1/3 scale 3D printed head

carlys_guy · Post by **carlys_guy** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 10:43 am

i know a lot of you guys are good with photo shop so could someone put eyes and hair on this picture.
the picture is of a 3D printed 1/3 scale head from thingiverse.
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3311141

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Endless War · Post by **Endless War** » Sat Mar 14, 2020 2:47 am

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carlys_guy · Post by **carlys_guy** » Sat Mar 14, 2020 2:24 pm

thanks EW she looks better than the head that comes with the doll.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3495928

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been thinking of getting a 3D printer for a while just don't know if i could make it work.

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seagull · Post by **seagull** » Sat Mar 14, 2020 4:39 pm

So worth it!
However there is always a lot of head scratching/hair tearing with any new techie thing

justintime · Post by **justintime** » Sat Mar 14, 2020 5:15 pm

What type a 3d printer are you looking into?
I have the same thoughts.

Mishka1965 · Post by **Mishka1965** » Sat Mar 14, 2020 6:07 pm

A fun 1hr project. Hand painted roughly in PS

justintime · Post by **justintime** » Sat Mar 14, 2020 6:27 pm

Mishka1965 wow really nice job, you seem to be a master at PS

carlys_guy · Post by **carlys_guy** » Sat Mar 14, 2020 7:31 pm

thanks mishka she looks great.
@ justintime i haven't decided between a creality ender 3 pro or an alfawise u30. the ender 3 and alfawise both have the same build volume. you can get the ender 3 lots of places like amazon and matterhackers, it seems the alfawise is only available from gearbest in china.

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seagull · Post by **seagull** » Sat Mar 14, 2020 8:54 pm

Look for printers that have the capability of a fine z axis

https://community.ultimaker.com/topic/1 ... esolution/
The theoretical maximum resolution of the z axis is much higher then you'll ever be able to achieve in practice... I think the z axis is technically capable of about 0.005mm resolution in theory (the distance of a single step on the motor), but getting reliable and precise extrusion to work without too much back-pressure below about 0.04mm is very difficult. I typically print at 0.08mm per layer, but I have managed to do 0.04 myself in the past and I've seen others achieve this. I've heard rumour of people going as low as 0.02, but that's really pushing it and I can't recall where I've seen that mentioned or if they had any success at that.

There is a noticeable difference between 0.1 and 0.08, but even at 0.1 the detail you can get is incredible. You have to look really closely to see the layers.