Jamira's EU Collectibles

I started to make a series of 3d-printed Entropia Univers collectibles. The first result are four printed vehicles at 1:100 scale. These are prototypes. But I thought, I should let you know what's possible.


I didn't do much filling and sanding and they got a rough army-like painting only to get a first impression of how they could look like. Just because they are prototypes only. All of them need some minor improvements.

Compare their size to the cigarette box (for non-smokers: 88 x 55 x 22 mm)


The plan is to extend this edition to more vehicles.


The second plan is to extend the collection by two further editions:

1. avatar figures in different clothes and armors (1:12 = ~ 140 - 166 mm tall or even 1:10 wich would bring them up to 200 mm)
   
2. mobs (1:100)

McCormick and I are on this project. I don't know yet if it'll work. Next weeks we will know more. Stay tuned!

 

Yep, I started to archive the models from McCormick already ...


... but had to do another model today. I think I will fill McC's shelf with a lot af PE-crap (the sucker is to lazy to do it itself). As he mentioned, no one else is really interested in such models.
Thanks to McCormick I will get an old 32 bit Pentium 4 tomorrow with Win XP. Hopefully 3D Ripper DX will run on it. That would enable me to make new grabs. Sadly I miss an old version of 3DS Max (<=10) to import the grabs. But I will find a solution. If it works we will make a little Wistrel and a little McCormick. Promised! That would fulfill the second part of the plan, while the ancient mobs and vehicles would be the third part.

 

Well, 3DS Max offers a nice feature called "MeshSmooth":


That's cool, isn't it?

 

I still have the grab-software. But it's no longer maintenanced since years and completely outdated. It doesn't run under 64 bit. But today I got an old Pentium 4 from McCormick with Win XP. Unfortunately I don't have access to the internet so far. Dunno why. Another problem is the transformation of the grabbed files. The software comes with import-plugins for Maya and 3DS Max. But Max only until version 10. Hard to get such an old copy of it. When I finally have access to the internet and an old Max I can get grabs again and convert them to usable data. Than I can do what I want with them for private purpose. WIP.

I doubt, that a lot want a printed figure of their avatar. Because such things costs money. And I cannot make you a cape. I can make you a gun or any kind of other machine but no cape.

 

Well, let's try a figure. First I need to know when and how a face looks good when printed. So I took Ullas head, scaled it to 1:10 and imported it to 3DS Max
and smoothed it
This time I will test if my printer can print 0,1 mm layers.

 

LOL! Okay, post a picture of what's in your mind.

 

The printer CAN print 0,1 mm. Crazy! Okay, nearly twice the time but it's absolutely worth it. At least for faces.
At the other hand: 1:10 means a head is very small. The complete figure of Ulla would be 200 mm tall. I will enlarge her a bit. Let's say to 300 mm. Probably it'll work with Kristins Little Black Dress

All this would enable me to print OZtwo and Wistrel and McCormick.

 

Yippie ya yeah!​

Old Pentium 4 with WinXP runs, Internet runs, 3D Ripper DX runs, 30 day trial version of 3DS Max 2011 runs. First test done. All good now.

On my way to grab avatars ...

 

Thank you. But I don't want to make custom clothes. I simply cannot. And all EU models are really crappy.

 

Hehe, I'm sure we'll find something for the Superhero. But I can't make it by myself. Let's see.

 

Yo, nice success:

Jamira in Predator Armor. 250 mm tall. Roughly painted in NATO-green. I miss the paulderons and the transparent helmet window. But she got her beloved Malachai Ash shades at least.
This is a basic version. With all the facets from the original ingame model. Many details of the armor are just textures. So it'll be a really hard job to paint it correctly. I can use some wire from paperclips for the antennas and the two protection stirrups for the helmet window.

Two days from grabbing the model until this point (repairs, prints, glueing and painting). I call it sporty ;-)
Matrial (PLA/color) and printer costs so far ~20 Euro.