Hi everyone, i have finally received my product from shapeways, and it is absolutely amazing! I have tried other services before (imaterilse) but frankly shapeways, production QUALITY is much better.

Here's a Iphone case i made, inspired by traditional Maori Art







This one is in WSF polished. I realized the unpolished version preserves the details better.

it fits securely onto the iphone, and comes of convienetly too.
Here are some product renders:





The case can be purchased at my shop here:
http://www.shapeways.com/model/417993/iphone_4_4s___traditio nal_maori_design.html?gid=sg104934

*The one in my shop doesn't have my name on it "Aaron".

I really hope shapeways will introduce colored polished WSF soon!! I will be setting up a shop soon with many more designs. I hope to use the different colors that WSF comes in.

[Updated on: Mon, 26 December 2011 16:36 UTC]

Hi Shapeways fans,

Candy Wrapper is a six-piece burr with spiral parts. The six pieces intersect each other at two placed at a 90-degrees angle. Because of the looks of the puzzle, George Miller coined it "Candy Wrapper". The seventh part is a little ball, which is the candy that is hidden in the wrapper.

Watch the YouTube video.
Buy the puzzle at my Shapeways Shop.
Read more at the Non-Twisty Puzzles Forum.
Check out the photos below.

Enjoy!

Oskar

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Hi all,

Yippee Just in time for Christmas:

The medium versions, from left to right, Running-in-Circles, InterHopf and Stuck-in-a-loop:

X-math by virtox, on Flickr

The large versions, from right to left, Running-in-Circles, InterHopf and Stuck-in-a-loop:


X-math (L) WSF Polished by virtox, on Flickr

Some close-ups:

Running in Circles (M) Indigo by virtox, on Flickr


Running in Circles (L) WSF Polished by virtox, on Flickr



Find all these and more to come in the X-math section
.

Happy holidays everyone!

Stijn

[Updated on: Fri, 23 December 2011 18:33 UTC]

Here is my latest model of my Thimble. Came in fully there this time.

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Meeples with heart by fasaxc, on Flickr

The set of 8 purple Carcassonne playing pieces "meeples" with love hearts I ordered for my girlfriend just arrived. She's thrilled with them and I'm very pleased at how they turned out.

The 3D model is open-source on Thingiverse. And I've made them available on Shapeways (for free).

[Updated on: Sun, 18 December 2011 02:39 UTC]

It arrived! From a specially request from my customer, here there are the two first pieces of the BUTTERFLY Collection! As soon as in the shop and also with necklace.

Again, thanks SHAPEWAYS for your super service!!

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Finally it arrived!! All my compliments to the SHAPEWAYS team, all pieces of the collection are very nice and very well printed! As soon as available on the shop!
The collection includes necklace, armband and earrings!

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You guys passed the test on this one. The piece came out very nice and with a good surface finish.

I had the piece made in polished silver and I don't regret jumping right to the top pricewise ($55) on this piece. This was my first time working with Shapeways and I can assure you that I'll be coming back with more pieces.

While the image is a render the actual piece looks just as nice. I'll post pictures when I get them. The piece is about Ø1.25".

Thanks Shapeways, I'm certain that my wife will enjoy opening this present on Christmas!

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[Updated on: Fri, 16 December 2011 02:11 UTC]

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Hi Twisty Puzzles fans,

Half Turn Tetra is an edge-turning tetrahedron, suggested by Andreas Nortmann. If this puzzle was a shape-mod of a regular 3x3x3 Rubiks Cube, then it would shape-shift. However, the internal mechanism allows only 180-degrees turns. The mechanism is based on the Half Turn Cube). The internals of the corner pieces look like a spiral staircase. This way, shape-shifting is prevented.

Watch the YouTube video.
Watch "the making of" video.
Buy the puzzle at my Shapeways shop.
Read more at the Twisty Puzzles Forum.
Check out the photos below.

Enjoy!

Oskar

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Here's a look at the medium sized Bronze Nautilus Sugar Skull, roughly 2.9 inches long.

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[Updated on: Wed, 07 December 2011 02:51 UTC]

Hi Everybody,

here is part of my Chrismas decoration for this year.





This is the small one in WSF, but I think the larger one in Alumide might go well on green too. The nice thing is that it is quite bendable and feels kind of soft.

The shape is made of interlinking stars covered with a Voronoi pattern.

Hope you like it.
Cheers!

