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10-23-2014, 09:55 PM #11
Thanks mate, yep you guessed it, soldering iron for the scratch marks. I am currently filming some video tutorials, as most of the painting I do is just a progression of painting lots of models as a kid, and 3D printed things are no different really, just require a bit more finishing. Prime undercoat, dry brush over the top with some gloss enamel to finish it off, nothing special really, just a few decades of practice
But I think I can simmer it down into 1 or 2 youtibe vids'. I just want to help people make their prints not look so drab, and with even 30 mins to an hour its easily possible for someone who's never even painted a model before. Alot of my painting is not down to skill, it's just technique, and it's a repeatable technique that you can apply to pretty much all model painting.
I still don't find I can get the detail I am after with regular 3D prints, thats why I want to get into SLA printing more because they are more akin to a resin or vinyl model kit which is what I am used to painting more.
I am currently working on 2 really big ones, one is a full size Robocop helmet and the other a life size poseable facehugger.. and boy is that gonna be popular.. all fully articulated with posable fingers etc...
Put it this way, when I say I do alot of printing..
this is just my surplus batch... because all my air tight containers are full of the new rolls (+ 3 machines loaded.. )
Amazingly my wife hasn't cut any of my gonads off yet.. She told me no more than one printer, I am nearly at 4 now and its taken over an office hahaha
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11-28-2014, 12:36 PM #12
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Hi Geoff. I see you own maybe several flashforge. My question to you and maybe others in the forum. Am thinking of buying a 3d printer my first. And am decided between the flashforge creator pro, dreamer or makerfarm i3v 12 inch. I don't mine the assembly but one reason I picked the 12 is because of the bed size. Do you think I'll use the whole bed size. Or I'll be comfortable with a flashforge bed size. And what you think would be a better 3d printer the creator pro or the dreamer. Flashforge USA has a special I think for 950 for Blackfriday.
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11-28-2014, 01:25 PM #13
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11-28-2014, 03:03 PM #14
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Some of my latest prints, fairly happy with em. The large gears are all printed with some PLA I found on Aliexpress for 32$ incl shipping for 1KG. Works perfectly
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12-09-2014, 02:58 PM #15
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12-10-2014, 01:44 AM #16
I printed out a favourite for the tutorial video, the "Zombie Hunter" by Sculptor,
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:69709
I wanted to paint something I have not painted before for the tutorial and also something with alot of detail that will come out well, and so far looking good. I should be done tonight and then just need to quickly edit the video, so will be available to view very soon.
I am filming the painting session with Candylabs which is a good free time-delay video program, I am setting it at 1 frame per second so it will be fast but not so fast you can't see what I'm doing.
I do have a youtube channel, but there is not alot of 3D printing content on there mainly because it's more dedicated to the mods and 3D modelling I do, but feel free to check out my 40+ useless videos
https://www.youtube.com/user/GeoffroAUHex3D - 3D Printing and Design http://www.hex3d.com
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12-29-2014, 01:11 AM #17
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I printed the ultimaker 14 piece lightsabe, took almost 48 hours to print all the parts in ABS at 0.1mm
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I have had my creator pro for about 3 weeks now, and i love it, previously i owned printrbots and some self built printers.
I have also printed a complete printer in ABS, which im still working on.
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12-29-2014, 02:56 PM #18
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12-31-2014, 02:20 AM #19
To save reposting, check out this thread:
http://3dprintboard.com/showthread.p...-Robot-Project
I printed a half size inmoov robotic hand on my flashforge (ABS, so the kossel couldn't help me on this one...) probably the most complicated thing I've made so far.Hex3D - 3D Printing and Design http://www.hex3d.com
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