Minecraft Figure: 3D Printed Witch

 

Challenge: For junior student to use Tinkercad to create an original Minecraft inspired design.

Background: The student concerned wanted to create a recognisable Minecraft Figure.  They had previously designed 'The Villager' which was a print that we featured on this blog, in March.   The student identified another figure that they felt they would be able to replicate and the shape of the figure when it was 3D Printed would have a high recognition factor.

The student was able to create the figure independently using their cohort two skills and able to present it to the teacher as complete.  The student is an eight year old student, experienced with Tinkercad in class this year and last years. 

Resources Used: iPad, Tinkercad, Bambu H2D, Regular PLA.

Level of Difficulty: High.  This is a small scale print in terms of size (see below) however there are layers to it and all of the different aspects of the design need to work in unison with each other.   The other issue is that other students gave feedback to the student about the degree of the recognition factor.

Size: This figure is 30mm wide, is 80mm high and is 20mm deep.  As it stands the purpose of the print needs to be refined and this would adapt the size of it.

Cost/Price: As it stands at the moment the print uses 16g of PLA to complete and the price point for this is $0.40.

Timeframe: The print using the Bambu H2D took fifty three minutes to complete.

What we would do differently/Next Steps for the students: There are various possibilities moving forward, depending on what the student decides.  There have been a number of versions of Minecraft prints and projects created by our students this term.  You can look at other examples by clicking on the 'search' box in the top right hand corner of this blog.  If you want to see a summary post of our ideas you can click on the link to the summary here.

3D Printed Minecraft Character - Steve

 

Challenge: To create a Minecraft character - in this case 'Steve' who is one of the significant game characters.

Background: We have mentioned the process and the link between Minecraft and Tinkercad in a design sense.  You can see a range of posts on this blog recently of particular note was a recent post when a student completed a 'Masterclass' when a villager was created.   You can also view summary posts from last year here.

In this task the student completed a similar process - and were able to produce the figure shown left.   The student used the colour palette to create more detail - although we have noted that we intend to use the Versa Sign Maker to complete a sticker to show more detail for the character as the 3D Printing was going to lessen the details.   

Size: This figure was determined to be a novelty figure so the intention was to always keep the design simple, small but functional.   The design measured 20mm across at the base of the feet 40mm at the arms and 50mm at the arms and the design was 60mm high.   

Cost/Price: We have constantly used several of the features that are associated with Bambu Lab one of the most useful is the auto calculations.  In this instance we can determine that the print used 13g of PLA to complete and had a price point of $0.32.   

Timeframe: To complete this print the printer need to work for forty five minutes.   There was limited rafting on the print, essentially just under the arms.

What we would do different'y/Next steps for the students: This print as noted needs the support of either a range of PLA or the use of a third party tool, which we anticipate will be the Roland Versa Studios Sign maker

While the student from cohort one has only been designing for a short space of time this student completed this in their own time and could add additional finishing details to the figure.