Topic: Would you live in a house built by a 3D Printer?

[Pfil]

They did that for Final Fantasy characters.

I want them!

[Lelygax]

Jorge, I know that a site for 3D printing Minecraft alredy exists.

[Shiroi Koumori]

If Jorge's Minecraft Castle were 3D printed, how much space would it have to take?
That castle is huge in Minecraft!

Investment casting is also used in creating Gundam plastic models and many other pvc figures.

[Johnny]

They did that for Final Fantasy characters.
And Square-Enix shut them down, I think.

They can also do it for Minecraft models, which I'm IMMENSELY interested in.
I could make my Castlevania castle into a true object, hehehe... and maybe sell it! LOL
But I think Gravity might make that Castle Keep a bit of a problem (unless I go SotN/HoD and put a post under it).

Just think of how much harder it would be to make the Inverted Castle attached to the regular castle. The Floating Catacombs would never work.

[Shiroi Koumori]

You can always attach clear plastic supports.

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

Shiroi... do you work at, or know someone who works at one of those factories in China where people like the people I work for send their stuff to be manufactured?
Just asking because you seem pretty knowledgeable about this kind of stuff. And you're in that side of the hemisphere.

And yes, clear plastic (or making the entire thing clear and painting certain parts of it) would do it.
Of course, I would not make the Inverted Castle.  That's craaaaazy (the regular castle though? Perhaps).

[Shiroi Koumori]

Jorge, I don't know anyone in the manufacturing business. I just happen to read a lot of random stuff.

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

Ok.  Still pretty impressive to know that kind of stuff.  Even if it was just picked up randomly.
Kudos!

[Shiroi Koumori]

I was reading a japanese magazine about gundams and they showed how they manufacture those model kits. Then I also noticed that my pvc anime figures had seams in them, meaning to say that they were also manufactured the same way. I was also playing around when I was younger with plaster of paris/clay/dough with preset molds.
So I just added those random infos together and voila! What I didn't know was the actual name the process is called. Thanks to you, now I know that too. 

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

...and Knowing is Half the Battle!
"G.I.Joeee!"
Knowing is half the Battle

[Lelygax]

And yes, clear plastic (or making the entire thing clear and painting certain parts of it) would do it.
Of course, I would not make the Inverted Castle.  That's craaaaazy (the regular castle though? Perhaps).

You only need to print 2 castles and use one of then inverted xD

[Johnny]

You only need to print 2 castles and use one of then inverted xD

Well I don't know if the Inverted Castle is actually attached to the normal Castle or if it is just floating above it. If it floats above it its probably just a matter of printing both Castles and maybe doing something odd with a magnet. I dunno.

[Lelygax]

It floats above in the sky, so you can use something to make it "float" (ropes? strings?)

[Johnny]

It floats above in the sky, so you can use something to make it "float" (ropes? strings?)

True or maybe a plexiglass layer between the two castles to make it look like floating. It seemed to work to make it look like Criss Angel was walking on water.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBQLq2VmZcA