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    1. Word.

      A quite a few pieces of Crane's "kitchen stuff" started out as Christmas ornaments, including a pretty much perfectly-scaled All-Clad frying pan and a copper tea kettle. (Those came from William Sonoma, but I've also found things for him at those little pop-up ornament stores-)
       
      #361 Brightfires, Sep 7, 2012
    2. LOL, clearly I don't ferequent the right places (yet) - I have hardly any dollie props! Then again, I guess medieval props are even harder to come by than laser guns and Christmas ornament Uggs (!)...

      I found a son for Florie though :). Florens is still in his fullset outfit, but I'll make him some more epoch-appropriate clothes later. If he looks a bit sad, it's because he's going to be a squire to his uncle Agravain soon, and he'd rather stay with his mum and dad, who cherish and pamper him.

      [​IMG]
      flore_florens_01 by severelysigune, on Flickr

      Florens is my first Dollmore doll and he's so different from the rest of the doll family. He has a metal bar instead of an S-hook, he has SEAMS (:P), he's single-jointed and I think he weighs twice as much as Gwalchmei. Last but not least, he's chubby! I really adore him :aheartbea. I'm really grateful that I could buy him from AyuAna on the MP.
       
      #362 Sigune, Sep 7, 2012
    3. Sigune - they are beautiful! Such a sweet boy to get sent off to become a squire, that's a lot of hard work.

      dhawktx - tell me more about the 3D printing thing? What's that all about? You have piqued my curiosity...
       
      #363 erellor, Sep 8, 2012
    4. Oh dear! Curly swords=Not good.

      Oh, what a poignant photo... thinking that he's got to go away from his home and parents. But life was like that. 'Hope he finds some folk who have the time to mother him a bit when he goes off to be a Squire! :(

      (Life can still be like that... I know some parents who sent their kid thousands of miles away to boarding school when he was still very young. It seems somewhat barbaric in these times to do that!)
       
      #364 april, Sep 8, 2012
    5. Sigune: lovely pictures all of them!

      erellor: Sorry, you're in for it now! :lol:

      3D printing is, roughly, using a digital file that describes an object and a piece of equipment that can utilized that file to automatically create that object using a wide variety of media. The two main types that concern hobbyists are the 'plastic wire' printers that use a spool of plastic (usually ABS or PTE) and what resembles a micro-hot glue gun head and the second uses a powdered matrix that is 'fused' by a laser head as it 'prints out' the file.

      Plastic Wire or Filament printers, follow the design laid out in the file, using motors to move the head back and forth, and up and down, depositing small amounts of plastic. After the design is printed it is removed from the platform and cleaned up for use. This type of printer has a moderate resolution and price is now within reasonable levels for home hobbyists to get one.

      The second type uses a wide range of powdered materials - Nylon, ABS, metals, ceramics, etc. Nylon is the most affordable material using this process and what I order the majority of the time from Shapeways.com. Their process is similar to that used by Ponoko - designers upload a file for a model, they (or a customer) purchase a print of the model, the model is created and sent to the customer via mail or UPS. Shapeways has a large number of Youtube videos showing different kinds of materials being printed:
      http://www.youtube.com/user/Shapeways

      There are a LOT of hobbyists using this service to create unique items - early adopters were the model railroading community, but now BJD enthusiasts are realizing just what can be done - so far two SD scale Resin BJDs have been created using 3D printing as a starting point and I know of a third that is in development. Several DOA members have shops on Shapeways and there are literally hundreds of other designers who are eager to have a project to work on.

      My first 3D printed project came about when I saw some micro chainmaille being produced by the designer known as Stop4Stuff, who happens to live in the UK. After discussing the dimensions I wanted for a chainmaille shirt I wanted to make for my 25cm Jack doll, he uploaded files for me that I purchased prints of. At that time Shapeways was still an incubator company in the Netherlands, so that's where my chainmaille was printed, then mailed to me here in Texas.

      I have a thread here on DOA that shows the process as I figured out how to color the pieces, as well as creating a technique that allowed me to 'weld' open links back together again after I 'knit' the panels together.

      http://www.denofangels.com/forums/s...ed-Chain-Maille-(Updated-Post-2-on-02-07-12))

      http://www.flickr.com/photos/dhawktx/sets/72157627400697310/
      http://www.flickr.com/photos/dhawktx/sets/72157627541564642/

      Since that time, my friend Kikichan-78 has begun designing cosplay items and other accessories for dolls, including the fencing foils I mentioned earlier.

      http://www.flickr.com/photos/dhawktx/sets/72157631105360132/
      http://www.flickr.com/photos/dhawktx/sets/72157629207028140/

      Have I put you to sleep yet? ;)

      Heck, I should at least post a piccie:

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      Da Rings by dhawktx1, on Flickr
       
      #365 dhawktx, Sep 8, 2012
    6. dhawktx - oh crap. Are you telling me that with this process I can order 3D objects? Like, anything I can imagine?
       
