I loved printing the Great Buddha at Kamakura, and we found ourselves in need of a quick, but meaningful, birthday present. A scaled down version of Buddha to the rescue: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Dwyer Devices (@dwyerdevices)
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The Great Buddha at Kamakura
I had just acquired some Red Copper Tianse PLA, had recently begun seriously perusing the Scan the World collection on MyMiniFactory, and the house felt like it needed a decent Buddha statue – lucky for me I found a scan of the Great Buddha at Kamakura, Japan. This Buddha is shaped such that minimal supports were required during…
Charging Bull
We spent a few years working on Wall Street when we lived in New York City, and would occasionally walk through Bowling Green and see Charging Bull. I find this statue interesting for a few reasons: the financial mindset that drove early Wall Street, and the corruption (or logical conclusion) of that mindset into a one of profit-at-all-costs,…
Finishing Chocobos
With some long prints running, and the house low energy (as everyone is sick, but so be it), I had a chance to finish up a few Chocobos. The three Chocobos at various stages of painting: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Dwyer Devices (@dwyerdevices) And two finished Chocobos: View this post on…
Glowing Moon
I’ve seen a lot of 3D printed glowing moons for sale on various Etsy shops, and all over Instagram, and wanted to print one for the 10 year old for Christmas. After a few failed moon prints I finally found a design that would work. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Dwyer Devices (@dwyerdevices) Pre-scaled…
High Detail Printing – Great Buddha
The Scan the World collection on MyMiniFactory has some great pieces spanning world history. For a number of reasons, this scan of the Great Buddha at Kamakura caught my eye. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Dwyer Devices (@dwyerdevices) I did two test prints with this model, working for the first time with…
Final Fantasy XV – Chocobo
At full scale and fine resolution, this would take a little over 4 days just to print the body of the chocobo. I want more along the lines of action figure / 38mm scale, so I initially printed at 25% of original model scale. At that scale it’s a bit to small – clean up is difficult,…
Moon Lamp – Failures
For a Christmas present, I wanted to print a moon enclosure for a lamp. There are a number of variations on textured moons, and different scales and configurations depending on the hardware different makers used to create a glowing light effect in the lamp. These are all fantastic. This isn’t about finishing one of those. This is about…