[vcf-midatlantic] Hoodies again...

Evan Koblentz evan at snarc.net
Thu Nov 12 12:33:06 EST 2015


> This may have not been mentioned here before. But this time around I made
> the logo in 3D cad. So all of the features are intact, such as the keycaps,
> the raised lettering, the raised pcb wreath and terminal as well.
>
> So if there is interest and the patience, you can just take the file, find
> somebody with a 3D printer over there and make full size medallions - what
> ever size you want from little coin sized versions to one big enough to
> hang on a wall. The only issue with this is that since the logo is 3
> colors, black, white, and the blueish-green, you would have to paint them.
> I do this sometimes for small models, eg, DnD.
>
> But I don't have the strength to paint several dozens of them - you'll need
> some youngster who's good at painting. I would suggest using a filament
> with blue-green -- because then it's easy to paint the black background,
> the white keycaps, and black letters -- in that order. There's less paint
> bleeding this way.
>
> The other alternative is to 3D Print the parts separately in the their own
> colors. But this would take a large amount of time to glue the parts, the
> keycaps, the wreath, and letters on the medallion. This of course
> eliminates the large amount painting time. But now I see there's new 3D
> Printers with dual filament, triple and multi-color filament extruders --
> so changing filament colors in mid process is practical now-- that's
> another way to eliminate the painting steps.
> just something to be different
> link to the screenshot
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByB6KLisI66XcmpOcEt0WmJmVnc/view?usp=sharing


That's awesome! Hopefully we can make something in time for VCF East 
next year.



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