Stunning work! Wish my stuff looked half as good!
Thanks a lot Strode!
May I have a look at your projects/builds?
Absolutely! I would be honoured! But be prepared for utter utter mediocrity.
This build is so cool, you're absolutely crushing it. A huge inspiration for future projects! Part of me died a little when you first started distressing the nice clean machined aluminum. Buuuuuut you've done such a stellar job properly distressing it that now it looks even better.
@supermaRiio If it helps, I pulled out the paints I used for my rust.
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EDIT: I don't think the brand matters, I just tried to get the color name.
Yes.
Just yes. This is so beautiful I don't know what else to say.
It may be hard to tell from the photos but the bubble really don't seem noticeable. I really like how the light strips are coming through differently in different parts, (presumably where there are bubbles) It gives it the effect of something like quartz or other crystals where you have multiple shades/layers showing through.
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Also this past week I picked up a used metal lathe that is proving to be very capable. Once I get it tuned up some more I think this thread is giving me some extreme inspiration for what one of my projects down the road may be on it.
Thanks for your work!
I have this to say:
"HHNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!"
It's been said many times before, but your craftsmanship is outstanding. I am so jealous of this build, it's actually making me hate you slightly. Only slightly though!
Little late to the party but I'm happy to see I'm not the only one who uses cheap craft store acrylics for weathering. Only really into reading about prop making, don't do it so much myself. I do do painting and modifying toys though and I love doing weathering and particularly oxidation. Much like others have suggested and it appears the OP did, I use several passes of paint to achieve the desired effect. It can be a time consuming process but it's so rewarding when it finally looks just right.
@PropBox, the weathering on this is gorgeous. I previously read your Majora's Mask thread and was thoroughly impressed by it (my girlfriend now really wants one, she's a big Zelda fan). This build though is even more impressive. The gun has a myriad of distressed and weathered finishes and you have managed to make each look amazing.
I'm really happy to see positive responses to the crystals since I wasn't really sure about them at the beginning.
Since I applied the black acrylics the indents of the bubbles on the outside aren't really noticable anymore but there are a few inside the crystal. What I forgot to mention is that I added some acrylic stones which are used for decoration but since I needed to have a little bit of internal texture ongoing I thought I'd give it a shot. So the light is actually breaking inside those stones
Aww really, which one exactly? I'd LOVE to have one in the future but there's absolutely no space in my workshop (and even less money...) to buy one since I'm currently saving on a 3D printer I'll need for my next project.
I envy you man... I really do... Congratulations on the buy!
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction for the mask.
With rust, I think when doing the real oxidation you don't necessarily get the same sort of complexity that you can get with paints since you're just emulating one particular type of rust when often you have a variety of oxidation from dark reds to almost bright yellows. And as you say, you get ore control. For me when doing weathering I go look at examples from specific environments. A piece of iron is going to rust differently on near a river than it will in the desert, at least based on what I have seen. I'm not any kind of expert. I just spend a lot of time google image searching for reference.
Whoah that's really cool then, I wouldn't have thought to do that. I just noticed you mentioned that there were some added crystals in the mix up above one of the pictures. I also just noticed that because of that the ring isn't perfectly smooth as I originally thought. That's a nice touch, adds a little dimension/natural effect to it.
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The lathe is a "little" Busy Bee B-244, the date on it is May 1989. I think it has a max diameter of 9 or 10 inches. Seems like a solid little machine. I need to clean up/make some new cutting bits for it as the only usable one I have right now is pretty blunt and cuts pretty roughly. Really nice unit though, came with 3 head stock chucks, 7 or 8 tail stock chucks 5 quick change cutting tool holders and a whole bunch of other parts. When I saw It i just couldn't pass it up even though I hadn't really been planning on it. I'm super glad I grabbed it though! I picked up a bunch of different sized aluminum and steel round stock cut offs from a local metal place today so I'm trying to get some practice in. I know what you mean about space and money though, this thing has pretty much taken up the last bit of usable shop space I have right now (sigh).
What printer are you looking at?
Good call on the crystals, really adds to the piece (I'll have to remember that should it ever come in handy!)
I'm in love with it too! It was exactly what I had in mind too, combination of that and all of the pieces it came with made me spring for it. I ended up paying 900 CAD, does need a new gear that's about 25$ and shipping (although still works without it, just catches a bit on the one axis) and a few tune ups but I'd say excellent price all round. The money for this actually came out of a 3D printer/Laser cutter fund I had going... back to the start on that one! I don't know what used markets are like in your area but for something like this or other machining tools restoring used stuff is the way to go.
Those are really nice machines. I've been interested in the ROBO R1 (much lower end machine) but has a large build volume and seems to be tune able to get really good results. It's true the Ultimaker has a really nice enclosure, but I'm sure you could fashion a really solid one for the other machine if that's what you're aiming towards!
You're actually kidding me right? That's around 610€...
I searched so long for lathes but I never came across one that was this low in price, especially with all this equipment you got.
Will have a look again if there are any for sale, maybe I get lucky. But what I found so far were lathes all around 900-1500€ without any additional stuff.
The big market for this is in Germany since there are a lot websites for used machines. The downside for this is that you will have to add up around 200-300€ in shipping.
Guess I will have to take a look in Canada
The build volume on the Robo seems to be pretty close to what I need. But the least amount of printable space I want to have should be at least around 220 x 220 x 200 so the LulzBot is I guess the way to go. Yeah the Ultimaker is quite nice when it comes to looks but somehow my gut feeling is saying I should go towards the other one.
The Ultimaker seems so... blackbox'ish I'm more the open source guy
Any chance you're willing to share what project you're thinking of involving the printing?
I'm coming in late on this one but wow!
this is absolutely beautiful. the combination of techniques coming together here is mind-boggling.