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More 3D Printing

He guys. :)

USS Europa would be cool (not sure how much reference material there was for this, the admiral's starship).

Otherwise, the USS Disco herself would be great to see! :D

Yep, I've been trying to get screencaps made of this thing, but some areas are still not quite clear. Hopefully we'll get some BTS renders or something. :D I already did Discovery, I just need to get it painted! :D

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Discovery has the most reference material available, followed by Shenzhou.
Shenzhou should be done in about a week. ;)

@MadMan1701A, do you find yourself feeling a certain...power? Like, not needing to purchase most commercially-available merchandise now?

I haven't been able to print yet, but it's been forever since I decided to get printers and have not purchased a single action figure or ship miniature since. As a matter of fact, I'm about to sell my entire X-Wing Miniatures Game collection, and as much as I cherish them, I'm considering selling all of my AA/DST Trek figures, too, including my long-sought-after TWOK figures. I just feel that I can make them better. :shrug:

BTW, what slicer do you use?

On-topic: Have you ever done a Reliant or Miranda-Class variant? Perhaps an Alt-Universe Reliant?

Haha, It definitely is a powerful feeling. :) I haven't been buying models lately myself, but mainly because I've been printing stuff for everyone else! I was telling someone the other day, that I don't even have much of my stuff on display at the house, because I never have time to build myself any.

I use Makerware, with it's built in slicer. I've tried Simplfy 3D because I wanted to be able to design my own support material, but I didn't really like it. I used Repetier once, and really didn't like that. ;)

I have a reliant that I had done, but I need to update my 3D files of it. It has a few problems that need attention, ha.

More soon!

-Ricky
 
Cool.

Supposedly Meshmixer has great supports. You then export the STL (supports and all) to your slicer and print. Voila.
 
Are you using the same printer, or a new one?
The old one is still going strong, but I got a new one about 6 months ago too. :) Very similar, but the new QIDI printer has a metal frame, upgraded nozzles and stuff. :) It's hard to believe I've been using the original Flashforge for over 4 years now!

Got a few things to show off... I finished my Shenzhou!

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More soon, time for me to get painting these things! Only 2 weeks until the con...

-Ricky
 
The old one is still going strong, but I got a new one about 6 months ago too. :) Very similar, but the new QIDI printer has a metal frame, upgraded nozzles and stuff. :) It's hard to believe I've been using the original Flashforge for over 4 years now!

Got a few things to show off... I finished my Shenzhou!

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More soon, time for me to get painting these things! Only 2 weeks until the con...

-Ricky
That's amazing:techman:
 
Yep, it's in my list! The Yeager one is looking pretty cool too, I'll probably do that one pretty soon. :) BTW, did you design all the Klingon ships for this show, because they look like it!

Working on a bunch of paintjobs right now, but I'll have a bunch of pics up tomorrow. :)

-Ricky
 
Sweet to hear on the Europa!
Unfortunately no, I did design the klinks or anything for the show, but thanks for the consideration :)
 
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