We have noticed in the past few days that during the voting process for our time-lapse contest irregularities have arisen. We have deliberately chosen to keep the voting process as open and accessible as possible, hoping that every vote would count equally. Unfortunately advantage has been taken of this open policy. Therefore we have chosen to close the public voting system.
All 12 finalists will be judged by our own internal colorFabb jury to avoid any conflicts of interest and make sure that everybody has an equal chance of winning. We regret the fact that we have to take this step, since we found the option of an open and democratic voting system especially appealing.
We will announce the winners on Friday.
Right before Christmas we came up with a time-lapse challenge for everyone with a 3D printer: print something cool, something functional, something special. Make a time-lapse and send it to us. Prizes were quite substantial:
1st prize
4 spools of your choice for 12 months! In all, 48 spools and we spread it out so you can benefit from the new materials we will release in 2016 as well!
2nd prize
2 value packs!
3rd prize
1 value pack!
All contestants will receive a sample pack of our filaments soon as well!
And in the past few weeks a lot of people went to work and the results have been amazing! We were blown away with all the time and effort the contestants put into their time-lapses and prints. Especially in the final 72 hours we received over half of all the entries.
We want to thank everybody who has entered the competition for all the work they did, everybody for sharing and watching the videos.
And now… it’s your turn. We are a big fan of democracy here and let you, the people, the decide who will eventually win.
We have pre-selected 12 videos of over 90 entries. Below you can view them again and vote for your favorite: select the video and hit vote. That’s all.
It’s time-lapse challenge time again! The rules are pretty basic: switch on the printer, print something cool and make a time lapse of it. A time-lapse allows you to capture the magic of 3d printing one frame at a time, when played back at normal speed time appears to be moving faster and thus lapsing.
You can 3d print anything you want, use any type of 3d printer and material. We’re looking for time-lapses that capture the beauty of 3d printing and do this in an exceptional and clever way.
The winners
We know that making a time-lapse is a lot of work and takes quite a bit of preparation, that’s why we’re rewarding every eligible contestant with a sample pack. All entries that are posted on Twitter and Facebook (hashtag #colorfabbtimelapse) will be re-posted for the world to see.
And what can you win?
First prize:
A year long supply of colorFabb filaments of choice! Every month we will send you four spools of your choice to keep on printing, so that is 48 spools of filaments to be won! That will also include the materials to be released in 2016!
Second prize:
Two value packs with the filaments of your choice: 32 spools.
Third prize:
One value pack with the filaments of your choice: 16 spools.
Every eligible contestant will also receive a sample pack of colorFabb materials! All entries that are posted on Twitter and Facebook (hashtag #colorfabbtimelapse) will be re-posted for the world to see.
Selecting the winner
The contest will stop on January 18th at midnight (CET). colorFabb will choose the 10 best entries and will then conduct a public poll where everybody can vote for a full week. After this, the winner is announced. All prizes and sample packs will be shipped after this date.
Printer settings and slicer settings so other people can learn from you approach.
Do not forget to acknowledge the original designer of the model you’re printing, if possible link to his work, portfolio or website.
State the material that you’re printing with.
Upload the video to youtube with the following tag: „colorfabb timelapse”
include „colorFabb” in the title of your youtube video when uploading
Must be uploaded between 24-12-2015 and 18-01-2016.
colorFabb tag must be visible in your time-lapse, see document colorfabb-time-lapse-contest-tag.pdf
No old entries allowed. To ensure this, you must use our tag which needs to be included in every time lapse video: print it, cut it and place it near the print. colorfabb-time-lapse-contest-tag.pdf
Print guidelines
You are free to print anything you like so get those creative juices flowing and think of something amazing to print!
Time-lapse guidelines:
There is only on rule for the time-lapse, it should show a 3d printer in action. You can decide yourself how you’re going to show this, surprise us with some original thoughts!
Winning designs will be:
original, something we haven’t seen yet.
complex printed parts, showing off your amazing 3d printer.
a quality time-lapse video, take care of composition, timing etc.
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[restab title=”Rules”]Entering the competition:
Entering the competition:
The time-lapse contest is open to everyone except employees and families of colorFabb. Multiple entries are welcome, team efforts are also more then welcome.
Furthermore we want you to:
Agree to be bound by the decisions of the judges (Jury).
Warrant that you are eligible to participate.
Warrant that the submission, i.e. time-lapse video, is your original work.
Warrant neither the work nor its use infringes the intellectual property rights (whether a patent, utility model, functional design right, aesthetic design right, trademark, copyright or any other intellectual property right) of any other person.
Are not entitled to any compensation or reimbursement for any costs.Agree colorFabb and associate resellers have the right to promote all entries.
The awarded participant is solely liable for the payment of all taxes, duties and other similar measures if imposed on the reward pursuant to the legislation of the country of his/her residence, domicile, citizenship, workplace, or any other criterion of similar nature.
Winners will be contacted by colorFabb staff to check contact information and any other information necessary to receive the award.
Term
This contest wil start on 24-12-2015 and the deadline for submitting entries will be 18-01-2016.
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[restab title=”Winner”]And the winners is :
It has taken us quite a while to decide on a winner for the time-lapse contest. As hard has it was to decide on the 12 finalists, it has taken us considerably longer to find a winner. The jury consisted of:
Criteria we looked at were of course the prints themselves, the quality, application and the film itself. We, the jury, have to come to the following top 3:
#1 – 12x 4 spools of filament
REUse it by Aklih Design:
#2 – 2 value packs!
Cannon by Labern:
#3 – 1 value pack!
What is 3D printing by Colton1981:
We congratulate the winners with their achievements. We will contact them soon about the collection of their prizes. All contestants will be contacted soon about the sample packs that all contestants will receive.
We had a blast in the past few weeks watching all the videos and the hard work that was put into them. We hope you enjoyed it too and we will come up with another contest later this year!
To get the best possible quality out of any 3D printing material it’s important to match the slicer settings with the material which is used. On this page we’ll run through the most important settings and suggest good starting values for various printers. If your machine isn’t in our list use the general recommended settings.
Here is my last blog report. I proudly can announce that the project is finished and the service for metal prints is coming. The name of our service will be „ we will print you“ and will start as a B2B sevice. 3D scan companys and designer can order their busts and products at our website which is coming soon. If you are interested in a bust of yourself or a friend, please get in contact with our partner ScanLounge from Amsterdam. There you can already get information about getting scanned and options of the result.
If you have a scan company yourself and you are interested in including metal bust into your range of products please contact us via our website www.wewillprintyou.com when it is ready. If you want some more infomation just contact the staff of Colorfabb. We are also interested in testing prints for your special need.
If you are a designer or a prop master and you are searching for a method to get your unique product in bronze, brass or copper look? Just contact us to get additional information.
I hope you will enjoy our service and find what you are looking for.
ColorFabb XT CF20 is a copolyester based carbon fiber composite material that is based on the unique Amphora 3D polymer from Eastman Chemical and is loaded with no less than 20% specially sourced carbon fibers suitable for 3D Printing.
Our first special filament based on the Amphora 3D polymer. Reinforced with 20% specially sourced carbon fibers, this filament is perfect for parts which need high stiffness. XT-CF20 has a beautiful matte surface finish when printed.
At the Birmingham TCT Show we talked to Steve Cox, Education Ambassador CREATE Education – Ultimaker (GB). He was showing some of his great 3D printing projects and sharing great tips&tricks. This week however a very special project by Steve, commissioned by Fuel3D, was presented at the CES2015.
yes. So I want to make this as an open project. Everybody can participate and take part of the design process.
