I got my hands on a Makerbot Digitizer, so I can scan 3D models of all the things (that fit inside ~512 cubic inches) and then do stuff with them. I don’t have a lot of scanning experience at the moment, and I haven’t done any serious 3D modeling since I was using Lightwave 3D…
I downloaded this model from Thingiverse, and instructed my Makerbot to create it while I slept. It’s beautiful and sparkly, it looks great on the shelf next to my Maltese Falcon, and so far, it hasn’t even come to life and tried to murder our faces! For the 3D nerds: I sliced it using Makerware, set…
I continue to have way more fun with my Makerbot than I ever thought possible. A few days ago, I printed out a Big Daddy figure, from one of my favourite video games of all time, Bioshock. I used a glow-in-the-dark filament, and the result looks like this: I got the model from Thingiverse. It…
I recently got a Makerbot 3D printer, and I’ve been having a whole lot of fun using it to make silly things. Last night, though, I made my first legitimately beautiful object: The Maltese Falcon. It took about seven hours to make, and these pictures show it inside my Replicator 2 (yes, I have a…
