[3D printers] Are we going to be seeing a whole lot more fan projects in a few years?
[3D printers] Are we going to be seeing a whole lot more fan projects in a few years?
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/08/makerbot/
http://www.makerbot.com/
http://www.switched.com/2009/07/10/affo ... gners-app/
It's getting considerably easier to turn 3D design into 3D object. Didn't read around long enough to work out whether 'maker' was a Transmet reference, and the 'resolution' is fairly imprecise at this stage... but bear in mind not that long ago the tech would still have cost tens or hundreds of thousands...
http://www.makerbot.com/
http://www.switched.com/2009/07/10/affo ... gners-app/
It's getting considerably easier to turn 3D design into 3D object. Didn't read around long enough to work out whether 'maker' was a Transmet reference, and the 'resolution' is fairly imprecise at this stage... but bear in mind not that long ago the tech would still have cost tens or hundreds of thousands...
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That is pretty awesome. I have to agree with Clay though, I know a ton of people (myself included) who would love to have that sort of thing, and might even use it once or twice but get distracted by shiny objects far too easily to make anything out of it.
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Still, though, perhaps those with motivation will semi-mass produce and sell stuff to the rest of us - TBH this is how I read Denyer's posts; a lot more fan-made accessory sets like the Fansproject stuff with small production runs; not necessarily many more people kitting out their toys with their own custom adornments. They can start with Ratchet's machine-gun and a little radar array for Legends Wheelie.
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Yeah... I mean, years ago something like this would've been a one-off custom. Now it isn't too expensive to get a short production run together.Cliffjumper wrote:Still, though, perhaps those with motivation will semi-mass produce and sell stuff to the rest of us - TBH this is how I read Denyer's posts; a lot more fan-made accessory sets like the Fansproject stuff with small production runs;
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The future didn't take long to arrive...
http://www.shapeways.com/shops/nevergrowingup
Okay, the quality's not perfect yet and they're paint-your-own, but with places such as Shapeways springing up it's within the reach of the average Joe to make their own stuff now, and the range of materials they offer is pretty good as well.
http://www.shapeways.com/shops/nevergrowingup
Okay, the quality's not perfect yet and they're paint-your-own, but with places such as Shapeways springing up it's within the reach of the average Joe to make their own stuff now, and the range of materials they offer is pretty good as well.
Of course, there are pro outfits arriving too...
http://www.dannychoo.com/post/en/26119/ ... Japan.html
http://www.dannychoo.com/post/en/26119/ ... Japan.html
3D printing (one of the things Shapeways does) is different than making casts of a mold (which is what Transrepro did).Cliffjumper wrote:It might just have been me not paying attention, but I'm pretty sure I remember this sort of thing being Transrepro and, like, no-one else for years.
Better hands for ROTF Leader Prime would be nice as well.
Ask and ye shall receive. Fakebuster posts at the Radicon custom forum on TFW, and I found him from there. Have had the hands for the big Starscream for about a month now, and they're ace. Will post some pictures sometime.
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I meant more doing TF parts full-stop rather than by method - more a general observation on how much widespread customisation on both an individual and mass-produced level has really exploded over the past five-ten years. Customising figures full-stop, let alone designing and (by whatever means) making parts, used to be the preserve of the absolute nutters.
Love those hands - really wouldn't fancy my chances of getting Op's forearms back together without buggering his slicers up, though.
Love those hands - really wouldn't fancy my chances of getting Op's forearms back together without buggering his slicers up, though.
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That's amazingly rubbish. I thought a large part of the unofficial stuff was to fill niche fan wants Hastak weren't doing, who on Earth has ever thought "I'd like a Headmaster version of Old Snake that doesn't look in any way shape or form like him. Yeah, that'd be awesome".Denyer wrote:Yeah... I mean, years ago something like this would've been a one-off custom. Now it isn't too expensive to get a short production run together.
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Have ordered a set. Will let you know how it goes.Cliffjumper wrote:Love those hands - really wouldn't fancy my chances of getting Op's forearms back together without buggering his slicers up, though.
Replacing the swords isn't bad, though. I took them off to paint them once. At max, you need a set of tweezers to reset the springs if your thumbnails aren't long enough.
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http://tfarchive.com/community/showpost ... ostcount=3inflatable dalek wrote:That's amazingly rubbish. I thought a large part of the unofficial stuff was to fill niche fan wants Hastak weren't doing, who on Earth has ever thought "I'd like a Headmaster version of Old Snake that doesn't look in any way shape or form like him. Yeah, that'd be awesome".
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Takara in exercising some quality control and not making something that looks a bit crap shock.
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Depends on the material you order it in. More detail means more brittle, generally. It's nothing bad, though.Sades wrote:That's... some kind of fantastic.
Are the hands going to run into the problem of having a "texture" to them, though?
Got my Prime hands today. Am currently dying them before painting and assembling them. Tomorrow, pictures!
Lost the USB cable for the camera and had to buy a new one. Grr...
Got my hands about a week ago. Ordered in Strong White Flexible. Here they are painted - (click pictures to embiggen)
They can still hold the Buster rifle correctly as well as the 5mm peg weapons.
Oh, and here's how to position the hands for transformation -
Great job, FB!
Got my hands about a week ago. Ordered in Strong White Flexible. Here they are painted - (click pictures to embiggen)
They can still hold the Buster rifle correctly as well as the 5mm peg weapons.
Oh, and here's how to position the hands for transformation -
Great job, FB!
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Wonder if they'll provide the CAD models as an optional extra?
Wonder if they'll provide the CAD models as an optional extra?