I’ll put it bluntly: The cover is just misleading. That’s not what you get, and most people just keep scrolling right past it. People want to know what it looks like straight out of the 3D printer, not what it might look like after it’s been painted.
AI certainly plays a role in that - it’s obvious - but many of the people this is presumably meant to appeal to overlook that fact. However, what they do notice is that you’re promoting it as ‘multicolour’, which it isn’t. Only when scrolling through the post it becomes apparent that you’ve painted it.
Paint and cup coaster are a terrible combination! Above all, a special coating must be applied to make it scratch-resistant.
What’s more, most people don’t just want one coaster - they want at least four - and they want them to be stackable. Your main problem: Your 3D print is too impractical to be a coaster, but it’s not distinctive enough to serve as a decoration either. It’s neither one thing nor the other.
On top of that, there are already hundreds of thousands of them in both categories. The reason you don’t have any download counts is probably because MakerWorld AI doesn’t know how to categorise you – you used tags that don’t really fit.
Anyone looking for decorations for their “dungeon” will click right past yours. The same goes for someone looking for “tea”. I guess the AI is trying to stick you in every possible category, and constantly notice that something just doesn’t fit here.
Without meaning to sound critical - it’s just my personal opinion - but when I look at your profile, you’re literally flooding MakerWorld with fake covers and AI-generated stuff. That’s just not sustainable. Sure, you’ve racked up your points. But if you’d just uploaded ten decent models during that time, you’d easily have ten times as many points.
Even though you’re using AI, with the sheer volume of 3D models you’re cranking out, you end up with more work than if you just sat down and put some thought into it.
Or to put it simply: I don’t see that you’ve developed the basic skills needed to set yourself apart from AI or to refine it in a way. You’ve been replaced by AI that you use yourself, because now anyone can do what you can do through the MakerWorld website.
Solution: Learn CAD or Blender and at least tweak your AI models a bit to fix the most obvious mistakes. Your dragon has a few flaws, but I’d better not get into that now - my post is already too long.
Edit: By the way, regarding your second model: It’s a really stupid idea to use PLA for hot drinks. PLA isn’t food-safe to begin with, and then pouring boiling water on it? You really should look into this whole topic of 3d printing. Making such a beginner’s mistake after all this time is really not good. People who don’t know any better will end up drinking that crap- in other words, dissolved plastic. Even though PLA doesn’t melt until it reaches higher temperatures, particles can dissolve even in just very hot water.
Even if you write a warning under it a hundred times, people will just think you’re nuts. Especially considering that you posted this in a contest where food safety is actually a requirement.
You should count yourself lucky they haven’t kicked you out yet for that clear violation of the rules.
this is surely feasible multi color with little to no effort in painting, gz.
Now is here on my desk
) I will try to make a photo box for better result.
