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What creative projects have you been working on?
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I made this 3D tribute to Mario the past few days. Hope you like it. 😊
An alternate rendering and some work-in-progress impressions can be found here.
Looks very nice.
Thank you! 😊
A friend is a big fan of cuddly bats. She is getting married and wanted them for her cake topper, but there are no figurine versions available. With permission from the artist, she asked me if I could 3D print some.
3D sculpting is not really my thing(I usually do functional parts in Solidworks), but I decided to give it a try. I am pretty happy with the way they came out.
Even though it was a new tool to me, I managed to make them during the two week free trial for Zbrush. Fortunately there are a ton of tutorials online including a great one for making bat wings. Then I printed them on my mk4 and painted them with regular acrylics.
I have to say, it was pretty fun to do. I feel like I just scratched the surface with Zbrush. It's pretty affordable (for being so powerful), so maybe I will pick up a license if I find an opportunity for some more modeling work.
Cute bats! Have you tried SDF modeling yet? I'm a long-time user of ZBrush, MoI 3D, Blender, etcetera, and I'm in love with an SDF 3D editor called MagicaCSG lately. There's a free feature-limited version available for Windows here, and you can find lots of info and helpful links here.
Thanks for the pointer. I just watched some tutorial videos. It seems really cool. It reminds me a lot of PovRay (yeah, I'm old) but with an excellent UI, althought the underlying SDF seems to be different from Ray tracing.
I'm not sure I would use it for printable models because anything I can construct with CSG I can more precisely construct in a parametric tool. But maybe i am just set in my ways. And it's amazing for a free tool. Maybe I could get my daughter into it.
👍 I particularly like the non-destructivity and the real-time modeling of SDF. And MagicaCSG's UI / UX is very accessible, comparable to MoI 3D, if you know that (developed by one of the original Rhinoceros developers).
And regarding age: I took my first 3D steps in Sculpt 3D on an Amiga. 👴
We should buy some canes and take them to a tech con and shake them at people!
Finally setting up the coffee station I made. After making a few tables and shelves, I severely overestimated my ability and versions 1 to 6 literally fell flat. Called in a carpenter friend to salvage the project and learned a lot. Stayed pretty close to the original plan but realised a little late that it was designed for a different space in a different house.
Anyway, I let him advertise and show the design at the local decor expo and we're currently trying to make a reasonable space for the thing.