After watching ‘Big Bug Bunny’ after work, me and the team really felt like we had to build Frankie in real life. So, despite his evilness :), we decided to go for it and build him in 3D. Here are some pictures of the end result:
Preparing this blender model for 3Dprint took quite some work, but it was all worth it. And he didn’t loose his evil looks ;). His tail was a little too hairy to be printed, so we used a colored texture instead.
We will be launching few contests here on blenderartist.org some time next week, where we’ll give you a chance to 3Dprint your own model/design. Feel free to leave us a comment or suggestion.
The size of a model is about 10 cm or ~4 in… Printing him in a bigger size would be a little too scary xD
Well, we are planning to launch several contests over here at blenderartists, and may be we could have a “YoFrankie competition?” Throw in some feedback on that and we’ll look into it
This is very nice.
There are little dents on the model that make it look hairy. Did you model these details or is it the natural side effect of the printing process? (They usually sand the printed models as far as I know, to clean the dents)
I would like to see a high-resolution model with all wrinkles and cracks printed that way someday.
about the technology, it really varies, it is possible to print in plastic, or in bronze… or stainless steel O_O.
But the one we used with Frankie, allowed us to print him in color, meaning that this is exactly how the model looked like once we got it out of the printer. We don’t normally sand with this tech in particular because of the material. I will post something in different technology next time
@Mitso
Well, we’re planning to launch BETA of our service next week exclusively for blenderartists forum. So, you will have an opportunity to preview what’s to come, and like I said before we will organize few contests for you guys
