I was flicking through 3D World magazine when I saw something about 3D printing. However, I was in a hurry, so I had to look it up on the internet later.
http://www.zcorp.com/
From what I understand, you can actually print a 3D figure from your 3D model that you have designed/textured in a modelling program such as Blender or 3Dsmax. From what I understand of what I read in the magazine, it is quite cheap at £20 per figurine. Fine details such as eyelashes aren't printed, but for a relatively new technology, the end results are pretty damn good.
Imagine being able to present your game concept to a publisher, and being able to show them the protagonists, and let them hold them in their hands. Imagine even us AGS users being able to have 3D figurines of our own, designed characters on the desks in front of us! It's completely affordable, even to a home user.
I thought this was particularly cool because I for one would love to use this service.
I'm sure it could be used for things such as printing rooms designed in 3D. You could have your concept art right there in front of you. Awesome.
Yeah, sounds really awsome! :)
/me gets a 3D modeling program
Wow! That's gotta be one of the coolest thing ever.
This sounds pretty cool, and didn't think something like this would be possible. What kind of material do they use, plastic or something?
Hmmm... a 3D Brad Bradson!!! :D
Hmmmm, I spent half an hour downloading the flash demo, but I still don't really understand.
Have you got any pictures of final printouts for us to look at? That demo didn't have any, just a cartoon showcasing various parts of the machine.
EDIT: Nevermind, I did find a couple on the site, & I must say, I am impressed. This looks like a good development.
So from what I've seen, the powder is blown into some printed plastic?! That's really cool, but I won't pay $25000 for it :P
Holy shite... I'ma get me one of those!! .. I see a new way of creating action figures...
* Prints a new Graphic-card that he found on a warez-site
COOL! Maybe I'll get me one of those someday. Seems ultra cool! cool!
$25000? Perhaps the printer costs that much. Understandably, as it's new technology. But as far as I know, Minimi, it costs somewhere around £20 to have a model printed. Which, in my opinion, is pretty good value and fairly affordable.
Some day, we can probably burn/import books too.
:o awesome, this completes my dream of the future, where I think of something, and t appears. /me thinks of pizza. Mmm! We are on our way! :D
I'll try 3d modelling sometime. ;)
This technology has been around for some time. Back in '95 I worked for a company which had a machine that could do this.
It's called Stereo Lethography (probably spelled wrong). I made a model of an X-Wing in trueSpace 2 and the programmer guy imported it into the program and I watched it build it.
It's one of the coolest pieces of technology I've ever seen! There's a little pool of 'goo' in the basin and a laser constructs the object layer by layer.
Now you can get a machine for 25 grand?? That's just amazing ... this little machine we used (which took up a whole room) was about 2.5 million then!!
Amazing! I'm going to buy one.
/me downloads 3d pron...
;D ;D ;D
There's a company called Gentle Giant Studios (http://www.gentlegiantstudios.com/) out in L.A. that will take full body scans of you and then make an action figure out of you!Ã, They use this same technology.
You can pick the body type, clothing, style, etc.Ã, It's totally awesome!Ã, I'm going to do this for my girlfriend and I as an engagement present when (if) I propose to her! I was thinking of using Guybrush and Elaine (MI is her favorite game!) as our characters, only it would be our heads and body shapes, just wearing the MI clothing!Ã, She'd get a kick out of that!
It's expensive, but you get two figures: 1 in a box and 1 out.Ã, It's soooo frickin' cool.
And the cool thing is that they have 'mobile scanners' they take on the road so I can set up an appointment away from their studios.Ã, This way she won't know what I'm having made!Ã, It'll be a suprise!
Anyway ... just thought I'd share.
That is an awesome Idea DM. It'd be a great idea!
I am worried... I must confess that when I read "scan your body and make 3d models of you" I instantly thought in a dildo... :-\ I must be becoming a sicko... :P
I also heard of that technology a few years ago. It was mentioned in Croatian computer magazine and the article was about home use of the 3d printers (called fabbers in the text). Of course, the machines are too big, not to mention expensive so I guess the home use of 'fabbers' will have to wait for a few years.
The article also dealt with posible usage of it, for example you wouldn't have to visit your optician to make your glasses, he would just send you the file with the dimensions for the lenses via the internet and you could 'print' them yourself.
I wonder how realistic/detailed the printouts will be, in years to come. It could practically be like teleporting!
Humans are so great.
Yufster, as soon as you finish that "sextastic" model, you can make it and send it to LGM.
Personaly, I think that if you got a loan and bought one, it would eventually pay itself back if you got customers to buy products.
Shbaz made the model. I just textured it.
*sniff*
Darth, you should get the model of you with bended knee holding a ring if you're gonna do that. That'd be very awesome... ;D
Quote from: Os à šltimo Quão Queijo ^_^ on Wed 19/05/2004 22:17:41Darth, you should get the model of you with bended knee holding a ring if you're gonna do that. That'd be very awesome... ;D
Haha! I was totally thinking the same thing!!
