Hello all,
I decided I wanted some of the tracker bugs from The Matrix. Here is the final model 3D printed, assembled, and painted with working LED. The top presses in similar to how Smith presses it to turn it on. The body and cap are resin, the wires are all aluminum (though I may swap out the silver ones for paper clips or snipped needles as the aluminum ones bend quite easily). I'm also thinking about getting into electroplating so that this will have a much better finish. I rushed this one and painted it with a regular brush instead of my airbrush.
I'm also developing the case that Smith has three of these in, out of actual metal, but since I don't have the tooling for that, it's been slow going on that front.
I decided I wanted some of the tracker bugs from The Matrix. Here is the final model 3D printed, assembled, and painted with working LED. The top presses in similar to how Smith presses it to turn it on. The body and cap are resin, the wires are all aluminum (though I may swap out the silver ones for paper clips or snipped needles as the aluminum ones bend quite easily). I'm also thinking about getting into electroplating so that this will have a much better finish. I rushed this one and painted it with a regular brush instead of my airbrush.
I'm also developing the case that Smith has three of these in, out of actual metal, but since I don't have the tooling for that, it's been slow going on that front.
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