Get thee to a 3D Printer NOW. I want a Voyager scaled version of this right now! Yea, I know it's the Animated fid in a more "normal" proportion, but STILL...
The hoses should print fine.. Depending on what kind of printer they're using I suppose. The ones I've seen and have experience with could handle the hoses with no problem.
My home office area before the bank busting overhaul a year ago. After the overhaul. (Pic taken last week.) The 3D printer is in another room with better/more ventilation.
yeah, if the model doesn't have any overhangs it could easily cut out on an a CNC milling machine. You'd probably end up with tighter details than from a 3d printer.
Arranging my traditional art tools goes like this: Grab cheapest sketchbook with highest page:cost ratio/pull copy paper from printer > grab nearest pencil/biro > draw.
My work around for this is going to "devices and printers" look for the mouse icon with a caution sign by it called "usb input device" and then right click/troubleshoot. This seems to work most of the time
wow this is amazing! Im not sure if you already said this or I missed it, but do you have to model to the actual size of the final toy or is it just a scaled size obj that the 3D printer reads?
wonder if it's any coincidence this is coming near the presumed release of Zbrush 5, maybe that's just such a milestone improvement that they're willing to release a compromised zbrush 4 to get hobbyists/3d printers into it.