Hey everyone,
Here are my photos of my four Combat Creatures that I picked up from Shapeways.
The colored sandstone is by far my favorite. It looks absolutely amazing! It does have a sand/grit texture to it, although to be honest it looks just more like a scaly texture to the T-Rex. It has a good weight to it as well. Everything else that I have thats 3D printed is in plastic and feels very very light. This has a great, heavier feel in your hand. And it really retains the detail of the 3D file pics really nicely. Lots of great, really fine details on him, like around the teeth and eye piece. I haven't trying applying any pressure to it, but it does feel like it would be rather brittle if one were to carry it around. But it looks great on display next to other Battle Beasts.
The strong, flexible and polished plastic is also really nice, but in a different way. I apologize that they appear a little dirty in the picture, but I have been carrying them around in my coat pocket for the last week. I was curious about their strength. They feel very very light, almost as light as high detail resin casts that I have, which are normally extremely fragile. So I was curious about how they deal with being handled, played with and carried around. They really hold up! No breaks or anything. They are deceptively strong. However, what they gain in strength, they do sacrifice a bit in detail. Some of the finer details of the sculpt are lost a little bit, like the teeth on the trex/carnosaur. Having both Trexs side by side, I can really see the strength versus detail between them. The colors on them are very intense. To create the color, the figure is actually printed in solid white plastic material, and then coated in colored paint/dye, but doesn't look painted. They actually look very similar to how color would look on a crayon. Because of the intensity of the color, they are really difficult to photograph. They tend to wash out quite a bit under any sort of lighting. I had to take pictures of them under completly indirect lighting just to be able to get something. I did the best I could do.
Overall, I am absolutely loving these guys! Having both a sandstone and strong, flexible plastic, I have decided that I will be getting two of each character. One in Sandtone to put on my display shelves along side my other battle beasts and customs. And one in solid color strong flexible to be able to carry around and pose and what not.
I hope the pics are clear enough for you guys!
Eric
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