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I've figured out that to get all of these nine printed out in all of the materials I have made them available in (so I can take photos of them), it would cost me about $878...

That's $384 for Silver, $429 for Glossy Silver, and $65 for the Frosted Ultra Detail.

I've also figured out that if one of them gets purchased 6 times, it will pay for the print of itself that I have to buy to take the photo of it (this goes for all of them).

I will probably be able to fork out for all the FUD versions before any sales are made - but I'd like to buy one design in Silver at some point to let me see, feel and show the difference, so I was wondering which design is most popular?

I do intend to eventually acquire photos of all of them in at least FUD and Silver...

Here are their individual links:

Design#1 - Design#2 - Design#3
Design#4 - Design#5 - Design#6
Design#7 - Design#8 - Design#9

]]> CharGyse 2012-03-13T19:12:32-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=45509&th=8572#msg_45509
Grouped together as they are in a set of 9 would cost me $144 for the Silver, $149 for the Glossy Silver and $24.89 for the FUD, as opposed to $384 for Silver, $429 for Glossy Silver, and $65 for FUD.

I realise I'd have to join the Silver ones together though to take advantage of that idea... I'm not sure how I could do so and still be able to photograph the pieces separately though... Any suggestions?]]> CharGyse 2012-03-14T19:37:16-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=45529&th=8572#msg_45529
When first saw the designs, I was reminded of a computer fan grill. That might be a good application for them if you scaled them up a bit and cut out the shapes for better air flow.

]]> aeron203 2012-03-15T02:13:20-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=45547&th=8572#msg_45547 Yes, as Aeron suggested yoy, you can try to join them with a pipe between each pieces, but you have to pay attention about the thickness. Then you have to remove the pipes in post production. I try one time to upload two rings not joined but the file was rejected. So multiple object are cheaper for silver but you need post production finishing.

Cheers,
Dario]]> DarioScapittaDesign 2012-03-15T07:46:12-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=45553&th=8572#msg_45553
I think what I might do is join them together at the edges with the sprues/pipes like you both suggest, but lay them out flat next to each other in a square 3 by 3 pattern so that all the main surfaces are exposed?
Then cut them apart and smooth where the sprues were when I want to take the separate photos.]]> CharGyse 2012-03-15T12:41:06-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=45555&th=8572#msg_45555 Youknowwho4eva 2012-03-15T12:56:50-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=45561&th=8572#msg_45561 CharGyse 2012-03-15T14:52:37-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=45562&th=8572#msg_45562 Youknowwho4eva 2012-03-15T15:06:08-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=47647&th=8572#msg_47647
Definitely more expensive than joining them all into one file, but until I have the suitable skills/skilled friends to separate the metal expertly for me, I thought it might work out better this way. Especially since I have a weakness for earrings. Worse case scenario would only be that I can't sell them and end up giving them away to friends and family during birthdays or holidays and keep my favourites for myself.

Do Shapeways still send out natural-paired earrings with complimentary earring hooks? I ordered them on the assumption that they did, but it's no biggy if they don't. I can just attempt to sell them on separately as pendants or attach some earring findings myself.

Expected ship date says 18th - but they haven't arrived and the status says still In Production. I'm assuming Expected ship date is actually the 30th for that order though, since if I count 15 working days on from the start of April and add a week for Silver being behind, then that works out about right.

I have a different order that says Expected ship date 30th but was actually shipped around the 18th and has arrived at my friend's house safely already - so not sure what's going on in there on the My Orders page?


Youknowwho4eva, I may take you up on that rendering offer for other items I make... although I think I might prefer to be taught how to take my .STL files and render them to make them look realistically Silver or FUD-ish. When learning texturing in University (I did Computer Games Design), realistic texturing tended to take a back seat for me. I think put more effort into trying to make the games actually work interactively than I did trying to learn how to use shaders and lighting properly, although I did browse tutorials on them occasionally... ]]> CharGyse 2012-04-29T21:55:29-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=47815&th=8572#msg_47815 CharGyse 2012-05-03T13:45:59-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=47860&th=8572#msg_47860

i look forward to seeing them.....btw did u do the current rendings? they look very smart. ]]> pdb 2012-05-04T11:10:15-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=47876&th=8572#msg_47876 ]]> CharGyse 2012-05-04T14:07:42-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=47899&th=8572#msg_47899 Sixteen Petals for those who voted to see it, taken as soon as I removed the packaging. The cloudy parts on the FUD (left and right) is that waxy residue stuff. I quite like the look of it but it will probably rub away over time.

]]> CharGyse 2012-05-04T19:13:34-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=47900&th=8572#msg_47900 Four Petal Flower:

]]> CharGyse 2012-05-04T19:16:15-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=47902&th=8572#msg_47902
good job!]]> pdb 2012-05-04T19:19:59-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=48011&th=8572#msg_48011 ]]> CharGyse 2012-05-07T18:44:12-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=48334&th=8572#msg_48334
The four petals are awesome too.
Good job!
]]> Magic 2012-05-13T16:03:15-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=49349&th=8572#msg_49349 I've recently added circular versions (the same things but without the corner loops) after some feedback from friends.
You can find them in the Pendants section. I think stainless steel versions are next for these ones.



This is actually a modified photo of the square pendants. I'm fairly sure that the round ones would print just as well as the square ones.]]> CharGyse 2012-06-02T21:57:57-00:00