For my project, I am remaking Barbie Doll clothes. So far, I have modeled all of my desired pieces in tinkercad. My next steps would be to go and see about printing them. Some questions I have would be is this enough and what are some good next steps to take. I am not super familiar with the 3D print process and am not really sure where to go form here.
Are these the colors you plan to use for these? Do you have a preference at all?
I don’t really have a preference. The color will be heavily dependent on how much time I have at the end of the term.
Theses designs are really impressive, and really give the impression of fancy clothing. I am not the most familiar with 3D printing either, but I would anticipate some of your models may need supports when printing, so I would just say be prepared to work with that.
I’m struck by how close to actual products your designs look. Do you plan on printing them in one print with one color or multiple jobs with different colors? Do you plan on painting the color details on the parts when they are done printing? From here I think you should start playing with 3D printer OS and laying out your objects. I would start by deciding how important the colors are and depending on the answer to that you should either print all three together or on separate printers with different color PLA for each clothing piece. You can also use the optimum rotate feature when laying out your parts in the slicing software and make sure it is on the bed before hitting add to que. I think these will print well just be aware with parts like the dress you may have support material between the ruffles on each layer. You can also use a Barbie stl or similar object when laying out your parts to scale them in the slicing software. I think it might also be fun to print some hangers as well to display the cloths.
I appreciate the cuts of the clothes that you made to replicate the cut of real clothing. In my opinion you should paint the trim of the clothing a darker shade of whatever color it prints in.