"Printing" your custom heads in resin?

[tathataboy]

I have no clue what software one would use (cad? photo recognition? voodoo priestesses with dead chickens?), but when I saw this the very first thing I thought of: 1/6 heads. Printed. Right in my own office.

I drooled a little, then got over myself.

https://www.instructables.com/id/Build-a-Laser-3D-Printer-Stereolithography-at-Ho/

Of course, the resin stuff itself is kind of outrageously expensive. Sigh.

 

[Cheungkinmen]

To sculpt in the computer you'll need Z-Brush. There are companies which offers 3d printing services. You just hand them your file of the model, and presto.

 

[Gallo Negro]

Thats really impressive, would love to have that service back in Mexico so i can accomplish lots of custom projects i have in mind.

 

[twik25]

I have put together a makerbot while at my former employer. The quality on it is just not there for 1/6 scale items. But SLA is where it's at!

 

[IKE-CON]

Isn't Warriors Gate Productions already doing something like this,
or did I miss something?

Other than the final mats, I think
WGP has shown a 1/6 head can be done well with 3-D printing.
They use z-brush and print their main head for making molds from
a 3-D printer.

Though I'm sure the machine(s) they use are some high dollar
stuff, out of reach for the general public. It will be another 5-7 years
or so before it starts to become common place with 3-D printers
at home. I'm sure they'll be priced a little high even then as
with most new tech stuff for the home is.

 

[georgieboy26]

those industrial printers are expensive, would love to afford one and make my own stuff, would be fantastic

 

[Cheungkinmen]

Isn't Warriors Gate Productions already doing something like this,
or did I miss something?

Other than the final mats, I think
WGP has shown a 1/6 head can be done well with 3-D printing.
They use z-brush and print their main head for making molds from
a 3-D printer.

Though I'm sure the machine(s) they use are some high dollar
stuff, out of reach for the general public. It will be another 5-7 years
or so before it starts to become common place with 3-D printers
at home. I'm sure they'll be priced a little high even then as
with most new tech stuff for the home is.

Yes, WGP does it like that. They indeed have a high quality printer at hand. I've seen other printers works and they always have strokes or printing grooves on the sculpt.