More 3d printing stuffs

A buddy of mine recommended that I try printing this candy dispenser, its definitely a hit.

xmas light sculpture 2, electric boogaloo

  This year my son is into mermaids... so we're turning this into a tradition...

Next year Im thinking of using ws2815's and making it animate :)

Personalized action figure

 Im still learning how to make "real" action figure joints (ball/swivel/hinge/etc) But in the meantime, Ive had "make an action figure that looks like my son" on my bucket list for a while.

I used the iphone X face scanner and em3d to scan his face, then put it on a "flexi" robot model https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/art/flexi-print-in-place-fokobot-2-0

Heres the result:

I used blender, and its built in "3d print" module to make the scan manifold, and joined the models.

Knex

 My son has gotten into knex recently, and likes making robots out of them... So I figured I'd stoke/seed his creativity a bit by making custom knex pieces that have robot kitbash components on them (random panels/weapons/etc)

This is an example of the type of kitbashes I used:

I took the knex set here: https://www.printables.com/model/143840-knex-parts-customizable and added some of the kitbash pieces to male/female connectors.

And here is an example of something my son made tonight:

He REALLY likes them, I think I'm gonna make the kitbash parts a bit bigger, but the "prototype" idea phase has definitely gone well.

HotDog Game

 We had friends come over with their kids a couple of days ago, so obviously I asked the kids for their "dream game" idea.

This was their pitch:
A hot dog eating contest, where its a guy vs a robot, and every so often a gold hotdog shows up, and if they eat it, they throw up on the robot.

Can do

The Reward System

I had 3dprinted a piggy bank, but realized they do a poor job of showing progress, so I considered an electronic one, but decided to go simpler.

I repurposed a clear pvc pipe I had from another project and found small tiles he got for Christmas that fit perfectly on top of each other and show very clear vertical progress.

He gets a ticket for doing chores/sharing/trying new things/complimenting people/etc.

He picks what the reward is, and we'll move a rubber band that acts as a goal marker based on how many tickets we think that reward "costs".

Powerwheels project

 My friend Jeremy got his daughter a powerwheels for christmas, but it came missing some parts. Instead of sending him the parts, they just sent a whole new car. He knew I love fixing/modding things, so he gave us the car. 

Here is the before picture of the car.

Our son has no issue with pink, but I decided a fun mod for the car would be to paint it with blackboard paint, so he could draw on it (to encourage art/creativity/etc)

So once I got a battery for it, and spliced some wires to make a custom connector, I started taping.

After it was all painted, you are supposed to "condition" the paint by coloring over the whole surface with white chalk.

After this was done, I decided to use a projector and draw some of his favorite characters on the car as a fun surprise to show that its chalkboard and he can do whatever he wants on it.

Hes been talking a lot about an imaginary movie that involves sonic and paw patrol working together (I'll be making the game adoption of this soon lol)

Ive got some more projects planned for the car, but wanted to let him enjoy it "as is" for a bit, so he can appreciate the mods I'll be adding (tablet mount/animated lights/music system/gps/etc)