      #366 erellor, Sep 8, 2012
    7. Yep. As long as it is within the design constraints of the material, yep. Those rings are on a Delf Bory. Kiki even made ring sizers that you can order so you can tell her what size you want a ring. Oh, and she made a 'hand changer" so you can make fitted sleeves on clothing for your dolls and still get them ON. Most all of the designers will modify anything they've already done to resize it for your doll, you just have to be able to tell them the finished dimensions you want and they take it from there. Each designer chooses how much of a markup to charge to use over the basic Shapeways cost so that they get paid a bit every time you order something they designed. Of course, if you design it yourself, you can get it with no markup at all, just the basic price.

      http://www.shapeways.com/shops/stop4stuff
      http://www.shapeways.com/shops/acrylic_eyes
      http://www.shapeways.com/shops/whystler
      http://www.shapeways.com/shops/silverbeam_magic
       
      #367 dhawktx, Sep 8, 2012
    8. Okay, now I *really* want to find out if 3D printing could be used to make my Resin!Cardinal's spikey Mu armor bits.... That would just be beyond sweet. :lol:
       
      #368 Brightfires, Sep 8, 2012
    9. You just have to be aware of copyright issues and not violate them - you can't, for instance, make an item that is licensed - one fellow made pieces from seeing a prop 'toy' in a movie and just as he was getting ready to sell them he got a Cease and Desist because the owners of the movie's rights had licensed the toy to another company. Safer to make a piece 'inspired by' rather than an exact copy. Unless it's your own design, then go for it!
       
      #369 dhawktx, Sep 8, 2012
    10. #370 erellor, Sep 8, 2012
    11. Oh, they simplified the process a LOT! If you've got the mid to high six-figures laying around idle you can do what they did in the video, otherwise there's a LOT more sweat and time involved.
       
      #371 dhawktx, Sep 8, 2012
    12. dhawktx that's soo cool. Question dose it cost alot of money to do this kind of thing etc.
       
      #372 Captin Janeway, Sep 8, 2012
    13. lovely pic Sigune :D

      Wein head is officially on his way to me *yay* and Sergei will be sent off monday :)
       
      #373 FrozenRose, Sep 8, 2012
    14. Captin Janeway:

      Not if you are buying through a fulfillment service like Shapeways.com or Ponoko.com. Then, you are only paying for the model and the designer's upcharge. The chain maille hauberk that I made for Jack only cost about $25 in 3D printed maille - the rest was dye/paint and time assembling.

      I just purchased 10 panels of 10cm x 4cm maille for another hauberk (possibly 2) for the Chiclines. When the maille arrives it is very stiff - many of the links are partially fused to each other. You have to work with each panel a bit, rolling it up and then rubbing it between your hands, then unrolling and rubbing it in a different direction until it all loosens up. Though the 'printed' dimension is 10cm x 4cm, once you work the piece until it's loose the 'hanging' dimensions are more 11cm (l) by 3.5cm (w).
       
      #374 dhawktx, Sep 8, 2012
    15. #375 Alrick, Sep 9, 2012
    16. Love pic of Indy fishing. I have one of those dolls, but haven't ever taken photos of him... 'Never thought about doing that before bjds... Very cool bunch of photos, nicely presented, too.
       
      #376 april, Sep 9, 2012
    17. I was so sad when my Indy's face started crumbling from age... :...(

      Thanks for the compliments, though! :D
       
      #377 Alrick, Sep 9, 2012
    18. I'm looking for advice on wigs for which I'm going to put two pics, hope that is ok.
      OK, Callum normally wears this wig

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      How does this compare to...
      [​IMG][/URL] ?
       
      #378 Kolombe, Sep 10, 2012
    19. Kolombe: I like the furr on him better, but it needs a bit of styling?
       
      #379 dhawktx, Sep 10, 2012
    20. Yes, styling for sure. It isn't a very good fit so I'm hoping it will work better when I get a wig cap.
       
      #380 Kolombe, Sep 10, 2012
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