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Offline warrenss2

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Have You Seen These Spaceships?
« on: 14 October 2010, 12:55:23 PM »
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Offline AndrewBeasley

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Re: Have You Seen These Spaceships?
« Reply #1 on: 14 October 2010, 01:00:54 PM »
More and more Shapeways stuff to call to my walet  o_o

Problem is the cost though - to get a fleet needs a fair number (most are only 1 inch in size) and I ain't got that money  :'(

I love the Assault walker here

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Offline Conquistador

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Re: Have You Seen These Spaceships?
« Reply #2 on: 14 October 2010, 01:01:57 PM »
Nice!  :)

I wonder what the inspiration   ;) for those ships were?   lol 8)  ::)

Gracias,

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Offline WarGameGuru

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Re: Have You Seen These Spaceships?
« Reply #3 on: 14 October 2010, 01:05:23 PM »
Quote from: warrenss2 on 14 October 2010, 12:55:23 PM
Stumbled across these.  ;D

Thought I'd share.  ;)
=10#sg4370]http://www.shapeways.com/shops/irrationaldesigns?sg4370[rows]=10#sg4370


That guy is an industry pro 3D modeler. Those do look amazing too. Quite nice stuff. Here's his real website...

http://www.irrationaldesigns.com/index.html


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Offline revford

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Re: Have You Seen These Spaceships?
« Reply #4 on: 14 October 2010, 01:06:35 PM »
Some nice familiar designs there.  :)
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Offline warrenss2

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Re: Have You Seen These Spaceships?
« Reply #5 on: 14 October 2010, 03:44:02 PM »
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That guy is an industry pro 3D modeler. Those do look amazing too. Quite nice stuff. Here's his real website...

Thanks, WGG!! Looking it over now.

I like that the ships look similar to a certain iconic sci-fi show. They could be advanced ships. Or you could run a parallel universe type thingie.  :)
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Offline Gluteus Maximus

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Re: Have You Seen These Spaceships?
« Reply #6 on: 14 October 2010, 09:36:14 PM »
Beautiful little models!

I'd love to see the VTOL done in 28mm  ;D

Quote from: warrenss2 on 14 October 2010, 03:44:02 PM
Thanks, WGG!! Looking it over now.

I like that the ships look similar to a certain iconic sci-fi show. They could be advanced ships. Or you could run a parallel universe type thingie.  :)

That would be fun! I always enjoyed the "parallel universe" episodes in that sci-fi show you mention. You can't have too many dodgy beards and facial scars in tv sci-fi as far as I'm concerned!
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Offline Antenociti

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Re: Have You Seen These Spaceships?
« Reply #7 on: 14 October 2010, 10:03:06 PM »
Quote from: AndrewBeasley on 14 October 2010, 01:00:54 PM
Problem is the cost though

The problem is the (print) quality - its crap. And, yes, that includes Shapeways' best quality: its still VERY sub-par and the stand white-n-flexible leaves all of these with horrid striations and missing detail.

which is a crying shame as they are great designs...if only he'd get them cast up properly by Ninja Magic.

why have excellent designs which can only be printed with most of the detail horribly obscured by printing lines?

it baffles me...
« Last Edit: 14 October 2010, 10:06:09 PM by Antenociti »
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Offline YPU

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Re: Have You Seen These Spaceships?
« Reply #8 on: 14 October 2010, 10:14:18 PM »
I agree, when I first saw a picture of one of the printed models the printing pattern on it made me believe it was somebodies knitted version of a ship or something.  ;D
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Offline Bravo Six

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Re: Have You Seen These Spaceships?
« Reply #9 on: 15 October 2010, 01:07:34 AM »
There's been some pics lately over at Starship Combat News forums of these in various material finishes and I agree as well... not very good. Shame as the designs are perfect for a not-Trek gaming project. I think someone asked the artist about getting the designs produced in metal/resin. Not sure why he opted for the Shapeways route. Shame.

-Todd
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Offline warrenss2

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Re: Have You Seen These Spaceships?
« Reply #10 on: 15 October 2010, 01:15:51 AM »
I thought these were metal, plastic, or resin. They're not? Where does it say this?  :(
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Offline AndrewBeasley

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Re: Have You Seen These Spaceships?
« Reply #11 on: 15 October 2010, 08:13:08 AM »
Quote from: warrenss2 on 15 October 2010, 01:15:51 AM
I thought these were metal, plastic, or resin. They're not? Where does it say this?  :(

Shapeways are a 3D printing company and looses a lot of details due to the current resolution of the printers they use.

Have a look at this video for an overview and their youtube page http://www.youtube.com/user/Shapeways

Andrew
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Offline Commander Vyper

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Re: Have You Seen These Spaceships?
« Reply #12 on: 15 October 2010, 08:00:30 PM »
Nice designs....shite quality  :-[.

Once they get the print lines sorted and have a better end product..... call me.

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Offline blackstone

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Re: Have You Seen These Spaceships?
« Reply #13 on: 15 October 2010, 09:30:00 PM »
Yeah the renders look lovely but currently the scan lines on the models are pretty nasty. Give it 5 years and the prints will match the renders... no more lead  :'(
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Offline WarGameGuru

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Re: Have You Seen These Spaceships?
« Reply #14 on: 15 October 2010, 11:52:02 PM »
That's too bad, the designs looked amazing too.

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