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This lil' guy makes me all kinds of happy! I'm currently working on a series of garments for athletic and outerwear as a part of my thesis work at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. This button was the second attempt at creating a form that would be easy to use while cycling (so more or less blind and hurtling down the road at 20mph) but would resist popping back out of the button hole during the exaggerated movements of the body during exercise; the first test I did of this design was CNC milled in wax and then cast in bronze, mostly because I work in the department at the school with that equipment and knew it was just going to be an early prototype. This button is a bit smaller, really light, and the spiral pattern in the ridges feels nice just to play with in your hand. I had originally planned to make a silicone mold from this and cast it in another material so as to keep costs down ($4 for one button....that adds up for the final cost of a garment), but the Strong and Flexible material is quite satisfying.

ooh and my apologies for the table surface....communal grad studio workspace isn't the prettiest of places...

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Very happy with the results as always from Shapeways!! Couldn't be happier with the detail and high-quality service!

Silver Glossy:

http://www.shapeways.com/model/351742/



Glossy Antique Bronze:

http://www.shapeways.com/model/351753/

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..and this new too






http://www.shapeways.com/model/368364/king_solomons_seal.htm l?gid=ug

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I already prduced a more colored version of it. This is a commissioned work in a blue camaieu.

Unfortunately, the difference between each variation of blue is not very significative.

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[Updated on: Tue, 29 November 2011 12:39 UTC]

a set of earrings and a pendant:
http://www.shapeways.com/model/320196/
http://www.shapeways.com/model/315946/


star shaped earrings:
http://www.shapeways.com/model/252914/

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Ever just wonder WHY? Do you question everything? Then this ring is for you! Next time someone exasperates you with a stupid decision just stick up your finger and ask WHY? with a flourish.

The ring becomes slightly adjustable in size because it doesn't form a solid circle.

Glenn

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Here is a fractal snowflake to wear as a pendant or to hang on your Xmas tree.

View the design on Shapeways.
http://www.shapeways.com/model/360879/snowflake_fractal_pend ant_by_unellenu.html?key=a89872428ec4065168a5e3f9a85a073a

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My best friend is a Halo fan so I decided to make something on the computer Halo related. Remembered the different icons Halo had and found the Septagon icon. Seemed like a neat design, so I drew it up in 3DS Max and bridged the middle chamfered rectangle to the outer "ring." Created two versions for price saving and sturdiness, the stainless steel version is supposedly hallow. Though I'm not positive as walls might have been too close to set as hallow, having it fuse into a solid piece. The fine detail version is solid; both look great and are about an inch wide by an 1/8th of an inch thick. I glued a small neodymium magnet to the back of the stainless, so now it's a fridge magnet.

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Hi everyone,

Some photos attached below of one of my latest models. It's a body for a 16mm scale diesel loco chassis I've designed to fit on a brass chassis he'd designed.

Due to the size, I've cut out some of the flat sections to bring down the price, it's still fairly pricey though! However, the handrails, window surrounds and cab detail have all come out really well, nice one shapeways!

All I've got to do now is finish it off, and paint it for him now, all good stuff!

Regards

Richard.



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The rings (in nicely bronzeish stainless steel) arrived a week or so ago, and the dice (in WSF) today. Looks like I was aiming too small in my detail work, and the D24 needs a rework to make the numbers work in WSF (and maybe push all of them for steel prints), but overall, I'm pretty happy with how these turned out.





I intend to dye and drybrush the dice to get a nice gearpunk look, but I figured I'd post these now to make sure I don't forget. Would that I had a better camera and a nice light box. I could build the latter without much trouble, but cameras aren't cheap.

Thanks, Shapeways!

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Today it arrived!... My new BLACK ROSE Collection... In BSF...Very good printed, I'm very impressed by the quality... Perfect! As soon as in the shop! Thank you for your perfect job SHAPEWAYS!!

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The star of bethlehem image didn't show up very well in metal, but in white it did.

I'll have some pictures soon. But I have to wait until I have some good sunlight. My mom was the model, but we were in darkness this morning.

So I took some pictures of myself again. She's upset, but she loves the Thimbles. It was just a darker day than usual.

I wish I could show the detail. my cameras aren't charged >today. and my phone didnt take good pictures in dark. so I used webcam on myself and Thimble at noon. Thimble fits mom too.

And here are the pictures of my Thimble. Novembur 5, 2011.
Mom's took some better pictures today

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[Updated on: Sat, 05 November 2011 14:48 UTC]

I designed this wine stopper as a gift for a friend of mine who got married. It was done in white strong and flexible polished and it looks and feets amazing.

Now I see what the huf'n puff about polished wsf is all about:

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[Updated on: Fri, 04 November 2011 01:55 UTC]

Hi Shapeways fans,

Krystian's Pyramid is a shape-mod of Krystian's Twist by Krystian Wilisowski. By turning this crazy jumbling puzzle into a pyramid, the shape is easier to understand. Moreover, one can see the orientation of the four corners, which gives a (false?) sense of direction. Krystian's Pyramid looks like it belongs on the top of a christmas tree. This twisty puzzle turns around three axes. Apart from doctrinaire moves, it also has a fascinating seven-move jumbling sequence.

