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[Sanji]

Silvernis, on 01 July 2015 - 11:57 AM, said:

I know some people have extracted the asura model/textures and done some basic pose manipulation, so I imagine it'd be possible to eventually translate that into a 3D print/figure.


Also: cookies and lemonade are all well and good, but what about lemon cookies? Better yet, lemon cakes?
I might or might not simply be looking for an excuse to make lemon cakes again. So much work, but so tasty.

MarkerBot 3d Experimental printer is what we have.

[Aduah]

Silvernis, on 01 July 2015 - 11:57 AM, said:

I know some people have extracted the asura model/textures and done some basic pose manipulation, so I imagine it'd be possible to eventually translate that into a 3D print/figure.


Also: cookies and lemonade are all well and good, but what about lemon cookies? Better yet, lemon cakes?
I might or might not simply be looking for an excuse to make lemon cakes again. So much work, but so tasty.

Lemon cookies & lemon cakes are my favorite.

I have actually managed to export Fraani & her textures. But the program I used to export it, didn't export with the rig, so I'd have to re rig (and then fix the weighting) to do any posing. And I'm far too lazy. That being said, I'd really like to figure out what is needed to do a 3d print, just never had the time.

[Silvernis]

Aduah, on 01 July 2015 - 12:48 PM, said:

Lemon cookies & lemon cakes are my favorite.

I have actually managed to export Fraani & her textures. But the program I used to export it, didn't export with the rig, so I'd have to re rig (and then fix the weighting) to do any posing. And I'm far too lazy. That being said, I'd really like to figure out what is needed to do a 3d print, just never had the time.

I wonder if the rig can be pulled somehow. I'll check a few things later if I don't forget. I don't know much about modeling beside what I learned from dabbling with Blender a couple years back, but now I'm curious. And I kinda really want an army of game-accurate 3D asura perched on my desk. How is this my life?

[Aduah]

Silvernis, on 01 July 2015 - 01:36 PM, said:

I wonder if the rig can be pulled somehow. I'll check a few things later if I don't forget. I don't know much about modeling beside what I learned from dabbling with Blender a couple years back, but now I'm curious. And I kinda really want an army of game-accurate 3D asura perched on my desk. How is this my life?

Let me know if you find anything. I used 3D ripper DX, I think. Its a pain in the ass because it rips the entire scene. ( I mean EVERYTHING) and it is troublesome to find the model you are looking for in the cacophony of shapes. The models also need adjusting after ripping (some how they are squished >_<). Unfortunately I've not found a better program to do the ripping. So let me know if you find anything.

[Silvernis]

Aduah, on 01 July 2015 - 02:12 PM, said:

Let me know if you find anything. I used 3D ripper DX, I think. Its a pain in the ass because it rips the entire scene. ( I mean EVERYTHING) and it is troublesome to find the model you are looking for in the cacophony of shapes. The models also need adjusting after ripping (some how they are squished >_<). Unfortunately I've not found a better program to do the ripping. So let me know if you find anything.

Not sure if this will help, but offhand, I remember reading about it on this blog, and apparently there's another extraction thingy, too. There's a guy who did some pose work using the model; I'll have to check on that later.

Edit: Double-checked, and I believe the model I was thinking of was rigged (and otherwise modified) after the fact. No easy fix, I guess.

[Aduah]

Silvernis, on 01 July 2015 - 02:23 PM, said:

Not sure if this will help, but offhand, I remember reading about it on this blog, and apparently there's another extraction thingy, too. There's a guy who did some pose work using the model; I'll have to check on that later.

If I can extract the models properly, it wouldn't be that hard to subdivide them well enough to get a high res mesh for 3d printing, I think. I'll have to look into what kind of model is needed for 3d printing. I have quite a bit of experience in blender. Perhaps we can get you a model you can get printed. It'd still have to be painted though.

[Aduah]

Silvernis, on 01 July 2015 - 02:23 PM, said:

Not sure if this will help, but offhand, I remember reading about it on this blog, and apparently there's another extraction thingy, too. There's a guy who did some pose work using the model; I'll have to check on that later.

I still haven't figured out the gw2 browser thing (because im having trouble getting it to run). But I did take the model that the person had ripped and was able to very very quickly and easily make it nice looking, which is promising at least for 3d printing. There is still a LOT that would have to be done to make the model 3d printing ready (especially if you want to make it hollow core, which would make the print cheaper)

Rigging honestly is pretty easy in blender if you use riggify. Biggest problem, I think, is the armour. When I tried to take the model i ripped of Fraani from the 3d Ripper DX program, I ran into all kind of nasty problems. That being said, it'd still be fairly easy if you just want to do animations. At least it would be easier than trying to convert it to 3d printing.


Below: Fixed vs Original. Tris to Quads, smoothing and subsurf div. Pretty simple stuff.

