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January 27th, 2004
Rocket Bear Instead of exchanging gifts for Christmas, Laura and I make each other ornaments. Sweet, isn't it? Yes it is, I know. Anyway, this year I figured I'd make my ornament in Maya and have it printed out in 3d with a process called stereolithography. And that's just what I did. Only problem is that it ended up being too big to hang on a tree, so now it sort of just adds a bit seasonal rocket powered flavor to our place. And I meant to paint it, but when it arrived all alabastery and lovely like I just couldn't bring myself to do it. |
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comments
Wow I have to say I'm pretty impressed...I've seen these before but only for automotive parts or something similar. What was the cost of this piece and what was the final size? Can't tell the scale from the pic.
Thanks, Marc. It was amazing to have something that I'd only interacted with on the computer become real. It doesn't seem like it should be possible.
I scaled this piece up to fill the printers max volume, which I think was 8"x8"x8", so it's about 8" high. As for cost, I think was about $150. I printed it through 3d Art To Part.
go on, say it