3D Print: Hulkbuster Armor Action Figure

3D Printed Hulkbuster Armor Action Figure by Alex Cambrain

Files available for download on Shapetizer. US$2.00

Since the recent release of Avengers: Age of Ultron earlier this summer, there has been a lot of fan art tributes, including a steady flow of elaborate cosplay costumes, chiefly for Iron Man, who pretty much stole the show.  We’ve already seen several 3D printed costumes from the movie, including full body suits, and prosthetic arms.

Designer Alex Cambrain decided that he had to have a Hulkbuster suit for himself after watching the movie trailer.  Only, he wasn't willing to jump straight to life-size costumes, and the toy lines weren't out yet.  So he modeled the suit himself and 3D printed himself an action figure with fully articulated joints.

 "The software I used was ZBrush-4R7," Cambrain explained to 3DPrint.com. "This version includes some features which are vitally important for Robot modeling. For example, using "ZModeler” I can stretch geometric shapes very conveniently. I spent almost one week’s spare time on modeling."

The figure has twelve separate pieces that must be assembled after printing: the head, the torso, arms, legs, feet, thighs, knees and several nails.  He used an Ultimaker 2 3D printer to print out each of the pieces on the highest possible resolution. It took thirty-four hours to print the torso alone and another eight hours to print out the arms and legs.

For those who wish to download and print this very same Hulkbuster suit themselves, Cambrain has made the files available to download for $2.00 on Shapetizer.

Crafts: Winterfell Model

Winterfell Model Made of an Industrial 3D Printer by Funkyfresshh

Via: Reddit

Papercraft: Battlestar Galactica Viper

Paper Battlestar Galactica Viper Model by Japanese-based Uhu02

Papercraft: Detailed Star Wars Models

Star Wars Paper Models by Japanese-based Uhu02

This the single most amazing paper modeler that I've come across. He doesn't stop at crafting the exterior of his sci-fi ships, he builds in the guts! The level of detail is amazing—some look like perfectly formed resin models, but it's only paper.

Visit his website for downloads and detailed assembly instructions.

Lego Creation: Rusty Ferret

"Rusty Ferret" by Mark Kelso

Visit Kelso's WIP journals to follow the construction of this model.

Mark Kelso created this variation on a concept ship from the Star Wars Extended Universe called the Rusty Ferret. It measures 140 studs in length or just over 3.5 feet.

"My latest attempt at a SHIP. It's basically a spin-off of a concept ship from the Star Wars Expanded Universe - 140 studs long, called the Rusty Ferret."

Lego Creation: Spirit of Fire

"UNSC Spirit of Fire" (from Halo) by Mark Kelso

Visit Kelso's WIP journals to follow the construction of this model.

This beauty took Mark Kelso four years (and I'm certain, all of his poor family's patience) to finish.  The final product is just staggeringly impressive.  This, my friends, is a true work of fan devotion.  I hope one day to read about someone over at 343 Industries giving this boy some much deserved recognition.

In the Halo game series the UNSC Spirit of Fire is a massive military vessel over 2.5 kilometers long.  Basically, it's a portable intergalactic city.  However, you can't truly appreciate the design of the ship until until to you've seen it "miniaturized," because it's not until you start considering how to capture its intricacies that you really start to appreciate just how much thought must go into this game model.  To set out to build this by hand takes some serious dedication... or mental illness.  But who am I to judge?

Papercraft: Tumblr

Tumblr (from The Dark Knight) by XPapercraft

Diorama: Consolidated Life

"Consolidated Life" by David Lawrey and Jaki Middleton, 2010.

Exhibited at the Australian Museum of Arts and Design

"In Consolidated Life the artists have recreated the scene of a seemingly endless corporate office, a recurring motif that has been repeated in a sequence of films: The Crowd (King Vidor, 1928), The Apartment (Billy Wilder, 1960), The Trial (Orson Welles,1962) and The Hudsucker Proxy (Joel Coen, 1994). This scene merges the mundane and the spectacular, and is a metaphor for all that is at once immense and insignificant."

Lego Creation: Hogwarts Castle

LEGO Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry by LEGO designer Alice Finch

Seattle-based Alice Finch has unveiled a replica of the Hogwarts castle that rivals the real life set model used by the studio for the actual miniature work at BrickCon 2012.  The set replicates both the exterior and interior of Hogwarts in painstaking detail.  It recently won both the "Best in Show" and "People’s Choice" awards at BrickCon 2012, a rare achievement.

"Welcome to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. This version of Hogwarts is made of about 400,000 bricks and took 12 months to build. It is designed to be architecturally accurate and completely playable. It breaks into sections that pack into 35 large flat boxes or shelves."

