Extract Character Models for 3D printing?

[ParagonMan]

Is there a known best way to extract the 3d model information for a character? 
I have a 3d printer and would love to have some physical copies of my favorite toons.

[Vindicator]

This.  Have a bump.

[battlewraith]

On 9/8/2021 at 3:08 PM, ParagonMan said:

Is there a known best way to extract the 3d model information for a character? 
I have a 3d printer and would love to have some physical copies of my favorite toons.

 

I understand the desire to have physical copies of your character. But the actual 3d models used in the game are very low rez, triangulated meshes. 

Would you actually want that printed, vs a more realistic treatment of the characters?

[Wild Claw]

At one point someone managed this, but I remember it involved jumping through a *lot* of hoops, and using old tools that I'm not sure are available anymore.

 

https://cohtitan.com/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=a3livjgo3u2gf7617eh1a9i0n5&topic=4947.0

 

 

[Triumphant]

@battlewraith  A reasonable question.  Don't know, though.  I'd have to see an actual prototype to judge.   Maybe someone who has done this (assuming that anyone has) can post a pic of the result? 

[battlewraith]

1 hour ago, Triumphant said:

@battlewraith  A reasonable question.  Don't know, though.  I'd have to see an actual prototype to judge.   Maybe someone who has done this (assuming that anyone has) can post a pic of the result? 

 

There was a guy that was making ball joint dolls based on the game files. You can see examples in Wild Claw's thread. The majority of the information in a coh character design is in the textures. Printing out the meshes will give you, for example, a faceted approximation of the volume of the head. All of the specific detail of that character would need to be painted on those flat planes.

 

[Triumphant]

Ah, okay.  I see what you mean.  Would not be interested in that, then.

[battlewraith]

2 hours ago, Triumphant said:

Ah, okay.  I see what you mean.  Would not be interested in that, then.

Well it's 2021. There are a ton more options for getting 3d models to print. That's part of why I was asking.

[RogerWilco]

I think the devs don't have the original 3DSMax (or similar) models that were used in the original game to make the in game models and animations.

 

The ones that are there are very optimized for GPU display (from 2004ish) and not easy to manipulate and nearly impossible to turn into a proper model that could be used in a modern 3D tool. They are in some custom format for the Cryptic engine. (the pigg files).