Skyfall! It’s all we can think about here at Giz UK, but luckily there are just…59 days until cinemas reload their pistols with the latest in the James Bond series. With our latest 3D Printing Challenge, we want you to look at the Bond universe: the cars; the martinis; the guns; the Bond girls, and create a 3D render to be in with the chance to win a model of your own design, plus a Tokyoflash watch.

Like our previous 3D Printing Challenges, the winner will not only get a Tokyoflash watch of their choosing, they’ll also get a 3D-printed model of their design, for keepsies. Take a look at the superb craftmanship (or craftmachineship) that went into making the 3D-printed sleigh; ape; Las Vegas sign, and Olympics model.

It’s easy. Just think of James Bond, and all the icons that exist in that world — you could create an Aston Martin! A martini glass! Ursula Andress, climbing from the sea with droplets clinging to her…now, where was I?

You don’t need to spend an arm and a leg on CAD (computer-aided design) software. In fact, 3DPrintUK has a good list of free software you can download and use. We suggest using Google SketchUp, for ease of use, but it’s up to you which you pick.

1.) The maximum height of your model should be 150mm, with the maximum model size at 80MB. Minimum detail must be 0.3mm.
2.) Characters can be rigid, or having moving parts. If you include a moving part, please use a ball-in-socket type joint, with a 0.5mm gap between the moving parts.
3.) To enter, you must upload your entry to 3DPrintUK’s website here by the 19th of October, with your 3D model (.stl file format preferred); a render/screenshot, and a short description of your model. If you also have a blog/website you’d like us to link to when we publish the gallery of renders (and show off the winner’s creation), please do include that with your submission.
4.) The submission must be your own creation.
5.) You can enter as many times per competition as you’d like.
6.) All 3D models will be added to 3DPrintUK’s online shop, where readers have the ability to request and buy their own copy of the model. Entrants can choose not to sell their models if preferred, though 3DPrintUK will of course give you a percentage of the profit.
7.) 3DPrintUK also reserves the right to use any entrants’ models in promo pics for their business, if needed.
8.) You must be a resident of the UK.

Best of luck! We’ll be running a 3D printing challenge every couple of months with 3DPrintUK, so if you miss out on submitting your entry before the 8th of October, check back in November for the next month’s theme.

We like you; we really do! Which is why 3DPrintUK would like to offer entrants of the 3D printing challenge a 20 per cent discount voucher for their first 3D printed object purchase. To request the discount code, contact Nick at 3DPrintUK here.