June Update #2 (Patreon)

Well another month down, how fast did that go! We have a few days left still and I still have more models to upload, one of them being the Darth/Luke diorama show above which I am just about finished with now and will be uploading this today. It will come in figure and non-figure versions so you can use the diorama for normal action figures too. It is scaled for 3.75" standard starwars figures

I did get pretty much most of what I wanted to complete this month out minus a few deluxe things that will come early in July, but we still have more stuff before the end of the month. I have finished the T800 Feet /shins assembly manuals so now I'm just gathering those parts all up and double checking them so those will go up tomorrow - so YES they will be out this month, they just take a long time to do (its one thing to model it and know how it's assembled, its another to turn that into an assembly manual and then explain to you all how it works! :) )

Thanks to everyone competing in the TMNT painting competition! We have a few entries already which is crazy (don't forget you still have an entire month to enter so please don't feel the need to rush)  If you have already entered and want to make more changes and re-enter that is also completely OK, so don't feel you are locked in if you have submitted your entries already)

Note - First prize may also be upgraded to a new Elegoo Mars 3 Pro! (instead of a mars 2) I have pre-ordered one and if it arrives in time, first place will receive that, looking at shipping dates this is very possible so this is why I am mentioning it )

Just a clarification on the rules, the only thing I didn't want added to the diorama was additional printed parts that are not part of the Diorama that others may not have access to  What IS ok?  LED's, LCDs, grass, slime, water, whatever is totally fine. Any sprucing up is totally  fine. Some people I have heard are even cutting the TV screen out and putting an LCD in there - again totally ok - any modification to the existing diorama is completely OK. The only rule is any 3d printed parts in the diorama must be part of THIS diorama and not from anywhere else. I would also suggest not using TMNT official  additonal figures like foot soldiers in your images, since everyone is printing at varying scales, it would not be terribly fair.

5000 member Goal  Update:
As we creep ever closer to this amazing goal I have sitting here, brand new in a box an Elegoo Saturn!  that will be awarded to a lucky patreon member.  Since we cannot randomly just give it away as a reward for reaching this goal or offer it to prospective new members for joining (as this would be against patreon guidelines)  We will just have a simple requirement , i.e you must be on full access (a 3 month + member)  and also a small survey you need to complete so we can gather a list of active members. Then, picked at random, one of those lucky people will be the recipient of the Elegoo Saturn (we also have other goodies to send out, that's just the big one)  Patreon are very strict on how we run any type of gift promotion so that's why there needs to be some requirements in place.  

I don't think this will happen for months honestly, so if you are reading this now you most likely will be here and a full access member at the time, so even if you are a new member now you won't be then :) and will have a chance too. I will be drawing it live also (can't say the date yet obviously)  Essentially this is about giving back to you all. From what started very small we are now getting up there in the Patreon ranks and it's purely down to you all printing, being excited and showing the models we have here and I can't say thank you enough.  Everyone who is active on Instagram also thanks for all your tags, I see them all (i'm not a really big twitter person still)  but thanks,  its one of the first things I  look forward to in the morning, checking out all the cool prints people are pumping out!

I have lots planned for July! This month I wanted more substance so that's why we have a larger amount of dioramas and multi part prints. We do have a couple dioramas next month but I wanna also focus on a good bulk of easy prints and things you can print fast, and sell fast (and you know i'll always have a couple of grogu mashups thrown in there too)  Requests section on the member depot will also be live again in July (with new rules)  I just want to keep people excited about 3D printing really. I know what it's like printing as a job, I did it for several years and like any job it can have it's days but thats the beauty of what we do, each day can bring an entirely new print, a new printer, a new way of doing things, slicing things. I didn't think in 2010 tinkering with wooden box printers i'd be sitting here in 2021 with the options we have now, sure I knew it was gonna be a big industry but wow... and we're still only in it's infancy really. I really do think that even in 5 years time we will be seeing a huge advancement in the technology we've all become so reliant on. Faster printers, new materials, new ways of printing.

I also finally after some 10 years of putting it off, purchased a Prusa MKs3 and an  MMU2 coming so I can start also doing the odd multi-color options for models (depending on complexity of course) My creality Belt printer is still giving me some headaches as far as the slicing goes so I don't have any big long printmill prints ready yet but as soon as I do, you will too!

Anyway, still lots to do for me this month so I'll leave you with that wall of text to digest and i'll get back to getting this diorama uploaded!

As you may have heard we are again in lockdown for Covid, anyone else here in Australia in lockdown at the moment, hopefully you stocked up on toilet rolls and Tim Tams this time :)

Anyway, from myself and my family, thanks again everyone, you are truly awesome.

Geoff.