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Eldritch Easter Egg: 3d Printed Mashup

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Hybridization: 3D Printed Hollow Form Mash-up

Papercraft Finale - Steam Shovel Tin Toy

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  STEAM SHOVEL PAPERCRAFT Materials : Metallic dark red and silver scrapbooking papers Burgundy Prismacolor Pencil Crayon Laser Cutting Notes: For paper cutting projects remember to turn off the fan! A couple small components got blown around during cutting and sliced in half (still usable). Ran into a few spots where the scrapbook paper I chose had sales text printed on it, which ended up on the visible sides of the model components. Partly a formatting thing and partly a lesson in being more communicative about my needs with the technician.  We tested cuts on a spare piece of paper and adjusted the score lines to be 20% deeper Notes During Assemblage: Ran into   spots where I should have tested using two layers of paper more and the outer layers started to crack.  Even though my goal for this model was a roughly realistic 1:1 replica of the tin toy it was based on,  I wish I had increased the size more in the end. Especially for fiddly components like the wheels. Timelapse of Part of