IamSteve
Well-Known Member
Hi All!
Just thought id show off something I'm working on.
A few weeks ago i got myself a CTC 3D Printer (which is a makerbot clone). Ive been messing around with Autodesk 123D for a while, learning mostly via lynda.com.
After getting the printer as good as i can (waiting on a few more upgrades and better software) i decided to just get stuck into a project!
Im a massive fan of the entire DF/JK/JKA series of video games, in particular Dark Forces 2: Jedi Knight - it was the first star wars game i ever played. I wanted something cool to show my love for the game so i decided to model and print the lightsabers used both by Kyle Katarn (Qu Rahns) and the 7 Dark Jedi.
So i grabbed what reference material i could from the interwebs and spent the last few days in 123D. I modelled two versions of Qu Rahn's, a low quality and a high quality that had additional details.
Qu Rahn / Kyle Katarn.
This was the first one i modelled (hence the lack of materials), the one pictured is technically version 2 with some of the additional details removed to simplify printing.
Yun
Jerec
Sariss
Boc (minus hand wrap)
Ive still to model Maw's, Gork and Pic
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The first print i did was a V1 Qu Rahn. Just to see how it would turn out.I seperated the model in netfabb and printed it over 10 hours, then started sanding!
What i found is that i must have an alignment issue as instead of being circular its actually slightly oval shaped. No matter as its only really an experiment. It means though that the seams are quite obvious.
I smoothed it down with a 2 part resin called Zap Z-Poxy. I got the tip off a youtube video and it works pretty well. My only gripe is its quite viscous and a bit difficult to spread.
Although the resin is supposed to set in 30 minutes, i found using other test pieces that it was still tacky up to an hour, so i left it for two before giving it a quick sand then a coat of filler primer.
After it dried i got my file set out to sharpen up some of the details, then gave the entire thing a wet sand, a second coat of filler primer and another wet sand. Entire process took about an hour.
At the moment its currently outside drying after a coat of black primer. Ill post more pictures as i continue! More than likely ill re print the Rahn anyway to get both a more accurate replica and a better print!
Thanks!
Steve
Just thought id show off something I'm working on.
A few weeks ago i got myself a CTC 3D Printer (which is a makerbot clone). Ive been messing around with Autodesk 123D for a while, learning mostly via lynda.com.
After getting the printer as good as i can (waiting on a few more upgrades and better software) i decided to just get stuck into a project!
Im a massive fan of the entire DF/JK/JKA series of video games, in particular Dark Forces 2: Jedi Knight - it was the first star wars game i ever played. I wanted something cool to show my love for the game so i decided to model and print the lightsabers used both by Kyle Katarn (Qu Rahns) and the 7 Dark Jedi.
So i grabbed what reference material i could from the interwebs and spent the last few days in 123D. I modelled two versions of Qu Rahn's, a low quality and a high quality that had additional details.
Qu Rahn / Kyle Katarn.
This was the first one i modelled (hence the lack of materials), the one pictured is technically version 2 with some of the additional details removed to simplify printing.
Yun
Jerec
Sariss
Boc (minus hand wrap)
Ive still to model Maw's, Gork and Pic
-----
The first print i did was a V1 Qu Rahn. Just to see how it would turn out.I seperated the model in netfabb and printed it over 10 hours, then started sanding!
What i found is that i must have an alignment issue as instead of being circular its actually slightly oval shaped. No matter as its only really an experiment. It means though that the seams are quite obvious.
I smoothed it down with a 2 part resin called Zap Z-Poxy. I got the tip off a youtube video and it works pretty well. My only gripe is its quite viscous and a bit difficult to spread.
Although the resin is supposed to set in 30 minutes, i found using other test pieces that it was still tacky up to an hour, so i left it for two before giving it a quick sand then a coat of filler primer.
After it dried i got my file set out to sharpen up some of the details, then gave the entire thing a wet sand, a second coat of filler primer and another wet sand. Entire process took about an hour.
At the moment its currently outside drying after a coat of black primer. Ill post more pictures as i continue! More than likely ill re print the Rahn anyway to get both a more accurate replica and a better print!
Thanks!
Steve
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