Show and Tell: Microscape's City Miniatures

We check out Microscape's striking 1:5000 scale models of Manhattan and Chicago. These miniatures were made from aerial photogrammetry, cleaned up for 3D printing and offer a unique perspective of the layered density and landscape of these cities.
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[@JumblyJumble]

Now to paint it to precise detail.

[@ExperimentalFun]

Now lets see you paint that :)

[@AhmadyasinOrMickeyMoses]

Maybe only paint your house, to make it stand out and it will be super cool.

[@ntm4]

I was just thinking that it would be awesome to see a painted version (though you would have to find someone pretty -crazy- dedicated to paint it).

[@TheJackDavids]

👍

[@muzakkiynabilriansyah888]

How

[@tellingyoustories]

I wonder if they would put the stark /avengers tower in there if you asked...

[@FindecanorNotGmail]

I would prefer that over the Vanderbilt building

[@airamplane1234]

It's funny because that's exactly what I was thinking! 😁

[@lasarith2]

tellingyoustories unless they mass produce it it,ll cost a fortune.

[@Bexamous]

Its 3d printed, right? Why would it cost a fortune?

[@lasarith2]

Bexamous if it’s a one off it always costs more then if there printing several .

[@EckhartsLadder]

Those are really beautiful.

[@kane9098]

Yeah, I hope I could print this on my printer one day.

[@archibaldm]

Love the new intro to the video

[@pimpminya7131]

I want a Tokyo microscape.

[@mopslikvonstein]

wow I hate how poorly the four parts align

[@migueljuanbartolo2654]

ikr the only minor flaw

[@Fuzzycat16]

minor flaw? that's a HUGE flaw that affects the end product..Lets also not mention the horrible quality.

[@migueljuanbartolo2654]

I dont really know a lot about 3d printing but may the quality be affected as it is such a small scale model with lots of detail? Just asking :)

[@migueljuanbartolo2654]

Jayna Lynn chill XD

[@philiphogg1983]

there samples not finished product!

[@GrumpyAgeingGamerPSVR]

Fantastic, absolutely loving this channel. We've just had our first child and you are my go to early morning viewing. I've watched nearly all the one day builds now, brilliant channel.

[@Rahl99]

On their website, they offer the complete model of Manhattan (including installation), of 239 tiles. This is almost definitely marketed toward businesses as a display feature. I'm sure it costs $20-30k. Even if they give a discount for buying that much, its probably a few days to install it, so that probably wipes out any discount on the tiles. They also offer customization options for this big dip: including custom colors for tiles, larger titles, even different materials including metal. So much, much more than $20K is likely, depending on what the customer wants. They might also use higher resolution printing for those projects vs. the single tiles they sell.

[@oliveribasta5929]

You don’t shout inception you make whooooooom!

[@nexus1g]

I would love to paint it in extreme detail, add tiny cars, people, etc. That would be awesome. It would be even better to add fiber optic lines to street lights, buildings, car headlights, etc.

[@hovnaruvraj]

That sounds like a wonderful project.

[@TheSoundOfTwang]

At this scale humans would be 0,3mm high.. You need steady hands for painting those :-)

[@Boobquake]

The hands of a surgeon

[@gojiraproductions7576]

Don't forget godzilla! XD

[@Hypatia4242]

Loved watching the shadows move over the city at 1:11.

[@1lonestrider]

INCEPTION!!!

[@AmazingJoe96]

*inception

[@eirikjormungandrson]

*Doctor Strange

[@1lonestrider]

AmazingJoe96 thanks

[@GRUxGUNZ]

The Chisel and Mouse cityscapes seem like MUCH better quality. Though they aren't cheap I would personal get one from them.

[@marksoto8515]

Thank goodness its you Norm. We need more of your videos.

[@jaypob]

I went to school at Northwestern... wish I had $2700 for the full set! Love Chicago and would love to vote for Minneapolis next!

[@Fuzzycat16]

2700 for a set of poor quality prints?? ouch...people really need to stop being so gullible.

[@mrgamingcraft9542]

Fuzzycat with 2700$ you could print them yourself with all the material you Can buy :D

[@TheLouis177]

I'm from Chicago, I love these!

[@HAL_NOVEMILA]

they should print them with resin

[@gh0sthouse]

New intro is sooooo much better

[@slikrx]

Couldn't they align the sections with the roads to mitigate the cuts mid-building? They are a very cool concept, but they could use a little finishing...

[@Fuzzycat16]

They could...But that takes effort and they are just selling trash they would of thrown away.. .

[@AnthonyGugliotta]

If they did that, all the blocks would be different sizes, making it difficult to frame since each one would have to be custom; not all city blocks are perfectly rectilinear either. Looks like they chose modularitiy. in favour of cutting off a few buildings.

[@h3rteby]

I think having it diagonal makes it look a bit more interesting though. Also, it's aligned with the compass directions.

