This quote reminds me of a question I had when I first looked at SketchUp a year or two ago: would it be possible to scan Playmobil parts as a way of getting the images into SketchUp?
No, unfortunaly this would not work.
How do Sir Pleamo and Sir George create their SketchUp images? It looks to me as if they are "drawn" using SketchUp tools as opposed to being 3D scanned. These gentlemen have tremendous skill in creating these wonderful images (and I can't wait to see what Emma comes up with - she is also very artistic!)
No, the "drawn-like" character comes from different methods of rendering the 3d-files (e.g. compare the different pics in my posts). In fact all the parts are "handmade"... but, surely, there is no need to reinvent the wheel twice, if you have made some "standards" you can build up on those... that means, the more parts are designed the faster the next ones will be finished! Sir George I wants to finish (nearly) all Steck-parts until christmas, the same I could not promise for Sys-X... these are much to many. But at the moment there are over 100 parts finished (and growing!!!), but...
I suspect that it is very time consuming to create images in this way.
...in this point you are right!
As an alternative method, has anyone actually used a 3D scanner to create Playmobil image files? I know that 3D scanners are difficult to come by (expensive!) but that seems like an easier method in the long run.
mmmh, do not give up, really good things need time! I don't think that 3d-scans would make thinks easier, because with "handmade" designs you build up everytime from the same base. Thats realy important when using the files to build something with. It's a question of matching. By the way, yes,right, I have send some files to Emma and Tiermann, so let's wait. But again, when the parts are finished then creativity starts, until that day its just a question of hard work!
