3D printing. Don't wait for Geobra to make your dream parts!

[grangel]

Incredible technology and of course Arnaud your designs are great!
I will like to explorer this technology from a closer view

[cowabounga]

Go ahead, Angelo! If I can do it, you can do it. You just need to "see" the design as multiple basic shapes intertwined. How do you make a 20 cm hollow sphere with a 2cm shell? You just create an 18 cm hollow sphere, place it inside the 20cm one, align both centers in the three axises, and group them! A few more steps and you have a helmet! 

[Hadoque]

Come on, Erwin, think about a printed 3-master - that would be something...

Aaarrghhh... I hadn't thought of that! 

When one could 3D-print a trimaster that just looks and feels like Playmobil and is of even qualitative material, that would make me want a few  I would still prefer Geobra to release one though 

I still have doubts about where the evolution of 3-D printing might lead us... It could make dreams come true, but also nightmares... In a not so far future someone might f.e. 3-D print himself a nuke?! 

[cowabounga]

Come on Erwin! 3D printing can duplicate shapes, not elements! It won't print Uranium! 
Think again of that ship. Breathe. Cool down, Cassandra. 

[Hadoque]

 

I know at the moment it is quite farfetced what I said, but printers used to print... ink.  Now a 3D- printer prints plastics, and perhaps a few other materials.
Future developments might allow different materials to be fed to such printers, or a mix of materials....
Though "enriched printed uranium" is indeed not so likely 

[cowabounga]

Hey buddies!
I can't wait until the next batch reaches me, so here are 2D views of what will come.
@Cheng: sorry I couldn't answer to your mails, the week end with the hobbitses has been veeeeeery busy. I managed to finish this two-handed Katana thanks to you! The weapon, with handle, is 9,9cm long...that's somme really big sword! 









This one will have a Playmo feather crest and two feathers on the side.



Same here, two feathers on the sides. A few details corrected.


@Tahra: this last one is the same I already printed, except I made the crest and the brim of the "hat" thicker. The peep-holes are bigger too, so you can see the clicky's eyes through.

Best,
A

[cheng]

Arnaud, in my opinion, i think your 2-handed katana should have a proportately longer handle and no need to curve too much (unlike those swords attached to the end of a pole) ...remember this photo?

[cheng]

I took a group picture, to encourage you on;
"we need PM quality Asian hats!!we need PM quality Asian hats!!we need PM quality Asian hats!!we need PM quality Asian hats!!we need PM quality Asian hats!!we need PM quality Asian hats!!we need PM quality Asian hats!!we need PM quality Asian hats!!"

[cowabounga]

Arnaud, in my opinion, i think your 2-handed katana should have a proportately longer handle and no need to curve too much (unlike those swords attached to the end of a pole) ...remember this photo?

You didn't send me this one, Cheng. But thanks, I will correct the curve and I was wondering about the handle as well. How about the total length of the weapon? Almost 10 cm seems huge.
A.

[cowabounga]

I took a group picture, to encourage you on;
"we need PM quality Asian hats!!we need PM quality Asian hats!!we need PM quality Asian hats!!we need PM quality Asian hats!!we need PM quality Asian hats!!we need PM quality Asian hats!!we need PM quality Asian hats!!we need PM quality Asian hats!!"

Yes we do! Yes we do! Yes we do! Yes we do! Yes we do! Yes we do! Yes we do!