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[nk]

These are impressive renders. I think the challenge comes when you apply paint to the print-outs.

Its worth checking out the work of hyper-realist artist Ron Mueck. In my mind the detail and emotion he incorparates in his figures/sculptures is the equivalent of what we are seeing here with machinery and landscapes.

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When I had ChatGPT generate more text-to-image content the next day, after a few minutes I received a notification that I had reached my daily limit and wouldn't be able to generate any more images in the free version for another 24 hours...
The same thing happened the next day... but this time I received an offer for a free one-month trial with all the features of the Pro version unlocked, which I could cancel at any time! Otherwise, a monthly fee of €23.00 applies.
That sounded tempting, because another 24-hour wait is quite a long time ;-)

For other projects, such as a harbor crane, fire station, Kemna Gigant roller, ... I'd really like to have a few custom figures that stand out from the little Preiser figures!

So I started with firemen (hose crew, attack crew, driver, engineer, fire chief, ...)

The initial request was:

Create a high-resolution file of a German firefighter from around 1955 wearing a classic black steel fire helmet with a leather neck guard.
The file is to be printed at a scale of 1:22.5 using a resin printer.
The original figure with the helmet is 180 cm tall.


After several changes to the request, I received the hose crew:

Feuerwehr_Mann_001 (fspg2)

generated with ChatGPT

Here, too, it is striking that the three men were given the same face.


Then the firefighter was depicted alone with the fire hose:

Feuerwehr_Mann_002 (fspg2)

generated with ChatGPT


The next command then generated the figure without a hose, with a similar hand position, so that the printed figure could later be fitted with its own hose and a nozzle.

Feuerwehr_Mann_003 (fspg2)

generated with ChatGPT


After that, I asked about the "best" slicers for resin printing:
https://3druck.com/programme/slicer-resin-harz-3d-drucker-28101482/

or an English-language page:
https://all3dp.com/2/sla-slicer-resin-printer/


I experimented with the rather powerful Chitubox and was amazed at how well the new feature, ChituGlyph, generated a 3D object from a JPG file.
 
Unlike TRIPO3D, it was virtually flawless. However, I could only create two files without incurring additional monthly costs (7.9 § / 8.9 €).

The alignment and automatic support structure generation can still be significantly improved manually!

Feuerwehr_Mann_004 (fspg2)

Figure created with ChituGlyph




All in all, you have to decide whether the monthly cost of around €20.00 for the full versions of Chitubox or LycheeSlicer is worth it!!!


However, there is also a very powerful and completely free slicer: ElegooSatelLite
https://www.elegoo.com/pages/satellite-3d-slicer

Here's a video where you can switch the audio track to different languages:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXBL2o3pODw

My first experiments were almost self-explanatory!
The automatic support structure was adjusted in no time:


Feuerwehr_Mann_005 (fspg2)

edited with ELEGOO SatelLite


Feuerwehr_Mann_006 (fspg2)


edited with ELEGOO SatelLite

[finescalerr]

Elegoo makes some very good printers. Offering a non-proprietary "very powerful and completely free slicer" seems generous and a clever way to promote their printers, a very rare approach. -- Russ