I’ve got a bit of a confession. When it comes to keeping PrintABloks organized I am totally making it up as I go. Back with the Mechs kickstarter, I started a separate Blender file as a “Check out all that you get” render. Then, just before the Beasts kickstarter I came up with the idea of making “plates” of PrintABlok …
This was a commission job to do a character model based on someone Final Fantasy XIV character, and it is the most complex part I’ve ever modeled and printed. Part of the complexity of this model was the fact that it was a moving target. As an online game the player was constantly changing their costume. The other part of …
This is my entry in the PinShape Space Design contest. You can check it out here. If you have an account on Pinshape (and they’re free, so why not?) I hope you’ll give it a like there. If you’d like to get the model you you don’t need to worry about the exorbitant $0.99 price tag on it. If you’re …
I’m sure you don’t want to hear about the massive technical problems I had making this video that forced me to re-record this same content 5 times before finally settling on this. But I’m going to tell you anyways because that’s what this blog is for. Originally there was going to be a cut to the print, full screen, at …
Not every 3D print will change the world. Some will simply bear our accomplishments for the world to see. You can download the arrow display hook on YouMagine.
Okay, full disclosure, I do feel a little bad about it. But hopefully you’ll see why I’m not beating myself up about it. A friend pointed me to a kickstarter for a bike holder called the clug. It was a cool idea. But the reason it showed up on my radar is because they 3D printed the prototypes and if …
Like the game itself, uploading this set to YouMagine has levels for me. See what I did there? But seriously, Meta Chess was designed for the same contest that won me a 3D printer. But in the two years since I never printed the whole set. Part of the reason is because when I printed half of it a while back …
I got a flurry or orders on Etsy for TARDIS Run, my Doctor Who themed board game. So I asked the people ordering from me where they all heard about it at once. Turns out it was featured on CNet. So there you go. (I also found it featured elsewhere on the net, but CNet gets the credit for the …
Episode 47 of 3D Printing Today podcast features not 1 but 2 segments featuring me. http://threedprintingtoday.libsyn.com/ The segments are about precisely modeling using tricks like typing in the amount you want to move and using the Properties panel (N) and modeling without supports which I more or less covered before.
Lately I’ve been hearing this same refrain in a number of different voices: If 3D printing is supposed to be so great, how come all anyone ever prints is stupid stuff? I’m sorry that giving hands to children where making an expensive prosthetic they’re going to grow out of just isn’t practical isn’t enought for you. It’s too bad you’re tired …
