3D smaug key
- Thread starter Nightan
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rorschach999
Sr Member
the studios giving away free 3D printable templates to download so if you got a 3d printer you can do it yourself
Darth Lars
Master Member
It would be nice if the key could be printed, cleaned up and then cast in metal ...
Cost wise, you'd be better off buying the 30$ metal one from Weta, it's from the same mold as the screen use one so it's also accurate. I doubt you can have the 3D one printed with the same level of details then cast in metal for under 30$ ! Cool of them to release the file though, hope they keep doing that !
Atlas crafts
New Member
do you have a link, I will give it a shot... see what I can do with my 3D printer.
as long as someone can direct me to where the file is at.
DoctorEight
Active Member
The Weta one is worth the money. Noble does one that comes in a nice display, that is the same price, but the details are softer.
The file hasn't been released yet
Shapeways can print it in metal, I don't know if it will be less than $30.00 though...
Atlas crafts
New Member
I will be able to print it in metal within the next couple of months through school. but if the file is not released yet I cant really do much.
Darth Lars
Master Member
If the guys at my local makerspace who are in charge of our crowd-funded metal 3D printer would have got it working already, I could have printed one in steel too, but it would have cost me more than $30 in materials to print it, either way. It is not just the steel powder, but also inert gases involved and you need to have training on the machine to be allowed to use it.
