Please find my KyloRen pencil top design. I hope you like it!
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This is not my design, however I thought this may be a good place to share the an outstanding example of what can be done with the 3dhubs community. I printed this for a customer from 3d hubs on our replicator 2, and our client did an amazing job of the finishing the model.
So let this be motivation for all the contest entrants, and makers alike.
Wow!
I thought this was wrong from the first day of the competition. Entries in the competition should be made for the competition.
I would like a good design competition (there are a few). I can do the design and have access to a printer at work (so I know what works and what doesn’t - but I’m not allowed to use it for personal prints) and would love to have one at home. So, here’s a contest for people who have a printer and they can win a printer. I feel it’s another case of “the rich get richer…” I can see giving away spools to people with printers - that makes sense, but not giving away a printer to people with a printer.
As a post-script - Yes, I enter every competition I can where I can win a printer. I just don’t have the opportunity to enter this one.
I have no gripes about submitting older works if the contest holder deems they are valid. I also agree that this contest should be made for people who made models for this contest as those individuals put in the work specifically for it. It would be more refreshing to see newer works get some recognition. Big fan of your modeling btw. The voting just needs to allow everyone an equal chance. It’s just quite discouraging that any new entries beyond this point be not be worth one’s effort.
I agree with you, my Darth Vader is really ugly (and don’t even think about what’s under that mask), focusing on a low-poly style limits what I can do with my designs, and 3D printing has some limitations too. The final result is usually what it’s left after solving the low-poly and the 3D printing problems or limitations.
About the real good job, be sure that people can see it. Your work and most of the other entries of the contest have my upvote, because I find them amazing and really inspiring. Your design is really detailed, and I wouldn’t even consider designing such a complex thing, my knowledge is very limited compared to yours. I wouldn’t be so interested in 3D printing if it wasn’t for all the community behind it, and be sure that I will die sharing my work and fighting for an open community.
I’m sorry if the upvotes my entry has have made you believe I cheated. Consider that I asked my followers and my closest friends to take a look and vote me if they considered I deserved the vote. Having fifty upvotes should be considered a complete fail. Is that cheating? Some of my friends have registered to vote me. I won’t hide anything, if 3D Hubs think I should be disqualified or that I shouldn’t participate, I will accept it.
This competition is terribly flawed. With a quick VPN shuffle I could up upvote any of these to #1. I think anyone who didn’t make the model specifically for this Comp should pull out.