philnolan3d Posted November 5, 2012 Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 Here's a little project I started the other day. I still have to finish the head, left arm, shoulders, and a few other small areas. I was thinking for the face I might make it a full solid face like I did with the fingers and toe tips. If possible I'm going to see how much it will cost ot print at Shapeways. http://3d-coat.com/turntableID=135214146625 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputable Contributor digman Posted November 5, 2012 Reputable Contributor Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 Very, very nice Phil... That would look awesome made in wrought iron and placed in my yard as a large garden ornament.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philnolan3d Posted November 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 I'm not sure how you would get it bad that big, but Shapeways does print in metal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Yearoftheox Posted November 5, 2012 Member Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 wow what a fantastic looking sculpt. have to agree with digman, it would look good as a wrought iron piece. Maybe a 3dprinting.... ? are these done with curves, or freehanded? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contributor Tony Nemo Posted November 6, 2012 Contributor Report Share Posted November 6, 2012 Very clever Phil! The hair will give you some interesting possibilities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member Garagarape Posted November 6, 2012 Advanced Member Report Share Posted November 6, 2012 Oh! This is brilliant! Did you draw with "Toothpaste" tool over a volume and then hide it? The result is really cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member chris_solo Posted November 6, 2012 Advanced Member Report Share Posted November 6, 2012 Nice Phil! ++Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Daniel Posted November 6, 2012 Moderator Report Share Posted November 6, 2012 I bet he used Vox Layer tool I would... Very nice idea Phil! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philnolan3d Posted November 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2012 Thanks all, it's done freehand with the Copy tool, then the original hidden. I haven't decided what to do about hair yet. The base model is from the mannequin that comes with 3DC v4, though I had to add a couple of things to make it female. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member Garagarape Posted November 6, 2012 Advanced Member Report Share Posted November 6, 2012 I thought it was done without a head in purpose to make it Milo Venus styled. We all missed to guess what was your technique Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member bisenberger Posted November 6, 2012 Advanced Member Report Share Posted November 6, 2012 Looks cool! It would be interesting to see it printed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member wave of light Posted November 6, 2012 Advanced Member Report Share Posted November 6, 2012 That's excellent Phil. I must agree, it looks very cool without even adding the head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member Jake_H Posted November 8, 2012 Advanced Member Report Share Posted November 8, 2012 I like this one Phil, very cool. Jake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philnolan3d Posted November 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 Thanks guys. Here's another update. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member wave of light Posted November 9, 2012 Advanced Member Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 Then again, doing the face like that makes it even better. Nice one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member Britain Posted November 9, 2012 Advanced Member Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 Wow , way cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philnolan3d Posted November 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 Thanks, I'll have to decimate it a lot for printing. I think Shapeways has a limit of well under a million polys and this is currently almost 50 million. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philnolan3d Posted December 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 I don't think this is ever going to get printed. Unless I manually retopo it, there's no way decimation will get it under a million polys and still retain it's shape. So here's a render of it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member wave of light Posted December 5, 2012 Advanced Member Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 That's a shame Phil because that would make a great 3D print. Probably the quickest way (and it's still not going to be that quick) would be to manually retopo using the 'Strokes' tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member michalis Posted December 5, 2012 Advanced Member Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 It's a piece of Art by all means. I almost missed it. Excellent work phil. (you could do it easily in zbrush, mask tool and ask for loops around. Then extrude. It could give you a ~100 at once. ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philnolan3d Posted December 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 (It could give you a ~100 at once. ) "a ~100 at once"? I'm rendering an animation turntable now like the above white render now. Though I've added a little depth field. Thanks all, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member michalis Posted December 6, 2012 Advanced Member Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 Sorry, I meant a 100k mesh. Because it creates a loop around the masked area. Then, extrude. Another option could be to just paint these and start retopo. Then under another app, extrude. (solidify in blender). But you know this already. It's a nice piece of art. So, you can do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philnolan3d Posted December 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 One thing about the Copy tool that I used is that it makes the outside flat and the inside rounded, looking a lot more like a brush stroke. I think it gives it a more natural, hand made feel, less mechanical. I'm not sure other techniques would achieve that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member m8nkey Posted December 7, 2012 Member Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 This is great. I think I prefer the earlier renders. The intricacies of the patterns is clearer in the darker colored materials you were originally using. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philnolan3d Posted December 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 I got the model decimated more than enough. From 50m polys down to 354 thousand. The trick was to over exaggerate the details I wanted to keep in the face, then use the Voxels > Decimate function multiple times, increasing the percentage each time, first 20%, then 40, 50, I think I was at 60% when it was decimated enough and the quality was still there. The print is now available on Shapeways. While it should be alright I obviously haven't seen a real print of it yet. http://www.shapeways.com/model/822510/kneeling-woman.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member polyxo Posted December 10, 2012 Advanced Member Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 Fwiw, you will have to make sure that your model has a material-thickness of at least 1.5mm everywhere, else it will not print properly. Looking at the super-low volume and the considerable outer size I doubt that this is the case. Shapeways does not look into this when checking your model after uploading but they'll notíce when you actually order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philnolan3d Posted December 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 Shapeways lists the smallest thickness as 0.7mm. To be safe I have it at well over 1mm. Here's the model on Sketchfab: http://skfb.ly/l4j3hg2eca 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member Garagarape Posted December 10, 2012 Advanced Member Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 Wow! Nice piece! Can you contro the camera clipping on Sketchfab? The model is cuted when you get too close to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philnolan3d Posted December 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 Thanks, yes the clipping has been fixed now. The model was just 7" tall for printing. I had to scale it up to human size and reupload. BTW Sketchfab just announced that when they hit 20,000 members they will give all users unlimited uploads! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member Garagarape Posted December 11, 2012 Advanced Member Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 Oh! Thanks for the info. Have to try it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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