{"id":1209,"date":"2024-09-18T13:37:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T11:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuff.tamius.net\/sacred-texts\/?p=1209"},"modified":"2026-03-13T20:56:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T19:56:38","slug":"how-to-print-your-guild-wars-2-character-or-any-game-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuff.tamius.net\/sacred-texts\/2024\/09\/18\/how-to-print-your-guild-wars-2-character-or-any-game-really\/","title":{"rendered":"How to print your Guild Wars 2 character (or any game, really)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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2025 update v2<\/strong>: I made a tool <\/a>that fixes distortions introduced by Intel GPA, and that tool made few sections of this blog obsolete. As such, they’ve been deleted. Old version is still available here<\/a>.
2025 update. <\/strong>This blog post now also exists as a youtube video<\/a>. Yes, the video is 1 hour 20, so about twice as long as it takes to read this blog post, but I feel the video shows how Blender works a bit better than a bunch of screenshots.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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The gang so far.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

About a year and a half ago, I decided to 3D print my Guild Wars 2 character because I kinda got into mini painting. I decided to document the process \u2014 especially since the reddit guides written by those who came before no longer worked (Guild Wars 2 switching from DX9 to DX11 made them obsolete). Since then, the original blog post<\/a> has gotten some comments along the lines of “hey, nice tutorial” … which is kinda horrifying, as not only is the post not very tutorial-y, I also had single digit hours of Blender experience at the time (this was disclosed in the post).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve 3D printed two more characters since, and my Blender experience is slightly better than it used to be. Better enough to warrant a rewrite. With my life story out of the way:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-1. Content<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. A word about 3D printing methods<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. The software you want<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Getting your models out of the game + standard disclaimers<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Making the model printable<\/a>\n