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Hello,
I'm that Anon that posted last year those orange male and female 3D printed action figures. I redesigned everything to work with resin and improved a lot of stuff. I'm still in the experimenting phase which is why I made this Pikachu figure as a test run to see how well it prints for other people.

It will be released next week but now I want to know if anyone has any suggestions on how I might improve the figure. Expect an image dump.

>printed in Siraya Tech Fast Grey on a 4k printer
>~8cm tall
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>>10955719
>>10955721
don't know why they're showing off rotated, i'll try fixing it, apologies
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Maybe it's because it's not painted, but the facial expression looks kind of derpy.
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>>10955722
It's a glitch with 4chan. Just crop it a bit.
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>>10955721
Why does that leg already have a crack?
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>>10955723
It will come with several expressions.

>>10955725
Thanks, I think I fixed it.

>>10955728
I designed the figure to work with brittle resin as well. Fast Grey is some of the cheapest resins out there and not designed for moving parts. Ordered some engineering resin as well but it's still on its way.
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Pikachu is just a character that doesn't well well at all for a super articulated figure. Aside from the face looking very off-model, the proportions are all wrong for Pikachu. Pikachu's arms are not this large or thick, and its legs are nowhere near that large. They don't come out from the body like that at all. This looks more like Raichu than a Pikachu.

Also, I don't think people really want a super articulated Pikachu. The Pokemon collectors don't care since it's out of scale with everything else, and the people who like super articulation don't care because a super articulated Pikachu never looks good at all. The SHF Pikachu is basically hat killed that line. Nobody wanted it, it didn't look good, and I'm afraid you'll have the same issues getting people interested in this one.
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Right year didn't come out so well because I had some supports fail. Still functional though.
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>>10955746
True.
I added my own spin to it. It still has every elements that suggests Pikachu but it's different enough that I can claim it's a "generic electric rodent OC" in case there are complaints.
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>>10955746
>This looks more like Raichu than a Pikachu.
I was gonna say. That's what bug me about this. Pikachu is a big, fat pillow that shouldn't allow for much articulation.
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>>10955738
>I designed the figure to work with brittle resin as well
I don't think esigning things that are only likely to work with veru specific and uncommon resins is a good idea. People aren't going to go out buy a specific type of resin if it is even compatible with their printer just to print something. Joints should be designed to work with all types of resin.

I agree with the other anon that they way the thighs, base of ears, and base of tail are designed, they look very fragile and that would scare me off from printing this.

>>10955727
The base of both your ears has already cracked.

My advice - Avoid ball and socket type joints for anything that's going to be 3D printed. It never works out well. You have issues where the socket part cracks due to the flexing, and then the friction between the parts gets looser over time until the joint no longer works well. It's just not a good type of joint to have on printed things unless you're using a different type of resin like a more elastic/rubber one but again, that's so uncommon that it's foolish to design things with that type of resin in mind.

You need to design things for the masses and that will work with the common resins people already have.
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>>10955765
Yeah, this is a mix between Pikachu and Raichu proportions, with a face that's just really scary looking. Those sunken eyes have got to go. The face has the proportions of the live action Detective Pikachu just with scarier soul-less eyes.

>>10955760
If you're planning to sell models that are clearly of copyrighted characters, that's not a good idea. I also don't know why you'd expect people to want a OC-type Raichu creature. They are familiar with and know Pikachu and Raichu, which is what they'd want. Not a weird custom mixed up version of both.
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OP, not trying to rail on you too much, it's a good prototype.
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>>10955774
>I don't think esigning things that are only likely to work with veru specific and uncommon resins is a good idea. People aren't going to go out buy a specific type of resin if it is even compatible with their printer just to print something. Joints should be designed to work with all types of resin.

You misunderstood. I said the design works with any generic type of resin including brittle ones. So far I only tested it on the most common type of resin out there.

>>10955774
>Avoid ball and socket type joints for anything that's going to be 3D printed.