They had one at my college. There were actually two.. one would put paper on layer by layer and it had a mild adhesive on the bottom that would stick it to the layer below. It would stack these sheets of paper one by one and cut the outline so that you could make all kinds of small 3d objects. They showed us a few simple things like bolts and such but it could do more.
The other machine used the same concept, but with thin layers of wax, so you actually had a solid wax model in the end. It could do fine lines and such but because it was wax I'm sure the result wasn't very sturdy.
I was told that there is a machine that will do it with clay too.
A while back someone posted a link at the elYsiun forums for a free program that would unwrap your mesh for you to scale, then you could print it out and cut the strips of paper out, folding them to form your model. I'll try to dig up the link.
Here it is - http://www.e-cardmodel.com/pepakura-en/
Looks like it was created from this - http://www.page.sannet.ne.jp/jun_m/tenkai/index-eng.html
On a side note, this is the first time anyone has ever called anything I've done with a computer "sexcellent" or "sextastic."
I called it Sexcellent, several times. But obviously, my words mean nothing to you.
Quote from: Yufster on Thu 20/05/2004 01:27:32
I called it Sexcellent, several times. But obviously, my words mean nothing to you.
Actually, that's what I was referring to.
QuoteI am worried... I must confess that when I read "scan your body and make 3d models of you" I instantly thought in a dildo... I must be becoming a sicko...
no man, it's genious: personalized dildos for your girlfriend. im going to make this company tommorrow.
sorry stuh:
http://www.rainbownetwork.com/myod/
DO NOT CLICK IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO SEE A PENIS AND OTHER WARNINGS IN CAPITAL LETTERS
I won't ask how you know about that.
Now if I only had a reson to make one... ::)
what's the matter evil? no penis?
Darth, that is quite possibly the coolest idea I have ever heard of ^_^ I'd marry you if you did that!! I was also, when I started reading your post, thinking that you'd do the bending on the knee presenting the ring thing... mind you, your idea is great too. MI clothing... too, too cool. Where is this place you're going to get this done at?
Quote from: MrColossal on Thu 20/05/2004 03:13:23
sorry stuh:
http://www.rainbownetwork.com/myod/
DO NOT CLICK IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO SEE A PENIS AND OTHER WARNINGS IN CAPITAL LETTERS
Now I know what I can give my girlfriend for her birthday!
Quote from: Evil on Thu 20/05/2004 04:07:11
Now if I only had a reson to make one...Ã, ::)
http://evil.has-a-small-penis.com/
haha.
Oooh, the whole three dimensional printing thing is cool. When you've got some LUNA prints on the go Yufster I'll certainly buy one :D
Oh and LGM, I never realised you were in Analyze This. :P
Quote from: m0ds on Thu 20/05/2004 14:08:47
Oooh, the whole three dimensional printing thing is cool. When you've got some LUNA prints on the go Yufster I'll certainly buy one :D
If you're willing to do a lot of cutting, folding, and pasting, you can have any model using the software I linked above (shareware = free). Just make it in 3d first.
Or in Yufsters case, make up something like:
Quote5/13/2004Ã, 11:34:00 AMÃ, Rusalka (Psychadet!)Ã, Didya do that in Blender?
5/13/2004Ã, 11:35:13 AMÃ, shbazjinkens yeah
5/13/2004Ã, 11:35:32 AMÃ, Rusalka (Psychadet!)Ã, From scratch?
5/13/2004Ã, 11:35:35 AMÃ, shbazjinkensÃ, yeah
5/13/2004Ã, 11:35:51 AMÃ, Rusalka (Psychadet!)Ã, You did, eh?
5/13/2004Ã, 11:36:02 AMÃ, Rusalka (Psychadet!)Ã, From total scratch?
5/13/2004Ã, 11:36:03 AMÃ, shbazjinkensÃ, eh.
5/13/2004Ã, 11:36:12 AMÃ, Rusalka (Psychadet!)Ã, So.
5/13/2004Ã, 11:36:18 AMÃ, Rusalka (Psychadet!)Ã, You and I have always been good friends, right?
5/13/2004Ã, 11:36:22 AMÃ, shbazjinkensÃ, haha
5/13/2004Ã, 11:36:22 AMÃ, shbazjinkensÃ, sure
5/13/2004Ã, 11:36:34 AMÃ, Rusalka (Psychadet!)Ã, Remember that time I put a bandage on your knee?
and I might get hoaxed into doing it for you.
what are you talking about, m0ds?
Quote from: MrColossal on Thu 20/05/2004 04:16:31
what's the matter evil? no penis?
Well, I dont know anyone other then LGM who would want a cast of my erect penis.
Oh yea, baby.. Give it to me now, evil!