3D printing is magic - High-res Pinkie Pie

The 3D model is made by KP-ShadowSquirrel (http://kp-shadowsquirrel.deviantart.com/)
Music is made by Eurobeat Brony (http://odysseymusic.bandcamp.com/trac...)

Improved print of Pinkie Pie, the first one had not enough polygons, and the tail broke after a bad fall.

More info about the print :
Size : 74mm high
Weight : 30g with support structures, 24g cleaned
Material cost : 1€
Material : white PLA (bioplastic)
Layer height : 0.1mm

Nozzle diameter : ~0.4mm
Print speed : 30mm/s - Support structure : 90mm/s

Softwares used :
Model editing and conversion to stl : blender
Slicing : skeinforge
Motion control : EMC2
All softwares are free and open-source.

The 3D printer is home-made, mostly with salvaged parts from old printers an scanners.
If you want to build a 3D printer or just interested by this awesome technology, check http://reprap.org All I know about 3D printing I learned from this website.

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