Hello everyone,
I’d like to share the working in progress of my next maker faire project:
A 5 meters Plioplatecarpus!
I’have to finish the 3d model in short time and I’m already making some 3dprinted prototype.
The next step rigth now is to find the better way to make scales in a procedural way or maybe just use a painted displacement map
hei @Rastart do you give us some more info on the materialization step?
the 3d printer that you use how big is it?
you split the model into multiple pieces?
and for the coloring how do you proceed?
the lead times?
(i tuoi lavori sono megalomani comunque hahah) 
Ahaha megalomania is an Italian heritage…
I m interested in experimenting big application of 3d printing cause i work in Scenic design area… You must be able to see them from afar 
Btw for this project we have four 50cm3 custom fdm printer at work, once we used a 100cm3 printer but the production time of such big Pieces exceed the real life production deadline, better think fdm printer like a multicore processor, so we ll print It on more printers in pieces of 505030 to be assembled, in this way the head in the picture was printed in Just One day.
For postproduction I’ll use polyurethanic resin and fiberglass to fix junction and general consolidation (pla plastic in fdm proces could be apparently strong but in long time It suffer warping and delamination due to fact that It’s not a single cast of material but more like a mass of glued wires)
The finish of the head Is made in high quality acrylic color, once sanded the ground i used a sponge for final color layer.
congratulations, I can’t wait to see the final result !
don’t forget us
The PLIOPLATECARPUS LIFEZIDED MODEL IS DONE!
Next days postproduction phase and finally exposition at maker faire…
a big thank you to all those who supported me!
Wow that’s a big print indeed
Hadn’t seen this, another member put me on to it.
Excellent work.
Thanks! In our 3d printing Lab we are paleoart enthusiats…
We just started a new project: “Anurognathus ammoni”, hopefully a little one buy tricky, now we are find the best way of make dinosaur’s feathers (pycnofibers)…
It s nice to find here people interested in this field!
I’ve got similar interests, coincidentally I’m working on a pterosaur too.
