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Dino sculpts (Patreon)

Published:
2019-01-25 16:00:05
Imported:
2023-04

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Hey everyone, I wanted to show you all something I have been working on for a while now in the background.

I've done about 16 different species of Dinosaur and prehistoric animal. Originally my plan was to do these as a Kickstarter. When I first started my Patreon page I had to still do client work as well as try to earn extra by doing kickstarters, as there was no way I could live on what I was making via Patreon, but thanks to all of you and your amazing support I've been able to concentrate my efforts on producing sculpts for you, and in any free time I have been spending on doing these. 

I'm not sure doing a kickstarter is the best way to go with these now and would like to ask all of you what you think (many heads being better than one and all that) As my Patrons you are my main concern and I feel it wouldn't be fair to ask you to part with more money to get access to these sculpts after you have all been kind enough to support me. 

I'm currently thinking I would like to 

1: give all of the Dinos to Patrons as extras on top of the normal monthly release. These would probably be staggered a few each month. 

2: produce a set of Dino's from these sculpts to give away for free on gumroad/ Thingiverse. I want to do a set of sculpts that hopefully parents and teachers could use to help get kids into both 3d printing as well as Dinosaurs and the natural world.


If any of you have any ideas about how I should go about releasing these and what you think I should do please let me know.


And thank you for all the love, support and encouragement you have all been giving me, it really means the world to me. 

 

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Teevee

I am a science teacher and see limited use for them in Highschool science except as classroom decoration, although would be something to perfect the more intermediate levels of 3D printing (I am starting a program this year for 3D printing in my school).

Anonymous

I think you should get paid for them in some manner... your time and skill and all.... So you should add one or two in each months sculpts.. after put them up on your page like most of the other sculpts.. so the pledged people get them for our normal amount of money we pay.. and if someone wants them after that they can pay on your site, like any other sculpt you do.. it is a fair arrangement I feel.

theashenportfolio

I agree with Patrick but then giving a small set away for free would get your name out there to people that may not normally encounter your designs. Like you said educators and teachers for example. Perhaps that will earn you other avenues of opportunity in the future.

Anonymous

My wife would love to have a set all printed! I think it would still be a deal for people if you released them over say 3 months or so on patreon to recoup some of the time spent on them. Looking forward to them!

Anonymous

I support your Patreon because I admire your imaginative human(ish) sculptures and fantasy designs. I’m not into the dinosaurs personally and they seem different from your typical material. Maybe a separate Patreon for historical creatures, or for sale on your website with just a couple teasers posted on free sharing sites like Thingiverse.

Anonymous

Maybe give them as a cool "welcome" gift for merchant tier supporters, incentivise people to support at that next tier up. Afterwards, they can choose to stay at that tier or drop back down. Or maybe a combination of #2 and the above idea where you put the base models up for free but modify them for more of a fantasy/DND setting as mounts or monsters or something.

Duncan_shadow
>>19268065

My plan for giving these away to you guys was you get your normal releases and then these would be on top of that as extras. So they wouldn't interfere with the other stuff you get.

Anonymous

imo, add one to the starter pack each month. till all have been added.

Teevee
>>19250376

Highschool scienc eis usually looking at the connectedness and interplay of systems. How body organs work, evolution, periodic table patterns, and physics. I suppose the best idea for your type of design might be an evolutionary tree of a human, or possibly an evolutionary tree of humanoid fantasy species (which would be a wacky and fun idea for a class as well as something to twist your creativity to its limits).

Anonymous

I'm running Tomb of Annihilation for D&D right now and these would be brilliant to have. If you were to release them as paid for downloads, I would buy them. That being said, it would be awesome to have these as part of my patreon sub.

Duncan_shadow
>>19250376

Thank you for the feedback. I was thinking of doing sets showing the evolutionary tree of whales, cats and other animals, so people could download a set of say 4 to 6 sculpts. I like the idea of doing the same thing but with fantasy creatures. That could be good fun.

Duncan_shadow

Massive thank you to all of you for your feedback and ideas. Lot's for me to think about as you have all been bring up great points.

Teevee
>>19250376

oh, the whales idea would be interesting. i did a short lesson on whale evolution (and the links to Megalodon extinction) last year with my year 10s.

Anonymous

I totally understand what you mean - I think you can give some away on thingiverse and some only to patreon or store only. Really comes down to what it takes for you to make a living and keep doing this because we never want you to stop producing the amazing content you produce.

Anonymous
>>19346718

Yeah, the Thingiverse option is a good idea, Ignore my earlier idea for this - doing a couple on there, say one a month, with a big discription and a link back here to become a patreon would be pretty cool. I know thats how i found alot of my favorite patreon creators

Anonymous

I know I'm late to the responses, but I'd advocate for #2. First, it would help drum up more support for your Patreon/store. Secondly, it would be great for younger kids or parents just getting into 3D printing. Follow-up thought: It could be cool to get in contact with nearby elementary schools and see if they need some dino models, and if you get a big enough response, see about doing a mini-charity where people donate printed versions of your models to schools. This might be too ambitious of an undertaking, but I think it'd be a good way to help out the community.