Off Topic 3D Printers or 4D

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1MoreAgain

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Anyone ever used any of these i was thinking of taking up a hobby modelling and was thinking about making a largish village type setting and was wondering which if any are any good for this type of thing.

Any advice greatly appreciated.
 
1MoreAgain said:
Anyone ever used any of these i was thinking of taking up a hobby modelling and was thinking about making a largish village type setting and was wondering which if any are any good for this type of thing.

Any advice greatly appreciated.
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My next door neighbour has one, he makes bespoke tools, bits and pieces for the house, all sorts with his.

That said, all you need for village modelling is this...

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AlRawdah said:
My next door neighbour has one, he makes bespoke tools, bits and pieces for the house, all sorts with his.

That said, all you need for village modelling is this...

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Any knowledge gleaned from him on cost of the printer and cost of consumables? I have it in my head you can pick them up for, say, £400 but I wouldn't expect it be able to do much at the budget end, or it would cost more to make stuff than buying anyway.

Notwithstanding custom stuff you can't buy, that is.
 
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Any knowledge gleaned from him on cost of the printer and cost of consumables? I have it in my head you can pick them up for, say, £400 but I wouldn't expect it be able to do much at the budget end, or it would cost more to make stuff than buying anyway.

Notwithstanding custom stuff you can't buy, that is.
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He got it off his work so I suspect it's a high end model. I'll ask.
 
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1MoreAgain said:
Anyone ever used any of these i was thinking of taking up a hobby modelling and was thinking about making a largish village type setting and was wondering which if any are any good for this type of thing.

Any advice greatly appreciated.
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If you search model railway kits then there's a ton of stuff that someone has already either 3d printed or laser cut for you already.

Theres so much stuff from cardboard, to plastic, to etched brass, painted/unpainted etc it really just depends what takes your fancy and how you like wasting your time haha!
 
1MoreAgain said:
Anyone ever used any of these i was thinking of taking up a hobby modelling and was thinking about making a largish village type setting and was wondering which if any are any good for this type of thing.

Any advice greatly appreciated.
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Dammit 1More, you've got me interested now! Can't give you any advice at all but I just watched this video which I found helpful.

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Dammit 1More, you've got me interested now! Can't give you any advice at all but I just watched this video which I found helpful.

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Don't know if you have ever seen world of Warcraft realms with cities like Stormwind and other areas like Orgrimmer but i would like to create something like that from scratch i play the game on my pc and would love to give it a go with all the terrain.

This link you posted shows that the 3D printers can greatly help create the buildings and terrain.
 
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It has a couple of print core sets and a materials station.

It was supplied new in Feb 2019 and I closed the firm down in April 2021. It is the property of a finance company who had a buyer for it and no one got back to me so it’s in my warehouse. I was planning on contacting the finance co tomorrow anyway.
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It has a couple of print core sets and a materials station.

It was supplied new in Feb 2019 and I closed the firm down in April 2021. It is the property of a finance company who had a buyer for it and no one got back to me so it’s in my warehouse. I was planning on contacting the finance co tomorrow anyway.
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I bet he'll take £500 for it if you push him.
 
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