I get the idea behind it, but all I see it as is a repository for improvised weapons. Knuckle dusters, knives and slingshots.
While some of these models are really nice, good engineering, this is a large 3d model repository encouraging the designing of weapons when in the news there is talk of restrictions due to 3d printed weapons being found in various places (I’m UK based)
Just want to putting my opinion out there on what I think is an ill conceived contest.
It is about volume, not quality, been so for a very long time.
One contest after the other and there is only so many new ideas to abuse for this.
No weapons or such should be offered as models in a place that literally every kid can reach and use.
Becoming a hunter has so really nothing to do with 3D printing, it is about skills and those you won’t from a printer 
And with the usual lack of limitations paired with even the most unqualified or matching models flooding every contest…
I got out of all this nonsense and sharing models a long time ago.
Every single counts and brings money, one way or another.
But once this turns into providing things only really good to harm other people or animals…
Who becomes hunter by using a slingshot ? LOL
who turns into a hunter because he or she printer a crappy looking model of a deer that looks very similar to those from around xmas competitions ?
Just saying…
Excellent point and many locations have very strict gun/weapons laws that 3D printed versions could violate.
Could get innocent hobbyists in trouble not just for violating the law, but we also have underage folks and others who might not understand the risk weapons models can be to them. If they show off their creations in public or around anyone who might not understand they aren’t real, others may misinterpret and react badly. And some may actually be dangerous in their own right (knives or other piercing weapons).
You’d hope people would consider the realities and risks of weapons models, but not all will.
I mean… I sort of get the complaint. But these are props and toys and I think the danger may be a little over blown. Cosplay and decorative recreations of game/movie assets is a perfectly legitimate use case for 3d printing. I don’t know how you avoid weapons entirely without neglecting that segment of the market.
I don’t think they’ve really put a lot of thought in to the legalities of offering weapons… there are a lot of people who have full Glocks, minus the springs.
https://makerworld.com/en/@HappyDog/upload
https://makerworld.com/en/@quakka1/upload
I’m really curious where they got these, obviously the pictures aren’t the model, those are pictures of the actual gun.
Look at this:
in reality anything can be a weapon…
