So you want to make money with cosplay?

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For those of you that don't know what Cosplay is, it stands for costume play, and it is huge. People go to conventions dressed as their favorite fantasy, sci-fi, anime, horror and other characters. It's a lot of fun, but all those people need costumes and props. We are talking about millions of people, so there is a market. I added links to different technologies here, because they can all be used for cosplay, and lots of other applications. Check them out, tons of fascinating things.

 

Some of the really cool materials that are being used for costumes are: Check out the links by clicking the names below and watch the videos. Very cool stuff.

There are so many kinds of 3D printers and formats of 3D printers, you can figure that out yourself.  SLA, DLP, LCD, FDM, SLS, PolyJet, MJF, LOM/SDL, DMLS (for metal), Binder Jetting, DED. See what I mean. Clicked the Sourced link below, they do a good job of explaining them.

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3D printing Resources

3d Supply Guys

Coex3d

Protolabs

Thingverse

Myminifactory

Cults

Turbosquid

Pinshape

All3dp

 

 

 

 

Reducit

Expandit

 

 

 

3D Printers

(I think the coolest 3d-printer is an epoxy printer. Now there are metal printers that print metal) Do your own research.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reducit and Expandit would be great for changing the size of your 3d prints