Rather than wait for the next Customs General to post I figured I'd create a whole separate thread dedicated to 3D printing for /toy/ related endeavours. Accessories, dioramas, props, heads or entire figures, resin of FDM (or even SLS if you use it), anything goes!After much messing about I have FINALLY managed to get this base body test-printed and fully assembled! It's as generic and blank a body as I could design to focus on engineering and tolerances rather than getting hung up on sculpting detail. Len Kagamine is demonstrating it; it's mostly a success! I need to adjust some tolerances, especially the ankle pegs (one partially cracked from overtightness) and the hip sockets (too loose, though still useable) but this is the best thing I've ever designed, at least functionally.
>>11919024All the parts are printed in TH-BJD resin. The body parts were cured in a clear jar filled with water whilst the joints were cured normally (the water-curing makes the resin ever so slightly softer, which is ideal for the body parts with sockets for pegs and balljoints).
>>11919028The only exception (aside from his head) is one knee as I hamhanded it and replaced it with a spare FDM sample and the neck joint,, as the stock neck joint on Len's head was too long to fit in the neck of the figure and I didn't fancy chopping it down, so I used another FDM piece.
>>11919031He has really good range of motion, which is nice; I considered printing the pelvis overlay in flexible resin but it's completely unnecessary, as he gets full range with the regular stuff.By the way, if you want to print joints on an FDM printer I HIGHLY recommend PETG. PLA is honestly a shit plastic and will not survive posing, whilst the FDM joints I've printed have maintained tension after several months.
>>11919033(Apologies for the rather zesty poses, I wanted to see what the full range was like.)He's not perfect, he needs a lot of re-tolerancing and I feel like either his shoulders are too wide or his body is too narrow, but this is still a massive step forward for what I'm capable of.Anyone else been printing anything interesting?
>>11919024Pretty good work there! Is this going up on Cults anytime soon?As for me, I'm still in the CAD stages with this, but now that I have my own printer (Bambu A1) I'm trying to get the hang of FDM after 11yrs of SLS printing (my wallet wouldn't be able to handle big prints via Sculpteo anyways). So I have a revamped version of Dorudon made for FDM and so far I have the head, jaw, and teeth printed (they're like dentures to glue into the mouth) and will be moving towards the rest of the body over the next week or so. I've had some time to look over Dorudon and see how much of the design can be repurposed for a 1/12 Basilosaurus (yes, I'm aware how big that will be) and came up with this initial comparison of the two FDM models.
>>11919095>Pretty good work there! Is this going up on Cults anytime soon?It should be as soon as I get the final problems solved. Notably I need to design better hip sockets, the rest is very easy work (just putting more clearance between pegs and socket walls).Nice work on the cetacean by the way! Intrigued to see how that comes out.
>>11919024Very nice, my friend
What's something I need to keep in mind if I want to make pieces designed to snap in and out of each other?>>11919024Neato!
>>11923471The tolerances of the material(s). Print things in a set thickness and then check the actual thickness with calipers. Also keep in mind the physical properties of the material if it can flex or snap when it has things inserted into openings. Wall thickness/infill will effect this along with material used.
>>11923493Thanks Anon!
>>11923494No prob. Best of luck on your prints.
>>11919028does it come in that color already?
>>11923715Yeah, TH-BJD comes in a variety of fleshtones. I use Cream Pink as it's a good "generic" skintone.
>>11919037fucking pedofag
>>11926652Why did it take ten whole days for you to be offended by this?
>>11926681He was karma farming up-votes, of course!
Anyone here know how to deal with PETG sticking to the nozzle? I only dehydrated it a day ago and it's not popping whilst extruding so I don't know WTF is going on.
>>11927363Well that just makes sense, all 4chan users secretly browse Reddit in the same way that all homophobic Republican politicians are secretly gay.
My most devious desire is to make my own build of a certain variety of colorful equine that would require a lot of effort and 3D modeling knowledge and would definitely not be a coomer activity
>>11928679>require a lot of effort If it's more than say 10 hours and you won't be learning stuff you can replicate for future projects, just buy shit>3D modeling knowledgeWhile it's cool and helpful that people post files or sell them cheaply, if it's something really unique ....