This was a huge challenge but I came up with a sure-fire solution. The assembly instructions will come with a more detailed explanation.
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>>10955789
>You misunderstood. I said the design works with any generic type of resin including brittle ones. So far I only tested it on the most common type of resin out there.
No I did not. You used the most common type of resin and your example you're showing us already has cracks at these joints. My point exactly. Ball and socket type joints are never a good idea
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>>10955782
>Those sunken eyes have got to go

Eyes are poseable. I left the pupil out so I can adjust them from the front, they're pretty hard to reach from the back.
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>>10955760
Nintendo is going to sue you into the ground if you attempt to sell these. They are not legally distinct enough.
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>>10955796
The crack there is not a ball and socket joint. The tolerances were too tight and had to force the shin out with pliers hence the crack.
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>>10955798
Consider making it a bigger scale if it's going to be that poseable.
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>>10955799
oh no
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>>10955801
Nobody is talking about the thigh/shin. The ball and socket joints at the base of the ears.
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>>10955718
You’re still spamming here, huh? Go make a blog or Reddit post if you’re just gonna keep writing books on here.
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>>10955809
not cracks
those are due to the very thin walls, they wouldn't show up on an 8k printer

already fixed
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>>10955718
I remember you and those Male & Female blank figures. My opinion has not changed at all. You are VERY talented for sure. But continue to make the WORST business&marketing decisions.

-This not-Pikachu is weird, and nobody will want it
-Selling a Nintendo-owned chracter is just about the dumbest thing you could start out selling.
-Only market your product with pictures that show it in the best condition with out any defects or flaws. No cracks, no error parts, nothing. The proto images should make people want to get a product.
-This super articulated Pikachu figure has alredy been done by SH Figuarts. That one looks so much better, and is official. So if people want an articulated Pikachu (Which they don't, as was mentioned here already. That SH Pikachu sold horribly and ended the line) then they'll just buy that one. No printing/cleaning/assembling/painting needed.
-Again the biggest thing is you seem to have no idea what people want. People wanted those Male and Female articulated bodies finished, available, and that was it. But instead you strung people along with countless thread showing off hundreds and hundreds of WIP pics of them just to not end up releasing them. That went on for what felt like years. People were literally begging you to release them as-is so they could test print them and you refused. Then insisted on some ridiculous Patreon-style release model that nobody wanted but you insisted that's how you'd release them. Again, the decisions you make seem to be so far opposite from what the majority wants, and that's exactly how NOT to do business or make money. I don't think you've learned a thing.
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>>10955824
Does the tail really need to be on a ball joint like that? Makes it stick out and look weird.
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>>10955834
>Tail
>Makes it stick out and look weird.
The entire thing looks bad and weird. Pikachu is just not a character that should be getting tons of articulation. None of the joints look natural at all and makes it look like some robotic creature.
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>>10955833
OP reminds me of that guy that worked on that animated The Thief and the Cobbler movie for like 30 years.
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>>10955833
>This super articulated Pikachu figure has alredy been done by SH Figuarts. That one looks so much better, and is official.

uhm... this one?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO2l9r8dD88&
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>>10955840
>None of the joints look natural at all and makes it look like some robotic creature.
Which is fine if you're going for an OC. OP, forget the Pokemon thing and use your knowledge to make new stuff.
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>>10955843
Yes. That looks so much better than this custom one. That one actually looks like Pikachu. But even then, it still looks bad because a character who's essentially a blob like Pikachu with tiny stubby limbs just always looks bad when articulated.
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>>10955811
I think its fair for him to share his work, its fun. But yeah maybe he could just link to a bunch of photos or make a collage to post in the customs general? I don't really care if he makes his own thread to share though, there are so many dead threads here it doesnt really matter

Also would you consider adapting this parts to make a raichu? Like others have said hes meant to be a bit larger so people who want things more in scale might be more interested. Also yeah I'm not a fan of the more live action face but I also think it'll look way less creepy with paint
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>>10955718
The face looks a bit too uncanny, the combination of the eyes and more defined facial features. I think fans are going to prefer something more flat and 2d looking. As is I think the pupils are a bit too big it could look better if they were smaller.
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>>10955833
>You are VERY talented for sure. But continue to make the WORST business&marketing decisions
This right here, holy fuck this. I also remember those threads just like this one for the articulated humans.
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>>10955858
It seems like you always really need two people to start a business venture. One guy for the art stuff, and one guy for the marketing.
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>>10955833
>-This not-Pikachu is weird, and nobody will want it

