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Now THAT'S a publicity shot! Really is a testament to 3D printing... imagine trying to make moulds for these!
The Shanty town is amazing, that's defo going on the list for next months prints. Amazed these things can be so detailed, although recent prints for my Epic 40k project has certainly proven it possible, though this stuff is the next degree
Lovely work, every bit of it.Really makes you wonder where this industry is going. 3D printing is bound to make existing business models just unworkable sooner or later, and the more I see work like this the more I think "sooner" is practically here already.
Stunning stuff!
In a sense, it's quite a pity, since some traditional sculptors are simply incredible. On the other hand... so be it. Those sculptors already proved to be just as talented with 3D medium, and if this allows for cooler stuff it's great.
The problem i see is in the long run. Now i've done a crab mecha, which looks cool. Nothing too original, but it has the wow factor. In 5 years, i'm sure that many others (including people better than me) will probably do a similar thing, and people will be more and more discouraged to do more. In traditional sculpting you have molds getting damaged, here everything is persistent. I'm not sure how further we can all go with this. (spoiler: it could well be "forever", since people will more and more start buying the new idea just because it's new and follows a trend).
Not to detract from the originality of your work, but broadly similar mecha/walker vehicle minis have been around for decades. They crop up in several Weird WW2 ranges, GZG has 15mm and even 25mm spider walkers, I'm pretty sure I've seen clockwork/steampunk ones, and both DP9 and Darkest Star have some anime-inspired designs as well. The idea isn't new, but your execution of it has a new look and a very strong aesthetic. I think as home printing and the software behind it continues to mature and become more user-friendly we'll see a steady increase in what's out there. 90% of it will probably live down to Sturgeon's Law, but that won't stop people from trying.
Love the upswept wings on the fighters Your drawing are good as well you should produce a book of them
At the moment 3D sculpting is a land of the "firsts", where the first person to make a new concept usually gets it all, and all the ones that follow can only get a portion if they have a heavy social presence.