Week 9 - 3D Print Inspirations




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Project 3 - Concept

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For this project I would really like to try and make a simple custom ball jointed doll using resin 3D printing. I want to try to make something similar to Bucket, as he has a humanoid design, but is still fairy simple, composed mostly of geometric shapes. I would really like to try printing in resin as is appears to be the standard for BJDs and miniature figures due to it's higher quality when printing small detailed, sculptural shapes. I plan on using a local 3D printing service. I am also interested in trying to learn how to use Blender for this project, as it has more capability for organic sculpting, which would be really useful if I want to ever try making sculptures to 3D print in the future. One aspect of making a BJD that I think will be challenging will be making all of the joint functional. There is a lot of process reference for Bucket which shows how the joint are made, and I found this website explaining how to make BJD joints. The more I think about what concept I w...
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Project 3 - Modeling and Prototyping

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Week 2 - Shapes

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