[@beaker2k]

That's the point. It's aligned along lat/long and reflects the idiosyncrasies of a city and feels more organic the way they are presenting it.

[@jerryjohnsonii4181]

Those models of different cites around the world are pretty cool. Thanks for showing me this Tested

[@artfx9]

Pretty cool

[@TerryWillard]

The new intro graphics are great. I much prefer them over last years.

[@greggadams1]

Now to paint!!

[@AurelTristen]

I'm a little disappointed they didn't dish out the cash to have these printed on a higher resolution printer before pulling molds. I have no problem with getting print lines if I'm buying a 3D print, but if you're going to pull a mold from one print, it's probably worth the cost to visit Shapeways or something.

[@joost199207]

Pretty baffeling yea, even a hobbiest could shit out a better prints than that.

[@LindsayDaly]

Nice new intro, props to Abe! 🙂

[@kevindellatore]

Its 75-125 dollar for 3d printed squares that probably cost less than 5 bucks to print. If it was like 40 bucks they'd still make massive profits and more people would buy them. I dont even live in NYC but the shadows look fucking great.

[@jonmerchant9760]

Would love to see the entire city

[@deathwatch27]

Its a shame theres 4 separate pieces in one "model". If I got something that size for that price it would have to be one large piece.

[@troy4393]

They may not be able to print at that size or want to reduce losses for print failures. If you get a jam on one big part, it's all gone, but if one of the four smaller prints has a jam you lose 75% less material.

[@ddewaard3265]

guess the printing failures are their problem. when looking at a big print like that, you dont want to see 4 of those ugly lines crossing it. they could have gotten a bigger printer, you can have some 40x40cm printers for somewhere around 5-600 dollars now, and they can easily deliver the printquality of these prints... 75 dollars for the small ones is just a ripoff if done in fdm at this quality. I'm annoyed my printer prints at the quality seen in this video, i would be pissed if i had to pay 75 dollars for it! also, its not like its all the labour costs that go into them, they already had the files, printing material would cost like 10 dollars max and handling and printing costs another 25 or so, probably less

[@junk1347]

Limited to the machine size for no paragraph

[@lukecampbell5553]

It would be cool to put a light over it and try make it look like a hologram like you did with the starwars costume where you made the face a hologram

[@joerunge3915]

Painting this would take forever

[@HomegirlKikimora]

I want a miniature of the Tyrell Corp building(s) from Blade Runner.

[@KILRSHEEP]

Do you know what would look really cool if they made these into a table using clear resin filling up the to make the surface!

[@KnightMD]

I LOVE those.... esp the shadow shots. Would totally hang it on my wall.

[@将軍九八.彁]

I'm going to order all the water tiles

[@mustafankamil1973]

They need to fix the Z Banding on their printers ;)

[@brendanbellingham8934]

Dope new graphics

[@bloodb0ne]

imagine having a desk that`s transparent and has a city miniature like this under it :)

[@NomadUniverse]

Looking at them from certain angles you can see whole strips of open air above the streets between the buildings...with crowded cities becoming a huge problem globally, I'm surprised no one has come up with a way to build in that space. Building and business owners, investors etc., partner up and redevelop, filling that space. Surely we have the technology now and now would be a good time to do it. Shit's going to get hectic fast in the future.

[@mattdickun]

That is awesome!

[@theultimatereductionist7592]

Pretty damned amazing.

[@tombeast1786]

Wow, that is really cool. I just wish I could afford one.

[@MauroMazza93]

They’re so cool, but it’s 2018 and they have an auto play video on their instead wonderful website.

[@RonnieTheFish]

If NY City was a Giant Circuit board and the buildings are Circuits and Transistors & rectifiers, capacitors, diodes

[@DarkWolf-et3dx]

I'd like to see them do other states like Missouri and Alabama

[@optiTHOMAS]

Absolutely incredible! Such small detail! I love miniatures!

[@TheAnon26]

75$ is still pretty pricey though... At 30 Id be tempted, or if the print quality was a lot higher. As is though... nice concept, probably not worth it for most people... though its still a good idea, imo.

[@tedioustotoro4885]

TheAnon26 when it’s released, they’ll be $125

[@TheAnon26]

Which makes the proposition even worse. If I cant even be enthused at 60% of the price, then why even bother? They should probably just do resin casts, which would lower the price to a fraction of that. *And* itd be more detailed to boot, provided the initial print has a good enough resolution.

[@TheLordFisch]

For this price they should print it with resin printer (e.g. the Form 2) or even have it injection molded.

[@kevindellatore]

Full price is ridiculous. Discounted price is still ridiculous. It costs less than 10 bucks to print. They could easily sell these for 40 -50 bucks and still make a big profit.

[@T0BBi94]

Wow, that was a pretty resonable price, I was expecting something like 200-300+ which usually is the norm for the pieces that are cool that you show on this chanel.

