Prime Gray for your smooth, detailed designs!
We’ve had so much compliments about this material that we couldn’t wait any longer to feature Prime Gray in our Material Monday!
We’ve seen so many nice designs since we introducced the material in June 2011. The freedom of design is limited (due to the support structure during printing), so most people use it for decorative models, prototypes, character models and scaled train or tram models.
Or what do you think about these cute helmets, designed by MinificCustomsIn3d?
The thing we love about the designs we see is not only the designs but also the way people finish their models. A lot of community members love to paint the designs, like this model from Sven-Åke Grufstedt. But make sure to check out other painted designs from Guido Mandorf or Volkmar Meier to name some.
PRICE
Prime gray costs 1,55€ per cubic centimeter (plus a 5€ handling cost per model). For each extra copy of your model you order, the handlingcost gradually drops from 5€ to
Bay Area Maker Faire Meetup
In addition to exhibiting at the Maker Faire, i.materialise will host a Meetup on Saturday, May 18th from 8-10 pm in San Mateo. We’ll be at The Swingin’ Door, ready to talk about 3D printing with you. Bring some items you’re working on, or just bring your questions about our services, technologies, products or potential partnerships.
The Swingin’ Door is just blocks from the Maker Faire so you can relax with us without having a long way to go. Come and join us for a drink, a chat and meet other community members.
WHEN:
Saturday, May 18th
8-10 pm
(just after the Faire closes for the night)
WHERE:
The Swingin’ Door
106 East 25th Avenue
San Mateo, CA 94403
WHAT:
Meetup for drinks and 3D printing conversation
To join us, sign up using Eventbrite. We’ll see you there!
Featured Friday: Showing your 3D printed designs
Enjoy our gallery picks of the week in our Featured Friday!
Last week we introduced to you AmniosyA, a design collective from Italy. They just added a new design to their Entropya collection: a 3D printed ring in spray painted black polyamide.
elise fauveau created this ring in brass gold plated and polished.
Tomy Tones is a project from Belgian designer Tommy Rombouts to explore animation, 3D printing and illustration. In this post you can see the 3D drawings of the toy. Now he 3D printed Tomy in separate parts to assemble them afterwards.
Enjoy your weekend and don’t forget to put your own designs in the gallery!
iMakr store officialy open in London
From desktop 3D printers to 3D printed designs; iMakr London has got it all. We were present at the first opening night of the store in the heart of a creative London district.
For a long time the iMakr store in London didn’t want to reveil the exact adress of the store, but just a few days before we finally got the adress. As an online 3D printing service we just had to be part of it.
The excitement was building up by letting the people wait a little longer then expected, but it was worth it. Sylvain Preumont, the French entrepreneur that founded iMakr, opened the store officially and welcomed the people.
The store was packed and everyone was very excited to see Sam Cervantes, CEO of Solidoodle 3D printers, Adrian Bowyer, founder of the Reprap, the 3D scanner from IIIDEvolution and lovely creations including some 3D printed necklaces by Mark Bloomfield and Dario Scapitta.
We had a small table to show some i.materialise designs and it was great to see all th
