{"id":1039,"date":"2025-09-10T20:04:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T20:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ottercreations.org\/MH\/?p=1039"},"modified":"2025-09-10T20:05:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T20:05:48","slug":"cyber-media-in-my-miniatures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ottercreations.org\/MH\/cyber-media-in-my-miniatures\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyber media in my miniatures"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I couldn’t resist. I bought a 3D printer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A tiny one. For tiny prints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The original plan was to use the MakerSpace at my university which is graciously made available to the university community — but once I researched the time it took to actually do a sample print, I realized it was not… convenient<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Could I have done it? I’m sure I could have. But I don’t live next door to where I work, and having my own 3D printer was so appealing. So seductive. So crafty<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the first little boat test print (which came with the printer), I modeled a few 1:12 scale kitchenware items in Blender. And the adventure began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For someone who isn’t friends with numbers, I have been doing a lot of math (thanks, Google and various online converters), but pretty soon I added to my handy scale chart for when I had to think too hard about what numbers really mean in the real world. As in, what the digits signify as to actual size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meanwhile, I’ve been having a great time learning tricks in Blender <\/a>(it’s a great, powerful, and free <\/strong>program, but maybe not the best starter program if you’ve never done any modeling).<\/p>\n\n\n

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My first spool of filament was white, so of course I had to paint and properly finish my prints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m still working on the size\/scale and proportions of some of my models, but if you’d like to follow me in this new journey, I will share some of the miniatures I’m happy with for free. This may be for a limited time, so grab them while you can and enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n

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First bowl available now.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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