It almost looks like a hall full of cosplayers at a comic book convention, doesn’t it?
Once these figures get painted that’s exactly what it will look like. As we mentioned four weeks ago in our coverage of Kansas City Comic Con, the latest, greatest, newest addition to the Comic Con front is 3D photography turned into 3D printed figures. Specifically, it’s artist Jo Kamm’s new concept called The 3D Photobooth. The end result is an approximately 8-inch figure, the next thing every cosplayer will be clamoring for. (Note: the sheen is in the photo, not the figure, which follows the 3D photography quite well. Once painted, these will look like the real thing).
It starts with a turntable and the cosplayer being still for up to two minutes while the camera records every detail:
Then the software records the images, later to be cleaned up back in the office:
The result is a near perfect image that can be rotated 360 degrees and viewed from any angle.
Jo uploads his images to Sketchfab. You can see the best gallery of cosplay anywhere here. Make sure you click “more” to bring up hundreds of his 3D images.
