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Hey guys, gonna preface this with I have not been paid or asked to write about this project, I just thought it was cool and wanted to share. I have never paid for a model to 3D print before...  With the plethora of models that are free on various sites such as Myminifactory and Thingiverse , there has been no need.  But I came across this Kickstarter a little while ago and thought it looked so cool I had to donate. The Kickstarter in question is being run by Joe Larson AKA The 3D Printing Professor and he has been creating instructional material in the 3D Printing space for years. The Kickstarter is to allow Joe to produce a bunch of low poly (polygon) dinosaurs and having seen some prints done by early recipients of the models they look amazing. I was sold.  I had to print these models...  I went to the campaign page and initially pledged $10, which would have got me a base set of models including the Triceratops and T-Rex and at first I ...

Hey guys, slight disclaimer here, I don't actually own a Photon.  I would love to, but at the moment it just isn't on the cards.  One of my friends, however, has just bought one and i wanted to take a moment to talk about the quality of the prints. ( Go and check out his Instagram here! ) If you remember back to my post about the different types of 3D Printing you'll remember that DLP is the process of curing resin one layer at a time using a UV LCD screen.  Meaning that can be faster than both FDM and true SLA.  I do feel it loses a bit of sharpness on the details against a print on a true SLA machine like the Form2 but for nearly a tenth of the price (less than a tenth if you factor in the curing stations from Formlabs) you can't really complain. At the time of writing the Photon is for sale for around £410, which is insanely good value for a resin printer that can produce prints of this quality. Another huge benefit of DLP printing is that it cures ...

Hey guys, this week I wanted to draw attention to the Patreon of a guy on the Battletech Discord. He's a freelance 3d modeler and is doing some really cool stuff for tabletop Battletech, Warhammer and Dungeons & Dragons communities. As I know him from the Battletech Discord (Come check it out by the way) I'm going to showcase some of the models he's put up on his Patreon in relation to the game with the big stompy mechs!  All of his models are created by him from scratch and they look great!  I won't put any names with them, for copyrighting reasons, but I'm sure you Battletech fans out there will be able to figure out what's what. I picked a small selection of his models to show here, but go check out his page for the whole lot and he is releasing new models all the time. Tanks 'Mechs If you don't see what you like or if Battletech isn't your thing, he does commissions for custom models so it would definitely be wor...

Hey guys, sorry about the lapse in communication last week, I decided there was a little bit too much going on last weekend with my wedding to really get a decent blog post out.  But I'm back this week and I thought id talk about the cheap mini photobox I picked up on Amazon last week. I really feel that this is going to improve the quality of the photos I take of my miniatures, especially when used in tandem with the mini macro lenses I talked about the other week. So what did I get for my £12? First of all, it comes flat packed in its own pull string bag which is neat; It also came with lots of different coloured backdrops, so depending on what I'm photographing I can change the background to make the item really stand out.  However I have only really used the black one so far and i'm not sure which of the other colours will be useful, maybe white if I'm taking a picture of a very dark item;  Once folded out and assembled using the popsnap(?) ...

Any of you who know me in real life will probably know that I'm getting married this weekend. Because of that, the last few blog posts have been a little on the short side due to me having my priorities lie elsewhere!  However this week I thought I'd quickly show off a few of the items I have been printing for the big day and how 3D Printing has made things a little bit easier/cheaper for us. Names for Drinks One way we are going to help people find their drinks in the sea of drinking that will be our wedding (I'm assuming) was to 3D Print everyone's name and to tie it to a small inflatable flamingo drinks holder. Table Numbers I have also printed large numbers that will be tied to the picnic baskets to help people find their allocated picnic. Seating Plan Numbers The numbers were also printed at a smaller scale without the loop on top to be attached to the seating plan at the entrance of the venue.   Cake Tier One of the ...

Hey guys, little review again this week.  A few months ago my fiancée got me a small, clip-on macrolens for my phone.  It has 3 modes; macro, supermacro and fisheye. I haven't been using the fish eye very much but the two macro lenses are great for taking images of my 3d prints. It's super easy to use, it just clips over the phone camera, with kind of a clothes peg type arrangement. It has a thin layer of foam on the inside too prevent damage to the phone.  The lenses screw into the peg, with the macro and supermacro (as I've named it) being a two part lens. With both parts together you get a standard macro effect but with the smaller part on its own it real zooms in and allows the phone to focus on close up detail.  Here are some photos using the various modes ; Seems a bit 'fishy' to me... Now as it was a small gift, I don't know how much it actually cost but if you look online you can find very similar lens kits for ...