Mystic Fortune Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 I recently acquired a resin printer and had the crazy idea that I wanted to take some of the 3D recreations of my characters made in DAZ Studio and convert them into 2 inch miniatures. It took a few days to work the kinks out, but I now have 3 successful miniatures Ricochet-Racer The Sculpture Crime Fighter I have plans for at least 5 more miniatures. So stay tuned! Thanks for looking. 12 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glacier Peak Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 Great looks! 1 Pocket D Zone Tour Best Post Ever.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Techwright Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 Might have to get a buddy of mine to print my favorites, after seeing this. Those are awesome! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Robin Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 (edited) So awesome! Ricochet and Crime Fighter look great. The Sculpture came out a bit, well... cheeky. Edited May 18, 2021 by Christopher Robin 3 Like the Costume Creator? Enjoy a challenge? Love to WIN? You really should've clicked here before 6pm on Sunday the 18th! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Techwright Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 1 hour ago, Christopher Robin said: So awesome! Ricochet and Crime Fighter look great. The Sculpture came out a bit, well... cheeky. To be fair, the printer appears to have captured that COH...um...effect...rather accurately. One of my characters had the skin-tight spandex and was drawing one too many comments about how "cheeky", as you say, he was. Nothing I could do as it was how the devs designed the costume piece. I liked the outfit otherwise, and as he's a rather upright and modest fellow, I gave him a long cape. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystic Fortune Posted May 18, 2021 Author Share Posted May 18, 2021 2 hours ago, Christopher Robin said: So awesome! Ricochet and Crime Fighter look great. The Sculpture came out a bit, well... cheeky. It hadn't really occurred to me at the time of converting the model from DAZ Studio to be sure and remove his atomic wedgie. I'm fairly certain once painted it will hardly be noticeable. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal_General Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 8 hours ago, Mystic Fortune said: It hadn't really occurred to me at the time of converting the model from DAZ Studio to be sure and remove his atomic wedgie. I'm fairly certain once painted it will hardly be noticeable. You can spackle that crack shut. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ura Hero Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 @Mystic Fortune any tips you can share on how you went about this? I have been looking for a program to get some of my characters into STL so that I can print them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystic Fortune Posted May 20, 2021 Author Share Posted May 20, 2021 (edited) 5 hours ago, Ura Hero said: @Mystic Fortune any tips you can share on how you went about this? I have been looking for a program to get some of my characters into STL so that I can print them. As much as I wish I could say I've cracked the code with porting CoH models over to STL files, that's simply not the case. What I've done here is meticulously recreate the look of the City of Heroes characters to the best of my abilities in DAZ Studio, pose the models within DAZ and then exported them into OBJ files which I then take into Lychee Slicer for correcting, rescaling and attaching a miniature base. This is partially why I've chosen characters with 'simplistic' character designs as opposed to some of the more extreme designs possible in the character creator. Phantom Fedora Edited May 20, 2021 by Mystic Fortune 7 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ura Hero Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 Looks better than anything I have tried so far. I'll give DAZ Studio a go and see if I can become an artist. Not likely, but it's software so there is at least a chance. 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Robin Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 (edited) 20 hours ago, Ura Hero said: Looks better than anything I have tried so far. I'll give DAZ Studio a go and see if I can become an artist. Not likely, but it's software so there is at least a chance. 🙂 Anyone can become an artist @Ura Hero. It's not exactly quantum physics you know. Edited May 21, 2021 by Christopher Robin 3 Like the Costume Creator? Enjoy a challenge? Love to WIN? You really should've clicked here before 6pm on Sunday the 18th! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robothenri Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 12 hours ago, Mystic Fortune said: As much as I wish I could say I've cracked the code with porting CoH models over to STL files, that's simply not the case. What I've done here is meticulously recreate the look of the City of Heroes characters to the best of my abilities in DAZ Studio, pose the models within DAZ and then exported them into OBJ files which I then take into Lychee Slicer for correcting, rescaling and attaching a miniature base. This is partially why I've chosen characters with 'simplistic' character designs as opposed to some of the more extreme designs possible in the character creator. Phantom Fedora These are outstanding Mystic! Will be very interested to see them painted. Good job 👍 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ura Hero Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 14 hours ago, Christopher Robin said: Anyone can become an artist @Ura Hero. It's not exactly quantum physics you know. My art ability is stick figures and I can't even draw those very well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal_General Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 14 hours ago, Christopher Robin said: Anyone can become an artist @Ura Hero. It's not exactly quantum physics you know. I'd have a better chance with quantum physics. I could at least make something up that's believable. With art, I would have to draw something believable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerio72 Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 (edited) Post some and maybe @Christopher Robin will give you some pointers 😁 1 hour ago, Ura Hero said: My art ability is stick figures and I can't even draw those very well. Edited May 21, 2021 by Nerio72 Somehow I got t he order backwards, but you know what I meant... right? