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Kestral Anneto
State War Academy
Caldari State
#1 - 2014-11-30 12:18:57 UTC
Hi all,
I've been looking for scale models of the ships in EVE for agaes now, and nothing has been jumping out at me.
I've had an idea, if I could import the 3D models from EVE into Blender, then convert them to an STL file, I could get them run through a 3D printing service thats local to me.
How would I go about this? wheres the files location?
Also, would it be a breach of the user agreement? I wouldn't be making any profit from it, just something cool to put on a shelf above my PC.

Cheers.
Sarmatiko
#2 - 2014-11-30 12:22:50 UTC
Kestral Anneto
State War Academy
Caldari State
#3 - 2014-11-30 12:29:31 UTC
ace, cheers m8
Oresome
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2014-11-30 14:47:50 UTC  |  Edited by: Oresome
Sounds like a bloody good idea to me... if CCP can't supply the models we want, why the hell not.
I'd be interested in the Sansha ship models.

I'm amazed that this hasn't been done before.
Kestral Anneto
State War Academy
Caldari State
#5 - 2014-11-30 15:05:54 UTC
which ship you after? i'll go the filework for you, already got my Raven ordered Big smileBig smileBig smileBig smile
Oresome
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#6 - 2014-11-30 15:09:43 UTC
The Nightmare would look damn good imho, can you mail me a price?
Kestral Anneto
State War Academy
Caldari State
#7 - 2014-11-30 15:25:46 UTC
Mail sent
Chaotic Past
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#8 - 2014-12-02 02:50:25 UTC
This is an awesome idea and im glad i came across it. If your still printing please let me know as i too, would also love some nice replicas.
Shaera Taam
Khanid Prime Free Irregulars
#9 - 2014-12-02 05:53:07 UTC
Omg!

How could i get my hands on a RF Firetail?

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Sargy Gaterau
Sargy's Mining Corporation
#10 - 2015-01-18 08:29:41 UTC  |  Edited by: Sargy Gaterau
The 3d prints are not that good, I do 3d work. Its more difficult than you realise to make a good detailed model, I work in the scale model industry as a pattern maker.
Ferni Ka'Nviiou
Doomheim
#11 - 2015-01-18 08:39:31 UTC
Some people already do this.
It's a good idea, and I'd honestly like to see the printed models after people have applied paintwork to them.
Khald Hilitari
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#12 - 2015-01-18 17:41:10 UTC
Shaera Taam wrote:
Omg!

How could i get my hands on a RF Firetail?


I'm gonna need to go ahead and second this.
Mr Epeen
It's All About Me
#13 - 2015-01-18 17:50:30 UTC
Lots of words. No pictures. Yet there's a line up for these alleged models?

Let's see one.

Mr Epeen Cool
Jadek Kin
Incorruptibles
#14 - 2015-01-18 18:24:56 UTC
Sarmatiko wrote:
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=9241

Excellent resource. Has anyone considered extracting these ship models into human scale oculus viewer?

@JadekMenaheim
Rain6637
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#15 - 2015-01-18 21:51:51 UTC
hey, that thread linked earlier leads to an old version of TriExporter. This post by Ferni has better instructions.

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Dominique Vasilkovsky
#16 - 2015-01-18 22:16:18 UTC
Kestral Anneto wrote:
Also, would it be a breach of the user agreement? I wouldn't be making any profit from it, just something cool to put on a shelf above my PC.

Cheers.

You can make as many models as you wish for yourself, however the moment you consider selling any of them you will need written permission from CCP as it is their intellectual property. So far they have given out 0 such permissions.
Hallvardr
#17 - 2015-01-23 03:05:00 UTC
right . that is why the model is free .. shipping costs $49.95 ! Cool