Does anyone reading this own or frequently work with a 3d printer? Have any experience adding weights to things to give them a better feel in the hand the way they put a metal slug in the center of nice poker chips? Is this a thing that's possible? How about adding color to some portion of a printed item? Is after-printing painting the best option? I'm considering printing a set of Hanabi tiles since the published ones are out of "print" and $300 on eBay. #3dprinting #3dprinters
@benhamill If you have a 3d printer with dual heads, you can print in two different colors. Alternately, you can change out the color midway through the print. It depends on what kind of effect you're looking for precisely with the color.
As for the weight, you could possibly design a hole in the middle of your object and insert the weight to be printed around mid-print, but I haven't done that myself.
@benhamill yeah you'd definitely need a dual head printer for that. You also have to edit the model to work with the dual print head setup. I think painting would be easier.
@benhamill You're welcome! Feel free to throw any more 3D printing questions you have my way and I'd be happy to help.
@pursuitofnerdiness The sort of color I'm thinking of would be like the dots on a domino. Specifically: If the face with color is down, no hint of the color should be visible on any of the other sides.