Full size Han Solo in Carbonite replicas are hard to build. Building one takes up a ton of space, time, and lots of money. Even if you are successful in getting one of them together, many folks find it hard to convince their significant other that they should let them have it in the house. I really enjoyed making the 1:6th scale HiC prop, but they just don't give you that same feeling of awesomeness because at only 14" tall, it's not as impressive. There should be some sort of middle ground, somewhere between the 7' tall full size one, and the mini 14" one.
Using the same file that I 3d scanned from one of Stormrider's castings, I'll be able to 3d print the Han pieces 1:3 scale, and laser cut a box for assembly. Here's where I'm at so far:
I first sliced the scan into 3d printer-bite sized pieces,
and added support using Meshmixer's new autogenerative support feature
and I've started printing them out
and removed the snap-off supports
The waist section is printing out now, and after that just the head, toes, and legs!
For the box, I modified my CNC routing files from the fullsize box to be laser-cuttable and fit on my laser cutting bed:
Nothing too exciting, but I'm sure they'll look great once I'm done!
Using the same file that I 3d scanned from one of Stormrider's castings, I'll be able to 3d print the Han pieces 1:3 scale, and laser cut a box for assembly. Here's where I'm at so far:
I first sliced the scan into 3d printer-bite sized pieces,
and added support using Meshmixer's new autogenerative support feature
and I've started printing them out
and removed the snap-off supports
The waist section is printing out now, and after that just the head, toes, and legs!
For the box, I modified my CNC routing files from the fullsize box to be laser-cuttable and fit on my laser cutting bed:
Nothing too exciting, but I'm sure they'll look great once I'm done!
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