have seen some decent results from Repraps and Makerbots if you have the right settings.
I think the Makerbots have improved considerably since earlier versions. I think what we're getting is pretty much on par with what Shapeways does - it's not super high detail, but it's likely good enough for most people and sandable if need be. It'll never match a $20,000 printer, but it's certainly not a bad result.
Reprap has a pretty helpful IRC chat for people that run into problems when building one. So far the area that will be the easiest to get stuck at in building one is the wiring. Making sure you don't short out anything and that's it's all plugged in right.
There is also something called a Filabot in the works that will melt down shredded plastic or plastic pellets into filament for it. The current version the creator is making can be stripped down to a $250 price tag and still function and do a decent job.
just make sure you watch in high def
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