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Huge Thanks to the following Creators
TitanForge for Sculpting this model - https://titan-forge.com/
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@RisingApe
@ThePaintingCoach
@HellstormWargaming
@thepaintingphase
@ArtisOpus
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full color resin printing is here and
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I'm not talking about 4 to 16 flat
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colors like in fdm printing I'm talking
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about 640,000 distinguishable color
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combinations across the surface of
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detailed models whether you're looking
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to make a single prototype part in a
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specific tone or a fully painted
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detailed miniature yeah that's what this
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does I just heard myself speak there and
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I'm reading my own script and I realize
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this sounds like a sales pitch but look
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the point is I get it this is not for
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everyone and I know for a fact that many
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people out there like me enjoy painting
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models that they 3D print but even if
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that's the case you've still got to
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admit from a technology standpoint alone
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this is flipping call and obviously I
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don't mean flipping but I'll get
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demonetized for swearing in the first 30
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seconds so instead of a review of this
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machine I just want to show off how this
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amazing technology works because you can
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already order prints from one of these
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machines at very reasonable prices but
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we'll get to that and also just a
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reminder if you watch this video before
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UK games Expo 2024 I'll be providing
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details in this video of how you can get
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a free 3D model of me from me to add to
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your collection so if you don't care and
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you don't know who I am hi I'm Ross and
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this is f Hammer videos right so as you
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may know I recently visited my mini
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Factory I've done a video on this and
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that video talked about this video being
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next but with all the new printers that
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have come out in the last month and my
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general lack of time management skills
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this video may actually be out first who
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knows feel free to laugh at my
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ineptitude in the comments so right as
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you may not know I recently visited my
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mini Factory their partner side only
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games cells made to order physical
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models for those of you who want the
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ability to get these 3D printed models
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but don't want to go through the hassle
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of 3D printing them yourself and I know
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those people out there exist because
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well they comment on my videos all the
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time I get so many comments saying I
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love the idea of 3D printing I just
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don't want to own a 3D printer yeah fair
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enough I understand that but you've got
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to admit a lot of us see the benefit of
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3D printed resin models 3D printing has
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already given us models with more detail
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and often less cleanup than their
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plastic counterparts even I'd love to
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just have a model arrive at my door
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immediately ready to be painted that's
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actually the largest part of my hobby
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but I suspect there are also numerous
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people out there who would like a model
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or even an army to arri dri at their
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door ready painted and ready to play
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with or just have a big one-off model
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like I got as a standy for my desk but
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regardless of anyone's reason for
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wanting or not wanting one of these
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prints as I said are we 30 seconds in
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now yeah awesome this technology is just
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so cool and the thing I really
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want to convey for those of you who are
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less interested in the miniatur side of
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this hobby this printer has some
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incredible features which showcase the
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potential future of Home resin printing
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because this process is literally drop
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the colored model into the slicer
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application remotely send it to the
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printer and click print when it's done
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you can remove the model with your bare
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hands and just rinse it in water to
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remove all of the support material how
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cool is that also how does this actually
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work well in this case only games have
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been working with stratasys for months
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now to refine the color output of this
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machine and this machine is one of
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several different J5 models from Strat
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assist it's an industrial grade system
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developed for use in dental medical and
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prototyping Industries only games are
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using it to deliver fully painted models
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and this is the sort of machine where
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you won't find the prices of it online
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it's call for a quote and the resin
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material that's put through it can
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actually cost more per liter than some
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3D printers I've reviewed now admittedly
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that's the really cheap crappy ones and
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this isn't something that you'd buy and
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put on a desktop anyway standing at over
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one .5 M tall with an area of 651 by 661
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mm this unit is the size of a small
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fridge and yes you need it because the
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lower half is where you install up to 12
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resin cartridges there are a ton of
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materials available for this machine
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with various properties for different
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applications but only games are using
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black white cyan magenta and yellow
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along with a bay for support material
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the second load of Bays below this is
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used for redundancy so when one cart
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runs out it moves onto the next one so
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you can swap them out without having to
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pause or delay prints now I hope the
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build quality of this machine goes
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without saying if you need proof of its
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robustness then check out the frame for
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the Z axis we talk all the time about
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printers with single or dual linear
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rails this thing has what I can only
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describe as Pistons now you may be
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wondering about the odd shape of this
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machine and why it looks like some crazy
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vinyl record player because I was also
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confused now it took a few explanations
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for me to understand how this works and
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it was only when I saw it in person that
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I could actually grasp what it does this
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prints like no other resin printer I've
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seen before you can forget your SLA Mast
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SLA and DLP Technologies this process as
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has been trademarked by stratasys is
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referred to as polyjet printing now from
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the specs I was able to gather online
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for this machine the build area is
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stated as 140x 200x 187 mm but seemingly
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that's just the maximum size of a single
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printed component you can actually
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duplicate that build area several times
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around the spinning build plate don't
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worry if this still makes no sense
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because I'll show how it works using the
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footage I captured and some of the 3D