Which is why I said it was a test run; R&D. I need to know how well it prints for people. It has several key elements built into it that I need to know they print well on any printer so I can change/integrate them in my main project.
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>>10955798
I hate the way the elbows and knees are designed with the lower arm and upper leg just pinching the other parts and relying on friction to work. Those type of joints just get looser and looser over time. Same reason I hate skinny ball joints on pegs like you have for the tail. I'm sorry, I don't think many of these joints are designed well. I agree with the other anon(s) before that the ball and socket type joints always lead to frustration
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>>10955863
Why not just test with the 'main project' that is the one people have expresses interest in then? Lots of people were interested in those humans and were willing to test print them
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>>10955718
whats your endgame OP? Ive followed your stuff from last thread and its all very impressive but where do you want to see your efforts go? do you want to establish some kind of 3P toy company? Im mostly just curious. You could easily make a killing taking "you knoe" comissions from anons around here.
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>>10955718
That's way too engineered for a 3 inch figure. What were you even going to sell that for?
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>>10955882
What about those sites that sell legally dubious stuff copyright wise like 5ktoys or hktoybox? You think OP could strike a deal with one of those kind of sites, then they can handle marketing and business shit? Granted he'd need to clean up the model a good bit to make them actually want to get on board. And he can't fuck about with delays and not releasing stuff if he commits to that kinda deal. Someone who knows more about how that shit works behind the scenes, inform me
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>>10955865
>I hate the way the elbows and knees are designed with the lower arm and upper leg just pinching the other parts and relying on friction to work. Those type of joints just get looser and looser over time.

Yeah I'm going to have to redesign those parts.

>>10955865
>Same reason I hate skinny ball joints on pegs like you have for the tail.

The peg is skinny to increase the range of motion so you can twist the tail to face the front from any direction. Adding the twist to another area would have meant adding another joint on the tail and breaking the sculpt..
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>>10955893
>. Adding the twist to another area would have meant adding another joint on the tail and breaking the sculpt..
You already did with the ugly ass peg. You seem to value articulation far more than sculpt.
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>>10955885
5-10$


>>10955882
>whats your endgame OP?
>>10955890
>What about those sites that sell legally dubious stuff copyright wise like 5ktoys or hktoybox?

Selling and shipping these myself is definitely out of the question due to my geographic location. Only feasible way is partnering up with someone from the US and shipping to them in bulk. But building the trust necessary for international business takes a lot of time.

The compromise is just selling the digital files, though I would really love to make them myself and sell them ready-made.
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>>10955952
Do not respond to this trolling faggot, he always shows up to these threads and says the same stupid shit over and over.
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>>10955718
>It will be released next week
I believe it, just like how you released those orange figures.
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>>10955893
>Adding the twist to another area would have meant adding another joint on the tail and breaking the sculpt
Are you serious? You don't see how broken up, ugly, and unnatural the entire thing is already? It already looks nothing like Pikachu and has all these unsightly joints so what's the point in adding one more? But really, like others have said, this just feels pointless. Nobody wants a weird monster Pikachu figure. This is just more of the same from years ago. You know what people want, but you continue to give them none of it.

>>10955882
Years ago when OP teased us with the male/female bodies, he kept insisting on not releasing the files because he wanted to do a Patreon-style monthly subscription where each month he'd offer additional sculpts to download. So you'd be forced to pay monthly even if you only wanted on thing and was uninterested in everything else. The fantasy of monthly releases even though it had been years and the same male and female bodies weren't finished (and still aren't by the sounds of it). We all told him that was stupid and a bad idea but he kept pointing to one example of a guy who makes a lot of money doing highly detailed statues with that release model. Like others have said, OP is very artistically talented, but seems to have the business sense of a toddler.
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>>10955984
Exactly! You were in here spamming this board with those orange human bodies for how many years? And kept promising 'release soon' but never did. And still haven't. You're just going to piss off even more people spamming with empty promises over and over.
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>>10955985
Anyone have pics of those bodies? I'm curious now
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>>10955990
Ironically with the probably 300+ pics he posted (no exaggeration) over the months/years, I can't find a single one online lol
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Lol this looks like shit. Even has cracks this is gonna break no matter what.
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>>10955990
>>10955996
https://archive.palanq.win/toy/search/subject/3D%20Printed%20Action/
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>>10955893
>Anon points out a design flaw that's super obvious
>"Yeah I'm going to have to redesign those parts."
Seriously what are we doing OP? This is the kind of thing you do before showing off, before making promises, and all that. This feels like a never ending game of cat and mouse all over again. If you know there's design flaws, and know the joints need to be changed, do that BEFORE you post stuff publicly and promise this model will be released 'next week'
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>>10956002
Ty <3
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>>10956003
If anon had any faith in the design he would have stress tested it and hit it repeatedly with a hammer showing how perfect the design is.
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>>10955810
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>>10955824
Step in it already. Show us how good it is.
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>>10956003
*sigh* yeah this is gonna be those orange bodies all over again. Show something off, promise changes, wait a few weeks, show something off, promise changes, wait a few weeks......

