A while back I got GEEK1138's Ion Cannon model files to do a studio-scale print. Work seems to intrude on the rest of my life way too much these days, but it looked like this one wouldn't be too time consuming to do (as compared to the Star Destroyer I've been working on for years...) and would be a good learning experience printing something this big. There were definitely some things learned when printing hemispheres of this size:
but I eventually got it figured out using "tree" supports on my Ender 5 Plus.
The petals (and the gun parts) were done on my AnyCubic Mono X:
Early fit test:
Then came the hard part: sanding and sanding and sanding...
and sanding and sanding...
And yes, more sanding...
And it was finally ready for a base coat:
Which revealed that I needed more sanding. But I finally got it to where it looked ok and I started doing the final painting. I decided I wanted it to have a grungy, dirty look as opposed to the cleaner look of the one on Hoth.
It was a fun one to work on and relatively straightforward. GEEK1138's model is a good one. Here is his thread: HOTH-ION CANNON
but I eventually got it figured out using "tree" supports on my Ender 5 Plus.
The petals (and the gun parts) were done on my AnyCubic Mono X:
Early fit test:
Then came the hard part: sanding and sanding and sanding...
and sanding and sanding...
And yes, more sanding...
And it was finally ready for a base coat:
Which revealed that I needed more sanding. But I finally got it to where it looked ok and I started doing the final painting. I decided I wanted it to have a grungy, dirty look as opposed to the cleaner look of the one on Hoth.
It was a fun one to work on and relatively straightforward. GEEK1138's model is a good one. Here is his thread: HOTH-ION CANNON