[@Jemppu]

wait, Vanderbilt Building? Boooy, I hope Anderson will be taking part in the opening.

[@swsephy]

I need these

[@CapernicusBrown]

These look so cool, color would be awesome but I imagine VERY difficult and would raise price at least 3-4x. Would love Chicago set even though I live downstate.

[@milkman4224]

I love ur channel a lot it looks cool

[@glenngriffon8032]

the only thing it needs now is to be painted and lights installed in the buildings.

[@ctged]

They should make one from London.

[@greyareaRK1]

Pssh, I saw the 1:1 version.

[@lokuzt]

plot twist: these are actually pieces of Kandor

[@Mr_Fancypants]

What's this? A city for ants?

[@spiderspyy]

I know the reference, but I dont think this size is enough for ants even D:

[@Mr_Fancypants]

per fornander Oh... uhm... *WHAT'S THIS? A CITY FOR GERMS?*

[@moguns1971]

Wild boys zebra costumem

[@aofaa8580]

You mean antmans? lol

[@adro1658]

Which one is better, Microscapes or Chisel & Mouse's city scapes?

[@migueljuanbartolo2654]

just appreciate it GOD

[@jaxnean2663]

It would be fun to play with micro lenses on these miniatures!

[@adamnapolitano432]

This would be a great way to design a full to scale replica of New York City for an open worlds video game.

[@flaminggorilla909]

i wonder if they will do San Francisco.......i would totally buy that

[@andrewjeisenman]

Love the new intro y'all! Did you make it in-house or commission it?

[@pujaballer]

Let me know when they get to Toronto

[@tackywacky99]

i would love a microscape map of runescape.

[@将軍九八.彁]

The Manhattan map dosen't show any of the bridges.

[@patavinity1262]

I kind of wish there was some colour

[@thomasbeck8029]

Legos whould be nothing up against stepping on that

[@artificiallyflavord5588]

The fact their website has auto-playing music makes me never want one of their products.

[@ArchangelExile]

I would have laughed if the pieces fell off onto the table when he did the "Inception" thing.

[@eternalmiasma5586]

I’d love to have these but they are expensive af

[@LordGoblinIV]

I WANT ONE, GIVE ME, NOW! :)

[@cadburybunny]

I love these. So beautiful and actually affordable.

[@CharlesTheClumsy]

I want that.

[@simonmadsen3540]

Sorry, but that is a horrid print quality for a supposedly aesthetic finished product.... Hopefully they're pretty cheap

[@Mr_Fancypants]

Little did Simon know they cost around 75$

[@simonmadsen3540]

Including shipping?

[@LegendAtWork12]

$125 for most of them, :P

[@harveycarter8336]

Simon Madsen yeah, still expensive though!

[@Fuzzycat16]

a scam in my book.

[@madedigital]

we have one of london

[@jeffp.5080]

I'd love to see my hometown or also places like Tokyo

[@bepowerification]

wow the clearance reminds me of 1970s eastern european cars ...

[@ooze1982]

Now I can cosplay as Galactus or be like Brainiac and collect cities

[@brogle437]

Can you guys make a replica colonial fife?

[@jrummer9028]

Volume is really low on this compared to other tested videos

[@MegaEmman]

Needs a tiny Godzilla or micro machines

[@claw247]

The scan by my neighborhood sucks it's Missing 2 important bridges

[@sqxhd]

Why the hell would they print FDM? They do know that it's 2018, right?

[@VrijstoerBam]

So how do you make a 3D model of a city?

[@MurkyDizZ]

I solo running through the library in DZ 2 and extracting out of Bryant park in DZ 3 not an easy task

[@lackofwords]

Does it come encased in those display stands or are those the "sold separately" solid wood frames?...

[@KnowledgePerformance7]

I would totally buy the STL! But the quality is too low for $125... I would love to be able to print this on my own printer :(

[@dregant]

Looks really cool! But 75$ for section? No, thanks!

[@stankwho]

It would be cooler if it were made into a chess set.

[@Jcknight7996]

Someone should get them to put the Avengers building in the model xD

[@andrewkline]

Would be most impressive, if not for the invention of CAD and 3d printing. Neat idea, though.

[@aburbee98]

I wanna put a Gundam on it.

[@Eldred15]

I would like to see them make Ancient Rome

[@siskavard]

It'd be better if it weren't all white. I understand how long it would take to paint every building, but still.

[@skinny_genius7570]

I just wanna make a mini city so my future godzilla toy can destroy =)

[@TarisRedwing]

neat

[@Trollypolly975]

THE Vanderbilt haven't been built yet

[@Trollypolly975]

Nvm I just had to keep watching

[@hawkbatcustoms3172]

This +the bandai 1/5000 star deystroyer.

[@tropcm]

It was my dream 😱