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3D printed Skull & Gargoyles.
ICE Gaming.
THE BRIEF
An exhibition stand for Yggdrasil Gaming at ICE Gaming Conference, EXCEL London.
Promoting 'Vikings Go To Hell'.
1. 4m Skull 3D printed following conceptual visuals/development. 3D digital sculpting required to translate visual into 3D Production file. Client sought a printing system capable of the 4m scale, as 5-8 Axis CNC unsuitable.
2. Skull to contain 2 x LED screens for content and required internal truss support for suspension over head and internal cable management.
3. 4 off 1m high gargoyles characters 3D printed and finished with mounting points for top of exhibition stand. Fitted with internal LEDs.
3. 12 off carved stonework slabs/pillars as exterior buttress features to stand.
THE PRODUCTION SOLUTION
- Visuals translated into 3D files in ZBrush digital sculpting software.
- Skull manufactured employing SuperHuge 3D Printing, our hybrid OLM printing system
(Chinchilla Ltd, partner company).
- Skull fitted with aluminium truss, LED screens and AV cabling.
- Gargoyles hand finished following desktop modular 3d printing process in component sections.
Stonework CNC cut and assembled in polystyrene sections.
- All elements Polyurethane resin hard-coated, hand finished and painted by feature film scenic painters.
- Logistics and installation team for Excel.
DETAILED BEHIND THE SCENES
ANALYTICS
A highly successful, impactful exhibition stand drawing large volumes of press and social media traffic.
Sustainability:
i) Secondary use polystyrene procured for project.
ii) Non toxic resins and paints used for finishing.
iii) End-of-use Recycling Plan in place for future: Polystyrene surfaces to be stripped of resin to enable
recycling processes with polystyrene manufacturer.
Skull and Gargoyles currently touring further exhibitions and Yggrdasil's global offices.