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ1 Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 No Joke CR has helped tons of other artists get better. even writers photographers and people who do cartoons and he's great at pointing out the stuff other people miss. Spend any amount of time in the multimedia section and you'll see it. You will also be bombarded with terrible puns but that's the price you pay. :p 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystic Fortune Posted May 24, 2021 Author Share Posted May 24, 2021 Back again with my fifth installment! Bulletman 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panache Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 😮 First time seeing Bulletman. Amazing design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystic Fortune Posted May 29, 2021 Author Share Posted May 29, 2021 Final entry for May. Number 6. Maulnok 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Robin Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 19 hours ago, Mystic Fortune said: Final entry for May. Number 6. Maulnok That came out great, especially the hair (almost DBZ-ish) and skull pauldron. On 5/21/2021 at 12:48 PM, Nerio72 said: Post some and maybe @Christopher Robin will give you some pointers 😁 If someone is serious about improving their craft I am always willing to help if I can. On 5/21/2021 at 11:48 AM, Ura Hero said: My art ability is stick figures and I can't even draw those very well. I get this answer often like it's some definitive reason a person cannot become an artist, it's ironic to me because as I keep reminding people I literally started by drawing stick figure ninjas as a teenager. We all have to begin somewhere & many artists, myself included, "start over" multiple times along the way. Where you are today doesn't determine where you'll end up. On 5/21/2021 at 12:20 PM, Marshal_General said: I'd have a better chance with quantum physics. I could at least make something up that's believable. With art, I would have to draw something believable. So the running gag is "if you think you understand Quantum Physics, you really don't understand Quantum Physics." Its very nature defies most attempts to comprehend it. By contrast creating art is something nearly anyone of any age can get better at if they invest the time necessary. It's not all that different from learning a language really. Will you ever master it well enough to fool a native speaker? Maybe not but if your goal is communicating well enough to be understood it's easy enough to attain. Likewise you may not learn to draw like (insert other artist you admire here) but learning to create art you can be proud of is within anyone's grasp. On 5/21/2021 at 3:11 PM, DJ1 said: No Joke CR has helped tons of other artists get better. even writers photographers and people who do cartoons and he's great at pointing out the stuff other people miss. Spend any amount of time in the multimedia section and you'll see it. You will also be bombarded with terrible puns but that's the price you pay. 😛 ...and has been helped by many other artists in turn. Indeed. You say that like it's a bad thing. 2 1 1 Like the Costume Creator? Enjoy a challenge? Love to WIN? You really should've clicked here before 6pm on Sunday the 18th! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystic Fortune Posted June 1, 2021 Author Share Posted June 1, 2021 It's a momentous occasion! My first time printing an actual cape. Also, some creative liberties were taken with the chest detail. Ghost Man 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal_General Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 He looks ready to chase Scooby Doo and gang around an amusement park. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystic Fortune Posted June 10, 2021 Author Share Posted June 10, 2021 On 6/1/2021 at 11:41 AM, Marshal_General said: He looks ready to chase Scooby Doo and gang around an amusement park. I was already not completely happy with Ghost Man's pose and his lack of muscle tone, but now he's been compared to a Scooby Doo villain twice. That seals it! He's getting reworked in the future. In other news! I've successfully printed another miniature! Another caped hero, and a female to boot! Watchcat 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrobytz Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 For years I did not know what I would do with a 3D printer, if and when I would buy one....you have just given me a reason to buy one. These look awesome! 1 @retrobytz ~ Everlasting ~ usually online daily between 18:00 and 20:00 UTCSignature Characters: Star Jewel | Emberflair | Mystfury | Lumitia | Miss Unity | Novaspark Other characters - Starlight Sentinels on Fandom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystic Fortune Posted July 12, 2021 Author Share Posted July 12, 2021 So my friend printed up some of my miniatures and decided to start painting them. Here's what he did with Ricochet Racer. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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