My Afinia 3d printer has arrived!

MannequinFan · Post by **MannequinFan** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 2:21 pm

rubherkitty wrote: If you were going to make shoes as a snap on option for Abby, will you not have to make the foot part as well?

Yep, that's what I was thinking.
I just remembered I already have a scan of Fiona's foot I can use.

rubherkitty · Post by **rubherkitty** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 3:06 pm

Sounds like a plan!
LMK if you choose to take the mission.

samara78 · Post by **samara78** » Thu Apr 16, 2015 12:32 am

I love this thread. You have been very busy excelle bt work.

MannequinFan · Post by **MannequinFan** » Thu Apr 16, 2015 12:37 pm

samara78 wrote:I love this thread. You have been very busy excelle bt work.

Thanks Sam!
Yep Eva is keeping me very busy at the moment. Hope to get back on this project some time soon - she's so close to being finished.

jm6o8u · Post by **jm6o8u** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 9:05 pm

MannequinFan
Love what I’m seeing hear! I will admit that I did not read it all I just skim it. I thank if you can make a large ball joint doll that can stand on it own and weigh under 50lbs we will be knocking on your door.
Will keep checking in till I see her dun.

JM

MannequinFan · Post by **MannequinFan** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 9:39 pm

Thanks JM!

We've been having a lengthy discussion about a full size ball joint doll in this thread if you haven't seen it yet...

http://dollforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=57877

SloppyJostler · Post by **SloppyJostler** » Sat May 23, 2015 2:11 am

You are very creative and I want to be able to use the 3d software as good as this, some amazing work. I like the way you have designed this and I bet this took some hours.

What is the finished product going to look like? interested to see

MannequinFan · Post by **MannequinFan** » Tue Jun 16, 2015 12:44 pm

I know this isn't doll related but I thought this was so cool I needed to post it!
Who says 3d printing isn't "there" yet? 10 days to design (which I find a little hard to believe) and 2 weeks to print, but hey, given the proper skills and talent almost anything is possible.
He used two Afinia H479 printers like mine to print the 270 parts for this model in two weeks time.
Full article: http://3dprint.com/64122/3d-printed-caterpillar-dozer/

MannequinFan · Post by **MannequinFan** » Fri Jun 19, 2015 8:13 pm

YAY!
Finally somebody makes some skin colored printer plastic!
This stuff looks pretty good, and I can get it at B&H Photo with free shipping.
Been looking for something like this for a long time now. Not having to paint it would offer many advantages.

It's a bit more expensive than what I've been using but not too bad at $29 for a 700 gram spool.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1 ... _75mm.html

rubherkitty · Post by **rubherkitty** » Fri Jun 19, 2015 10:45 pm

Hey, thanks for the update.
Thought maybe you took up fishing!

digitaldavid · Post by **digitaldavid** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 4:10 am

Can anyone recommend me a 3D printer that can print a full sized head? I want something under $3,500

MannequinFan · Post by **MannequinFan** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 12:08 pm

digitaldavid wrote:Can anyone recommend me a 3D printer that can print a full sized head? I want something under $3,500

I can highly recommend the Afinia printers and the company. This is a new one they just came out with that has a 10" x 8" x 8" print volume.
It's still on pre-order but they should start shipping in July. $1,899.
They are also coming out with a line of filament that is designed for printing larger parts on the H800.
http://www.afinia.com/3d-printers/h800

digitaldavid · Post by **digitaldavid** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 5:06 pm

MannequinFan wrote:
digitaldavid wrote:Can anyone recommend me a 3D printer that can print a full sized head? I want something under $3,500
I can highly recommend the Afinia printers and the company. This is a new one they just came out with that has a 10" x 8" x 8" print volume.
It's still on pre-order but they should start shipping in July. $1,899.
They are also coming out with a line of filament that is designed for printing larger parts on the H800.
http://www.afinia.com/3d-printers/h800

Thanks.. I think I'm going to order this. Can you recommend which filament to use for best details? Hopefully this printer prints in high detail.. I've seen some on Youtube that weren't so good.. It'll be great to not have to create a clay casting out of the 3D printed image and then resculpt to add detailing.

MannequinFan · Post by **MannequinFan** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 5:35 pm

digitaldavid wrote:Can you recommend which filament to use for best details? Hopefully this printer prints in high detail.. I've seen some on Youtube that weren't so good.. It'll be great to not have to create a clay casting out of the 3D printed image and then resculpt to add detailing.

The premium filament that is designed for the printer works the best.
It has a higher melt temperature than the typical ABS filament and the machine/software is fine tuned to use this plastic. It's a bit harder and gives closer tolerances and sharper details.
Also, the support material comes off very cleanly and easily using this plastic. It's about twice the cost of the average filament - $45 for 700 gram spool as opposed to $32 for a 1kg (1000 grams) spool of typical filament. But if your doing a mold master it would be definitely worth using the best you can get.
They also are coming out with the "Premium Plus" line of filament which is specifically designed for the H800. So when it's available you'd probably want to go with that.
They show it on the website but it's not in the online store yet.

MannequinFan · Post by **MannequinFan** » Sun Jun 21, 2015 5:22 pm

OK, back to my poor little unfinished Abby project...
Been looking at some simplified makeup options that will work with the movable eyes.
I decided to minimize the lower eyelids so they aren't visible which I think gives her a cleaner look and makes the eyes look bigger. A bit more cartoon like but that's OK since she's done in a caricature style.
It makes it appear that her eyes are kind of floating in the sockets which I think could give her a fun unique look - a bit like a puppet or marionette style maybe.
This would also give more room for changing the magnetic irises.