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renders of the process I borrowed from
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St ass's online promotional videos so
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let's run through it as you may imagine
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the slicer application is proprietory
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you simply throw the colored model into
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the application and tell it to orient
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the model for you there's no no need to
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add any supports to the model but I'll
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explain the support material shortly now
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even on a small laptop this process was
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incredibly fast and once that's done you
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just send the print to the printer
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wirelessly now in this process there are
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a load of options to choose depending on
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the materials the machine is using but
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because this one is used in a production
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environment doing pretty much the same
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task of printing colored models over and
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over we can skip all this but you can
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actually select the surface finish too
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which is either Satin or gloss and
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that's kind of cool now once the model's
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on the printer you just tell it to start
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the print and from here this spinning
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plate will move upwards to what I will
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just call the printing components you
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see there's multiple here and as the bed
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spins each of these components performs
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its particular task though it's not a
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case of all of these operating with
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every rotation it's done in various
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stages so first on the left we've got
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the print heads and in a similar way to
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how inkjet printers work the these will
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lay dots of UV curing material on the
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surface of the spinning print bed now
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whilst this is essentially UV curing
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resin it's referred to as ink and just
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like an inkjet printer these colored
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inks are mixed with black and white to
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give us the 640,000 different color
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tones that this machine is capable of
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producing but this is only the outer
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surfaces of each layer approximately 200
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microns in depth into the actual model
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the internal material is made up of
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either pure black or Pure White if you
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actually snap one of these models when
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it's printed you can see the core
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material is actually a single color and
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the print heads will also lay down the
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support material which is used as both a
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base and completely supports and
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surrounds the model from underneath and
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the sides there's no support gantries
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with contact points on the model this is
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a complete and gapless support bed for
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every part of every surface on every
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layer and this can easily be REM removed
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after printing so as the plate spins
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past these print heads they lay down the
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dots and then retract into the body of
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the printer and that's against an
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internal wiper to clean them for the
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next layer and then they pass a roller
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which is similar to the ones used in
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laser printing the ink is negatively
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charged the roller is positively charged
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it might be the other way around but you
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get what I mean and this is used to pick
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up any stray microns of excess material
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droplets before it gets cured and this
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is always running throughout the print
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the final stage is the LED curing bar
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which like the print heads move between
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the inner and outer planes of this disc
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and they light up to cure and Harden the
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dots in place again it does not appear
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that all of these sequences occur in a
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single rotation but I'm not 100% clear
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on the process if it does a particular
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set of colors in one pass then an
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internal material then support material
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then a couple of cure passes but what I
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do know is this prints damn fast now
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whilst this print printers capable of
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layers as low as 18 microns the model I
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had printed was at the pretty accepted
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standard of 50 microns and that was
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complete in just over 7 hours making the
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speed of this printer pretty comparable
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to most home printers now suffice to say
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I'm incredibly impressed by what this
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style of Technology can achieve in terms
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of speed yes monocolor resin prints are
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getting faster now but for the amount
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this does the time it does it in is
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genuinely astounding but I think the
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most impressive part is the thing we
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don't currently have in most printers
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and is also the thing that puts a lot of
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resin printing adopters off is that once
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this is all done on this machine the
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model is free to handle with bare skin
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and it's at this point encased entirely
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within the wax-like support material now
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before showing the cleaning I just want
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to quickly talk about the maintenance
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process which only games run through
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after every single print now this isn't
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automated nor does it self detect when
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it's clean but the printer shows you a
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checklist of things to clean in a
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particular order and to do this you need
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a very special type of cloth to prevent
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any stray fibers from getting into the
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machine's mechanics a couple of dabs
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with isopropanol and then it's a case of
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wiping down the print heads the roller
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the print head wiper the UV lamp and
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finally the build tray once this is all
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complete you're ready for your next
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print but for us this is where we took
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the model or models to go off and have
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the support material removed now this
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model as I said in my than my mini
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Factory video which may be out before or
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after this I don't know I asked for this
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model in order to feed my own ego so I
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had a model sculptured by my friends at
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Titan Forge around my head scanner had
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done one that I've actually printed in
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previous videos so you've seen it now
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they added some signature elements like
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my hoodie a bottle of wargamer resin and
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an Artis Opus dry brush and whilst I'm
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stood on a pile of boxes I like to
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imagine these as futuristic 3D printers
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now the colors on this render were based
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on my previous profile picture that I
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had commissioned several years ago and
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this model was digitally painted by
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printed Obsession they have done a
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number of digital paint jobs on various
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models which you can actually already
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order directly from only games so if
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you're enjoying this content don't
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forget to check out both Titan Forge and
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printed Obsession along with only games
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and as usual links are down in the
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description so as I've teased a couple
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of times already and I hope I haven't
