Recent content by gassman

I am making the sword the Witch King carries in The Return of the King. It looks like this: I am printing the cross guard, handle and pommel and attaching them to a wood blade I will make. I am modeling it to fit around a 16mm steel tube for support. Being new to 3D modelling I am able to...

Thanks. Are you using PLA or ABS? I really need to fit a heated bed to my printer :/

Amazing build. As someone looking to build stuff with my own 3D printer how are you finishing the prints? I have to print PLA (no heated bed :( ) and am thinking an epoxy based primer, then sanding down, then normal primer?

I have the DaVinci jr and love it. Required some modding though :) I am currently printing the hilts of LOTR swords and adding holes through them to attach to steel rods I had laying about. I use Tinkercad for editing existing STL files as its so easy :) Printed and waiting for the epoxy to...

I made some quick reference sheets for organisational purposes. They outline what I think are the most important aspects of each costume in turn... Gollum http://imgur.com/fWxr4bI Frodo http://imgur.com/6xQhoIp Witch-King http://imgur.com/O2RLHkU Aragorn http://imgur.com/Ps1Dw2A Gimli...

Ok so the first thing I have completed is the Witch King's helmet crown thing... I took a paper template and cut it out in cardboard, looked ok so moved up to the lid of an old PC I had laying about. Cut with an angle grinder (this was a pain! Use some sort of saw!) and welded together... So...

Hey and welcome to my multi-build thread. A little about me and what I am up to! I have been a cosplayer for a while know without knowing it, neat! Every year my little village in rural England holds a carnival. Thousands of people turn out and watch mainly drunken locals parade through the...

Hello! I have recently joined as a way to learn new skills and obtain research. Every year my village holds a carnival. As part of this my family and plenty of others prepare floats and costumes around a theme. So far we have done Harry Potter, Pokemon, Australia and Star Wars. This year we...