3D printed and unpainted spiny softshell hatchlings sitting on a gloved hand.

New hatchlings incoming! Recognize the species? 🐢 👀
#SciArt #3Dprinting #herpetology

Darn I wish you could edit posts on bsky. I obviously meant "I'm excited TO do all of my eyes this way" no "so do" 😮‍💨

Wanna see something cool?! 3D printed, hand painted softshell turtle head with resin eyes. I'm loving this project and I'm excited so do all of my eyes this way from now on. It really adds to the realism. #SciArt 🐢

A 3D printed spiny softshell head with painted eyes that were domed over with clear UV-cured resin.

It's kind of crazy how a good set of eyes brings a 3D-printed sculpture to life. #SciArt

Last night I did a bit of sanding and puttying and sanding to the Spiny Softshell carapace. I think this will do a good job of hiding the seams.

Here you can see the geometry of the eye before I painted it and made the lens over it. #SciArt

I tried something new when making the eyes for this spiny softshell model. Usually I just 3D print a sphere for eyes and then paint on the surface of it and then clear coat it. This time, I recessed the iris and pupil. I Painted them, and then built up the lens of the eyes with UV resin. WAY COOLER!

Biggest turtle species yet! 🐢 #SciArt #NatureArt #Herpetology

🎶 🐦 👀?
#SciArt

A group of four 3D printed and realistically painted song sparrow models sitting on a paint-covered surface. Two of the birds have larger black chest spots and two have smaller black chest spots.

Been painting 3D printed song sparrows the past couple days. #SciArt #NatureArt #3Dprinting #birds

My girlfriend and I had another paint night! 🐛 This time we did Puss Moth caterpillars.
This was a one-day-build. I sculpted, printed, and then we painted, all in the same afternoon/evening.
STL files available on Savimade.ca.

#SciArt #NatureArt

He did back in the Twitter days when I originally made it. But thanks for the reconnect in the bsky universe! 💙🦋

Ten 3D printed snapping turtle eggs being clear coated

3D printed, Midland painted turtle eggs

3D printed Blanding's turtle eggs

3D printed Northern map turtle eggs

I added a few different 3D printable turtle eggs to the website! And they're free! #SciArt 🐢

I think it's important for people to learn what species they have locally so they can be excited about them and feel some responsibility for their well-being. Since we as a species have largely taken over the planet, it seems like the right thing to do: make sure other species can still live here.🐡🐍

Thanks! I gave it a dull clear coat after the first picture and I like it even more now!

3D printed and fully painted model of a Massasauga Ratttlesnake with a hand hovering above it for scale.

I just painted this 3D printed Massasauga Rattlesnake neonate (notice the little button instead of a rattle). It's so cute and small but still kind of mean looking. #SciArt #NatureArt 🐍

I've added two fully finished models of Great Auk eggs to Savimade.ca. Great Auks were hunted to extinction in the 1800s. Their eggs were also highly sought after by Victorian egg collectors. These models are 3D prints that were covered in spackling compound, sanded, and painted. #SciArt

Thank you! 🙏

I finished a set of educational American Eel models! I had to trim the full length video for it to fit on instagram and bluesky. But this is the most of it! #SciArt #Educational #3Dprinting 🐡

I started working on a red-backed salamander model last year but never finished it. I hope to revisit it soon!

The leaves are real. I love the effect and realism that real leaves brings to the model/display.

Blue spotted salamander model and some basic blue spotted salamander facts. #SciArt

A couple of goofballs posting with their realistically painted Redside Dace

A couple of goofballs posting with their realistically painted Redside Dace

A couple of goofballs posting with their realistically painted Redside Dace

A fully painted Redside Dace model next to a completed untouched 3D printed Redside Dace. Both were printed in clear resin.

My girlfriend and I had another paint night this weekend. This time we painted some 3D-printed Redside Dace! #SciArt #NatureArt 🐟

Painted after. It was originally printed in clear plastic.

No. I printed this in clear and painted it with acrylic paint.

The one time I tried one I didn't like that it wasn't as clear at the two part epoxy I was used to. It looked like it had an almost waxy finish to it.

I've been working on some 3D printed American Eel life cycle models this week. The final step, that I'm doing right now, is applying a two-part epoxy clear coat. This eel is currently hanging from the ceiling while it cures. #3Dprinting #eels #SciArt 🐟

This is a 3D printed and painted American Toad model. 🐸

I finished the original sculpt about 6 years ago so I revisited and updated it to my liking. I printed it in resin on an Anycubic Photon mono m5s and painted it with Golden high flow acrylics using both an air brush and paint brushes.

Hot off the 3D-printers, version 2 of our Motus Audio night flight call microphone. We're revising our microphone with some exciting new innovations, ahead of the spring 2026 migration. With Jeff Dutter, Lincoln Savi of SaviMade @lincolnsavi.bsky.social, Madison Bygrove, Natalie Emerick, and me.

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