3D-print of an avatar

Well, we've had several attempts so far ... now we reached a new stage.
That's my younger sister Kristin:


We decided to start with a 1:10 model. Since Kristin is a tall woman and she use shoes with heels: 20,4 cm (~4 inch). That's too large for my 3D-printer. So we had to split the model. I used Rhino 3D to do it.



I cut her legs (the plane in the middle), closed the holes and sent the resulting STL-file to my printer software.


But the size is not the main problem. Most difficulties come from hair. Plain faces with thickness zero. How to print a geometry with thickness zero? Fortunataly the printer software is kinda free of pain and does the job without bitching.

That's what I got:




I am not good with taking photos ... but the face is really sad :(


Transparent items are not grabbed ... so we miss Kristln's Malachai Ash ;(

We will make a bigger model soon. Kinda 30 cm high (~12 inch).

Stay tuned ... ;-)

 

Not really ... let's have a look at the bigger print.

 

@Wistrel: I used my tablet for the photos. The camera app don't have a macro function. But the model is so bad, it's not worth to put more effort into it.
@Alien: EX1-Basic (PV-8600-675) from PEARL

Right now printing Kristin's long sexy legs ;-)

 

Here they are:

Poor Kristin in an very uncomfortable position while the glue is drying ;-)

 

We made another attempt today with my Lion armor. The plan was to make a 30 cm model. But the armor is modeled too rough:

Compare the naked arms to the rest of the model. That would look terrible when printed. Probably I will make a test with the harness only ... dunno yet.
Generally it's not that simple as advertising usually asserts. I have to learn more about Rhino3D to be able to handle polygon nets better. Next problem is painting the model. Compare Kristin's bikini to the face edges of the model. The bikini is just a texture. You will need a fine brush and a steady hand to paint it.

But well ... I bought that stupid printer to learn more about 3D-printing. OMW :-)

 

ROFL!
Yes, I am a damn noob after 24 years of 3D-modeling with CATIA, SolidWorks, Rhino3D, 3D Studio Max, SketchUp and messing up with 3D-prints since six years.

 

hehe folks ...
The 3D-model is not from a simple ingame 2D-screenshot. You need a 3D-grabber to grab the 3D-geometry. The screenshot was posted to show you how it should look like.

 

First of all: When I once was up to use this tool I asked MindArk (Simon - I guess some here will remember Simon and Emma at PA) if I am allowed to use it. The answer was "Yes, but for private purpose only." Everyone who wants to use it should ask for MindArk's permission before!

http://www.deep-shadows.com/hax/3DRipperDX.htm

It is working via "global system monitoring". The description says: "In this mode, 3D Ripper DX will sit in tray and inject itself into every launched application." So to say if you hit the grab-key the scene is frozen and the grabber copy all data of the current frame to the directory that was scheduled before. 3D Ripper DX comes up with import-plug-ins for 3D Studio Max ... and Maya if I remember right. I import the grabs to 3D Studio and export them as STL (stereolithography). I can use this polygon nets with Rhino 3D and SolidWorks to prepair them for a 3D-print. Usually I use Rhino to export another STL-file for my printer software. This software generates a file that tells the printer what to do - the geometry in question, the filling rate, the suspension geometry, heating and cooling and so on.

That's the way it works. No way to get a 3D-model from a 2D-screenshot ;-)

Crash course in 3D game geometry:
Imagine an incline triangle in a 3D space. It is described perfectly by it's three corner points. Each point has three coordinates ... usually named as x, y, z. Now imagine 2000 triangles arranged in a special way - Kristin's body ;-) Okay, okay than comes the texture part to make that triangles look like something ... rusty metal, seductive skin and so on. That's all. That's what our little universe is made of ;-) Well, it's a bit more complex ... but that is the essential part.

Well, MM eats up all my loot ... I am off for my new beloved home at Monria ;-)
And gues what: I am relaxed ;-)