Recent content by AdeptMechanicus

Looks promising!

I think the 1 of the guys that printed his was in pieces and had trouble lining everything up to glue. Probably where all the fit and finish problems were. Are you printing a 1 piece helmet or sections? If you run into problems on your build, give me a shout. I'm finishing up on my 2nd build and...

If this is the file from Etsy, it'll need a fair amount of fit and finish in the end. I've seen a couple completed and they turned out really good

Welcome to the terminator family, brother. I've got the apothecary and a librarian. All we need is an assault termy or heavy weapons for a 4 man team. Following with interest!

Thanx, I appreciate it. It's got lights and sound FX right from the Space hulk Deathwing game. "46 inches long and has 3d printed goodies and lots of scrounged bits.

I use sintra for quite a few weapons and props. The glue I use is the thicker gap filling type and the kicker spray. It gives you a little more time to position your parts and then spray 'em. This plasma cannon was made using 1/8inch foam board for example I used the thick stuff to fill my seams...

I would try the paint on scrap, it might turn out better than you think. You'll get the glow through the skulls and it might show through with some cool effects. And I would burn the skulls in with the iron like you say but have a light touch as you may burn though the foam. Again, I would...

Looks great! If you have extra scrap foam to experiment with, I would try some translucent colors. What is the actual color of the blade in the lore? Try that color (looks to be like ice blue). Myself, I would stay near the edges with the paint and let the LED's do the talking. You can still...

Also your fabric stores, like JoAnn fabrics, will have sewing classes. Not sure if they charge $, but worth a look

Done!!! Finished this Dec. 31st This is lights off except for the base and his gear The inside is a couple strings of dedicated blue LED Xmas lights and 1 string of RGB LED's Some of the details closer up. The only thing that didn't work out was the small lamps above the statues head. I...

Got some more paint progress pics to share Still have some airbrush work around the blueish white reactor to give off some more glow, but ready to start wiring!

Time for a progress report and some pics. Tonight I finished painting and assembling all the arches and wiring for said pieces. Granted, this is only 1 of the 8 but you get the idea. Now I can get back to finishing the inside of the base and lighting

Rule #1 don't ever wear gloves on a machine. If you get snagged, this will wrap your hand up in an eye blink (seen it happen) Rule#2 no long sleeves, same result (seen it happen). I'd hate to see you get hurt. If you're hating the chips, make a simple guard out of plexiglass to block the shards...

You're talking .080-.120ish. Not much of a cut depth wise, you'll snap them of in a heartbeat. Slow and steady and use coolant or lubricant and blow your chips out as you go. Aluminum will gum up the flutes quickly and snap. I'd only go about .010-.012 on a pass depth wise. Try a little at a...

Keep it in rectangle shape as long as you can before you start cutting the curves by the handle. If the top profile has any angle or draft to it you'll probably have to make some sort of jig to hold it to clamp down on it. Maybe the bottom where the pistol grip is has some tapped holes that you...