3-D Printed Magic Kingdom
Today was a good day. Not only did I find out my apartment is in GTA IV, but I also received a 3-D printed scale model of Cinderella’s Castle. A few weeks back I did a speech at the Disney Imagineering HQ in California, where 3-D printing is used to develop new designs. They made one of these for Bob Iger, one for Steve jobs, and had this one at HQ, which they very kindly sent me as a thank you, after finding out about my obsession with all things 3-D printed. It’s the most detailed thing I’ve seen come out of a prototyping machine yet, this picture doesn’t do justice to the perfect brickwork, spires and columns, nor can you see the corridors that run through the model. It’s pretty nuts. Apparently it took 11 hours to print.
April 30th, 2008 at 10:23 am
It’s supposed to be so awesome and all we get to see is a blurry picture?
How about some close-ups?
April 30th, 2008 at 10:38 am
I’ll try and get some better ones up, but photography is not one of my strong points!
April 30th, 2008 at 11:06 am
Turn some more lights on and use a flash if you must. The more light spilling onto the object, the more detail. It will also help cut down the blur due to your hands shaking. On a lighter note, that’s a kickass castle.
April 30th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
would love to see the corridors running through it. Also: 11 hours? damn that’s fast for something so complicated.
April 30th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
If I had the original image in a raw or tiff format I could bring it out more for you - but in the mean time you can see a color corrected version on my flickr page: http://flickr.com/photos/solizphotography/2455004468/sizes/o/
April 30th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Thanks Nate!
I’ll get you some more pics…
April 30th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
I run an gypsum based 3D printer for an architectural firm, I’m curious as to the dimensions and composition of the model.
April 30th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
FYI, Disney World’s Magic Kingdom has a shop that sells something similar: http://picasaweb.google.com/gswens/DisneyWorldCastleForSale/photo#5195124560247917218
(Yes, the price tag is $25,000.)
I like yours better, though.
May 1st, 2008 at 4:20 pm
How big is the castle?
May 1st, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Take a photo of the front side of it, too.
May 2nd, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Do you happen to know what printer was used? Thanks!
May 2nd, 2008 at 3:04 pm
I think it was a Z-corp… Will update with some more pics today if I can.
June 18th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
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June 29th, 2008 at 8:12 am
Pretty apt that they sent you this considering that this castle is basically a re-mix or pirate copy of Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria.