I'm sorry this isn't quite game art, but I can imagine a few people on this board are interested. I've been printing with a Makerbot Replicator2 and I printed a 6 inch version of my demon head I made a while back. I also posted a bunch of information on my website about printing other's may find useful.…
It was printed with the 1.75/1.8mm filament makerbot sells. The layer height is 270 microns. I've done prints at 100 but to do this size at that resolution would have taken 1.5 days to print....so...yeah :)
That's a fantastic quality print and a nice write up. Was that printed with 3mm filament? And can you give us any details of the layer height or anything you used to get such a nice result? I've been interesting in getting/building a 3d printer. Most videos and such that I see though never got results quite like what you…
This is really cool, enjoyed the article. Did you paint the bust? I can imagine that would be fun. How long will it be until your desk is covered in amazing little prints?
I haven't painted it yet, I still need to sand it a bit then paint. I haven't decided what colors I'll paint yet. My desk isnt covered yet :) I've been doing about 1-2 prints a week although this is by far the biggest I've done.