smartwater101 Registered Member



Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 382

3D printed coral







I haven't properly calibrated my printer, so the print isn't perfect. There is SO much to tweak but overall I'm happy with how its working.











This attempt was a failure on so many levels. Though, as bad as the print was, it could have easily been cleaned up... BUT my laptop was set to sleep after 4 hours so it never finished. Ooops.







For the next test I did some tweaks to the model in C4d. ( I prefer maya for modeling but my laptop can't really handle it)



Replicator G





Setting up my 7D to take a timelapse. The print time for this was about 5 hours.











Both pieces could have used a bit more cleanup before painting. But overall I'm pretty happy with how they turned out.



I used Fusion paint and Polyurethane clearcoat. As far as I understand, both are perfectly safe for a reef. ( I'm letting both dry for a week, before I put them in













hope you like!





I've been meaning to update my 90g reef build thread . Lots of photos and updates to come... but I wanted to share this part of the build.I haven't properly calibrated my printer, so the print isn't perfect. There is SO much to tweak but overall I'm happy with how its working.This attempt was a failure on so many levels. Though, as bad as the print was, it could have easily been cleaned up... BUT my laptop was set to sleep after 4 hours so it never finished. Ooops.For the next test I did some tweaks to the model in C4d. ( I prefer maya for modeling but my laptop can't really handle it)Replicator GSetting up my 7D to take a timelapse. The print time for this was about 5 hours.Both pieces could have used a bit more cleanup before painting. But overall I'm pretty happy with how they turned out.I used Fusion paint and Polyurethane clearcoat. As far as I understand, both are perfectly safe for a reef. ( I'm letting both dry for a week, before I put them in my 90g .)hope you like! __________________

160 mixed reef: Hippo tang, Foxface, clownfish, 25+ nano gobies/blennies/cardinals Last edited by smartwater101; 02/14/2014 at 12:36 AM .