Attached Link: http://formlabs.com/products/our-printer

http://formlabs.com/products/our-printer

Do some research before you buy, there are some patents expiring on 3D printing technology early in 2014 and once that happens prices will drop and more companies will offer printers. For high quality you want Stereolithography, not the plastic extruders.

-Sergio

Sometimes those high prices are in place for a very different market. A few months ago I contacted a seller from TS who had a very good catalog of human figures. I commisioned one of his figures from him with full distribution rights for $2,500. This was just for a very realistic human female model. I then added clothing and gear and sold the completed model to my customer for a grand total of $4,800. This allowed this customer to complete a very rushed project and meet a contract deadline. IF I had to m odel the figure from scratch that would have added and extra 4 to 5 days and the deadline would have been missed. In a project like this, the non-distribution license for Poser Content eliminates the possibility of using such Poser content like DAZ's Victoria 4 which would have been a perfect model to use.

I also have a customer who purchased a set of sports balls modes, yes the famous expensive baseball and basketball, etc. He needed to create an interactive promotional software to design promotional balls. Like a basketball with Renderosity's logo for example. He was happy to pay the necessary fee for those balls since most of his real worl promotional sales are for thousands or balls. Basicly, he makes 250,000 balls for Dell and his profit is quite substancial. $100 for the baseball and a few thousands for all the custom programming of the software are pocket change in this scenario.

Poser content is sold as user licenses where many users buy the product and enjoy it. I do agree that TS has a lot of garbage that does not belong there or belongs in such a price level but there is a place in the professional market where high quality content is needed with different licenses to allow professionals to include this content in their end product such as a video game or interactive software like second life. I also agree that the creator of the content should be the one to price his work and only given guidance in the matter.

I sell Poser content and I am very happy with the price of my Poser work but that has to do with the fact that volume accounts for the lower price. I also do alot of freelancing work for the jewelry industry where some of my models, which are just high resolution solid meshes with no rigging or mapping, are priced over $500. The jewelers are going to sell the ring with a few diamonds for over $20,000. The price of my model is again insignificat to them and will happily pay for a model delivered in the contracted time.

Just a few examples of where these expensive models come into play. There are many ways 3D models are being used today and sometimes the price might seen high but in the end these are just assets or components of much larger projects with huge budgets and as such are priced very differently.

Thanks libernull. I have not done much for Aiko, maybe I will give her a nanosuit. These are fun to make.

Site looks great Silver!

Picked up the Sci-Fi Action Music and I got to tell you it is awesome! Playing it here in the office and everyone thinks I'm playing Unreal or Quake..LOL...love it!

Glad to see Posertrax back on and to know you are still at it. Congrats!

-Sergio

Thanks guys! 

That on his back could be many things. Could be antennas, could be atmospheric sensors, filters, etc. Being Sci-Fi it could be whatever your imagination decides it is, LOL.

Thanks guys,

I have gotten a bunch of requests for weapons for this. I'm working on it. Got a Pulse rifle, Sniper Rifle, granades, a machete and a knife in the works.

I'm finishing up the conversion to Vicky 4 for this set as well as a new texture set. Then I will keep going on the weapons set.

-Sergio

Thanks guys,

Converting to Hiro should not be a problem at all. I'll keep you posted...

-Sergio

Thanks everyone!

As for Aiko, I can easily convert it to her, will post soon when available.

Thanks again!

-Sergio

Fantastic!!! I'll be looking out for this!

Attached Link: http://xurge3d.com/inc/sdetail/3538

LOL....Yeap, the armorsmith encountered a few problems and the armor has been delayed. Getting it tested now to make sure it works. James better run fast for a couple days now... LOL.

This is too cool, now I'll definetelly grab the whole collection. The tents are perfect also to create an encampment near a battlefield. Excellent work on the entire Medieval collection, hope to see more like this from you.

SnowS, I have spoken with Motif and he is indeed texturing more. He was working on the Warlady for V3 and now this new one. I totally agree, his texture sets make the outfits very versatile.

Thanks for the great feed back and support guys, I do admit I have neglected the other figures. I do have a set for James almost ready. That is my next release for this coming weekend. I have also 2 sets for Apollo in the works, a Sci-Fi suit like the ABS sets and a Fantasy Warlord.

Finally!! a Continium Transfunctioner!!! Dude... Awesome work Stefan! Thanks.