Here's my WIP prop dagger I'm making + original reference art.

Printing early let me catch some issues - handle too small, bony ridges near the handle need to move forward & away. Etc.

Time to start moving away from copying the reference & make the design more my own

#3dprinting #blender

Working on a spooky knife design as a Halloween prop. Decided to print my rough pass / blockout to do a size & scale check.

Only took 3.5 hours to print this. So cool to be able to print out my WIP and actually hold it so I can redesign the flaws

#3dmodeling #blender #3dprinting

Really happy with how this 3dprint turned out! A start to putting little props into the garden.

Modeled this in Blender & then learned how to paint the material swaps in Prusaslicer.

I like that you can use some of the color swap waste to print another object just as fast (slow, lol)

#3dprinting

Who's left your job/field for a different one and had success with that? Wondering what it was like / what's your story.

Just feeling pretty burned out today and need to believe a different path is possible.

#job #career #work

Been waiting for this book for a week!

I want to learn this kind of detailing technique for 3Dmodeling/ 3dprinting. Going to have to get in some blender practice with it tonight - either drawing curves + skin mod, or maybe just sculpting.

Anybody have resources like this for other styles you like?

Finishing 3d model projects is really hard, y'all.

Yoshi sculpted, rigged, stalling out on fixing weight paints.

Spending too much time rigging and not modeling/sculpting, so let's start a new project!

Now I'm more interested in the new project. Rinse/repeat.

I'll finish this time, it's hard tho

Is there anyone out there #3dprinting human-scale cosplay props or character figures (like Halloween decorations for example)?

I'm thinking of starting a printer farm for my own projects. I'm wondering how 2-4 #prusa core ones would churn through projects of that size.

Me to my wife:

One day, I'll be able to just look at an Elden Ring character and just make my own, and pose it! And then make Radahn into a Sailor Moon remix or whatever weird thing I want!

Cue us deciding if it should be Radahn in Sailor gear, or Chibi-usa in Radahn gear riding Pegasus. Hmm....

I forgot to post this earlier, but here's my retopo Yoshi model.

For 2 weeks I've been learning rigging. Now I've got this happy boi fully weight painted & bones set up. Yesterday I built the IK controls for the left leg.

Done soon & I'll be able to pose this guy!

#blender #rigging #3dmodeling

I'm getting pretty far along on this #yoshi sculpt!

Today I joined all the separate body pieces together & blended the seams. I'm really happy with how this is turning out.

Next up, first time doing retopology, then rigging, weight painting, and posing for 3d printing.

#blender3d #3dmodeling

Who's made their own vanilla extract?

I'm using some vanilla beans to make pies, and using the leftover pods immersed in brandy to try making some.

How has yours turned out? #baking #cooking #desserts

I just baked a lemon meringue pie, yum.

It's been a while, so I didn't get the meringue peaky enough. But the flavor of the filing is 👨‍🍳👌

#baking

So, my sweetheart tortie cat passed away this week. I'm working out some feelings through arts & crafts.

So, I used Blender to design this Lithophane from a grayscale photo of her. It's basically a 2mm thick 3d printed plane with a displacement. When you shine light thru, you see the photo.