Shapeways 3d Printing & FarShot's Vendetta

[Apoagathos]

Cross posted at http://www.star-ranger.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=9061

The Vendetta Class was an experiment I took on myself since I haven't really learned 3d modeling yet. I wanted to see if I could take a model from a game and edit it in order to print on Shapeways. I requested to use the Vendetta Class since it had no pylons that would make the model unprintable due to the restrictions with WSF. I contacted FarShot on the Bridge Commander Central forums to request permission and here are the results.
I'm pleased with the results. Now to learn how to paint!

http://db.tt/Bl0yL0CN
http://db.tt/KO3vccvK
http://bridgecommander.filefront.com/file/FSB_Vendetta;120571 (Note: Sometimes the link will not open. Keep refreshing)
http://www.shapeways.com/model/619579/vendetta-class-fleet-escort.html

[CyAn1d3]

whats the size of it?

i have all my models up on shapeways (including the ragnarok) and ive never had them tell me i cant print a model due to the pylon thickness, they are about 6"x6" scaled proportionally.

it all depends on what material you want to use as well.

[Apoagathos]

What's your store?

The length came out to 2.4"

I did experiment on pulling a Vesta Class to print and the pylons were very thin and pliable but it still printed.
http://www.shapeways.com/model/602851/capitoline-exploration-cruiser.html

[CyAn1d3]

the only one thats public is the ragnarok

http://www.shapeways.com/shops/cyan1d3shipyards

the rest are uploaded, just not public.

if anyone requests one of my ships, i just scale it in max and re upload it to the size requested for public, shadowknight wanted a print of
the ragnarok so i scaled it to what size he asked, and put it public.

i think im going to go back and just generalize the sizes for public sale.

[Apoagathos]

I've usually tried to get the pricing to around $10 per ship.  It takes some finesse but a tiny scale change can change the price by a lot.
What ships have you done?  (Sorry, still new around here...)

[CyAn1d3]

just below that ugly a$$ pic i call a signature (wich all of my ships are in), is a link to my website that hosts 95% of my mods.


the other 5% were outdated, abandoned, or just didnt post.... (like the Eagle 5)

[Shadowknight1]

And as soon as I get money, I'll be getting that Ragnarok, I promise!

If you look long enough on that site, you can find a lot of stuff, including some Trek ships.  Granted, they're renamed to avoid being taken down for copyright, but they're there.

And because of the type of material, the White Strong & Flexible takes paint really well, I had a friend paint up a few Master Sword styluses(styli?).  He's working on two of them and doing some (hopefully)final touch ups on a third, and then I have a couple of more complex projects for him, namely an Arwing from Starfox and a gunstar from The Last Starfighter.

[Apoagathos]

I have seen an Arwing on Shapeways before.  I'll do some scrounging to see if I can locate it again.

[Apoagathos]

Have recently uploaded the Valkyrie fighter to Shapeways.  Had the 1 and 1.5 cm versions print successfully.
http://shpws.me/lIik

[Shadowknight1]

Well well, it's the Valkyrie I was trying to get Wiley to put on there a long time ago.  Back when I had money for one. lol

[ACES_HIGH]

I'd buy one of those if it were in 1:1400 scale like the AMT Galaxy class model.

[Apoagathos]

I have a 1 cm and 1.5 cm version.  If you want to give me the length you want it I'll rescale it to 1:1400.

[ACES_HIGH]

cool, actually, I just calculated the scale out, with a length of 20 meters, it would scale to 1.43 cm