So it's been a while sense I posted last. Work and personal problems have kept me occupied. I have managed to find time to squeeze in some design work here an there. So we can say hello to an old friend. I have finally finished the revisions to Drop-Shots design, and hopefully he will be much more solid. All the ball joints have been reworked and his arms have been replaced with new ones. I'll be ordering a test today. I have high hopes he will work properly this time.
The revised design is built and is much more solid than the original. there are still a few tweaks to make to the arms.
Sorry for the late reply, and sorry for the MIA these last few months. I'll see of I have some time, but I cant promise anything right now. Ive been working on 2 design projects that took most of my time. One was a toy kit project that unfortunately fell apart at the end, and the other was a Arcade machine. I just got back from the Louisville arcade expo where the indy gaming group I belong to showcased the machine. It went over very well! I'm focusing my time back on finishing the last few bolt firearms, I do have a new one ready to go but I might rework the aesthetics and try to bring the cost down -design pending- and the Lexitron!!! A home made arcade cabinet, that play games made by local (kentucky) game developers! It's not a MAME cabinet, every game on here is unique! It's not finished, but it's functional.
Its a huge gun. over 5". and pretty pricy right now. I'm trimming the fat to bring the cost down, and might redesign a few parts. As it is, I feel it's crude and undeveloped. But if it's well received enough i'll just leave it as is.
I ordered a few weapons from your shop, namely the Plasma cutter, the Party favor assault rifle, and the "Happy Camper" sniper gun. I intended to use them (as well as a bunch of other guns/weapons from other shops) for my Terminus Hexatron. But they are all a bit small for this huge figure. They will fit my smaller figures though. I got the plasma cutter and assault rifle in Black Strong Flexible, and they turned out great. I had the Sniper rifle printed in White Strong Flexible, and it turned out pretty nice as well. I think that this would be awesome in "Frosted Ultra Detail", but that would probably be very expensive. All in all, very happy with them!
It makes me cringe that Shapeways prints are as expensive as they are and are also so damn grainy. I wanna get so many of these items, but the prints look rotten! Uggghhhhh
I'm not sure what's wrong with Shapeways at the moment. Last week the Ion Centrifuge Cannon (still very high on my wishlist) was about € 90. Today it's € 215. ☹ The Happy Camper sniper went up from € 39 to € 65 as well. I can understand an increase in production or material costs. But this is just ridiculous. Especially because the original price for the Ion cannon was about $ 50.
