Sunday, February 8, 2015

African Drummer 3D Print.

And now for some more 3D printing!  My family and I lived in Nigeria for a couple of years when I was a kid and as such we have a decent number of knick knacks from then.  One of these is a collection of wooden figures doing various traditional bits and bobs.  I took a load of reference pics a couple of years back intending to "just" do the sculpt digitally but with 3D printing taking off I decided to go one better.  I got three copies of this chap printed out:  one for me, one for each parent.  My brother's missed out as his young son might enjoy the small parts too much!




Cute aren't they?

I like:

  • Beige material - It looks almost patinated which really added to the hand made feel of the finished piece.
  • No glue - It's all pegs, which makes them a little wiggly, which I think adds to the character (the head has some rotation in it for example)
  • The reaction my parents had to them.
  • The existence of 3D printing.  It's still bordering on magical getting physical output from my virtual toil.

I dislike:

  • His stoop - due to a small amount of looseness on the feet / base connectors, a feature of the wiggle room.
  • The elbows - Those joints were nearly impossible to get in.  Credit to Sculpteo's plastic that it didn't snap.
I needed to get this update published as the next project's just about finished!  Staaaaay tuned.

No comments:

Post a Comment