ALIEN HELMET 3D PRINTED

[PropWeasel]

how?????? And wow that looks quite.....crunchy.

 

[thadbo13]

how?????? And wow that looks quite.....crunchy.

Corellia Creations has access to printers large enough to print the helmet in one piece. And not sure what you mean by crunchy? all the details on the helmet came out very clean

 

[zorg]

Corellia Creations has access to printers large enough to print the helmet in one piece. And not sure what you mean by crunchy? all the details on the helmet came out very clean

When you say tweeked, do you mean you tweeked it or the OP tweeked the model file?
What was tweeked?

Oh and I'm afraid to ask the price of printing such a large piece, could you give us a estimate?

Cheers

Chris

 

[thadbo13]

When you say tweeked, do you mean you tweeked it or the OP tweeked the model file?
What was tweeked?

Oh and I'm afraid to ask the price of printing such a large piece, could you give us a estimate?

Cheers

Chris

I took his model that I purchased from etsy and retopologized the entire outside main shell so it could be around 1/8" thick throughout the whole helmet, adjusted the bands under the helmet to be less pronounced, re-did the trim around the helmet, imported and curved all the etchings and attached all the greeblies to the model for printing. I sent him an updated zbrush model if he wanted to do anything with it, but as far as I'm concerned, my tweaked model isn't mine to give or sell away because it's all based off his work. The cost of the print was around $350 but shipping was just as much as the print itself. To get a paint ready print of this for under $800 seemed worth it to me

 

[srspicer]

Wow, fantastic build. Getting useable images of the photo etch was gold. Congrats on a great prop!!

 

[zorg]

I took his model that I purchased from etsy and retopologized the entire outside main shell so it could be around 1/8" thick throughout the whole helmet, adjusted the bands under the helmet to be less pronounced, re-did the trim around the helmet, imported and curved all the etchings and attached all the greeblies to the model for printing. I sent him an updated zbrush model if he wanted to do anything with it, but as far as I'm concerned, my tweaked model isn't mine to give or sell away because it's all based off his work. The cost of the print was around $350 but shipping was just as much as the print itself. To get a paint ready print of this for under $800 seemed worth it to me

You did an amazing job, well outside my capacity to tweek stuff like that.

Thanks for your concise reply, much appreciated.

Zorg

 

[thadbo13]

Just wanted to share my appreciation for the hard work and modeling GEEK1138 did on this and i'm glad to say i have one of these helmets now

 

[Bengrim09]

Just wanted to share my appreciation for the hard work and modeling GEEK1138 did on this and i'm glad to say i have one of these helmets now

OMG what an absolutely beautiful helmet
Jealous

 

[joberg]

Great job on putting/painting that helmet together

 

[Too Much Garlic]

I am still in awe. The dedication to capturing the tiniest detail is commendable.

And what a nice finished piece.

 

[Neo-uk]

Just discovered this. What a great thread. Just goes to show what's great about this group, the sharing of info to help each other out. It's a shame everyone's not so forthcoming with thier help/info.

 

[Vandalia]

One day I plan on making some ALIEN suits and this will definitely help with that, LOVE these deep dives.

 

[GEEK1138]

Hey guys, just to let you know, I have now updated my Etsy download to include Thadbo's awesome resin optimised version; https://imperialprinthub.etsy.com/listing/1086446158