As a child, I recall decorating the house with ghosts, goblins, pumpkins, spider webs, and other frightening ornaments, some of which I had made myself, while others my parents purchased at the store. I remember spending hours cutting papers, coloring in pictures of goblins, and draping cotton (spider webs) over random decor throughout our home. Thinking back on it now, I can only imagine how much fun I would have had if instead of paper, markers, and cotton, I would have had a 3D printer at my disposal. Imagine how much scarier our home would have been, not to mention how much more creativity I would have been able to exhibit.
This year, 3D Systems’ Cubify website has launched a special Halloween section, making available several interesting 3D printable models to the public for free. These include all sorts of interesting decorations such as evil jack-o-lanters, spiders, bats, and skulls. Need a costume, but don’t want to run out and buy one? No problem, just download one for free and print it out at home. The Cubify Halloween page offers deigns for a few different types of masks, as well as even a
For parents who want to keep their children busy, or for adults who wish to unleash their creative side, Cubify also has a section for jack-o-lantern attachments. In addition to carving out or painting a face on a pumpkin, you can now add accessories to them like bat wings, horns, or tentacles.
If you are looking to print any of these scary Halloween doo-dads, costumes or decorations out on your Cube 3D Printer, 3D Systems is offering a special Halloween cartridge pack. The pack includes glow in the dark filaments, as well as your common Halloween colors. Cartridges are $49 a piece, and discounts apply for any purchases of 4 cartridges or more.
For those of you willing to spend a little more money, then the ‘3D Me Horror’ Personalized 3D Printed figurines may be just up your haunted ally. For $69.95, you
Are you using your 3D printer in any clever way for this year’s Halloween? Let us know in the 3D printing Halloween forum thread on 3DPB.com.