Figure Print Giveaway!

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We've got another awesome giveaway to go along with our previous awesome giveaway. We want to gather more savvy folks to help us beta test with Fyreball!

So, this is how it works... our good buddy, Ed Fries (he's the head honcho over at Figure Prints!), let us buy a code to get a Figure Print made. We'd like to give it to an excellent and helpful Fyreball beta user! We'll be keeping a keen eye out for someone deserving!

If you're not a member of Fyreball already -- click above for our swift and simple sign-up!

www.figureprints.com/Help/FAQ.aspx

What are FigurePrints?

FigurePrints are one-of-a-kind, custom statues of your World of Warcraft® characters created using high-tech 3D color printing machines. Our artists pull your character from the virtual world and bring it to life.

How are FigurePrints created?

Our servers grab your latest character data from the World of Warcraft Armory, create a custom 3D model, and then let you pose it any way you like. Once you are happy with the way it looks you simply hit “Print” and our proprietary software prepares the model for printing. Our artists finish the process, turning your selection into a high-quality collectible. Once it has passed our artists’ inspection, your print is packaged carefully and shipped directly to your home.

I was with you up to the “printed” part. How do you print a statue?

We use technology previously reserved for the manufacturing industry, called rapid prototyping machines, to convert three dimensional computer models into physical objects. The electronic version of your FigurePrint is cut up into more than a thousand very thin slices. The printer creates a slice at a time and the slices are stacked on top of each other to form the final three dimensional statue that we call a FigurePrint. We remove it from the machine, hand finish it, mount it in a glass display case and it’s ready to go.

What are FigurePrints made of?

They are built out of a plaster-like powder that is then bonded and sealed to make it strong and colorful.

Will the character be exactly as I see it on the screen?

It will be very close, but not exactly the same. Please remember that to create these pieces of art, there are several stages that our artists and machines must complete to translate game data to a physical model. Our custom software, along with our art team, interprets the model data from the game and transforms it into a physical representation of the character. This interpretation includes increasing the resolution, identifying and thickening certain aspects of each model that are too thin to print, brightening the colors, and sharpening small details to enhance your individual FigurePrint.

During the final pass our artists may tweak the angle and position of the weapons and armor to make a stronger and more aesthetically pleasing final statue. They may also need to add additional support elements to make sure that the print is stable given the gear and/or pose you have chosen.

How big are FigurePrints?

We create the figures at 1:18 scale. In the game a human warrior is about 6 feet tall. At 1:18 scale that means the corresponding FigurePrint would be about 4 inches tall, not counting the base it is standing on.

www.figureprints.com/Demo/Default.aspx

Figure Prints are fully customizable and super rad and because of this in extremely HIGH DEMAND. So much so that you have to win a drawing just to be able to buy one. However, we've got you covered on that! If you're found worthy, you get a Figure Print. We've paid for everything...even shipping. You just have to customize it... and then show it off to all of your friends.

Chess TRP

I don't see how Fyreball won't make it big with the current marketing plan. I'll let some people I know about this, it's my last chance to get them away from WoW to at least say hi. :)

dj_krztoff

Let the friend-request rejections begin!!!

Qbix

Awesome! =)

Amorvius

Ahh that would be so awesome and geeky at the same time!

xthakila

can i get one made of myself?? lol
i am not really into WOW surprisingly lol

Amorvius

Yeah I've noticed there aren't too many WOW geeks here yet other than myself

IncredibleBulk

that would be amazing i so want one of my tauren moooooo

tehviruss

Sounds cool, I don't play WoW though.

TKD Sketch

its wow... me hatered for the game has been cemented and is now permanent

Deacon

sip lemonade, not haterade!

Portaloo

HAWT!!!

My Greenbeans Gnome Warlock can be immortalized! XD XD

He's so cute.. oh yeh..

DVD773

slightly off topic but my xbox broke and i wouldn't mind trying WoW. is there a free trial thing or summing

(i have an account allready from a very old free trial)

TKD Sketch

"well god gives you lemons, find a new god!"

well i'll continue sending out invites to random people regardless of prizes or not. looks like a pretty neat prize tho. now let's get out there and go on an unholy recruiting campaign!!!

Telekon1

dude this is so tight omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg ... u can see where im going with this ... omg omg omg thats liek so uber nifty omg i have so many kewl characters i could use NIFTY so how does this work we have to invite people to fyreball and such????

FortunE 1230

that's a good idea! props to you fyreball

Danger

really cool

btw who won the tshirt?

TRSturbo

Cool, take me out of the drawing, i dont like WOW, im sticking to my 360, :-)

TRSturbo

nice, but count me out, i dislike WoW, im sticking to my 360 :-) <3

timtheripper

What do you need to do to enter this contest?

stlz

Lol welcome to all the wow-enites... that grabbed their attention, you know fyreball needs to thank curse.com for that one

Telekon1

what do u need to do to enter the contest??

Berlinscrub

Hello...My nake is ... And im a WoW junkie *takes a seat*

BrazilianRider

Woah Woah Woah.

Now, let's not do anything drastic...

Everyone accept the little immigrant's Friend Requests... I am already at 234 friends... the road to 300 is a great one!

Wyveryx

The interesting thing is that most of these posts are directing Fyreball's usage to WoW because of the print, go figure. Personally I like this, makes it a damn site easier to view links and vids that I normally recieve via email and then have to open up tons of windows for. Yeah, I'm that lazy.
Only time will tell just how well Fyreball will work, but I think it will do well.

SageoftheWest

It's a pretty well made figure at the least...

Evil Genius

DVD773

Here's the link for the original WoW Trial: http://teaser.wow-europe.com/index.html

Here is the link for the expansion pack Trial: http://media.wow-europe.com/bctrial/index_en.html
But I think you need to have the original WoW to be able to play the expansion Trial.

Evil Genius

BrazilianRider,

234 friends already! :o I have 0 friends :P
Btw, anyone playing on the server Thunderhorn?

azza

my friends join but dont do anything =(

Syn

Awwww... probably only applies to you guys living in the States... no love for people overseas... :p

Evil Genius

Hope not it only applies to those living in the States. That would suck really.

Evil Genius

Hope not it's not only for those living in the States* Arghhhh! I need an edit button :/

Moosebomber

OMG WoW!!! my roflbladesofargath go sliceslicesliceslicesliceslice!!

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