How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?

Re:How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike sho... by wkat4242 on Friday April 11, 2025 @03:13AM (#43651267)

Even with the 0.2mm nozzle? With that you can go pretty detailed because the maximum it can do with that is 0.1mm (how they pull that off with a 0.2mm nozzle I don't know, but all their nozzles do half the nozzle size in layer height).

Of course it's not the resolution of a good laser resin printer but resin is also much more expensive and it's a PITA to work with as discussed here.

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Re:How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike sho... by dharmab on Friday April 11, 2025 @10:05AM (#43653933)

Works fine for a tank, but something like Imperial Guardsman, Sisters of Battle or a Necron Tomb Blade all have features that are too small for FDM. Look up the "Celestine the Living Saint" model - the entire sculpt is small enough to fit inside your hand.

The extra cost of resin is negligible at this scale, it's mostly the safety requirements and extra labor that makes it harder.

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Re:How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike sho... by wkat4242 on Saturday April 12, 2025 @06:00AM (#43662993)

Ahhh yes ok I didn't realise that. I'm not into this kind of game at all but a friend who was into it showed me his big flying tanks so I thought they were all that big.

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