[Aduah]

The arms turned out a little longer than expected. Oh well. Any thoughts (for future versions) on how to adjust it? Or think its no big deal? Connected by jump rings at every joint, full dangly. Took way longer than expected. A few hiccups. It's obviously not game accurate. It has 2 fingers. Ha.

This will be available on my etsy shop eventually (I'll be making multiple). I'll let anyone interested in purchasing know when available. Future versions will be made to order, but will likely not feature the design on the middle bottom.

[Silvernis]

Very cool. The arms do seem too long to me, but I think that might just be the connecting rings—it looks like they leave a lot of space between the individual pieces, which throws off the overall proportions. Maybe it would be simpler to squish everything into one piece? (Or maybe not; I know next to nothing about making this sort of stuff.)

[Rimmy1a]

Aduah, on 17 July 2015 - 12:55 PM, said:

The arms turned out a little longer than expected. Oh well. Any thoughts (for future versions) on how to adjust it? Or think its no big deal? Connected by jump rings at every joint, full dangly. Took way longer than expected. A few hiccups. It's obviously not game accurate. It has 2 fingers. Ha.

This will be available on my etsy shop eventually (I'll be making multiple). I'll let anyone interested in purchasing know when available. Future versions will be made to order, but will likely not feature the design on the middle bottom.

Extra long arms make the windmilling attack that much more effective.

Illustrate this by throwing yonder keychain forcefully at people who think that this weekend's golem theme should become a regular occurrence.

[cassy]

That is pretty much awesome.  If you wanted the arms shorter you might be able to use smaller jump rings or to imbed you findings further in the arms depending on what you use.

Make sure to link your etsy shop whe you are finished

[Aduah]

cassy, on 18 July 2015 - 11:50 PM, said:

That is pretty much awesome.  If you wanted the arms shorter you might be able to use smaller jump rings or to imbed you findings further in the arms depending on what you use.

Make sure to link your etsy shop whe you are finished

I actually make my own findings. I use head pins, then when its baked I used round nose pilers to roll the wire into place. I could potentially make the loops smaller, which I thought about after the fact. As far as the jump rings go, I'm not sure I can buy smaller jump rings. I tried smooshing them together farther once I attached them tho.

Thanks for the suggestions.

I'll certainly post a link once its up. I have plans on making Statics, Dynamics, Synergetics, Priory, Vigil & Whispers (And maaaaybe white mantle :3) keychain/pendants too.

[Silvernis]

Aduah, on 19 July 2015 - 07:31 AM, said:

I have plans on making Statics, Dynamics, Synergetics keychain/pendants too.

All of my yes. The golem is very nifty, but I'd probably buy a set of college emblem thinigies before I went for the golem. Because I'm a nerd.

[cassy]

If you make your own findings it can be hard to curl the wire smaller, but if you wrap it around something smaller it can work.  I used to make my own findings for creepy wooden dolls I make, and I embed them half way through the loop.  That way they don't stick out past the natural edge of the shoulder and the arms hung more naturally.
If you are using something like Fimo it is really easy to experiment with the depth.  If it is harder material it is most likely easier to make the loop on the head pins smaller.

  You can also buy jump rings in a variety of sizes, or make the ones your using smaller, by continuing to curl them so they look like a spring, then trim the remainder.   Depending on the metal sometimes it helps to heat them a little so that they bend smoothly and don't break or grow rough.

From the look of your work, you know what you are about.   I love to see the things you are coming up with

[Aduah]

I gots some decent results from the 3d ripper dx pull. Not sure if it was because of 3d ripper dx, but the model was quite messy. It was all together correctly but in a million different pieces and layer upon layer upon layer, of the exact same thing. I was able to clean her up, Get the normals all flipped in the right direction, remove all those weird double vertices, and get her fairly subdivided.

Oddly the eyes came red, and the sheild came... weird... I've yet to figure out the right setting to reexport a dds so it doesn't screw up the textures.

[Silvernis]

Very cool—a little funky what with the eyes and shield, but still very cool. One step closer to that army of game-accurate asura figures marching across my desk.

[Aduah]

First batch of college symbols are done. Still need to bake. They are apx 3cm (1 1/2 in) and will be able to be used as a keychain or pendant.

[Silvernis]

Looking good. Do you plan to paint them?

[Aduah]

Silvernis, on 13 August 2015 - 12:45 PM, said:

Looking good. Do you plan to paint them?

Yessir. They will be painted in the correct college colors, once they are baked and durability tested. When all that is done, and I am satisfied, they will be listed for sale.

[Rimmy1a]

Aduah, on 13 August 2015 - 12:08 PM, said:

First batch of college symbols are done. Still need to bake. They are apx 3cm (1 1/2 in) and will be able to be used as a keychain or pendant.

It seems like, with a bit of time machining a mold, they would excellent cookies and, if precisely iced, something that game nerds would pay to have sent over the Asuran network for a marked profit.