Nitpick - The Hybrids are all ready for the bronze printer for wave 2 - ALL the hybrids. But the first wave is taking quite a bit longer than I thought. The guy told me wave 1 would be ready by the end of the week, and then I'll send him wave 2. It takes him 2-3 weeks to get 6 sprues printed in bronze. I don't know how long it will take to get the metal casts - but the test models didn't take too long, so I have high hopes that wave 1 will be ready before the holidays, with wave two by the end of January.
Here's the process I'm dealing with (and why everything is taking so dang long):
Concept Art (1-5 days) > 3D Model (2-7 days) > Posing (1-2 days) > STL checks and edits (1-2 days) > Shapeways test print (optional - 2 weeks) > Bronze Print (2-3 weeks) > Metal casts (1-2 weeks roughly)
It's been a learning process - but what I'm discovering is that a wave of 6 models or sprues takes about 5-7 weeks to get from start to finish! So in the meantime, I'll just keep on modeling for future releases. But I'm super excited that the end product will be very nice, and worth the wait.
Spectrar Ghost - I'll try some different shapes and see what kind of results I get. Everything is looking like mouths and eyes now!
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i agree it looked better with the vents rather than without as well, over-exuberant if you keep 'em, too dull if you lose 'em.