The Revopoint MIRACO - Finally one scanner to rule them all!? 

No problem with contacting me like this or finding me somewhere like Instagram. That's a good idea for a video 👍🏻 I think it would be pretty interesting. The only issue with it is that most of my experience with 6-10mm modelling is based around things like Titanicus which is pretty much huge robots on a small scale so most of the concepts are the dame as for 28mm. The other reason I imagine many shy away from this topic is that it will hugely depend on the printer and resin in today's 3D printing world. I will happily print something under 0.5mm with my printer (Saturn 3 Ultra) but with other printers they may not be able to cope with it... and that makes generic advice tricky. So it is understandable that people avoid it. But I can think of sw generic advice so perhaps that could be worth a video.... I'll have a think of what could be worth including 👍🏻

@@ArtisansofVaul oooh yea good point 🤔 I guess I’ve been spoiled with printers that can print at .3 without issues so that never really occurred to me. And yea the lil infantry boots on the ground dudes for scifi and fantasy are the part that I’m hesitant about. Vehicles and mechs are more in my wheelhouse so moving over to infantry, especially at small scale is very intimidating. And yea that would be awesome! Any advice would be greatly appreciated 🙏 Like even just a workflow of making a lil dude would be life changing lol

@emmamarx9284 I don't think I've ever made that many infantry. Last time I did was years ago for epic. My main advice would just be to exaggerate things more than you think you need to.

@@ArtisansofVaul ok, yea! Now that I’m looking at some of the forest dragon models the weapons are about the same size as the entire person and everything is thiccc. I have some lazy forger files I bought a while back that I’ll have to look at too. I think my main problem is that fear of trying something new tbh, it’s absolutely paralyzing lol Thank you so much for your help!

I do wonder if they will reach the point like 3D printers that they start dropping a lot in price. I'm not sure they will see the same level of common usage for that to happen though...

@@ArtisansofVaulWhen we get to the point of 3D scanning stuff to put into your game to personalise your VR environment or something as a commonplace thing, then it might be more accessible (VR market is tiny but it should help regardless).

@ArtisansofVaul yea hopefully it will drop in price it generally happens to most things hopefully it will happen to this also. But it is also weighing up the pros cons how much usage you will get out of it. There are some great architecture in scotland with old rock walls ect would be cool to try and scan those

@@chuckysmith5255 those would be so cool to scan and be able to use in other things

Yeah, its definetly a big purchase. But odd that if feels like a bit of a bargain if you do scan a range of object sizes.... The only issue being you have to buy it in one go, you can't buy one then the other

Nope, the screen is basically the only way you can see to scan. As for a backup battery, if you're near a wall outlet I was use that for power and a wall adapter. If you're not and needing more of "free-range" type setup. I would suggest a good power bank that can quick charge, and Revopoint has a kit on their site as well (www.revopoint3d.com/products/power-bank-kit).

The battery is integrated so you can't swap it. But recently I was at an event scanning people and I was using this off and on for a pretty long time. Also you need the screen to see as you're scanning. But honestly the battery was really impressive. And you can always have it plugged in while you scan for a bit. But I was scanning off and ok with a short charge over lunch for maybe 6 hours.

😁 Glad I can show something to interest you. I've REALLY enjoyed the freedom it brings. And as simple as it may sound the battery life on this is really what impressed me. I wasn't expecting it to last as long as it does.

Hmm... That's an interesting question. I assume not as it probably calculates off knowing what is being output but I really don't know. Great question 👍🏻👌🏼

You can pause and flip it. You can also do a separate scan and the software will combine the scans together.

There's no option on the Miraco to merge scans as one object unfortunately. Only in revoscan desktop software. Also I keep getting "lost tracking" when I pause and flip an object. Plus it overlaps which messes up your projects. I have the Pro Kickstarter version. Latest firmware but no option to change colour resolution from 8K to 4K. On Revopoint latest video it shows two options on theirs when he scrolls up on fast scan.

@@ArtisansofVaul Thanks for the reply!

@@PinkGirl2242 I didn’t buy it yet. I’m still not sure if there is a better option or not. I need it mostly for larger objects. If you know other scanners that are better than the Revopoint, can you please share them? Thank you for the reply that’s really helpful.

@mansour8472 On Monday I'll be putting up a video showing the full scan process including how easy it is to merge scans together. 😁👍🏻

Hi there. As explained in the video the code would have given a total of 10% off with the sale that was running at the time the video was put out. That code will get you 7% off which is the greatest discount they currently have I believe.

😅😅 Thanks.

@@ArtisansofVaul he missed the phrase "no homo" 😅

That's interesting to hear. I keep hearing mixed opinions on their scanners... I wonder if there are QC issues so some work really well and others don't.... On that I will say the customer support from Revopoint has always been awesome as far as I have experienced (including before I had the YT channel)

@@ArtisansofVaul Einstar had a software update, haven't tried that yet, but the issue was insane hardware requirements with the old version, I have a 13gen i7, 32gb ram and rtx3080 and that older version software was still losing reference a lot, can't pick it back up correctly after a loss, if the lighting changes you have recalibrate, else it will struggle scanning at all, just overall poor user experience my impression was that it was rushed to the market, hardware seems ok, but software is just really poorly optimized hence it struggles even on a near high end pc not to mention that Miraco is a full solution, you don't have to lug around high end laptop or a pc to scan something with Einstar having that cable that goes back to pc...

Cheers 😁 Thanks for watching and commenting

@@ArtisansofVaul you're welcome!!

This is why I suggest the Facebook group. They have lots of scans there for similar sized objects. But I should say I've yet to find a scanner that can scan something that small perfectly.

​@ArtisansofVaul i don't suppose you have tried this yourself on something as small as a 32mm mini? I recently got the scanner myself and have been trying with limited success so far.

@@kevinknox378 I haven't yet. I have with the Mini2 and it works better than any other scanner I have used but I doubt anything will be perfect at that scale. There are some tricks that can help a lot though. What scanner do you have?

@ArtisansofVaul my other half got me the revopoint miraco as a gift for my birthday. I was really hoping i was going to be able to scan a few oldhammer miniatures with it but struggling with detail so far (very new to it though)

@@kevinknox378 So you will never get a scan straight off that captures everything, they are designed for parts larger than 10mm so things like arms and heads are under that so those tiny details are hard to pick up. So you might be expecting too much if thats what you want. But they make a good base for then adding details to. My main tip is to put the model on top of something with clear features to help the scanner track the rotation of the model if its on a turntable.

Having tried the Iphone scanning objects you would have to be doing something VERY wrong with the MIRACO to make it scan worse....

@@ArtisansofVaul I can't scan my ATV, golf cart, SXS or even my car without loosing tracking all the time.

@@cdesigns222 Are you using the marker setting and the marker stickers? For something that big thats a requirement for pretty much and scanner

​@@ArtisansofVaulYes I used 3d scanning spray with dots on a black object (white with spray) still it kept losing tracking. The mesh was rubbish quality and overlap. I have the Pro version Kickstarter backer.

@PinkGirl2242 What object were you trying to scan? I can't comment on the Kickstarter scanner (I assumed they would be the same). Have you checked for software updates? I have had so few issues with tracking I might need to see a video of what you're doing....