3D Printed Model – King
My Shapeways model has arrived! The King model from my chess animation has shipped, and I’m very pleased with it. It has the texture of relatively fine sandpaper, close to 300 grit if my memory serves me. The detail is rather incredible, it wouldn’t take much work at all to smooth it out a bit and paint it. Sanding is barely even necessary, it was printed at such a high resolution. Wow. I never though I would see the day when I could talk about the resolution of real world objects. Click on a picture to view them in higher resolution.
Anyway, I’m really happy with how the model turned out, and would suggest to anyone reading this that when they are happy with a 3D model they have been working on, if they want something tangible they can hold in their hands, head on over to Shapeways and consider printing it out. Ten days later, you will be holding a solid embodiment of your work in your hands, and it’s an incredible feeling. And if you aren’t into modeling but still find yourself intrigued by the concept at hand, they have tons of printable premade models that others have uploaded, so what’s stopping you? Check it out! Heck, start by looking at the Shapeways page for this very model!
–Lace