"3D Scanner and Copier" Topic

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That was just up the road too. Shame I had to work in the rain!

Oh, the possibilities….

I have to say that he will not sell many at that price point since other manufacturers have higher res versions at that price point.

The one I own, for example only hit the market for under ten thousand dollars, and was almost subject to trade embargoes because it can be used in the design of nuclear weapon components….

It is scanner that is being unveiled, the next link in copying everything. Going to make life difficult for mfg of minis in the future.

And I am talking about a scanner, my printer cost over 140,000 US dollars.

(Cheap and fairly accurate scanners have been available for a long time)

The three d scanner using multiple lasers and four or more cameras, linked to an accurate stable platform with precise and reproducible movement in x,y, and z axis, has been available for more than three years.

And if you think you can make a hi res copy of a miniature in three minutes…

Think again.

I have scanned (and printed) some of my own, it's still not going to replace games workshop unless you have the original three up sculpting.

It is a very difficult technology, but some things work (?)

Of course you could scan a real person … but a real person does not look like a wargames model.

Actually I could see some real use of this… use it to scan greens into a computer.

Maddaz111,

I'm curious… what scanners are you talking about that are "cheap and fairly accurate"? I was looking for one a year or so ago and I couldn't seem to find anything that could create a decent 3D file for under about $10,000 USD; but that was based on reading online reviews, etc., not on any hands-on experience.

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As for the printing, I've done some 3D modeling and made some stuff through Shapeways. It's great for dice and some inorganic mini scenery and so forth, but for the minis themselves nothing I've come across offers anything like the detail you can get from casting real sculptures. In another 10 years, of course, that may be different…

High end printing – projet 3500 hd, has a pretty good finish – (30 layers per mm), from this you can make masters..

scanning – well if you go to the trade shows and look at some of the arms with scanning heads, the same as a big manufacturer uses to make their models you will see that they have offers on at the moment.. and for about $7,999 USD, you can get a bench fitted scanning arm.

Think of it… being able to sculpt 15 or 28mm greens as full sized statuary and then shrink them down. Kinda like how they used to make three-ups for plastic models. Would make sculpting faster and easier because you'd have a lot more margin of error.

Or even simply being able to take successful figures of one line and then digitally edit them into a smaller scale.

For example, you own a successful 28mm range but want to move into 15mm. Rather than resculpt everything, you simply scan in your 28s, simplify them a bit in the computer, and print out wax masters for 15s

Thought of that, last attempt didn't work out.

GarrisonMiniatures – can you share what happened?