Watch the YouTube video.
Buy the puzzle at my Shapeways Shop.
Read more at the Twisty Puzzles Forum.
Check out the photos below.

Enjoy!

Oskar

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[Updated on: Sat, 29 October 2011 12:58 UTC]

Following on from the 24-Cell, this is two interlinked half 24-cells (it's two linked parts that can move relative to each other). It's a bit hard to see what's going on from the photos, so it might be worth looking at the video.

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Hi Shapeways fans,

Six-to-Three is a six-banded puzzle ring designed by Bram Cohen.

On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 2:39 PM, Bram wrote to Oskar:
"Hey Oskar, I came up with the attached puzzle ring design the other day. This one is also taking things in a different direction, in that it's six bands where each one is linked to the three which it isn't next to, and everything comes apart easily, sort of the opposite of the other new one I sent you where each band is connected specifically to the ones next to it and it only comes apart via a holistic move. I'm not sure how this one discombobulates, and have no idea how hard it might be."

As we learned from the prototype, the answer is "very hard".

Watch the YouTube video.
Buy the puzzle at my Shapeways Shop.
Read more at the Non-Twisty Puzzles Forum.
Check out the photos below.

Enjoy!

Oskar

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[Updated on: Sun, 23 October 2011 14:21 UTC]

They're dice. They're companion cubes. The one is a heart. what more could you want?

I always wanted to do SOMETHING Portal-related. I wasn't really sure what but I knew it had to be lovable. This, of course, led to the terrifying realization that everything creative I've done recently could very easily classified as "cute". But I digress.

Each die is 2cm x 2cm x 2cm, printed in WSF. I may print some full-color ones at some point, or perhaps just paint them

I hope you enjoy!

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My silver Spring Ring arrived, and it came out a perfectly sized! (I ordered a 9-1/2).

Spring Ring

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Hi Shapeways fans,

Sliding 3x3x3 is a Rubik's Cube combined with a sliding piece puzzle. Its design is based on the "Cube puzzle with moving faces" by Ravi Kuchimanchi and Madhukar Thakur.

This mechanism was also used for the Get Stuck Cube. Vladimir Yaroslavskiy commissioned this version.

Watch the YouTube video.
Buy the puzzle at my Shapeways Shop
Read more at the Twisty Puzzles Forum
Check out the photos below.

Enjoy!

Oskar

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[Updated on: Sun, 09 October 2011 10:30 UTC]

Stuff just arrived yesterday.

Shapeways took a little longer than expected on the silver ring, but it looks absolutely gorgeous, so all is well.

This is the silver ring

http://www.shapeways.com/model/318865/t_s_ring_v2.html



Here's one of the stainless steel rings

http://www.shapeways.com/model/310545/dragon_hunter_s_ring.h tml



Another stainless steel

http://www.shapeways.com/model/311592/pyromancer_s_ring.html



And an alien figurine 12cm tall (incl base) in WSF

http://www.shapeways.com/model/310304/alien_figurine.html

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Diamond with seven sided polygon for base shape and a ¿somewhat? classic looking diamond style and shape. May be used for Holy Union!!! ♥☺♥☺♥ ╪

I'd give you a better preview, but the standard image algorithms of the 70s 80s and 90s the internet is based on are practical, not perfect.

And another picture this one is the imaginary view of the diamond.

And one more

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[Updated on: Tue, 27 September 2011 21:03 UTC]

My cousin's wedding was in April. Thus, this is a rather belated gift (but I let them know that I wanted to make them something and it would be rather belated, so I think that means it's ok...) It is intended to be a commemorative Christmas ornament, and I think it came out fantastic. I may need to make this into a Co-Creator, since the new texture-based system for putting text on things works like a charm (Thanks, electrobloom! - http://www.shapeways.com/shops/electrobloom) Who knows - maybe a co-creator of this will be my first sale! (yeah, I'm a software engineer, not a marketer - it's an area for improvement)

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[Updated on: Thu, 22 September 2011 04:38 UTC]

Finaly a model I ordered at Shapeways came out great... but unfortunately I just saw that it is not longer available to the public. Too sad, I would have liked to order a couple to give to friends.

I'm talking about the little "Gun Fighter" which is in fact the GunStar from "Last Starfighter". I ordered it in "White strong and flexible, polished":

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Meant to post this a while ago... this is my first purchase in Silver. Very happy with it and I love not seeing the evidence of 3D printing that can be seen on some materials (i.e. stair-stepping).

My only quibble with Silver is the price; with a minimum $40 price and then another $15 UPS charges at the door my minimum cost is now $55. When trying to re-sell items this REALLY puts a dent in the profits. However, I understand the amount of work that goes into silver pieces so can't complain too much.

Glenn

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