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Scythe

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3d Printer + Dwarf Fortress
« on: July 29, 2011, 05:43:21 am »



Some Dwarf Fortress Dwarf coins. Pixel-perfect, and yes, the beard is in relief. Improvements from left to right. I haven't settled on a final design, and I want to improve on the quality a bit.

This is a PLA coin. On the coin is a crudely-rendered image of a Dwarf in PLA. The Dwarf is stoic.

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Re: 3d Printer + Dwarf Fortress
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2011, 06:07:17 am »

can't see the image
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Re: 3d Printer + Dwarf Fortress
« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2011, 06:11:43 am »

Seems like you are having fun there :)

Proceed!
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Re: 3d Printer + Dwarf Fortress
« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2011, 06:12:10 am »

Neat. What other colours can you use?

You've the same keyboard as me.
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Re: 3d Printer + Dwarf Fortress
« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2011, 06:31:48 am »

Next project: 1:1000-scale model of Flarechannel, complete with matching Dwarf figurines.

Seriously though, those are awesome. :D
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Re: 3d Printer + Dwarf Fortress
« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2011, 07:06:24 am »

Neat. What other colours can you use?

You've the same keyboard as me.

I've only got black PLA to print with, but you can get any colour of the rainbow if you want. People have made multi-colour 3d printers, but they're a bit fiddly.

Anyone got any suggestions for DF-themed 3d printable objects? I could print some out and post 'em to toady.

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Re: 3d Printer + Dwarf Fortress
« Reply #6 on: July 29, 2011, 07:09:26 am »

could make one of each colour of the soldiers -hammer dorfs = purple, spears = yellow, etc-
then some forbidden beasty. :P
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Re: 3d Printer + Dwarf Fortress
« Reply #7 on: July 29, 2011, 08:49:52 am »

Well it would be nice if you could provide the print-files. Theres a comapny that prints synthers stuff in stirling silver and a couple of other metals.
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Re: 3d Printer + Dwarf Fortress
« Reply #8 on: July 29, 2011, 09:04:38 am »

Sinter is the word your looking for there i beleive. And indeed, you can get almost anything in almost any material 3d printed nowdays. for a price.
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Re: 3d Printer + Dwarf Fortress
« Reply #9 on: July 29, 2011, 09:23:55 am »

Sinter is the word your looking for there i beleive. And indeed, you can get almost anything in almost any material 3d printed nowdays. for a price.

Even food.
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Re: 3d Printer + Dwarf Fortress
« Reply #10 on: July 29, 2011, 10:39:24 am »

What we need is a program that takes a fortress and translates it through a 3D printer, like that one minecraft thing.
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Re: 3d Printer + Dwarf Fortress
« Reply #11 on: July 29, 2011, 11:11:37 am »

make circular ones with the smaller faces.
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Re: 3d Printer + Dwarf Fortress
« Reply #12 on: July 29, 2011, 11:32:05 am »

What we need is a program that takes a fortress and translates it through a 3D printer, like that one minecraft thing.

It might not work with the current version, but if you have some older forts saved, this might help...
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Re: 3d Printer + Dwarf Fortress
« Reply #13 on: July 29, 2011, 04:37:19 pm »

Go into dwarf fortress.  Have your smith perform a mint copper silver or gold coins job.  Print the result (with the ascii symbols used in engravings for the pictures of course.)
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Re: 3d Printer + Dwarf Fortress
« Reply #14 on: July 30, 2011, 09:57:24 am »

Repeat until funds run out or you get sick of it.
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