You really do need to partner with someone that has good planning/marketing/business sense because you do a great job of making the most frustrating decisions time after time OP
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>>10956016
Hopefully Nintendo sues him dare he ever try making this fragile bootleg crap.
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I agree with some anons takes on articulation for Pikachu, and you'd probably be better off reducing some points, such as elbows and knees. Maybe remove ankles instead of knees.
Maybe focus on making Pikachu able to go from standing/sitting up right, to on all fours, as he probably doesn't need to do many other poses.
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>>10956044
I agree. But he said he specifically made this to test out joints for the other project. Pikachu was just a bad choice of a character to select to add all this articulation to.
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>>10955718
OP, are you brown?
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>>10955833
>That went on for what felt like years
>>10955985
>This is just more of the same from years ago.>>10955985
>Years ago when OP teased us with the male/female bodies
>>10955985
>it had been years
>>10955988
>You were in here spamming this board with those orange human bodies for how many years?
>>10955996
>Ironically with the probably 300+ pics he posted (no exaggeration) over the months/years, I can't find a single one online lol

>>10956002
>https://archive.palanq.win/toy/search/subject/3D%20Printed%20Action/
>1st thread: 3D Printed Action Figure Anonymous Wed 12 Apr 2023
>5th thread: 3D Printed Action Figure: Pikachu Edition Anonymous 04/18/24(Thu)

Talk about bad faith, lol.
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>>10956076
Jesus, even I though all that other shit had gone on for way longer than it did. I guess when you spam threads constantly with hundreds of images, and are constantly promising and never delivering things which just angers people, it makes time feel so much longer

But even so, what's your point? OP still hasn't finished either of those figures and it's been over a year at this point. The promise of monthly new items was retarded. And all it does is prove their word means nothing
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Its kind of cute if you don't look at the face, but that looks nothing at all like pikachu. I don't think it needs all those joints. They just make it loos really bad and more robotic.
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When is faggot op gonna smash it up? Show us how good it is already kek
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>>10955863
I really like the look of this Pikachu. Will it come with a female tail?
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>>10955811
>one occasional thread that only gets posted when there's something to post
>spamming
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Sorry to hear that OP has been such a let down.

As someone who is a serious articulated Pokemon collector, I think there's a decent market there for well made figures and plenty of us would happily pay for the files. A quick ask in the General would give you an idea of the Mons that collectors would actually like to have, and what criteria they like to see: 1/12 size, good articulation, a wide range of motion and in proper scale. They would not go for this Pikachu at all. They universally hated the Bandai one and blamed it for killing the line.

Anyway, I'd love a bigger Tyranitar like the Shodo one. Or a Nidoking.
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>>10957396
Don’t get your hopes up, OP just posts this shit every few months acting like he’s done anything and then disappears. A lot of us were excited to see his posts at first, but it’s just turned into Star Citizen levels of lying. No figures are ever coming. Ever. Those orange male and female bodies? Don’t worry about those, now I have a Pikachu! OP just likes to lead us on for no good reason.
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>>10957396
the newer pokemon designs are way more toyetic and humanoid
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>>10957536
eh not really, you can find plenty of both new and old pokemon that would make for shit or good articulated figures
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>>10957546

The problem with the new designs is that they don't seem Pokemon related. The designs are good in of themselves but they would fit far better in the Digimon universe.
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>>10957546
Exactly. I think OP just did a bad job deciding to choose Pikachu to make an articulated figure of. Eevee would have been a way better choice. Limbs are longer than Pikachu and would fit this kind of articulation scheme much better.

