The budget printer is surprisingly Ok. I have found that TPU is hard to print without problems. I figured it out now, but had many failures.

Arachnophobia is real 🕷

That's actually not a bad idea. I could make the capsid (head piece) with clear PETG and put a little LED light in.

Here is a bacteriophage virus model (model by Jpxfrd on printables.com) My wife needs some models for a kids science day visit at her work (she works in a biotechnology lab). The T4 bacteriophage is in my opinion the coolest looking virus, it looks like a spider or like Rocky from Project Hail Mary. The T4 phage is used as a vector in cloning and biotech recombination methods. Medical research has also taken an intrest in the phage to use as "antibiotic" because it targets bacteria. #3dprinting

I should make a whole platoon of them, what do you think?

I will call it that. Thanks for the suggestion. The GDF is not to messed with hehe.

... I know, but he's a garden gnome, it's his whole thing!

My first 3D print. Not my design, by Stigern on Printables.com. Garden Gnome Sniper painted. I gave it to my friend for his birthday. #3Dprinting

I understand. I had that feeling for 3 years. Funny enough, I was a bit concerned about the wife looking at the 3d printer as just another money wasting "toy" for an adult child, but she is impressed by it (win-win).

Thanks guy for the welcome. I will look into a 3d scanner as well. While housing is unaffordable and other necessities at least we can be happy that tools for creating stuff is more easily accessible to regular people 😁

I see. Some people would see him as "dangerous" and wanted him out Israel isn't always shy to take out citizens of other nations either and they are good at it. What I find sad is how im seeing all these people cheer for his death... I dont rhink he deserved that, no matter his political opinions, bc those can change.

This is a genuine conundrum for me. When we do comparative suffering. Clearly palestinians and others in the middle east are suffereng and dying by the thousands , its unbelievable suffering. But one man who people kindof knew who he was but gets suddenly killed, it grabs everyones' attention. I think become desensitized by the mass killings because of the numbers. Still we dont want to encourage killing or violence. This is a weird thing we humans do when we are not in a dangerous environment already. Why do you say that Charlie was a genocidal science denialist? In what way??

This is exactly how it happens... blame the animal last bwcause they can't talk back

I noticed that too.. strange, makes them sound dumb.

Really nice piece! Well made 👍

Thanks! I wish I could use these with an edition of the book but I dont know how that would work with regards to copy right and all that 🤷‍♂️ I actually started doing these illustrations out of passion for the book, I have always loved that story and I wanted to show how I pictured the scenes in my head.

My fourth hobbit illustration. When Bilbo meets Smaug. The dragon’s name is derived from an old norse/icelandic word "smjúga" - present tense and "smaug" past tense. The word means to slither through a narrow opening. Tolkein borrowed a lot of words from Norse mythology and the sagas. #art #artstr

Which chapter would you like to an illustration of next?