AlphaTech686
Active Member
Re: 3D printed Robocop suit 1987 build
Keep up the good work dude
Keep up the good work dude
I just printed my Auto 9. Considering the Do3D files for the suit. I dont mind the finish work but I am bit worried about all the mods required for these files. Curious if anyone has helped fix the files to make them better so all the manual work to do so isn't needed?
Do3d claims that if you send them the request to fix they will. Have you sent them any change or addition requests based on all your work?
amazing work!!!! I'm a newbie at 3d printing. what printer do you use and do you recommend it or any other model?
thank you!
Frasic
Another update. I pretty much had to scrap Do3d's upper back piece and build my own from scratch using styrene. Reason being is because the original abdomen section is way to small. I'm right around 6ft 185lbs 33 inch waist and it had to be upscaled quite a bit to fit moderately well, I figured this out after printing everything the first time and had to reprint.. After upscaling the back piece, the upper part of it bows out/sticks out too much in the back and won't fit within the chest and back piece armor. I didn't mind building it because now it's more accurate . Thought I would share a few photos of the build process and is pretty much what I've been doing with the smaller details I've added or rebuilt. Enjoy.
Still have to do body work and smooth everything out but I'm happy the major work is done,
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm141/yloves_jj/d4e5fb1c-b0c8-4fcd-8725-fc8145d9eaf5.jpg
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm141/yloves_jj/IMG_6130.jpg
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm141/yloves_jj/IMG_6132.jpg
More to come....
Chris, all I'd known of your work before this thread (which I've loved following) is your terrific hero Ghostbusters proton pack shell, which I've had a few cats of here to appreciate in person. This is a whole 'nother level of impressive - so much less information and legwork has been done in advance on this piece (even considering the base 3D model you purchased); there's less reference available; the shapes are so much more complex. I'm so impressed with your work on this! On that last note on shape though: Will you have to "balloon" this new styrene part in some way? Add curvature, contouring, a bit of concavity? If so, how will you approach that with the styrene in a precise, symmetrical way? Would it not have been easier to model & print it like the rest of the suit? Certainly not criticizing or giving you advice, just curious about your process because you're clearly kind of brilliant... Great work, man!
are you using the stock D03D scale on any of these? I am finding that the parts for the hands are really small. I do not have a large hand by any means and my test part of the thumb barely fits my pinky.
Just saw the buildup of the back of the arm - not sure how good your reference is for this piece, but I couldn't help but notice the similarity to a found item... Any chance the original builders incorporated this knob into the back of the upper right arm?
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