I think he meant custom hands made out of technic and System parts
All right, so I got a message from Shapeways basically saying that someone printed this and it didn’t fit
Sorry about that, it’s a consequence of the error margin on printing with that particular plastic. It’s something I haven’t had to deal with myself, usually mine are too tight and need polishing
For future reference, if 3D printed parts have these issues, a way to tighten them up is using some clear nail polish, or any other clear stuff in acetone
I’ve made a slight update to the model, hopefully this shifts the friction towards being more on the tight side of things.
Also I’m looking into other plastics to use because strong light and flexible has some issues.
While I’m checking the new version, it’ll be unavailable for purchase.
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The Voriki parts pack is back up for sale, now also in acrylic plastic.
Some notes on the acrylic plastic:
-It’s smoother, but still not 100% perfectly smooth.
-It feels noticeably harder than the strong and flexible plastic. Due to this, I expect it to be slightly more brittle, so handle with care
-I’ve made minor changes to the mask to fit with the design specifications of acrylic plastic, mostly thickening parts that were previously too thin
-Due to a customer service complaint, I’ve had to tighten the peg. This should prevent the issue where some masks would be too loose, however, there’s still a risk of them being too tight. 100% guaranteed absolute accuracy is impossible, and you should expect to have to adjust the peg if it’s tight. A simple way to do this is using a knife.
-Acrylic plastic is not available in color, only white. You will have to paint it if you want any specific color.
-The price is higher, this is just a matter of how much Shapeways charges for the material
Overall, if you have any ability to scrape plastic with a knife and paint it, I recommend the acrylic plastic.
And of course, here’s a picture comparing the two.
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I totally understand if you don’t want to, but I am an avid fan of 3D printing and own several 3D printers (One of which I had to build), and I was wondering if you could share the model files (stl files) you used to make the masks… I of course won’t use it for profit.
Nailed it! 
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If he shares the files, it defeats the purpose of selling them entirely.
You’re basically asking him: “Hey, I know you’re selling these, but can I just have them for free anyway because no reason?”
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Nice build! I’ve experimented with 3D printing Bionicle parts as well, but I couldn’t even begin to do a mask. Really neat, made me happy to see this.
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i feel like it should be smaller for it to work and a diffrent colour
Too bad, because both masks are the colours that they are for a reason, same goes for size because they actually have to fit on bionicle heads.
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but this is over sized not undersized. plenty of room tput them on smaller
also the shade of white on the mask and the shade of white on the rest of the parts is different 
EDIT i’ve seen later photos and the mask of possibilities now fits metru head.
i stand corrected
Not much I can do about the specific shades though, what with those being decided by Shapeways.
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yea i guess you’d have to paint it yea
That’s probably why he said to paint them
do I need a 3d printer or will shapeways just deliver the actual printed product?
I believe Shapeways ships it to you, that way you can get the finished product in the right material.
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That would be how it works, indeed.
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Is it possible to 3d print masks that duel injected/co injected(pieces that are a blend of 2 colours)?(e.g. protectors masks)
Shapeways does coloured plastic as a “premium” material, but it’s not going to get the nice random-looking effect of dual-injected lego
Why not? Also do they do 3d printed marbling and washes?
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Why not?
[/quote]you do know how 3D printing works, right?