woody64

Here are some colors now possible with Sculpteo polished plastic:

Cool pictures you can make a calender out of it ...

Some days ago I've received the results from another printing company providing more colors for WSF: The picture shows polished orange. The company offers (green, black, blue, brown, red, yellow, orange, pink, black?). I'm awaiting another package with brown and green. Additionally you can see some design changes after having switched to blender (why the hell didn't I do that earlier ... )

Yeah 1809 campaign - obviously I like it!! Would be fine to have also a photo of the 2nd group in the back, as far as I can see: - Bavarians - Austrian Ulans, Infantry, Grenadiers, It seems that for the French Shakos you really get a glossy looking surface .... very fine! One week ago I got back my modified designs for a real Austrian shako, Austrian/French Dragoon Helmets, a new cuirassier .... Unfortunately no pictures yet, maybe I will take one today ...

Some WWI decals I made for upcoming WWI minifigs: German/Hungarian Infantry Tyrolian Jaeger Bosniak Jaeger Hope to bring this decals soon on some Minifigs ... Woody64

Recently I've received some new WWI decals from LegoVasa, which you can see in the picture below. Woody64

Would be very interested to see some VHT Vinyl Dye results here. The Lego/Dye tutorial is already an older one and I haven't seen some suficiant good results from another source anywhere.

Here is some new equipment for firemen: See the first picture here ... Woody64

I'm using an extern source, in my case Shapeways, which is doing the whole printing and post processing with a couple of possible materials. Additional coloring (beside dying of pWSF) has to be done by hand with acrylic water based colors. That's the weak part since original smooth shiny surface of original parts wasn't reached by me so far. Woody64

My newest Tron (Draft punk) helmet .. Woody64

Correct it's a daft punk helmet. The next version will lie 1 mm deeper thus covering the whole head

Mass production means injection molding which only is done by some (Brickarms, Brickforge, ...) and in general not affordable without real market approach. I do it as hobby but can bring it via 3d printing to an affordable pricing. Quality depends on the materials used ... Currently I want to speed up prototyping to get quicker a final product orderable at shapeways or i.materialised via this small donation: https://www.paypal.c...d=WLMPUSYPQP62J

Here's the Gallet F1 in the material RSF which was afterwards painted whith two coats of nail varnish in grey. It results in a very smooth surface since the nail varnish seems to cover the original material I've added packs and adapted the American style helmet.

The majority of the prints is done by shapeways (see link in the footer) but the prime grey is done by i.materialize: http://i.materialise...infantry-helmet Woody64

Here are some recently achieved results of customs done with 3d printing in a material called "Prime Grey". The optical result is with this material option very nearby a molded piece. For all items which make sense in grey color you get a finished product out of the 3d printer. Woody64

Here are some new equipments for firemen: Not tested yet, but let's wait for the test order ... Woody64

Preview of a test model: http://www.shapeways.com/model/826412/fire-mask-1010-s.html?key=538d43f1ea5a8c66427439e7397c24a9 Woody64

Unfortunately my 3d working place died yesterday. But I will give it a try after restoration. Planned - haligan bar - air pack - cutter - axe Woody 64

@kotaco: Can you give me a hint what you are missing from the fire/police topic. So if you can give me an interesting hat/helmet maybe I find some time over the christmas vacation ... In princible I prefer hats/helmets. Other quipment is sometimes to tiny. Although there are some guys here having also experiences with arms. @janay: in princible you can print whole items. ecently I have seen alternative leg and arms pieces.

Really awfull paint job. Would wish to have this ability for my customs to create better examples ...

You may take a look in my footer to address 3d printed items. Sometimes if the item is interesting me I also create a new item per request. Since creating molds is a very expensice process you must be willing to pay some 1000$ for a new mold and afterwards sell some thousand items ... Whereas creating an item in 3d costs the time for the 3d design and some $ for printing. Woody64

Can't help playing a little bit around ...

maybe my old avatar creator can be a help for some of you http://minifig-gen3.mac-au.eu/ Here's an actual example: