Hello Minecraft players! Here’s your chance to win a free 3D print of your best Minecraft designs. To enter, export a Minecraft model of a house, share it on our community forum and get the most votes.
But you’ll have to be quick! This is a weekend contest, so your work needs to be in before Monday morning (Amsterdam time). After that, the community will vote on the best entries. The winners will receive free 3D printing vouchers of $150, $100 and $25. On top of that, all participants will receive a 10% discount code so we’re really all winners 
Not sure how to prepare your Minecraft work for 3D printing? Don’t worry, we’ve got your back! Here’s a list of free tools that you can use to export your work.
What will you make? Have fun!
How to enter this challenge
- You can submit both new and existing work.
- Export your model using Printcraft or Wineways (or any other way if you prefer). Read how to do that here.
- Submit your model as a reply on this Thread talk before Monday, October 6, Amsterdam time (GMT+1).
- Include a screenshot of what you’re going to print. Here you have a few options:
- Take a screenshot of your model from within Mineways or Printcraft.
- Upload your exported model to Sketchfab.com and post the link here. (There’s already some pretty cool Minecraft content on Sketchfab)
- If you’re a 3D graphics ninja, feel free to use other tools to pimp your image and leave us all in awe.
- You can submit as many designs as you like.
- On Monday, vote on your favorite entry.
- The entries with the most votes win! So bring your friends
- We will announce the winners on Tuesday.
A few things to keep in mind
Even if a model works in Minecraft, it may not be possible to 3D print it. So keep an eye out for the following:
- Don’t use any loose parts as these would just fall out of the printer and get lost.
- Use a sane resolution. As a guideline, models of 50x50x50 blocks should work fine and still result in a reasonable print price.
- Think a little about ‘strength’: structures that are long and thin are likely to break, so add a bit of ‘fat’ on thin places.
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