It's been said here before but OP really needs to bounce all his ideas off an idea/business guy with a better sense of what people actually want and what makes most sense. OP seems to constantly make bad decisions. Clearly Pikachu is a horrible choice to do an articulated figure of. It's so obvious to everyone else!
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>>10957554
Oh Eevee would have been a great idea! But there's already a plamo model kit of it so ppl that would want it would likely have a similar and better figure already too. I think the poster should focus on characters that don't already have official figures
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>>10957396
I'd kill for a nicely articulated krookodile
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I think this looks nice and all but after skimming through the thread and seeing no download link I just think OP is a huge faggot
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It’s cute! Kinda goofy but more than most here could even think about making, and you articulated a small stubby design nicely. Nintendo will send a hit squad after you, though.
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OP, if you just wanna show us your cool 3D Printed shit, that's great, but for the love of god, please don't talk to us about how you're planning on selling things or making any sort of profit. Show your works in progress and most importantly, make stuff that you love to play with.
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>>10957819
Good luck with that. I remember the threads last year when OP teased the human bodies week after week and constantly promised to release files but never did. All OP was good at was pissing people off
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>>10957958
OP has been living in this mf's head for years lol
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>>10958150
>this is all one person
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Did OP already vanish? It's been like three days only...
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>>10958313
Pics or it didn't happen.
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>>10958322
There's been some praise but with the amount of people shitting on him (fair or not) can you blame him
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>>10959226
True, but come on.....OP is making the most obvious bad decisions. Super articulated Pikachu that doesn't look like Pikachu and also looks bad because of the excessive joints? While an official figure of that very thing already exists and nobody wanted? While still teasing those human bodies that were the one product people actually wanted that still seems no closer to being a reality than it did over a year ago? I mean anyone with common sense should be able to see how ppl will react.

OP is just making stupid decisions time and time again. This is the epitome of someone who is artistically talented, but has zero business sense.
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>>10959234
Like I said, fair criticism or not, having a bunch of people shit on you might not make you want to interact any more. I think the stuff you listed there falls into fair

And you can easily say "well if you can't handle it, don't post here" and I mean yeah, he may have just gotten fed up after reaching the limit of shit he feels like taking. Or maybe he'll be back in like an hour idfk
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>>10959237
Agreed. Some are too harsh (especially the hammer weirdo) even with all the obvious things i'd have done different if I were OP. (Also to add - never a good idea to show off an item you know has problems that people will point out and you have to say you're going to address them later. Just fix the stuff before posting it in the first place! And present the best looking item you can without any parts that didn't print correctly or have visible damage)
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>>10959241
Yep good point

In general posting asking for advice is never a bad thing but I feel like when you post WIP stuff sometimes it ends up taking away from the drive to complete the thing itself, you know? Like you'll show something off, get attention and dopamine release in your ape brain, and then feel less motivated to finish the thing. I don't know if that applies to this sorta stuff, just speaking from experience showing off progress online. I've found I tend to work harder when I don't show anything off publicly until I've fully finished it
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>>10959245
Could be the case. But I think another big issue is OP specifically stated this Pika figure was just to test types of joints that will be used on those eventual human bodies. Ya know, the ones he teased this board with for months upon months last year with a billion pics. I think it got to the point where most the ppl that were interested in those just got pissed off and lost interest after OP kept insisting on the really stupid release model that just seemed (and still is) completely unrealistic. So this Pika figure just feels like even more of dangling the carrot in front of ppl and teasing them with even more empty promises of the product that ppl actually wanted.
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>>10959248
Wouldn't surprise me if it was all bullshit. Some jack ass who has access to a forum somewhere where the real creator posted some of his things. Op then snags the pics and runs over here to post them waiting for the slow burn of riling up people when they realize that they can't have the thing dangled in front of them.

Seems crazy, right? Who would do this? Well we have had trolls living here for years that post shit for no other reason then to piss people off and have consistently done it for years. I can't fathom how any one could enjoy doing that for years ... yet here we are.

I mean if you think about has op shown one tangible thing? The guy had to have something else he made to sell before this. He didn't just jump into making highly articulated figures and not have smaller scale things like figurines he made before. Yet he hasn't tried to sell one fucking thing. Hasn't given away any earlier work as a gesture to whet appitites for the bigger stuff. Nothing. No link to a cults page, no printables or thingiverse page either. Not one tangible thing.

Meanwhile shortstack anon at /ctg/ has freely given away several of his test models for anons to test and enjoy.
https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/naughties/articulated-coomer-bait-art-acba-04-athlete

I'd even further say he's double dipping and us probably that hammer dumb ass too. Notice how that guy consistently pops up in these threads? Although I'm less sure about this one I wouldn't be surprised if it was true.

Either way I'm convinced op is a troll
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>>10955718
OP, I really like your work and I don't give a shit when or if you release stuff. Do you have a twitter?
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>>10960438
OP is gone, Check back next year when they'll maybe come back and post more stuff that we'll never get download links to
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Redesigned the elbow and knee joints. Increased the range of motion on the head, arms, and feet. Stabilized the hip joint. Fixed the ears. Redid and tested some of the custom supports. Now I'm working on the assembly instructions.

