Consider This with Christine Zak Edmonds
How 3D-Printed Gargoyles Come to Life
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Rick Blanco demonstrates how 3D printing becomes detailed scenery for an immersive world.
From digital design to finished scenery, Rick Dienzo Blanco walks through the process of creating 3D-printed gargoyles for Blood Moon. He explains how each piece is printed layer by layer, cleaned, finished with custom materials and scenically painted to transform lightweight plastic into convincing aged architectural details.
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Consider This with Christine Zak Edmonds is a local public television program presented by WTVP
Consider This with Christine Zak Edmonds
How 3D-Printed Gargoyles Come to Life
Clip: Season 7 Episode 6 | 1m 26sVideo has Closed Captions
From digital design to finished scenery, Rick Dienzo Blanco walks through the process of creating 3D-printed gargoyles for Blood Moon. He explains how each piece is printed layer by layer, cleaned, finished with custom materials and scenically painted to transform lightweight plastic into convincing aged architectural details.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipSo, oh, it's really light.
I thought it would be so much heavier because, you know, I'm used to, I guess, made out of stone, but that's pretty nice.
- Yeah, so imagine as far as 3D printing, for those who aren't familiar, imagine a, like a glue gun that's going around and building up these little layers.
So you can see there's a- - Little striations.
- Striation there.
And that is the printer literally piling layer upon layer to create these.
- Mm-hmm.
- So when there's an overhang, they need to produce these supports so that it actually can be printed and not fall over.
- Okay, yeah.
- So then all of the supports are removed, and we apply different mixtures and things.
Think of it like spackle- - M'kay.
- So to speak.
But I do sort of a blend of cement with some acrylic paint as a binder, and then that removes the striation lines.
- Right.
- And then it can be scenically painted, you know, in this case, given a golden- - Yeah, look at his eyes too.
- Aged brass look with red eyes.
- Mm-hmm.
- And you have something that, you know, this probably takes eight to 10 hours to print.
- Okay.
- Plus- - So you just- - The post-production work.
- You feed it in there and then you're off to do something else, right?
- Oh, yeah, so that thing's running 24 hours pretty much.
(Christine laughs) It's on a tight schedule.
- Mm-hmm.
Finding the Perfect Setting for Blood Moon
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