Alternative to plush toy (less work for UWE)
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Join Date: 2003-12-07 Member: 24094Members, Constellation
Join Date: 2003-12-07 Member: 24094Members, Constellation
I remembered reading through an old post, where a gorge plush toy was proposed, but UWE figured it was too much work to do that at this point.
So recently I came accross this company shapeways ( <a href="http://www.shapeways.com" target="_blank">http://www.shapeways.com</a> ) which uses a 3d printer to make full colour (!!!!) 3d prints for a very affordable price (compared to other 3d printers that is), and the best point is even, it offers clients to make just one 3d model, put a price on it, and sell it in the shapeways shop (so UWE would only need to adjust their 3d models to fit the size of the 3dprinter, make it a hollow statue, and put a price on it), and shapeways will handle production, packing, shipment etc.
an example of something not unlike a gorge:
<a href="http://www.shapeways.com/model/96467/doug_the_diddlebug.html" target="_blank">http://www.shapeways.com/model/96467/doug_the_diddlebug.html</a>
So recently I came accross this company shapeways ( <a href="http://www.shapeways.com" target="_blank">http://www.shapeways.com</a> ) which uses a 3d printer to make full colour (!!!!) 3d prints for a very affordable price (compared to other 3d printers that is), and the best point is even, it offers clients to make just one 3d model, put a price on it, and sell it in the shapeways shop (so UWE would only need to adjust their 3d models to fit the size of the 3dprinter, make it a hollow statue, and put a price on it), and shapeways will handle production, packing, shipment etc.
an example of something not unlike a gorge:
<a href="http://www.shapeways.com/model/96467/doug_the_diddlebug.html" target="_blank">http://www.shapeways.com/model/96467/doug_the_diddlebug.html</a>
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ye, the old technology was just a white statue, this company now produces full colour right out of the 3d printer though. it will allow fans to just buy the NS2 stuff from that website.
Maybe if they don't do cute little plush gorges or molded fade figure skaters maybe and this is just a maybe they can release some royalty free artwork and/or models for end users to proceed with, it would only help with advertising.
Hmmm, i have a custom mini-truck almost ready for paint......picturing a ns2 scene airbrush down the entire side....or maybe a vehicle wrap decal,hmmm... maybe....ya never know?
ofc a plush toy is cool, but this would literally cost uwe maybe an hour or two to set up, vs a whole lot of work for the plush toy, with maybe the plush toy coming up after release or something.
Hell, I even think their colour models are printed from a generic model with uvmapped texture, which is pretty much a straight export from whatever they're using
and have a picture of the gorge on it :D
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depends in size really, and on UWE's margin, there's a price and scale in the second link I posted
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Actually less expensive then I thought they would be
ye it surprised me a lot, I'm thinking of starting a small shop there, just have to look at some rules regarding the things I'd like to model
As for the work, maybe turn it into a competition and use the winning design?
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Also the newest and finished product.