Iterations take time, if I could do it faster I would.
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>>10960553
I really like the look of this Pikachu. Will it come with a female tail?
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>>10960666
No satan.
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>>10960686
anon afraid of women even in the form of a plastic rat
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>>10959443
>Meanwhile shortstack anon at /ctg/ has freely given away several of his test models for anons to test and enjoy.
Thanks for the kind words. I will say, OP's talent at engineering clearly eclipses my own; I'm kinda cheating by making GK style figures that need separate plastic joints to work. I'll also say in his defence that one-man prototyping figures is a slow, tedious process. For my workflow in particular (bearing in mind my stuff is on the quicker end to make) I have to export the parts to .stl format, support them for printing, slice them, print them (praying that the resin blend I'm using doesn't result in a failure, as whilst it's awesome when it works it is hard to print with), desupport them, clean them up, make sure any pegholes are free of uncured resin, cure them, wait at least a day for the parts to be 100% cured and offgassed (I've discovered that if I don't do this, microscopic uncured resin remnants can cause the joints to disintegrate), clip the joints off the sprues and then assemble it. And that's assuming all goes well and nothing needs revising or reprinting.
Shit's slow.
That being said, whilst that Pikachu does look great, and I totally sympathize with flitting from project to project as a major ADHD sufferer, get your shit together OP. Your stuff looks fantastic, and if you ever release your files for download I'll buy them, but starting new projects whilst one is unfinished is a bad idea. Believe me, I would know.
(It IS a very cool Pikachu though!)
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>>10960817
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I like it, it's plenty cute, and i think the design vision is very creative. Definitely a challenge to adadpt what is essentially a limbless blob into and articulated figure, but i think this is the best I've seen so far.
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Ok but can we have the human ones though? I'll pay for them now and pay for the better 2.0 versions again later. I don't want a fucking pikachu...
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>>10962400
Anon might seriously have ADHD or something, what with starting projects but not finishing them.
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>>10960817
kek, faggot
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I just want that muscular chick blank, man. But the articulation on the Pikachu looks nice.
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>>10962400
He doesn't want to cure cancer, he wants to turn people into dinosaurs.
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I like it, OP, it reminds me of Toshiro Ono's art in The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga
He went off model and made them look more beast-like.
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>>10964184
No, even that Pikachu has more normal proportions. OP's figure just has incredibly long arms and legs that don't look anything like Pikachu's proportions
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>>10955718
>It will be released next week
*Checks calendar*
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>>10970601
I had to do extra print tests as well as the instructions and assembly video twice.
98% there
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>>10970767
every time i look at that pikachu i think about that one video in the early 2010s

the one where he riff a invisible guitar
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>>10955718
I like it. Are you releasing the print files for free? Also what are you using for the joints, magnets?
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>>10970767
neat. looks like a pain with all those little pieces, but your sculpt and joint design style is nice.
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>>10970767
Looks really cool, the extra articulation makes up for it not being a fully on model Pikachu. Would like to see it painted.
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>>10971023
Magnets? Dude, look at the images. It's painfully obvious it's friction, and ball/socket type joints.
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>>10971801
>friction, and ball/socket type joints

Shame, makes a decent concept look like shit
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>>10970767
bro you coulda done something cool like toxicroak but you went with fucking pikachu of all things
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>>10956674
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>>10956007
Are you a fucking retard? Like seriously.. You realize its resin right? Resin is fragile... like how fucking stupid do you have to be.
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>>10971845
How fucking stupid are you cucks for wanting this fragile dog shit op can't deliver because he's a fucking faggot, kek. Why not make your own at this point.
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>>10971852
please, please im begging you, stop being a moron and go outside. Your internet gas is frying your brain.
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>>10971845
>>10971860
Stop. The hammer guy has been in 3D printing and customs threads for months now. Just ignore them.
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>>10971861
Well if 3D printing is so breath taking and wholesome and kino and the way if the future why not show everyone how durable it actually is with the power of a hammer? Kek
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>>10971866
>kek
>wholesome
>kino
you have to be 18 to post here
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>>10971878
You have to understand how badass op is for making a stupid fucking articulated penis Pikachu for that epic 1/12 scale posing.
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>>10955718
Unless you're actually going to deliver something, people are probably tired of seeing your stuff.
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Thanks for sharing your progress 3Dfren, I love seeing your posts and can't wait to print your stuff!

The prospect of articulation is super daunting. How are you calibrating for dimensional accuracy? The Cubes of Calibration?



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