Lady of Naga

[abhi_down]

HI ,
SolidSnakexxx

Excellent work very good concept .Can you please provide me some information about 3d prints how they are done and where they are done.

[chrono1081]

Amazing!!!

I love all the pictures and the step by step how you made this!

[spacemonkeydr]

Fantastic sculpture. I love how the paint treatment came out on the final, looks great. That creature is really unique looking too.

[Etcher]

Wow!!! What an awesome piece!!! Beautiful results -> thanks so much for the in depth sharing of your workflow -> (btw:Would be super if you could record a turntable of the actual piece)

[rulonis]

Excellent work and very useful information about 3D printing. The technique is expensive, then I certainly will watch its development.

[Crevasse]

beautiful work. Love it!

[fattkid]

Totally amazing! Thank you for sharing the process and breakdown, and all the other info. I find this really super exciting, realizing real life sculptures and works like this via digital sculpting. Feel free to add more pics and info !

Congratulations on what you've accomplished and having you and your girlfriends work on public display.

[Santis]

Awesome!Thanks for the breakdown and the videos, and all the text, very interesting read!
I agree with Geert a turnable would be nice, and congratz on top row, well deserved!

[brianlife]

Amazing! Im greatly Inspired by your Masterpiece! A true Authentic, timeless piece!

I relate to this process and Reward! After hours of sculpting in the digital realm, starring into a 2d monitor being teased by this 3D creation, the beckons to be Born, transmuted into its Physical Equivalent! The emotional reaction, realization of this dream to manifest is Incredible, almost still Hard to believe such advancements are Possible!
The feeling, to touching & holding the Physically Creation in your hands! WOW!

I had the fortune have sculpted & printed 2 Trophy Sculpts for an annual B BOY (Breakdancing) Competition
Picture This, a Break Dancing BATTLE Competition: a room full of passionate Hardcore dancers & like hearted fans going Head to Head to WIN a Trophy and $ prize! The Excitement and Electric Energy of Young Hard-Core dancers, Competing with ALL they GOT and Winning! After Years of hard work, blood sweat & Fears-faced (like some of us ZB artists), Just Pumped w/ Adrenaline & JOY after Positively Battling it out! The results were Good & Bad..but, in the end GREAT!

1) The first one was unfort. casted in a delicate plaster (on account of a rush job (?) . As you may expect, many of them where Damaged before i opened the shipping box...UGH, ..3-4 out of 10...and who knows how many Trophies Broke, after the Excitement of the winners: Jumping For Joy, Hugging, Wildly Bursting with Joy, Celebrating their wins! ...All with Trophy in hand! Yikes...We learned allot from that run.

2) The second, we ordered the paintable PVC type (?) Plastic material. This was Perfect for the project. (durable) considering the use of the Trophy: Again. Picture a room full of Young Passion-Fueled Dancers. After Winning, their blood sweat & Fears-faced! Pumped w/ Adrenaline after a HardCore BBOY/ Break Dance Battle! a Wild Celebration of their Triumph. lol! Thankfully None broke!

I am very interested in getting a Bronze cast for this years event. Do you recommend a serves source? Thanks for reading & posting such INSPIRING WORK!

WITH All respect due, Im did not intend to leach exposure off your Thread (well kinda) BUT, you can delete this if you'ld like.Thanks. Bless you, for blessing us with Motivation and Inspiration!
BLife



http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc-thr...php?tid=162470

[brianlife]

I just saw all the pages in this Wonderful informative thread. Thanks you greatly for all your help. Vital resources shared! Amazing results!

[SolidSnakexxx]

First of all thank you all...for reading my post and really honored to be placed in the Top section.

@N8:
Thank you for your kind comment. Glad you like it.

@Ivo Diependaal:
Thank you. We deliberately chose 2 opposing color themes; hotter tone for the Bronze and the cooler one for the painting. Glad you like them.

@johnchen:
Thank you. There will be more in the series. I'll post more progress here for certain.

@abhi_down:
As stated in my earlier post, there are many different types of 3D printing machines and services. So far I've had a chance to get my models printed by:

1. Offload Studio (http://www.offloadstudios.com/) as using the ZCorp technology

2. Comgraph (http://www.comgraph.co.th/rapidmfg.php)
A local Thai company that sponsored me for the project. This one uses V-Flash (3DSystems)

3. Applicad (http://www.applicadthai.com/business...ons/rp-3d-scan)

Another Local Thai company which I was given an honor to do a test print. Was testing with a Dimension printer (result material is ABS plastic).

4. Another local company which I had a chance to see it printed using Objet. You cna also use http://www.shapeways.com/materials/ with material "White Detial" for this as well.

5. Foam CNC, Also used a local company, 3D Rapide, for large scale statue.


@chrono1081:
Glad you like my step-by-step presentation as some of my students were asking me to give a quick run down on the process.

@spacemonkeydr:
Thank you. Indeed, the Patina work on Bronze by itself is very satisfying step.

@Etcher:
Thanks mate. I did record the physical turn, it's in my camera as well. Will post that when I have a chance to jack it into my computer

@rulonis:
Thank you, and you are right.. the technology is getting better and better. Hopefully the cost will decrease over time. In fact there are some Pre-assembled and Home-assembled 3D Printers out there. You could print the form with these but not as refined.

You may also want to check out

1. Up! 3D Printer (http://pp3dp.com/) The system is around $2690

2. Cubify (http://cubify.com/info/cloud_3d_print.aspx) Cloud 3D Print Service and Machine...sells for about $1300


These are based off the OpenSource 3D Print RepRap (Read here for more info: http://reprap.org/wiki/RepRap)

@Crevasse:
Thanks!

@fattkid:
Thank you. Prior to doing this method, I was spending nearly half a year researching/ reading up, and going around checking and testing various printing technology. I think some of the printing technology is really good...but still cost prohibitive. I think not so far from now, 3D Printing could be a household technology like a toaster.

@Santis:
Thank you. I guess many would want to know about this as I were before I started my journey. Glad I could share this.

@brianlife:
Thank you very much. You Trophies look great as well. Really enjoy reading your post. I think doing these kind of things would still take some risks as there are many steps involved.. Not to mention many factors contributing to the final products like the method of printing, materials, and the method used for mass producing. But all-in-all we must agree it's a joy to be able to grab your creation physically

As for the Bronze, It depends on where you reside or if you can take a trip to Thailand, I could show you my foundry of choice. Of which some of the world's famous Bronze artists also utilize their service. Again, I think ZBrushCentral is more than just a ZBrush forum..I do come here once or twice a day to get myself inspired. And once in awhile, I'm so happy I could give back to the community.

[sculptor.zb]

Awesome work man!! congrats!

[eduardopsf]

Great work!
Thanks for sharing all the process and info on 3d printing.

Congrats for the top row!

[Danilo Athayde]

amazing works man! congrats for top row, deserved

[AriesGal1629]

Really cool stuff!