Blogging Vacation

Hey  Yall,

Been a while since I have posted here. I guess I took a little blogging vacation. I will use this as an opportunity to update you on the latest with Mold3D.

3D Printing Workshop for Artist!

April 26 and 27, I will be co-teaching a 3D Printing workshop for ZBrush Artists here in Burbank, Ca. 

Check out the site here for more info. Essentially we will be going through anatomy and form under the guidance of Gio Nakpil, fantastic artist and person, on Saturday. Sunday I will be taking over to get everyone's finished bust ready for print. Should be an awesome time!

We got a few awesome sponsors for this workshop, including FormLabs, Wacom and of course, Pixologic.

Our workshop is nearly full and signups close next week or when the last spot is taken.

Stoick the Vast 3D Print Video and More!

Below are some stills from the Stoick assembly process, check em out!
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Model: DreamWorks Animation
3D Print: Robert Vignone
3D Printer: Form 1 by Formlabs

The final print weighing in at a height of 8" from bottom to top. Completely solid resin!

Painting and prepping as the parts come together.

Stoick in my paintbox being primed and cleaned.

Spraying the cape

The mess that ensued during my assembly!

This is my Makerspace.

The base was printed hollow and then filled with smooth-on 2 part resin.

glued the key to match the bases together.

Putting the pieces out to dry.

Some beauty shots.

The coat is sharp. Watch out.

Picture Dean, myself and the 3D Print!

Easy Make Oven

Here is my Easy-Make Oven. I picked this contraption up a couple months ago to use it to speed up the curing process of the UV Curing resins from the Form1. So far it has been a pretty great tool! It also seems to harden the resins without having them discolor at all, but I have to test that theory a bit more.

New Bust, New Resin

I printed out this bust this week. One small one print (pictured) and one larger one (I will have that one at our Mold3D booth (107) at the 3D printer world expo).

The new white resin is amazing! You can see it pictured un-touched at the bottom of this post. It comes out really clean/silky smooth. It is hard to photograph without the right lighting conditions however. Even after fully curing, it really maintains a nice look to it after it solidifies with zero tinting (Clear resin turns yellow..sometimes).

Here are a few photographs of the print and sculpt below. Keep in mind, I am photographing this with a macro lens, and it sees EVERYTHING!

Watch for scale.

FormLabs White Resin untouched.

Stand up - sit down. Why not both?

Happy New Year everyone! I figure let's get this started by sharing my fist project of the new year. I rebuilt my workspace and I wanted to share with you my new adjustable height desk. I got the frame of it from Amazon here. On top I am using a cheap-o-ikea tabletop, I was able to mount that and my monitor arms on the back with the addition of a piece of hardwood and some metal hardware. I have my large monitor on an arm now and I am waiting to get the backplate for the Cintiq so they can both be on arms. Should be all finished off by next week!

Frame assembly. Fairly easy and it is very sturdy!!

Mandatory cat-in-box photo while building said desk. 

Almost complete. Sliding the old tabletop onto the new frame. This was easy because of the adjustability. 

Desk in down position (top) and up position (bottom)