The best Star Wars props are made by the most committed fans. From Yoda Bust to Stormtrooper helmets and lightsabers 3D printed Star Wars outshine most of those sold in stores. A tribute to both the maker community as well as the possibilities of 3D printing.
For this reason, we’d like to challenge you to come up with the best 3D printable Star Wars props the internet has yet laid eyes on. In order to make this your worth while we teamed up with both Ultimaker and Colorfabb to reward your creative efforts .
The goal is simple: Design and Print an innovative and new 3D Printable Star Wars gadget.
In order to participate and submit your design simply choose one the these options:
- Simply attach the .stl to a comment on this Talk post
- Upload the design to Youmagine and share the link in a comment
Also make sure upload a picture of the finished 3D print to showcase the result.
The best innovative design will be chosen by a jury composed by Ultimaker and 3D Hubs. By March 21st we will declare the winner of the competition.
1st Prize: Ultimaker 2+ (!!!), the printer which has just been presented at CES 2016
2nd Prize: 6 spools of Colorfabb nGen or €100 3D Hubs voucher
3rd Prize: 2 spools of Colorfabb nGen or €50 3D Hubs voucher
Major props to Ultimaker and Colorfabb for sponsoring these amazing prizes! On top of these prizes we’ll make sure to share all of your kick-ass designs on our major social media outlets! “Do or do not, there is no try.’’ — Yoda
Summary
Goal : Design and print a new and innovative Star Wars prop or gadget.
Final Submission Date : March 21, 2016
Judging criteria: The most innovative design. Submission guidelines: Submit a STL of your design + photo of your print, including a brief description.
When the first trailer for The Force Awakens came out I was so excited I decided to make a fan version of the Millennium Falcon that would print without supports and in one piece. Seems like it would be good to give it a run in this race!
She may not look like much, but she’s got it where it counts, kid.
Every smuggler’s trusty sidearm! I poured hundreds of hours researching screengrabs and Lucasfilm archive photos to capture the detail to the best of my ability. My favorite aspects are that the hammer can be rotated back and forth, magazine can be unloaded, a spring can be added to make a functional trigger, and the model is printed in parts to maximize detail and ease of paint. Tech-savvy makers can take advantage of the space in the handgrip, body, and barrel to fit in electronics for light and sound effects. The render shows an ideal paint job, but I only have a raw print at the moment. I hope you have as much fun as I do with this model! The 34 .stl files are available on YouMagine:
I’ve been checking your work since I got my first 3D printer, and the way your models were displayed was so professional (especially the box!) I got confused more than once thinking it was an official product. You’ve got my vote!
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.
Here is a bust of a Duras species I designed in Sculptris. These characters were in several of the movies (Mos Eisley Cantina), the Clone Wars series, and in Battlefront games. Andy-3 Plovers Studios http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1347711 Duros_Bust_3PS.stl (1.08 MB)
I don’t mean to sound rude but how is this a fair contest? You have an entry deadline of March 21 and most upvotes by then wins. Obviously whoever entered earlier has more of a chance to be seen and get votes. Whereas someone who say enters on March 21, well thanks for playing but you entered for no reason as you don’t stand a chance. Even people who decide to enter now they’ve practically lost. No disrepsect to flowlistik but he already won and might as well give him an ultimaker now as no one who enters later will ever catch up. This contest is flawed. Should be remade and adjusted so voting begins for everyone at a specific date after all entries are collected by entry deadline.
I think Edthomp makes a good point. I started designing my entry as soon as I saw this contest pop up and it’ll be about a week before I’m finished modeling and another week until it is finished printing. It would be a little more even if the submission deadline was on March 21 with a voting period lasting another month (April 21). That would level the playing field for everyone.
Definitely. Seems like those who already have had a star wars model made beforehand has a huge advantage because they can submit their old works. People who decide to create new works after seeing this contest are at a great disadvatage because it takes time to create something new.
I wonder why all these maker competitions are designed to be this way. Instructables contests always have a bunch of submissions of things made in the past. Maybe a better format would be to declare the topic and rules of the competition and give a month for makers to prepare their design before opening up submissions? Anyway, just my two cents.
Excuse me, I also participate in this competition and I also do not understand how you can have as many positive vote with a Dath Vader as ugly.
Obviously that you can cheat.
It is not possible that people do not see the real good job!
Good luck in spite of all
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.