Diorama: Battle of Hoth

Battle of Hoth Diorama by Barry

Source: Fighting 118th

"This dio is in my living room. Thanks for looking. No photoshop in any picture."

Barry had a spare 140 square feet in his living room. Some folks would've bought another couch, but Barry went in a different direction.  He re-created the Battle of Hoth in excruciating detail. Take a look! None of it is Photoshopped.

Crafts: Model of Bag End

Hand Made Model of Bag End by Maddie Chambers

When her twin sons were one, Maddie Chambers took a course on “the importance of play.” This model was her final assignment. She began with Warhammer scenery components, just making a little hill with a front door, but the project just got bigger and bigger. The end result was a complete Bag End “doll house” made entirely by hand.

"Anyway I decide to take on this project as part of a college course I was doing part time when my twins boys were 1 year old. The module was called ‘the importance of play’ and we had to make a toy to hand in at the end of the term. Of course me being me, I took it to the extreme and at first I decided to make a little hill with a front door like Bag End. I used to play Warhammer and make scenery and paint the little models so the idea was to make an A4 type size model hill using my Warhammer scenery stuff (foam, static grass etc) Yes I am a geek lol."

Papercraft: Sets for a Film I’ll Never Make

“Sets for a Film I’ll Never Make” by Daniel Agdag
On exhibit October 26 - November 9 at OFF THE KERB GALLERY

All the images seen below are made from cardboard ~ boxboard to be precise. They are cut into manageable pieces using a surgical scalpel (blade Nº.11) and assembled intuitively by hand using a plain well known brand of wood glue, without detailed plans or drawings. The process is a kin to drawing in three dimensions with cardboard.

Sculpture: Möbius Ship

"Möbius Ship" by Tim Hawkinson, 2006.

I love that someone went to such lengths to create a visual math pun. 

"California-based artist Tim Hawkinson is known for taking everyday materials and altering them in imaginative ways, creating works that address broad issues about the intersection of human consciousness, nature and technology. Here, he employed a mix of found objects and common household materials—including twist ties, craft wood, staples, and packing material—which he transformed almost alchemically into a complex and awe-inspiring sculpture.

Echoing the working methods of ship-in-a-bottle hobbyists, Hawkinson created a painstakingly detailed model ship that twists in upon itself, presenting the viewer with a thought-provoking visual conundrum. The title is a witty play on Herman Melville’s novel Moby Dick, which famously relates the tale of a ship captain’s all-consuming obsession with an elusive white whale. The ambitious and imaginative structure of Hawkinson’s sculpture offers an uncanny visual metaphor for Melville’s epic tale, which is often considered the ultimate American novel."

Crafts: Homemade Atlas from Portal

Homemade Atlas by Psychobob

After many hours of trawling the internet I had managed to grab around 50 reference images.  All of which covered multiple angles, distances, some were concept art, some were proper renders and some was even fan art (fan art can be great ref material).  It's all invaluable reference material when creating the 3D model, so it's worth spending time and getting a lot of it.  From there, I grabbed a notepad to make my plan of attack so that the model would be able to house the LEDs for the eye and the 2 elbows and I could get everything clear in my head.

I decided to make this a model that is locked in a pose rather than one that has any moving parts.  The reason for this was that I was concerned slightly about the weight on the joints of the model, as some would be quite small and thin.

Tech: Mineways

With a 3D printer and a free app called Mineways, you can now forever preserve all your hours of hard labor in Minecraft into an actual models. Just use Mineways to export your Minecraft model to a usable 3D file that can be printed using a 3D printing service like Shapeways (or at home if you could afford a 3D printer). Check out this Mineways tutorial for more information.

Tech: Amazing 3D Printer

Amazing 3D Printer by FunTheoryVideos

3D printing is a form of additive manufacturing technology where a three dimensional object is created by laying down successive layers of material. 3D printers are generally faster, more affordable and easier to use than other additive manufacturing technologies. 3D printers offer product developers the ability to print parts and assemblies made of several materials with different mechanical and physical properties in a single build process. Advanced 3D printing technologies yield models that can serve as product prototypes.

There has been large growth in the sale of 3D printers. Additionally, the cost of 3D printers has declined. The technology also finds use in the jewelry, footwear, industrial design, architecture, engineering and construction (AEC), automotive, aerospace, dental and medical industries, education, GIS, civil engineers, etc.

Diorama: Star Wars Models

These Star Wars dioramas were recently presented at the Shizuoka Hobby Show in Japan, and they pretty much blow every other Star Wars model you're ever seen out of the water.  In fact, I'm pretty sure a few of these are more detailed than the models actually used in the original films.

Source:  Gigazine