Russ 3D Hybrids

Inition.co.uk provide a service for 3D printing, among other related services. Printing costs will be anywhere between £100 and £1000 depending on the size, complexity, quality and any other optional extras you choose to include.

They seem to use 3D Systems machines for their services. Here are some examples of models they produce:

STL is the standard format for Rapid Prototyping models. I think most major 3D applications do not export directly to this format, so another app will have to be used in between. I found a useful list of STL software and services for preparing your models:

STL links, services and software

Although it would be fantastic to print out some of my own 3D models, I think it is just out of my budget range for this course. Anything over £100 is not feasible. I think the idea I have for my double project (3d sets for projection of character animation) would need to be fairly large, pretty complex and I would need to spend around £400 for something decent.