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kept you waiting too long like most
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people winge about in comments I don't
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mind those comments feeds the YouTube
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algorithm keep complaining about me I
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love it anyway on to cleaning the
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cleaning process on these models is
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incredibly straightforward to the point
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where many of you will look at it and
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think God I wish I had that at home
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that's amazing so no joke it's a simple
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case of popping it into an ultrasonic
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cleaner with water no isopropanol or
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crazy chemicals just normal water and
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when this is heated and the Ultrasonic
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Cleaner is turned on all of the wax-like
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support material is cleared away leaving
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nothing but the complete un colored
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model beneath it and because the model
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had every single surface supported
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there's no support marks anywhere just a
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pure and pristine model surface that is
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printed as though it was perfectly
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suspended and cured in midair please
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tell me you're not impressed by that
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alone forget the color tell me you're
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not impressed by the technology and how
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this is just printed perfectly no
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support marks cleaned in nothing more
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than water and an ultrasonic cleaner
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and you've got a perfect model tell me
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that's not amazing go on please the
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comments are down there can you do it
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really is anybody out there saying oh no
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this is horrible seriously anyway this
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is all promo really isn't it I haven't
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been paid to make this video but I got a
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free model out of it that's cool now if
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you're interested and you think it's
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cool and you want to see this finished
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colored model in person it along with
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numerous other colored models will be on
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display at UK games Expo 2024 which is
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when color printing on only games will
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be officially launched I'll be wandering
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around at the event too so please come
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up and say hi tell me your printing and
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painting stories and I'll have dozens of
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miniature versions of this sculpt to
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give away too all it costs is a polite
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hello and asking for one however if you
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are going I will be there with my family
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on the Friday as it's my kids first con
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so forgive me if I need to be a little
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more brief on that day I'll be more free
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on the Saturday and the Sunday speaking
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of the best time for a meet will be the
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Sunday when I'll actually be at the my
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mini Factory Booth doing some painting
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demos but if you can't make it there or
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maybe it's in a different country and
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you're not going I'll be taking these
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models to Future cons too like Gen Con
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Nova Spiel where I'll most likely be at
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the artist Opus Booth doing painting
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demos but before I go I want to know
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seriously honestly what do you think
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about this technology now I worry that
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existing miniature artists could
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interpret this as a threat to their work
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but I honestly find that quite unlikely
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as in it's not going to be a threat in
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fact the opposite like look at the 2D
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art world now where companies are
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selling their poster prints of famous
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artists work the original Works values
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have
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skyrocketed this technology suggests a
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future where more people could actually
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own a full 3d copy of models as artwork
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but even scans of models painted by
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their favorite artists like an hel
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geraldez Darren leam Richard Gray David
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SOA and more I'm not saying they would
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want to get involved in this I'm just
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saying imagine owning just a piece of
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their greatness or a copy of their
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greatness in your own home if that's
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your cup of tea I'd love it I think it'
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be fantastic but the thing is like my
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mini Factory has already become a place
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where people in this hobby can not only
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showcase and celebrate but even earn
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from their Creations you've got digital
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sculptors and rle makers selling their
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things you've got the people who paint
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them getting paid tips just for pictures
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they've uploaded to the platform now
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imagine a future where you can actually
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paint a model have it 3D scanned and
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sell that digital paint job to me this
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brings the world of creative people
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closer together and when it's done right
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as I trust my minifactory to do because
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they're all about Community it allows
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different creators work to be enjoyed by
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a much wider audience of people love
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this or hate it like any new technology
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like AI there's no putting this Genie
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back in the bottle it's out there now
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it's available and this is just the
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beginning I expect one day very soon
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you'll be able to order an entire War
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Games force of figures in the exact
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color scheme and style that you want but
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like I was saying what do you think I
15:51
think you can tell I'm a bit over
15:53
excited about it but if there's been any
15:56
pattern in my videos since I've started
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this channel it's I'm happy when
15:59
technology leaps forward and I'm unhappy
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when technology could have been done
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better and this is one giant leap in my
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eyes if nothing more I'm at least
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looking at this as a prophecy to the day
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where home 3D printing at least gives us
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some of these features and benefits I
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don't mean color so much as the closed
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resin feed the ability to fully support
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models without having support marks and
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cleanup at least not clean up that's
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little more than dissolving the support
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solution in a bath of hot water it's
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coming guys in fact it's already here
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check out only games for their ever
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growing selection of models and as
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always I've got links in the description
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and if you want to buy one of these
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printers I'd love to say click my
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affiliate link so I can earn a
16:43
commission I'd love to earn a commission
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on one of these they cost that much it
16:47
would feed my family for a couple of
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months now at least at the time of
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recording I have no affiliate link but
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I'll put a link to the printers below
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this video and if you're watching this
16:56
please let me have an affiliate link St
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assist I think that would be you know
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great I'd love it thank you I'd be able
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to do more videos faster anyway thanks
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everyone for watching and thanks to our
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members who support us financially each
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month and they get early access to
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videos like this and their name in the
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credits so until next time we all go a
17:16
little mad sometimes see you guys F
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hammer out
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