Space Wheel

Finally have a successful printout of the girder half of the space wheel. With a little luck, the space wheel ornament should be available again for auctions this Christmas!

A New Post Just to Stay in Practice...

So the Form1 kinda pooped out after Christmas. Formlabs support, for the record, was wayyyyyyyyy more helpful than 3D Systems has ever been. So while it is away getting exchanged, I'm getting caught up on some mech painting. Base coats and dry brushing started on the Rakshasa and Vulture:

High Definition 2001 EVA POD

Thought I'd post a teaser of some of the prototypes for the 2001: A Space Odyssey EVA POD Christmas Ornament that I'm working on. It'll be the same size as the cast ornament that I've been selling through eBay the last ten years, but with a lot more detail. Yes, that's Dave in there. (He's a decal though, not a painted figure).

Hopefully will have two or three of these to auction before Christmas. Just have to work out some reliability problems with the file and how to paint them reeeeeeaaaal nice.

Auction Time is Here Again

For those of you that are looking for 2001: A Space Odyssey Christmas Ornaments, we are ramping up on our 2013 auctions! We're hoping to launch a few new products this year including a pod fridge magnet and some bits from the new 3D printer! Stay tuned...

See our auctions on eBay!

Revelation of the KLF DALEKS

I just did a quick cleanup on the new parts and set them together. Any fan of Colin Baker will recognize this one from Revelation of the KLF DALEKS!

FORM 1 - Second try

I submitted a pickup print job last night to see if I could get those 6 Dalek parts to work. The web site sez to just clean everything up and try again -- real helpful. But I figure that the auto-orient button is in the software for a reason and I give it a try.

Things worked much better this time.

I'm impressed with how clear the parts are. They get kind of clouded and scuffed during the cleaning process though. I suspect that a little Clearcote or Future would bring it back to a pretty clear finish though.

Gonna have to leave it there though. The timing of the FORM1's arrival has not been optimal and I won't have time to really put it through its paces for a few weeks yet. Should be some new stuff for Christmas auctions though -- including new mechs!

FORM1 Maiden Voyage

For my first 3D print on the new FORM1, I've chosen to do a KLF style dalek.

(see: Doctorin the Tardis on Youtube )

 Yes, it's a piece of junk, but I'd wager than there aren't many Doctor Who fans that have this one on their shelf! (Also, if I have trouble getting good parts, they'll still be somewhat authentic!)

So I thought I'd ignore the auto-orient button and layout the print job manually. Maybe a bad idea since only the two largest parts actually survived to tell the tale.

The remaining six ended up as shapeless pieces of goo in the bottom of the resin reservoir. :-(