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I'm subscribing to this! I know all of my friends would want one of these
Well, how about this one?
The Great Ball, for when you don't want to miss:
The red bumps took forever to figure out, but I think I've gotten them fairly close. Again, there isn't any definite shape to these, and each piece of reference has a slightly different shape and placement. I think this way looks the best.
And, for Eric, a 1" diameter Poké Ball.
You may be a little surprised; it looks like a moon orbiting a planet. With only 1/27 the volume of the larger ball, you might think the small one is too small.
Hi, not to down you idea or anything but why don't you use a hinge more like this.
Please forgive the crude drawing, but I think it gets the point across. It would be a smaller hinge, so there would be more room on the inside for a slightly more correct interior. What do you think?
I see what you're saying; but wouldn't it bind? Wouldn't the back of the ball need to pass through itself?
I can always give it a try.
Sorry, my computer didn't load the page right, lol, I'll be right back with a real response.
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I dunno actually, I think it might be pretty accurate
I found this diagram that is hopefully accurate to the show
In the upper left theres a size comparison, and I'm pretty sure it might give some measurements, if anybody can read japanese.
Also, this looks really awesome. I was gonna say the bumps might be a little wide set, but after looking at some reference pictures, I'd say they're spot on.Jm419 said:
Well, how about this one?
The Great Ball, for when you don't want to miss:
The red bumps took forever to figure out, but I think I've gotten them fairly close. Again, there isn't any definite shape to these, and each piece of reference has a slightly different shape and placement. I think this way looks the best.
This is right on. I had to look at all the reference I could find, because to me, the Great Ball looks like a fat pig, even though it's nearly the same shape as the Poké Ball. It took me a while, but I think I got them set at the right point, got the shape right, and got them the right length, so they didn't look too close or too far apart in the front.Eric Sigh said:
Yeah, haha, I guess I'm just not used to seeing them so up close and detailed.Jm419 said:
It'll be neat to see how it comes out.
So I uploaded the Poké Ball parts to Shapeways, and it'd be more than $80 in plastic. Completely unacceptable, if you ask me; so I'm going to make the walls a third thinner and see how that impacts price.
Oh wow, that is pretty terrible.Jm419 said:
You know, I actually just found out there's a place here where I live that does 3D printing. I wonder how much they'd charge for something like this...
I'll see if I can get a reasonable estimate for pricing a bit later today. It'd kinda suck to redo all the balls, though. $80 is awful for something the size of a baseball; I don't really want to pay much more than $15 or $20 for parts.
That is kind of steep, but if you want get it and make some molds It might be worth it? I duno if you planned on bringing it to junkyard and it depends on how many people want one. Maybe folks would be willing to chip in for the initial order for a discount on additional pokeballs.Jm419 said:
If it were my baby, I would pay for it. But $80 is still pricey and $20 might make it feel too light/flimsy. In my opinion if you aren't able/willing to invest in it, a medium price range may work. A $50 price tag wouldn't be too bad....
I'm working on it. I could always downscale it slightly - 2.5 in instead of 3 - and it would exponentially decrease price.
I shaved off 1/3 of the inside thickness, so we'll see how it comes out. Uploading to Shapeways now.
Anyway, another update for you folks. I did some work on the interior of the bottom shell, reworking the hinge as suggested so that the interior could be more accurate. It ought to save on material, too. Here are some photos of just the bottom half.
The gold pins aren't behaving. If you want some in your build, I can always make up a part and sell it separately, but it won't come attached. There are some wonky geometry things going on that won't look right if I leave them in.
Anyway, as you can see, the hinge looks much nicer now, and I have a new ball to show off too.
The Ultra Ball, for when you really don't want to miss.
You can see the old hinge in this image. The one below this text shows the new hinge design. I think it's much cleaner, and it allows for bottom shell detailing.
This one was always my favorite. I just like it, I dunno.
Lemme know what you think.
The more I look at the small ones the more I really want this to happen.
I'm actually a little bummed to hear that you're going to modify it (I understand completely though, 80 dollars is way too much) since I really thought your first concepts would have provided an accurate weight and feel to the pokeballs.
Ultra ball looks great. Each post just makes me more and more hopeful that this will work, lol.Jm419 said:
I'm working on it. I could always downscale it slightly - 2.5 in instead of 3 - and it would exponentially decrease price.
I shaved off 1/3 of the inside thickness, so we'll see how it comes out. Uploading to Shapeways now.
Anyway, another update for you folks. I did some work on the interior of the bottom shell, reworking the hinge as suggested so that the interior could be more accurate. It ought to save on material, too. Here are some photos of just the bottom half.
The gold pins aren't behaving. If you want some in your build, I can always make up a part and sell it separately, but it won't come attached. There are some wonky geometry things going on that won't look right if I leave them in.
Anyway, as you can see, the hinge looks much nicer now, and I have a new ball to show off too.
The Ultra Ball, for when you really don't want to miss.
You can see the old hinge in this image. The one below this text shows the new hinge design. I think it's much cleaner, and it allows for bottom shell detailing.
This one was always my favorite. I just like it, I dunno.
Lemme know what you think.
I'll get one out there, hopefully. I just uploaded the new ones, and we'll see how it turns out. Unfortunately, it's not $80 overall - it's $80 for the Pokeball, plus another $40 for the Great Ball, Ultra Ball, and the Master Ball, as each has a different upper shell.
Before we even get into silicone, we're looking at $200 just from Shapeways. Still, I ought to be able to shave off some of that at this point; by reducing it by a quarter overall, we could probably swing $150 or so, if I knew I was going to get orders.
Ok, now we're down to $70 overall for the one Poké Ball. This is pretty bad news.
I may be alone in requesting this but would it make a difference if it was just a ball that didn't open? Would that be any cheaper?Jm419 said:
What if the extra bits were separate pieces, so you could cast a normal pokeball, then glue the detail piece to one of the casts, and cast that? Or would that cost more money to make the molds?
There are already replicas like that on the market though. Also, how will we catch pokemon if the pokeball doesn't open.jazzygeoffery said:
Not really. Same amount of material.firefly827347 said:
I'm going to do some thinking about this. I'm not sure I can even mold these; the interior and exterior are going to be a bit of an issue.
Interest thread is up in the Junkyard.
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