Jonathan Williamson created this beautiful 3D printed model with Blender and Shapeways. He takes you through the steps of the modeling process.
Jonathan writes:
With the cost of 3D printing plummeting and it becoming more accessible every day I have been itching for more things to print. And so when I finished the recent tutorial for 3D Artist magazine on creating a Pteranodon in Blender, I thought it would make for a great printing piece. Not only does it make a cool figurine, but it’s also a good stress test for printing. There’s very thin areas, thick areas, and everything in-between. I’ve been a big fan of Shapeways for a while and so I decided to print through them. In doing so, I thought some of you might find it valuable, or at least interesting, to see some of the process.
Full disclosure: I work for Shapeways and I'm having way too much fun with these printers ;-)
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Wow, absolutely amazing =)
Thanks so much!
The thin features are pretty impressive. I'll definitely go through the tutorial.
I was surprised how well the thin areas came out.
This critter also makes an appearance in JW’s sculpting/retopo workshop at BConf 2013.
3D FTW
As always, phenom-tastic Jonathan! Buying you a big 20oz IPA of your choice...with my bare thoughts! Haha, anyway, where can I get the tutorial?