Robo Kitty v1.0

[Geoff]

This is probably one of my favourite prints so far and came out almost as good as I was hoping, still needs many tweaks but so far so good.

The original low poly rigged figure was from Sanctum art and was made in about 2009 and was designed for poser. Sadly, poser relies on smooth shaders to get that smooth effect, and in reality the models are relatively low poly. Converting this kitty was pretty difficult I have to admit, bits didn't fit, other bits didnt sculpt well... some things like the solid rings and sharp details needed to be carved over as they didn't come out well... I was ideally trying to get this to print as well as possible, without sanding and other rubbish (but as it turned out did need a good light sand) but ultimately it has come along pretty well. Next step is making all the joints moveable, not just the arms and head.

15 hours printing, 2-3 hours painting, 3/4 cups of sweat and tears, 1/4 cup blood.

Printed on a Flashforge Original Dual.
0.2mm
55ms Feed
110ms Travel
2 Shells
Grey ABS, printed at 228c, Hotbed 110c






can be downloaded "as is" ie still a work in progress..

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:725914

[Eddie]

Amazing Geoff. I didn't realize that was you, when I emailed you LOL

[DrLuigi]

Looking great!

Makes me jealous that i can't print at the moment,
Well i can but not that great quality, i should take my printer apart and put it together to get it working OK again,
That or the makerfarm I3v upgrade,

But that apart nice job also with the painting, lovely ^^

[Brian_Krassenstein]

3DPB.com forum member Geoff has impressed us with a new 3D print of a somewhat old design. From a Robo Kitty design released circa 2009 by Sanctum Art, a free model that came with Poser v8 software, Geoff has updated the files to be 3D printable -- which took a lot of work. Geoff reworked the design in Blender, then took the OBJ files in ZBrush to modify them to be STL-ready. He then printed the parts for Robo Kitty using his FlashForge Dual 3D printer. And this is just the start. Robo Kitty already looks great, and has movable head and shoulder joints, but Geoff's process isn't done yet -- this is Robo Kitty v 1.0. Read more about his process in the full story: http://3dprint.com/51801/robo-kitty-3d-printed/ (article link goes live early tomorrow morning)

[Geoff]

Thanks Eddie/Brian, great article, (i'm not biased at all..)

I am a bit amazed how much it's taken off, my inbox is just absolutely full, its on the front page of thingiverse and it was only uploaded less than 48 hours ago lol It's looking to be a popular download!

[Brian_Krassenstein]

Congrats Geoff. Happy to help out