sewing

first time using Bondo907 to smooth the surface. it worked like modeling putty, sets fast and sands easily. for the large surface smoothing, i think this is the best way so far. I just hope that I never have to do this … Continued

100 hrs and 150m PLA later, temporary assembling 13 printed pieces. This is probably my most favorite and most nerve wrecking moment because i’m constantly asking myself 2 questions “would I fit in?” and “would my wearble design keep the integrity of … Continued

the time has come! for the life-size printing 🙂 i’m getting a good hang of splitting the pieces and print ready with min overhang issue with max printable area . also i’ve noticed the crack on Rocket’s print where surface was so … Continued

measure once, twice and three times… both myself and digital myself. putting my VR previous into test… i export the entire head mesh and read in Cura knowing that it won’t fit in UM’s printable area. this way I can see … Continued

I do my sanity check with a smaller scale maquette. years of experience tells me that what I model in 3d software is not what I get till I hold in my hand physically. 2d templates and photo reference are already distorted … Continued

small size test prints in Ultimaker2 and Ultimaker2+Extended. this time i ordered enough ColorFabb filaments. I chose to use 0.4mm nozzle for the face plate to catch small details and 0.8mm nozzle for hair. 0.8mm nozzle lays down more PLA than 0.4mm at … Continued

next step! import hair geometry from Tilt Brush to maya. spending my quality hours building a 3d print ready mesh while checking out maya2017 new features 🙂 I used TB in VR mostly to visualize the over all scale and … Continued

planning my 2016 halloween costume in VR using Tilt Brush by google with htc vive. i gave myself a challenge this year how i can use some new technology for my costume construction different from previous ones. Seeing my final product in my scale was … Continued