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http://www.shapeways.com/blog/archives/153-Shapeways-metal-3D-printing-in-Titanium-contest.html [shapeways.com]

Just found this on the Shapeways blog (http://www.shapeways.com/blog/archives/153-Shapeways-metal-3D-printing-in-Titanium-contest.html) [shapeways.com] . A new contest they're doing for 3D printing. The winner gets their 3D design printed in titanium.

Be one of the first persons to have your very own 3D design printed in titanium Shapeways (www.shapeways.com) will be holding a 3D metal printing contest from today until the 15th of January. Because of the material properties of titanium you’ll have to take a few design rules into account:

The maximum dimensions of your model can be up to 50x50x50mm.
The maximum volume of your model can be up to 10 cubic centimeters.
The minimum wall thickness of your model should not be less than 0.2mm.
Details can be as small as 0.1mm.

The winning entry will be judged based on the criteria, “most inspirational metal design” as well as following to the design rules above. To enter the contest, upload your own design to Shapeways with the tag: inspiringmetal. The winner will win a printed out copy of his design worth approximately $1,300.

We’d love to have the contest featured in your forums. Included is more information on the best.

anyone here have any cool 3D designs for Halloween?

Halloween is coming and it's time to be creepy and creative!

Shapeways, a 3D design co-creation service and community has just announced a brand color for their material for their 3D obejects. It's called Black Detail (Objet). Perfect for Halloween you can now use this new black detail color to create the scariest of designs with brilliant accuracy using one of the highest resolution design media available. In celebration of Halloween the new Black Detail material is available at an introductory rate of only $.0.97 per cm3 (66.6% below the regular price) until October 19th, shipping and tax included.

There's more info on the Shapeways blog:

The top 10 finalists for the Shapeways Challenge have just been announced. The winner will be announced @ Siggraph this Thursday.

Here are the finalists.

“Fire Husky” submitted by madebybard
“GasGuy” submitted by frigi
“Little Lieutenant” submitted by BrodyB
“Moebius Ants” submitted by andre.bois
“Nerd Glasses” submitted by Wildsketch
“Sailboat” submitted by Heofz
“Sophia Big” submitted by David Smit
“Sphere Keeper” submitted by Wildsketch
“Stickman balance toy” submitted by benstabler
“The Birth of an Idea” submitted by jongold

You can check out the finalists’ designs @ http://www.shapeways.com/contestgallery [shapeways.com]
To vote for the winner just register on the community @ www.shapeways.com [shapeways.com]