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Hello again, everone! I hope you are all well and safe out there during these strange times. To cheer up your day here is another entry of my 3D printing journal. Returning back to the figurines that I printed for my mentor Martin Punchev  for the exhibition of his students works from the  Character design course  at Additive days 2020 conference. Next one in the second batch was a model of one very brave beetle warrior modeled by Mihail Topalov . Beetle warrior by Mihail Topalov I will tell you a secret - this is one of my top favorites <3. Model analysis As you can see here we have a lot of small and frail parts like the antennas of the beetle and his weapon. My mentor Martin told me to pay extra attention to them. Also we have two sets of arms and one set of hands, one set of legs and feet, one head, body and wings. A lot of parts,huh? ;) Following the briefing the head should be more detailed as well as the top of the weapon. All other parts...

Hello, dear readers! Welcome to another episode of Vili's bizarre 3D printing adventures! Today I am going to tell you the story of one 3D printed Robo-cat!  It was the award of a challenge me and the other students accepted as part of the 3Ds Max course at CGZEN . Whoever creates the best looking cat will receive a 3D printed model of it. Strangely enough I was given the honor to print the kitty! The lucky winner was Stanislava Zahova and this is her Robo-cat: Robo-cat by Stanislava Zahova Isn't it just cute? :3 Model analysis We can divide the parts in two groups - with and without supports. The head, tail and legs clearly need to be supported, while the paws, neck, body, torso and back won't need any supports at all. In terms of resolution this model can use the faster settings since there aren't much details on it. The cat needed to be scaled just a little bit, not like the previous model we discussed here . The final size was around 12-13 cm high. ...

Hello, everyone! First time updating this blog since 2018! I know I totally forgot about it for the past two years, but many strange things happened during this period. Thankfully life is starting to feel normal again! I will try to update my little blog more often with my 3D printed projects. :) Last year one of my long time dreams came true and it was to have my own 3D printer. Already one year has passed and this still feels to me like rocket science, although I am doing a good progress on the learning part. The printer is Ultimaker 2+ and it's perfect for home usage. I was looking for something that is already assembled and ready to use. My interests are more on the modelling part of the process and preparing the objects for printing. Tinkering with hardware isn't my type of thing and also I don't have that kind of patience. Who knows, instead of printer I might assemble a TV or a robot? Ultimaker is just great and it is very easy to learn to work with it. T...