#3D Printing

[ex0skeletal-undead]

3D printed skeletons, designed by ValravenFR

This artist on Instagram

[retrogamingblog2]

Gengar X Clefairy Fusion Figure made by HypedAnubis3D

[brushandbravery]

Second 500 point army is finished, just in time for my first game! Nurgle blesses me this day!

[carnelianfoxx]

there's a really funny 3d printing controversy going on btw.

if you don't know, there's a very popular 3d printing model out there called "benchy". this is used for benchmarking your 3d printer because it's a difficult print and will help test it out.

this is so widely used that people make their own little versions of it, remixing the 3d model to make benchy look cooler and stuff. however, a new company owns the benchy license. they are sending copyright takedowns to all those who wrongfully uploaded the benchy model.

of course, this is pissing off the 3d printing community greatly. everyone loved benchy and have used it for years. so someone on reddit decided to make a new model that is designed as a 3d printing stress test. one that works a lot like benchy, and people are freely able to edit it as they please. you know what they called it?

boaty.

[reasonsforhope]

"The average pediatric wheelchair can cost thousands of dollars. And when children grow and their needs evolve — or a wheelchair gets damaged — those costs multiply.

So, the team at MakeGood NOLA, a New Orleans-based adaptive design lab, has made something that can transform the world for disabled children.

“Introducing the world’s first fully 3D-printed wheelchair,” MakeGood founder and president Noam Platt started a recent social media video.

He wheels a small, almost toy-like lime-green wheelchair into the frame, complete with a matching harness, suitable for children ages 2 to 8.

“Everything from the body, to the wheels, to the tires, the seat, and even the straps, all were 3D printed on a regular Bambu Labs A1 machine,” Platt continued.

This means the design is fully compatible with a regular 3D printer anyone can have in their home.

“We designed this to be modular and easy to make,” Platt continued. “Really, anyone with a 3D printer and some filament can download the files and print it.” [Note: You can also use 3D printers for free or a small cost at some public libraries and maker spaces, opening up accessibility even further.]

Once the prototype is completely finished, it will be available as a fair-use download that anyone can use for free.

Pictured: The new 3D-printed chair by MakeGood. Photo courtesy of MakeGood NOLA

Platt said that because it has a modular design, the wheelchair can be put together without any tools or glue. And if any part of it breaks or is damaged, users can simply re-print the single piece they need.

“As a wheelchair user I love everything about this,” TikTok user @thisisharlie commented on Platt’s video debuting the wheelchair.

“Mine costs more than my car, I can’t imagine having to buy a new one every year or two as they outgrow it,” @thisisharlie continued. “You’re going to change the world.”

For Platt, that’s always been the plan.

When he created MakeGood in 2021, the nonprofit design lab was thinking of the more than 1 billion people around the globe who live with disabilities.

“Since traditional design often overlooks diverse bodies and minds, it is crucial to reshape the built environment,” MakeGood shares on its website. “The challenges our communities face — both physical and social — are solvable.”

MakeGood works with individuals to co-create their adaptive design solutions, centering the “Need Knower,” the disabled person or their primary caregivers, throughout the entire process.

Since the founding of MakeGood, 1,600 individualized adaptive devices have been delivered to families for free. Platt’s team found a niche with this wheelchair, which they call the Toddler Mobility Trainer, or TMT. 

On its website, the organization says the wheelchairs were “designed with therapists from all over the world” and offer “unmatched mobility and independence to young kids.”

Children and parents agree.

“It’s an A+,” one parent said of an earlier prototype of the TMT in a report by CBS News. “It’s helped [my son] become more mobile and be able to adapt into the other things that he’s going to be offered. It’s helped his development.”

At the start of the design process, Platt reached out to area hospitals to see if he could fill a need.

“Part of it is empowering clinicians that we can go beyond what is commercially available,” Platt told CBS News. “We can really create almost anything.”

Now in the final stages of tweaking the TMT design to be ready for release, Platt is eager to get the wheelchair rolled out and into the homes of the children who need them most.

Pictured: A rendering of the 3D printed design, which will soon be available for download. Photo courtesy of MakeGood NOLA

“We think this sort of 3D printing and design is going to be huge for accessibility, and for wheelchairs specifically,” Platt said in his social media video. 

In the meantime, people can request a free chair from MakeGood.

“We have a growing list of people who’ve requested these, and once we finish the design, we’ll start filling those requests with custom-printed chairs, including things that you might need for your particular chair,” Platt said in a follow-up video.

Because the chairs are easily 3D printed, they can come in any color and can be modified to include other accommodations, like a section to hold a breathing device or other aid. With years of customization and design experience under his belt, this new innovation is simply an extension of Platt’s dedication to inclusive design.

In 2023, Platt told New Mobility: “I feel like every time I deliver one of these [assistive] devices, I get a hopeful feeling that the world has been changed a little bit for the better for the next generation.”"

-via GoodGoodGood, May 8, 2025

[moctor]

family outing

[denphobia]

mankind is jolly. flowers are blooming. the garden is full.

[sneepsnorp3d]

SHE'S HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!

the most helpful Cambrian creature...an Anomalocaris pencil holder! :D I absolutely love how these turned out, she just hangs out on my desk all day until I need my pen again- what a sweetie!

Anomalocaris pencil holders are available in my store now, as well as STL files if you'd like to 3D print your own at home! :D

https://sneepsnorp3d.com/shop/p/anomalocaris-pencil-holder

[lintufriikki]

soundkitty and shockbun are done!!! for being my first 3d prints i'm really happy how they turned out! 💕💞💙💜

[leskylentils]

Someone uploaded a rip of Kim's 3D model as an stl file and I printed a kind of skuffed copy using the d&d club's 3d printer and then hand painted it, and I honestly think it looks pretty nice lol

[tedlyanderson]

Guess who watched the pilot animatic for "Pretty Pretty Please I Don't Want to Be a Magical Girl" and has A) very basic 3d modeling skills B) a 3d printer, and C) too much time on his hands?

[plants-and-geraniums]

300 years later, I finished assembling and painting the vash figure ! ( knives next 🙃?)

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[celesse]

Learning 3D modeling 🐸💚

[languid-bones]

MB 3D sculpt and print - Part 2!

A while ago I posted my 3D sculpt for MB, and now I finally have it printed and painted!

There were a few small hurdles (learned a hard lesson about hollow models and printing with resin) (learned another hard lesson about preventing things from moving during printing) but nothing catastrophic which could not be fixed!

Considering it was my first sculpt through to printing, things could have gone a hell of a lot worse.

Once I fiddle with a couple of things I hope to put the 3D file up in case anyone wants to give this a go themselves!

It will now sit on my desk and ignore me forever!