I’m so psyched to announce another successful result of my 3D modeling adventure! Check out the print of the Oh No cat from WebComicName that I described designing in my last column. It’s so cute! I’m going to play with the sizing a bit with it and the OG Oh No character so that the cat gets a bit larger and the other a bit smaller (and less expensive, woot!).
Over the last week, two new 3D design missions have popped up: One is from David, a friend of a friend who is interested in getting a 3D printed trophy because he “won a golf tournament the other week and my team mate and I didn’t win a trophy. This made me upset because I haven’t won a trophy for like 20 years.” After questioning David about why the heck he would participate in a tournament where they didn’t give out prizes, I asked him about what he was specifically looking for.
“It was a Babson College golf event, so I was thinking of having a goblet as the trophy, so we can drink out of it, and have a beaver as the stem (our mascot), and it needs to be gold. Being able to consume alcohol out of my goblet beaver is a pretty big deal… just as Brady wears his rings to dinners, and Gronk strips at bars in Southie. It’s a statement. I’M A WINNER.”
I also had him send over a drawing of what he was hoping the final trophy/chalice might look like (below). Because they want to be able to drink out of it, I’m thinking the best cost-to-material ratio might be to design the chalice in nylon. I could then take the chalice, spray-paint it gold, and seal it with a food safe epoxy. That would work…. right?
I was also having a chat with my best friend who has been discussing engagement with her very wonderful boyfriend. She and I have been chatting about rings and it got me thinking, how much fun would it be to design a punny ring that’s a cheeky take on diamonds? According to a Google search, the average engagement ring is two carats, so I’m thinking of designing a Three Carrot Ring as my first foray into jewelry design. And the best part? Our very own fabulous Wynn Mustin created a tutorial on how to design a simple 3D printed ring, so I’m going to use that as a a guide! I’m learning more and more that I can combine with what I’ve learned in other tutorials, expanding the learnings like building blocks.
Now, much like this debate on how the Snapchat hot dog would wear pants (credit: Venti.memes), how could carrots be mounted onto a ring?
Any feelings about these sketches? Or do you not carrot’all (“care at all,” get it??)?
