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I was miffed earlier at the
opinion. But I much enjoyed this detailed one. I’ve been in makerspaces ever since I learned they existed, and everyone that does additive molding always sands, etches, varnishes, and paints. It’s even necessary in !animefigures@ani.social collections.
I am not disagreeing purchasing jakks’s toys maybe cheaper, but folks can make it with better materials, and more solid foundations. I just want folks to consider options when they want to memento a series, but not support a fascist corporation. Plus, I have no idea the quality this toy will look like.
repro ftw
I can understand being miffed at that. I really just mean that fdm printers produce parts that, off the printer, aren't cosmetically nice. If you look at the action figures at your links to the model sites, all of them (where there's enough resolution to see surface quality) have extremely obvious layer lines that make them look really crummy compared to a proper collectable model
You can absolutely do post processing, but at that point you're talking about pretty serious modelmaking and painting skill, and if you want a good finish, a lot of money for things like an airbrush setup if you dont have a makerspace or your makerspace doesn't have a way for you to do a good quality paintjob
All of which is totally valid effort to put into making a thing, but when someone posts a little model available to buy and the reply is just an image of a 3d printer, it feels like a
"oh, instead of just buying the affordable thing you were looking at just:
Find a makerspace, get a membership (or research and then buy a 3d printer, air compressor, hose, and airgun)
buy your sand paper, files, glue, resin for covering over layer lines, paint, solvent for the air gun, respirator
Learn how to 3d model
Learn how to use a slicer
If you bought an affordable 3d printer learn how to get it calibrated and dialed in Learn how to paint with an air gun
Learn how to clean up layer lines with sanding and resin Model everything
Print all your parts until they turn out right, problem solving along the way
Assemble
Sand
Resin coat
Sand
Resin coat
Mask and paint
Mask and paint some more
Mask and paint some more, again
Clear coat
Clean up the mess you inevitably made along the way if you're working at home
And then you're all done! You know, just do that instead. Super simple. Otherwise you're someone who supports fascists."
Which, I don't think you intended it to be flippant in that way. But it does come across that way 😅, I'd imagine especially so for the person who posted (which, people not putting energy into posting on the fediverse is a huge challenge, especially to a super niche comm like this one)
Anyway, I always really enjoy when I get to have conversations where folks disagree online and it doesn't become combative, thanks for chatting with me ☺️
I hope you have a lovely day or night! ❤️
Same😆🤝