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Originally Posted by SchismaticSounds
Hey, those prints look pretty great!
I got to do a second print of all the more expensive squads. The spiders are one that definitely need printing without the base, I lose a few legs trying to remove the supports. I'm thinking about giving this photogrammetry a try. I have not read through all on this thread, is that what was used for these? If so it's pretty impressive. You do need to prep a photo space somewhat though, right?
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Yes, I used photogrammetry and a free program called 3DF Zephyr Free.
The two most important things to get a good scan are
1) good lighting
2) some kind of background
For the background, I use a Heroscape map of Valhalla, but magazine pictures work as well.
You'll need to take 40-50 pictures around the figure. A cell phone can be used, but I use a canon SLR camera and put it on fixed focus. I also use a motorized turntable and a camera trigger so I can start the scan and come back in few minutes after it's done.
A computer with a good graphics card will make the 3D model generation a lot faster--for me, a good model on ultra mode takes about 12 hours on my computer.
After that, the scans need to be cleaned up a little. That's the time consuming part. I remove the background and then try to smooth out/fix any holes.